Marking Bashir Resignation, Hannity, Guests Agree There's 'Conga Line

December 5th, 2013 4:12 PM
NewsBusters reported earlier today that the three major broadcast networks failed to mention Martin Bashir’s resignation from MSNBC after his despicable attack on Sarah Palin. Fox News, on the other hand, gave the resignation the attention it deserved. The incident was discussed on most of Fox’s late afternoon and evening programs yesterday, as well as a couple of shows this morning. Sean…

Andrea Mitchell Touts Ad Exploiting Newtown to Push Gun Control

December 5th, 2013 2:57 PM
On her MSNBC 1pm ET hour show on Wednesday, host Andrea Mitchell lamented the "astounding lack of accomplishment" in Congress throughout 2013, especially on "any kind of new gun laws, despite what happened in Newtown." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Talking to Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Mitchell promoted a new ad crudely…

WashPost: Kids Ballet Gets Booted from Stage Thanks to Obama 'Hardball

December 5th, 2013 1:05 PM
A Washington, D.C. childrens ballet troupe was given the boot last night and this evening thanks in no small part to President Obama and the folks at MSNBC. The Washington Post's Roxanne Roberts reported this morning in her Reliable Source column how the Ballet Petite -- which is scheduled to perform The Nutcracker Suite on Sunday -- lost their use of American University's Greenberg Theatre…

MRC's Bozell: Comcast/NBC Refusal to Apologize for Bashir Proves They

December 5th, 2013 12:29 PM
To date, NBC/Comcast has made absolutely no apology to its viewers or to Gov. Sarah Palin for Martin Bashir’s vile screed on November 15 suggesting that she should be forced to consume excrement. Even following Bashir’s own apology and subsequent resignation, NBC/Comcast’s top executives have remained completely silent. MSNBC President Phil Griffin offered only public support for Bashir,…

Giddy Chris Matthews: 'I Got the Christmas Eve Excitement' Over Obama

December 5th, 2013 12:10 PM
A giddy Chris Matthews on Wednesday night could barely contain himself. One day away from an exclusive interview with Barack Obama, Matthews opened the show by cheering, "I got the Christmas eve excitement brewing right here at Hardball. Because tomorrow night at precisely this time, seven o'clock eastern, the President of the United States is going to join us." [See video below. MP3 audio here…

Networks Ignore Martin Bashir Resigning After Repulsive Attack on Pali

December 5th, 2013 11:43 AM
After Martin Bashir announced his resignation from MSNBC on Wednesday following his vile attack on Sarah Palin, NBC, ABC, and CBS refused to make any mention of his disgraceful exit. The networks had already skipped any mention of his wildy offensive November 15 rant calling for Palin to be urinated and defecated on. As Media Research Center deputy research director Geoff Dickens reported…

Palin Responds To Bashir Resignation: Don’t Let Personal Attacks Kee

December 5th, 2013 10:55 AM
As NewsBusters revealed Wednesday, Martin Bashir has resigned from MSNBC due to vile comments he made in November about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin first reported here. Palin responded on Thursday's Fox & Friends saying amongst other things, "I just hope that unprovoked attacks like that don't result in people being hesitant to jump in the arena anyway, to get out there and serve…

Thomas Roberts Lectures Black Republican: GOP Trying To ‘Disenfranch

December 5th, 2013 8:07 AM
It’s becoming clearer every day that the liberal hosts at MSNBC have no interest in giving conservatives a fair shake on their network. Time and time again, MSNBC hosts such as Thomas Roberts proudly slander Republicans of engaging in hateful acts such as a “war on women” or a “war on voting.” With such hostility towards conservatives at the network, it makes you wonder sometimes why any…

Hours After Disgusting Bashir Is Fired, Ed Schultz Rails Against 'Crud

December 4th, 2013 6:03 PM
On the same day that MSNBC's Martin Bashir resigned after suggesting someone defecate in Sarah Palin's mouth, colleague Ed Schultz lamented the "crudeness over on the right." This is the same Schultz who, on his radio program in 2011, slimed radio host Laura Ingraham as a "slut." The Ed Show anchor's rant started over comments by Bill O'Reilly about whether users of food stamps waste money on…

Zurawik: 'Griffin as Responsible as Bashir for This Kind of Hateful Sp

December 4th, 2013 5:37 PM
As NewsBusters revealed earlier, Martin Bashir has resigned from MSNBC due to vile comments he made in November about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin first reported here. Moments after the announcement, Baltimore Sun television critic David Zurawik said MSNBC president Phil Griffin is just as responsible as Bashir:

Donald Trump: 'Martin Bashir, You're a Total Loser! You're Fired

December 4th, 2013 4:38 PM
As NewsBusters revealed earlier, Martin Bashir has resigned from MSNBC due to vile comments he made in November about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin first reported here. Real estate mogul Donald Trump took to Twitter moments ago to offer his opinion in an Instagram video saying, "Martin Bashir, you're a total loser! You're fired!"

MRC's Bozell: Which Vile Character Assassin Will MSNBC Hire to Replace

December 4th, 2013 4:36 PM
On November 15, NewsBusters posted a video of MSNBC host Martin Bashir’s disgusting remarks that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin should be the victim of a particularly vile slave-era punishment – specifically that she should be forced to consume excrement. The video went viral, and today a disgraced Bashir announced his resignation from the Comcast-owned cable "news" network. This…
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After Disgusting Attack on Sarah Palin, MSNBC's Martin Bashir Resigns

December 4th, 2013 2:59 PM

Nineteen days after suggesting that someone should defecate in Sarah Palin's mouth, MSNBC's Martin Bashir resigned from the network, according to Mediaite. In a statement reprinted on the website, Wednesday, the liberal host announced, "Upon further reflection, and after meeting with the President of MSNBC, I have tendered my resignation. It is my sincere hope that all of my colleagues, at…

Chuck Todd: Now That ObamaCare's Fixed, GOP Repeal Effort May 'Fizzle

December 4th, 2013 2:56 PM
On Tuesday's MSNBC Daily Rundown, host Chuck Todd was eager to declare the ObamaCare disaster to be over and claim Republicans were now of the defensive: "With 750,000 visitors to the site yesterday without a crash and the Obama administration now confident that the website is functioning...the Republican repeal movement may actually now fizzle out completely." [Listen to the audio or watch the…