CBS Spotlights UPS Cutting Benefits Due to ObamaCare; ABC, NBC Out To

August 22nd, 2013 4:04 PM
CBS This Morning was the sole Big Three morning newscast on Thursday to report that delivery company UPS was cutting health insurance to 15,000 spouses of employees due to the rising costs related to ObamaCare. ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today both failed to cover this latest development concerning the controversial law. [audio available here; video below the jump] The CBS program…

Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria Violates Obama's 'Red Line'; NBC, ABC

August 21st, 2013 11:55 AM
 A chemical attack in Syria that may have killed as many as 1300 people was of little interest to ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday. The network morning show allowed a mere 25 seconds to the large scale gassing. In such a small amount of time, it's not surprising that guest news anchor Amy Robach skipped the salient point that this attack violated the so-called "red line" set out by…

Report: NBC News Fears 'Retaliation From the Former First Lady' If Hil

August 21st, 2013 11:05 AM
On August 8, I speculated that the Clintons might have been responsible for three different NBC employees within a few hours of each other speaking out against the network's planned miniseries about Hillary. On Wednesday, the Hollywood Reporter cited unnamed sources at NBC News claiming that fear of the Clintons might be playing a role in that network's apparent cold-feet regarding the…

Rival Network Executive on NBC's Hillary Miniseries: 'It's Going to Di

August 21st, 2013 9:09 AM
NewsBusters reported Friday that NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt said the miniseries his network bought about Hillary Clinton might never go into production. On Tuesday, an executive from a rival network, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told The Wrap, "It's going to die a slow death."

John Kerry Clears State Dept. Officials Over Benghazi; ABC, NBC Yawn

August 20th, 2013 1:28 PM
Tuesday's CBS This Morning stood out as the only Big Three network morning newscast to cover the latest development in the controversy surrounding the September 11, 2012 Islamist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya. Gayle King gave a 26-second news brief to Secretary of State John Kerry clearing four mid-level diplomats to return to duty, after they were placed on leave by his…

Forget All the Problems With ObamaCare, There's a New White House Dog

August 20th, 2013 1:11 PM
Rather than focus on the myriad of problems plaguing the implementation of ObamaCare, on Tuesday, all three network morning shows instead provided coverage of the First Family getting a second dog. On NBC's Today, White House correspondent Peter Alexander happily announced: "Move over Bo, there's a new dog in town, Sunny. And for her inaugural play date, the White House released it's own music…

NBC Barely Mentions RNC's Debate Boycott; CNN Drops the Story Over the

August 19th, 2013 4:18 PM
After the Republican National Committee voted to refuse CNN and NBC from hosting 2016 GOP primary debates, NBC took two days to even mention the news before again ignoring it. In fact, CBS spent more time covering the boycott of NBC than NBC itself did. The RNC threatened a boycott after CNN Films and NBC Entertainment both planned productions on Democrat Hillary Clinton as she is predicted…

NBC's Gregory Hopes Obama Uses Anniversary of MLK Speech as 'Leadershi

August 19th, 2013 3:14 PM
At the end of Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory excitedly announced to his panel of guests: "We're coming up on an anniversary that is going to give the President an opportunity to highlight some – a presidential leadership moment." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Gregory was referring to the upcoming 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have…

Obamas Attend Cocktail Party Hosted By Comcast CEO Brian Roberts

August 18th, 2013 7:22 PM
The incestuous relationship between this White House and the media knows no bounds. According to the New York Post, the Obamas on Thursday attended a cocktail party in Martha's Vineyard hosted by Comcast CEO Brian Roberts (file photo).

David Gregory: Do Americans Want Third Obama Term or Restoration of Cl

August 18th, 2013 2:22 PM
"Do Americans, specifically Democratic voters, do they want to see a third Obama term or would they like to see the restoration of the Bill Clinton era?" So asked David Gregory on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday (video follows with commentary):

Chuck Todd: Hillary Clinton Hurting Obama By Campaigning Too Soon

August 18th, 2013 1:53 PM
The liberal media sure love Hillary Clinton, but possibly not as much as they adore Barack Obama. Such was witnessed on Meet the Press Sunday when NBC's chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd expressed regret that the former Secretary of State has apparently started her 2016 campaign already saying, "This hurts the current president of the United States as trying to be leader of the…

NBC: Hillary Miniseries Might Never Go To Production

August 17th, 2013 12:16 PM
Within hours of the Republican National Committee voting not to participate in presidential debates on CNN and NBC if those networks proceeded with plans to air programs about Hillary Clinton, one outlet appears to be caving. NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt issued the following statement to Deadline Friday:

Great Grandmother Accuses Democrat of Sexual Harassment; NBC Yawns

August 16th, 2013 5:16 PM
NBC hasn't covered the ongoing Bob Filner sexual harassment scandal an almost a week, despite a fifteenth woman – a 67-year-old great grandmother – coming forward on Thursday, accusing the former congressman of making lurid comments to her. The last time that NBC's morning and evening newscasts covered the Filner story was on August 10, 2013. On Friday, ABC and CBS's morning newscasts aired…

Dem Judge in W.Va. Attempted to Frame Rival with Drug, Theft Charges

August 16th, 2013 3:33 PM
Here's another name to add to the "name that party" file: Michael Thornsbury. The Mingo County, West Virginia circuit court judge was the subject of a federal indictment on Wednesday "after federal authorities allege he targeted his ex-lover's husband and used his position on the bench to manipulate criminal charges against the man," Kate White of the Charleston [W.V.] Gazette reported…