MRC's Brent Bozell on Bill Maher vs. 9/11 Truthers
October 22nd, 2007 4:44 PM
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, the old saying goes. It's certainly applicable to liberal talk show host Bill Maher, who got a taste of venom from the far-left 9/11 conspiracy crowd during a recent taping of his "Real Time" program before a live studio audience.Video (2:55): Real (2.14 MB) and Windows (1.79 MB), plus MP3 audio (1.33 MB).MRC president and NewsBusters publisher Brent…
Bill Maher Calls 9/11 Truthers Lunatics (updated w/video
September 15th, 2007 10:05 AM
Something truly shocking happened on Friday's "Real Time" on HBO. Host Bill Maher called 9/11 truthers "lunatics," and demanded they stop requesting him "raise this ridiculous topic on this show and start asking [their] doctor if Paxil is right for [them]." I kid you not. During Maher's "New Rules" segment, he actually stated (video available here, relevant section begins at 1:46):
Maher Panelist Denies Bin Laden Behind 9/11, Calls U.S. 'Murderously M
September 8th, 2007 3:05 AM
“Artist/Activist” Mos Def, a hip-hop musician and actor, matched Rosie O'Donnell Friday night on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher in espousing a bizarre 9/11 theory which absolves Osama bin Laden as he also characterized George Washington and the Catholic church as “terrorists,” maintained that terrorists have legitimate grievances and trashed America as the threat to the world. [Be warned, this…
Weekly Standard Condemns Robbins for Claiming 'We've Killed Over
September 1st, 2007 2:10 AM
The “Scrapbook” section in next week's (September 10 cover date) Weekly Standard magazine excoriates actor Tim Robbins for charging, on last week's (August 24) Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, that, referring to Iraq, “we've killed over 400,000 of their citizens.” The un-bylined article commented: “He's wrong, of course. American soldiers have not been slaughtering 300 Iraqis a day for the last…
Bill Maher Can’t Get NYT Baghdad Correspondent to Bash Bush
August 25th, 2007 11:45 AM
As the new season of HBO's "Real Time" began Friday night, I watched with great trepidation, especially given host Bill Maher's disgraceful special on that network back in July wherein he spent virtually two-thirds of the program bashing President Bush and anyone with an "R" next to his/her name. With that in mind, my stomach started turning during his opening monologue as he made joke after…
