FAIL: AP Official Claims Offensive Tweeter Cristina Silva (Latest Repo
Apparently, Associated Press Media Relations Director Paul Colford is unaware of the sage advice that when one is in a deep hole, it's best to stop digging.
Shortly after the George Zimmerman verdict, AP reporter Cristina Silva, as noted late last night (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog; HT Breitbart.com) tweeted "So We Can All Kill Teenagers Now? Just Checking." A short time ago, Colford sent me…
AP Reporter's Reax to Zimmerman Verdict: 'So We Can All Kill Teenagers
An ever so objective Associated Press reporter didn't handle a Florida jury's acquittal of George Zimmerman too well tonight.
Cristina Silva took the verdict to mean it's open season on teenagers (HT Breitbart):
Joan Walsh Attacks Palin Friday, Whines Sunday About People Picking Tw
The hypocrisy of Salon's Joan Walsh knows no bounds.
On Friday she sent a hateful tweet to former Alaska governor Palin. After she took some heat for doing so, Walsh had the gall to tweet Sunday evening, "Hm, the people who like to pick fights on Twitter picked a lot of fights on Twitter this holiday weekend. Sad":
Jim Carrey to 'Assault Rifle Fans': 'I Love You and I'm Sorry I Called
As NewsBusters previously reported, actor Jim Carrey back in March called gun owners "heartless motherf--kers."
On Sunday, Carrey tried taking it back writing on Twitter, "Asslt rifle fans,I do not agree wth u,nor do I fear u but I do love u and I'm sorry tht in my outrage I called you names":
Laura Ingraham's Question for Wendy Davis, and the Austin American Sta
After what Hot Air's AllahPundit correctly predicted would be a Sunday talk show "master class on pro-abortion media bias" (a related NewsBusters post is here), it's good to recall a question for Texas's Wendy Davis Laura Ingraham tweeted a few days ago. I can guarantee you none of the hosts at the Big 3 networks asked the question on-air.
Also after the jump, the ultraliberal Austin American…
John Cusack Slams David Gregory: 'Lowest Point for Meet the Press In I
Actor and liberal activist John Cusack was tremendously displeased with NBC's David Gregory Sunday for asking the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald on Meet the Press if he should be charged with a crime for aiding and abetting National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
Cusack took to Twitter shortly after it aired going on a several hour rant that included, "In my memory the lowest point for meet…
Maher: 'I'd Rather Be Spied On By Bush Than Obama...Wouldn't You Pick
Bill Maher just can't pass up an opportunity to attack George W. Bush,
Late Monday evening, he told his Twitter followers, "That Snowden don't quit!Personally, I'd rather be spied on by Bush than Obama. If someone had to read your e mails, wldn't U pick the idiot?"
Stuff Me in a Suitcase: MSNBC’s Wagner Aches to Be Adopted by the Cl
Alex Wagner just took the media’s infatuation with the Clinton family to a whole new level. In an interview with Chelsea Clinton on Friday’s Now, the daytime MSNBC host jokingly begged Clinton for “an extra large rolly bag that I can stuff myself into” when the former First Daughter travels.
After Clinton gamely approved, Wagner followed up with an even more bizarre request:
Comedian Steve Martin: 'Wearing My NSA Spy-Phone Helmet as I Bike By t
Comedian Steve Martin stepped into the political ring this weekend tweeting numerous comments about the newest scandal facing the White House.
His most recent one reads, "Wearing my NSA spy-phone helmet as I bike by the UN is the definition of cacophony":
Texas Congressman: 'Only Way to Prevent People From Hearing Your Conve
Texas Congressman Steve Stockman (R) weighed in on the recent revelations involving the National Security Agency looking at Americans' phone records with a humorous knock at Chris Matthews' so-called "news network."
Commenting on Twitter, Stockman wrote Saturday, "At this point the only way to prevent people from hearing your conversations is to have them on MSNBC":
Dan Savage on Bachmann Not Seeking Re-election: 'Good Riddance to Bats
Dan Savage - you know, the anti-bullying advocate! - had what one could only call a predictable response to waking up Wednesday morning and reading in the New York Times that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Mn.) will not be seeking re-election next year.
He took to his computer and tweeted, "Good riddance to bats--t rubbish":
CBS's Scott Pelley at Quinnipiac Luncheon: 'We Are Getting Big Stories
Scott Pelley deserves grudging credit for recognizing something obvious at a Friday luncheon in New York. Readers tempted to go beyond that point would be advised to visit the archive of Pelley-related posts at NewsBusters on his brand of so-called journalism, a few of which will be identified later in this post.
At said luncheon, Pelley received the 20th annual Fred Friendly First Amendment…
Chuck Todd: Obama 'Hates' 'Internet Media and Social Media
NBC's Chuck Todd told an inconvenient truth about Barack Obama on Sunday's Meet the Press.
"The rise of the internet media and social media and all that stuff - he hates it" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Really? NYT Front Page: Terrorist's Tweets Suggest 'Holden Caulfield-l
In a puzzling choice, New York Times book critic Michiko Kakutani filed a front-page "news analysis" knitting together the social media patterns of the terrorist brothers who bombed the Boston Marathon: "Unraveling Brothers' Online Lives, Link by Link -- Connecting Dots, From Banal and Funny to Darkly Ominous."
Besides the paper's usual off-putting tone suggesting the terrorist brothers were…
