'Run, Run, Run, Run Liz Warren
July 18th, 2014 5:06 PM
“Americans want our next president to be a woman, hey babe here’s lookin’ at you Senator Elizabeth Warren,” were the words sung in a new video put out by the Ready for Warren website following the Massachusetts Democrat's keynote address at the liberal Netroots Convention in Detroit on Friday afternoon.
A former Obama staffer launched a “Ready for Warren” website and took to the liberal…
Woman Attacks Young Pro-Lifer: 'Racist F***ing Male That Doesn’t Sta
July 10th, 2014 10:59 AM
Editor’s Note: this story contains offensive language.
A violent encounter between a young pro-life protestor and an adult abortion activist in downtown Columbus, OH was caught on camera and published late July 9 on Youtube. Students from the pro-life group “Created Equal” were standing on the street corner holding anti-abortion signs and talking with passers by when an infuriated pro-…
President Obama Mocks Climate Deniers In UC Irvine Commencement Addres
June 16th, 2014 4:48 PM
Taking time out of his busy golfing schedule to speak to graduates at the University of California Irvine this weekend, President Obama seized the moment as a way to "light a fire under" the graduates to get them to enlist in his regulation-heavy government-led climate change crusade.
The president spent a significant amount of time discussing what his administration has done thus far to…
Rerun: Katie Couric Rehashes Complaints About Her Critics in Latest Co
May 16th, 2014 12:35 PM
Two years ago, Katie Couric delivered the commencement address at her alma mater, the University of Virginia. NewsBusters senior editor Rich Noyes noted at the time that Couric used the occasion to complain about her many critics from her five-year stint as the anchor for the CBS Evening News.
Last Saturday, Couric gave an encore performance of her airing of grievances at a commencement…
AP Report on Toyota's HQ Move From Calif. to Texas Downplays Taxes, Re
April 28th, 2014 11:51 PM
The Associated Press's lengthy Monday evening treatment of Toyota's decision to move its U.S. headquarters and consolidate many of its North American operations in Metro Dallas is reasonably good in spots. But Gillian Flaccus and Michael R. Blood were unduly selective in reporting Torrance, California Mayor Frank Scotto's reaction to the news that his town would be losing several thousand jobs…
U.S. Press Virtually Ignoring Strong Anti-Obama and Anti-American Sent
June 30th, 2013 2:54 PM
As I noted on Friday, the final sentence in an AP report earlier that day (saved here at host for future reference, fair use and discussion purposes) on protests in Egypt read: "One banner depicted President Barack Obama and said, 'Obama supports terrorism.'"
I predicted with little risk of being wrong that the existence of this banner would not "survive future AP reports" -- and it hasn't,…
Sen. Whitehouse Blames GOP For Okla. Tornado, Storms, Rising Seas, Etc
May 21st, 2013 10:08 AM
In remarks which will more than likely be ignored by the establishment press, Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in essence blamed yesterday's deadly tornado which struck Moore, Oklahoma on Republicans who have "run off the climate cliff like a bunch of proverbial lemmings." Whitehouse was intensely upset because, in his view these red state ignoramuses who are allowing ever more intense,…
CBS's Scott Pelley at Quinnipiac Luncheon: 'We Are Getting Big Stories
May 12th, 2013 12:03 PM
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…
USAT-Carried Report on Crowder Assault, AFP Tent Tear-Down: 'No Report
December 12th, 2012 1:16 AM
Perhaps hoping that readers wouldn't scroll down to peruse what followed, a Tuesday evening Detroit Free Press report by David Jesse and Lori Higgins carried at USA Today featured a video taking up my entire computer screen which consisted entirely of union protesters chanting slogans for 49 seconds.
The pair's actual report carries a misleading headline ("Mich. governor signs anti-union…
Wild and Crazy Steve Martin in Bizarre Video Endorsement of Bob Kerrey
October 6th, 2012 9:19 AM
Actor and comedian Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy so it is no surprise that he would make a bizarre political endorsement. In this case the endorsement was for Bob Kerrey who is running for the senate seat from Nebraska. However, Steve Martin does not once mention Bob Kerrey or anything political in the "endorsement." Instead, Martin in the guise of a home crafts expert shows us how to…
NY Times Ignores Muslim Day Parade Call for 'Blasphemy' Law, State Sen
September 30th, 2012 10:06 AM
Note: This post has been revised to reflect the Times's 2012 coverage. The original version erroneously linked to a 2010 article. I sincerely regret the error.
The New York Times's coverage of year's annual Muslim Day parade in Manhattan appears to have consisted of a photo at This Week in Pictures and another at the City Room blog.
At the end of the parade, in news not relayed by the…
The New York Times, a Journalistic Enterprise, Is Ambivalent About the
September 25th, 2012 9:06 AM
New York Times technology correspondent Somini Sengupta wrote a depressing article for the Sunday Review suggesting free speech could be limited by corporations (at the behest of government) in the interest of not offending the sensibilities of violent radical Muslims -- "Free Speech in the Age of YouTube."
Sengupta also seemed to sign on to the false notion that the anti-American violence in…
Obama Administration Reportedly Asked YouTube to Censor Anti-Islam Vid
September 14th, 2012 5:31 PM
Acting on the premise that the trailer for the low-budget film "Innocence of Muslims" was one of the causes of rioting and anti-American protests across the Middle East this week, the Obama Administration has asked YouTube to "review" whether the two-minute preview "violates the Website's terms of service," a phrase that usually means the government wants the "offending" item deleted.
That…
YouTube Pulls Romney Ad With Obama Singing Al Green, Ignores Videos of
July 16th, 2012 7:17 PM
Matt Lewis over at the Daily Caller just reported that a Romney campaign ad featuring President Obama singing Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" has been pulled by YouTube for copyright reasons.
Oddly enough, videos like this one from the Associated Press of Obama singing the same song on January 20 are still available at YouTube: