NBC: 'Once Heralded as the Anti-George Bush,' Obama Receives 'Muted Re

June 18th, 2013 12:50 PM
On Monday's NBC Nightly News, reporting on President Obama's trip to Europe, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd fretted over the commander-in-chief's declining popularity overseas: "Obama comes to this [G-8] summit...to a much more muted reception than in the past. Once heralded as the anti-George Bush...now he's on the defensive over U.S. policies, including some he's kept in place…

ABC Hypes Obama Family's 'Beautiful' Vacation, Avoids Any Hint of Extr

June 18th, 2013 12:40 PM
The journalists at Good Morning America on Tuesday offered a light-hearted, whimsical look at the Obama family's multi-country vacation. Reporter Linsey Davis played U2's "Beautiful Day" and compared the Ireland part of the trip to National Lampoon's European Vacation. Davis gushed, "You know it's a beautiful day when U2's Bono reportedly invites you to a private lunch at his favorite Irish pub…

Maher: 'I'd Rather Be Spied On By Bush Than Obama...Wouldn't You Pick

June 18th, 2013 12:39 PM
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?"

Liberal Pundit Marc Lamont Hill Condemns Photo of Obama Holding ‘Mil

June 18th, 2013 12:21 PM
Far-left college professor and political commentator Marc Lamont Hill has been spending too much time around CNN host Piers Morgan. Yesterday on Twitter, Hill said he was "bothered" that President Barack Obama had released a photo of himself engaging in a watergun fight with his youngest daughter as a tribute to Father's Day. "Was anyone else bothered by the Father's Day picture released by…

Sharyl Attkisson: ‘I Think I Know’ Who Hacked Into My Computer

June 17th, 2013 11:12 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson announced last Friday that her computers had been hacked into “by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions in late 2012.” On Monday, Attkisson told Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly that she thinks she knows who did it (video follows with transcript and commentary):

NBC, ABC Ignore Obama's Falling Approval Rating; CBS, CNN, MSNBC Repor

June 17th, 2013 7:06 PM
On Monday morning, NBC and ABC ignored a new poll showing President Obama's approval had fallen by eight points in a month, from 53 to 45 percent. CNN reported on its own poll numbers, while CBS and MSNBC picked up the numbers as well.   While CBS This Morning briefly reported the poll numbers, CNN touted them repeatedly throughout the morning. New Day co-host Chris Cuomo said the President'…

Greenwald Slams Media for Backing Obama's Domestic Surveillance When T

June 16th, 2013 4:36 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, it's been a hoot this week watching the same liberal media members that were apoplectic in 2005 when George W. Bush's domestic surveillance program was revealed contort themselves into almost impossible positions defending Barack Obama's far more intrusive scheme seven and a half years later. Glenn Greenwald, the liberal author who first broke the news of…

AP, Politico, Others Ignoring CNET Scoop: 'NSA Admits Listening to U.S

June 16th, 2013 12:17 PM
In a four-paragraph "Big Story" item time-stamped 10:48 a.m. ("CURRENT, FORMER OFFICIALS BACK SECRET SURVEILLANCE"), Stephen Braun at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, names several Sunday news program guests who he writes are "are supporting the government's collection of phone and Internet data following new revelations about the secret surveillance programs aimed at…

AP Tries to Frame NSA Surveillance Issue as 'Far Left and Right' vs. E

June 16th, 2013 3:01 AM
In an early Wednesday morning story which seems to have been a strategic trial balloon, Charles Babington at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, ran a story trying to portray the NSA surveillance revelations by Edward Snowden and subsequent developments as matters which have only riled up people on the "far left and far right." Otherwise, the American people are okey-dokey…

AP Tries to Frame NSA Surveillance Issue as 'Far Left and Right' vs. E

June 16th, 2013 2:07 AM
In an early Wednesday morning story which seems to have been a strategic trial balloon, Charles Babington at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, ran a story trying to portray the NSA surveillance revelations by Edward Snowden and subsequent developments as matters which have only riled up people on the "far left and far right." Otherwise, the American people are okey-dokey…

Pat Buchanan: Sarin Gas in Syria 'Has Tonkin Gulf Written All Over It

June 15th, 2013 6:53 PM
Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan made a statement about Friday's announcement concerning Syria definitively having used chemical weapons on its people that is guaranteed to raise eyebrows on both sides of the aisle. Appearing on PBS's McLaughlin Group, Buchanan said, "This has Tonkin Gulf written all over it...false flag."

Palin on Syria: ‘Until We Have a President Who Knows What He’s Doi

June 15th, 2013 5:11 PM
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin had some harsh words for Barack Obama Saturday. Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., Palin said about growing tensions in Syria, “Until we have a commander-in-chief who knows what he’s doing…let Allah sort it out.”

Leno: Obama to LGBT Crowd: ‘Americans Regardless of Sexual Orientati

June 15th, 2013 1:10 PM
Jay Leno continued his humorous attacks on Barack Obama Friday. Speaking about the LGBT Pride Month celebration at the White House, Leno joked during NBC’s Tonight Show monologue, “He promised that as long as he’s president, all Americans regardless of their sexual orientation will be spied on equally.”

Bozell Column: Obama and the Callous Kanye Culture

June 15th, 2013 7:57 AM
Egotistical musicians often exaggerate their political influence, none moreso than the nattering, narcissistic rapper Kanye West. He has compared himself in global stature to Apple founder Steve Jobs, and has titled his latest album “Yeesus.” Rolling Stone magazine has posted part of a West song titled “I Am a God,” where West raps that Jesus is the “Most High,” but he’s a “close high.”