Jack Welch: 'Obama Comfortable With High Unemployment and Huge Deficit
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch had some harsh words Monday for the current White House resident.
Tweeting during the inauguration, Welch wrote, "[A]ppears Pres. Obama comfortable with high unemployment and huge deficits":
MSNBC Host Teasingly Asks Chris Matthews About ‘Chills’ During Oba
Yesterday was a historic day. Sure we had presidential inauguration but it was also perhaps the first and only day when loudmouth MSNBC host Chris Matthews actually shut his yap for a few seconds.
The cat that got Matthews’s tongue was being reminded by fellow MSNBC host Martin Bashir of his inane 2008 remark that he gets a “thrill going up my leg” when hearing Barack Obama speak. Watch below…
WashPost's Balz Downplays President's Ability to 'Unite the Country
Detecting media bias is often an exercise in contrasting two analogous events to see how the media worked to write the narrative in the public's imagination. We at NewsBusters have already looked at how the media love the party atmosphere of the Obama inaugurals but groused at the expense of Bush's second inaugural, for example.
So it's instructive to see how Washington Post veteran…
Brit Hume: Obama's Speech Should Kill Notion Held By His Admirers in t
Brit Hume had some harsh words for America's Obama-loving media Monday.
Appearing on Fox News's Special Report, Hume said, "[The President's] inaugural speech should put to rest for all time the notion much favored by his admirers in the press that he is a centrist. He is not" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
George Stephanopoulos Falsely Identifies Celtics Legend Bill Russell A
George Stephanopoulos made quite a gaffe during ABC's coverage of Monday's inauguration.
As the camera panned the crowd, Stephanopoulos incorrectly identified Boston Celtics hall of famer Bill Russell as Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman.
MSNBC's Bashir -- Who Compares Republicans to Stalin, Ceausescu -- Pra
Discussing Barack Obama's second inaugural address with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) shortly after 4 p.m. EST today, MSNBC host Martin Bashir approvingly noted how the president "critiqued some of the negative things" in American politics today, such as when he said "name-calling is not a reasoned debate" and "I've taken an oath to God and country, not to party and faction."
"I was thinking,…
NBC's Al Roker Yells Like a Groupie at Obama and Biden During Inaugura
Like one of President Obama's adoring fans camped out along the inaugural parade route on Monday, during live MSNBC coverage of the event, NBC Today weatherman Al Roker excitedly yelled at Obama and later Vice President Biden to get their attention as they walked by. His hard-hitting question to the President of the United States: "Is the weather good?"
Giddy CNN Correspondent: ‘I Feel Like I Should Pinch Myself Right No
CNN correspondent Jim Acosta was positively giddy while covering President Obama's inauguration parade on Monday afternoon, and didn't hold back his feelings on-air.
"You know, I feel like I should pinch myself right now, Wolf. I can't believe I have this vantage point of history in the making," Acosta gushed. [Video below the break. Audio here.]
NYT's Tale of Three Inaugurals: 'Questioning the Propriety' of Bush, B
A tale of three presidential inaugurations during wartime and strife. The New York Times found it bad form for Republicans to spend $40 million on President Bush's second inauguration in January 2005, during a time of war. A January 11, 2005 editorial on Bush's second inauguration, "Victor's Spoils," sniffed:
At the rate President Bush's supporters are giving money, his second inauguration…
CNN Hosts Wowed by Obama's Second Inaugural Address
During President Obama's second inaugural address on Monday, some CNN hosts couldn't hold back their amazement on Twitter.
"Obama sounding more and more like Martin Luther King as this speech goes on - powerful, rousing rhetoric. #inauguration," tweeted Piers Morgan.
Rapper Lupe Fiasco Ejected from Concert, Organizers Insist It Wasn’t
Rapper Lupe Fiasco was told to leave the stage at a Washington, DC concert after playing a single anti-war song for 30 minutes and informing the audience that he did not vote for President Obama.
Organizers insisted he was not forced out due to his political speech but rather because of his “bizarrely repetitive, jarring performance.”
ABC Lauds Obama for Highlighting 'Modern American Families'; He's a 'D
Barack Obama's second inaugural met with much praise from the journalists at ABC. World News anchor Diane Sawyer hyped the President's mentions of gays as a recognition of the "modern American family." Jon Karl touted the "Democratic Reagan."
After Stephanopoulos asserted that Obama made the "first explicit mention...in an inaugural of gay Americans," Sawyer seemingly worked in a subtle plug…
CBS Political Director John Dickerson Calls on Obama to 'Declare War o
Decades ago, to demonstrate the leftist biases of most establishment press reporters, one needed to study their body of work over time. Many of them didn't make their political beliefs totally obvious until they retired or went elsewhere (e.g., Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw).
These days, we usually don't have to wait too long for reporters' biases to show. Over the weekend at Slate, CBS…
Bill Weir, Who Swooned That 'Seagulls' Were Awed By Obama, Now Sees 'H
Four years ago, ABC journalist Bill Weir swooned that "national pride" made the cold of Inauguration Day seem warmer and that even the seagulls were "awed." On Monday, the reporter was at it again, hyping "history" is "keeping [inauguration-goers] warm." On Good Morning America, the morning show crew gushed over every detail.
News reader Josh Elliott referred to the First Lady's new haircut…
