Actor Harry Shearer Hits 'Vaguely Liberal' Journos for Love of 'Sob St

March 15th, 2011 6:57 PM
Actor and filmmaker Harry Shearer, best known for his voice work in 'The Simpsons', blasted the news media in a speech to the National Press Club on Monday. Specifically, he singled out the media's "myth-making" tendency - its constant desire to fit current events into mostly pre-formed narratives. "What I’m calling a ‘template,’ is based on facts. Some facts. A partial collection. The first…

Kurtz Does Lengthy Hurricane Katrina Segment Without Once Mentioning B

August 15th, 2010 3:54 PM
Is it possible for CNN to do a 7 1/2 minute segment about Hurricane Katrina without mentioning George W. Bush's name?Given the media's approaching five year obsession with blaming one of America's largest natural disasters on a Republican president, it seems highly unlikely, doesn't it?Yet that's what happened on "Reliable Sources" Sunday when Howard Kurtz invited Harry Shearer on the program to…

Behar Politicizes Rush Limbaugh Wedding to Make Gay Marriage Plea

December 17th, 2009 11:56 AM
UPDATE: Sources tell NewsBusters Limbaugh-Rogers wedding slated for June 2010, which was reported as July 4, 2010 by Behar. It's probably no surprise, but conservative talker Rush Limbaugh isn't going to get a break from the liberal cheap shot artists on cable television in the wake of the news he will be getting married to Kathryn Rogers on July 4, 2010. On HLN's Dec. 17 broadcast of "The Joy…