Kevin Drum Seconds Mark Halperin: Hillary's ‘Just Never Going to Cat

July 31st, 2014 5:02 PM
NewsBusters readers presumably would laugh at the proposition that the media are biased against Hillary Clinton, but plenty of liberals, including Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum, believe it. In a Tuesday post, Drum, regarding the media’s fascination with Hillary’s “dead broke” remark, wrote, “Hillary could have responded to questions about her wealth a little better. She's not the natural…

Jorge Ramos Hits Hillary From the Left on Immigration: 'Do You Think Y

July 30th, 2014 3:34 PM
In an interview with Hillary Clinton aired Tuesday on his Fusion show America, anchor Jorge Ramos repeatedly pressed the potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate from the left on the ongoing illegal immigration crisis, demanding: "Do you think you have a Latino problem?...I'm saying it because recently you said about the Central American children coming to the United States that we have…

'Morning Joe' Panelists Lament Media 'Lying In Wait' To Attack Hillary

July 25th, 2014 1:00 PM
From numerous softball interviews to free publicity for her memoir Hard Choices, it is plain to see that the liberal media adores Hillary Clinton and pines for her to run as a Democratic presidential candidate in 2016. Except, of course, for the panelists on Morning Joe. On the July 25 edition of the MSNBC morning show, Mika Brzezinksi and her guests Mark Halerpin, David Gregory, and Donny…

The View Crew: Stop Trying to Shame Hillary with Bill's Mistresses

July 22nd, 2014 12:35 PM
The women of The View are sick and tired of people using Bill Clinton’s mistresses to get in the way of Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions. At the top of Tuesday’s show Whoopi Goldberg introduced the topic: “You know, there’s a new book called The First Family Details: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of Presidents. And it claims that Bill Clinton has a mistress that visits…

Charlie Rose Waits Almost a Full Hour to Ask Hillary (Lamely) About Be

July 21st, 2014 1:40 PM
PBS’s Charlie Rose opened his 62 minute-long interview with Hillary Clinton, aired in two parts on Thursday and Friday’s Charlie Rose show, by reciting a Maya Angelou poem dedicated to the former Secretary of State. Almost an hour later Rose finally asked Clinton about the Benghazi scandal. In the second part of the interview, aired at the end of Friday’s show, Rose waited until his last…

CBS Political Director Dickerson Urges Lefty Sen. Elizabeth Warren to

July 18th, 2014 1:15 PM
Worrying that "the Democratic contest looks like it will be a foggy, repetitive march toward Hillary Clinton" and that there needs to be a primary challenger from Hillary Clinton's left to "energize the Democratic Party’s liberal base," CBS political director John Dickerson pounded out a July 17 piece at Slate.com urging the Bay State's senior senator,  "Run, Elizabeth, Run!" "Stop thinking and…

Ugh: Charlie Rose Starts Interview With ‘Friend’ Hillary Clinton W

July 18th, 2014 1:00 PM
On Thursday night’s episode of his PBS show, Charlie Rose began by showering guest and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with praises from the likes of Henry Kissinger, the late Maya Angelous and, naturally, Charlie Rose himself! From reading a glowing quote from Henry Kissinger to reading a Maya Angelou poem all about her to Rose announcing “I consider Hillary Clinton a friend,” it was…

Chris Matthews, Guest Howard Fineman Compare Hillary Clinton to Reagan

July 16th, 2014 9:57 PM
Hillary Clinton was positively compared to not one but two beloved Republican presidents -- Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan -- in a July 16 Hardball segment praising the former secretary of state's interview with Jon Stewart and thinking through how the former secretary of state should make her pitch to the American people in the time between now and November 2016. Huffington Post…

Networks Gush Over Jon Stewart's 'Creative' Softballs to Hillary, Gett

July 16th, 2014 12:25 PM
On Wednesday, all three network morning shows eagerly promoted Hillary Clinton's friendly chat with Jon Stewart on Tuesday's Daily Show. On NBC's Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie praised Stewart for finding a "creative way" of pleading for Clinton to announce her 2016 presidential bid. Following a clip of the softball exchange, Guthrie declared: "Well played, Jon Stewart, well played." [Listen…

Jon Stewart Lobs Softballs At Hillary As He Begs Her To Announce Presi

July 16th, 2014 1:00 AM
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat down with Jon Stewart on his Daily Show program Tuesday night and was treated to a puff interview that included numerous questions about her potential 2016 presidential campaign.  The Comedy Central host practically begged his guest to announce her candidacy while promoting her book “Hard Choices.” Stewart insisted “I think I speak for everybody…

Limbaugh Mocks Liberal Myth of 'Take Back Our Country' as Coded Racism

July 15th, 2014 9:49 PM
Funny how it wasn't considered racist when liberals were demanding to "take back our country" during the Bush 43's stint in the White House. A single presidency later, the term is unabashed dog-whistle racism, at least according to those who were so inclined to spout it in the past. As ever, it's only racist when conservatives say it. Liberals, as shown by their ardent devotion to the…

NewsBusted: Even at 99 Cents, Still Not a Hard Choice

July 15th, 2014 6:40 PM
"Costco will return Dinesh D’Souza’s new book, America, to their store shelves after complaints of bias and censorship.  In fact, if you buy D’Souza’s book, Costco will throw in Hillary Clinton’s book for an extra 99 cents!" To subscribe to NewsBusted via email, sign up here. To watch the Tuesday, July 15 edition, click play on the embed below the page break. To subscribe at YouTube, visit…

Hillary's 'Hard Choices' Plunges Below Amazon Top 100 Less Than Month

July 9th, 2014 10:23 AM
Less than a month after its official release date of June 10, Hillary Clinton's book, "Hard Choices," has today plunged below the Amazon Top 100 list to a humbling #102 as of this writing. Over at Simon & Schuster, the book publisher who paid Hillary a big campaign contribution in the form of a whopping $14 million advance, there is now a lot of angry finger pointing according to the New…

Chris Matthews Proclaims Marco Rubio Is ‘The Republicans' John Edwar

July 8th, 2014 9:45 PM
Hardball host Chris Matthews made some bizarre comments about the potential Republican candidates for president in 2016 on Tuesday night.  Speaking to Jeanne Cummings of Bloomberg News and Republican strategist John Feehery, Matthews took a swipe at Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and suggested “he's the Republicans' John Edwards.” [See video below.]