Bachmann Disappointed NBC’s Fallon Apology Came from VP and Not Pre
November 25th, 2011 12:21 PM
As NewsBusters reported Thursday, NBC apologized to Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) for the offensive song that was played as she walked onto the stage to be a guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Monday.
Unfortunately, as Bachmann told radio’s Steve Malzberg guest-hosting for Jeff Bolton on KLIF in Texas Friday, that apology came from a vice president of programming and not NBC’s…
ABC's Whoopi Goldberg: 'Bonehead' Bachmann Is 'Not Presidential Materi
November 24th, 2011 8:43 PM
On Tuesday's The View on ABC, as the group discussed GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's appearance on Monday's Night's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, after playing a clip of the Minnesota Congresswoman and Fallon playing a comical game of word association, ABC co-host Whoopi Goldberg declared that "bonehead" is the word she would associate with Bachmann, while co-host Barbara…
Bachmann Demands Apology From NBC for Fallon Slight: 'This Wouldn't Be
November 23rd, 2011 2:24 PM
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann demanded an apology from NBC Wednesday for the disgraceful song that was played while she was walking on stage to be a guest on that network's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Monday.
"This wouldn't be tolerated if this was Michelle Obama," Bachmann told Fox News's Bill Klemmer. "It shouldn't be tolerated if it's a conservative woman, either" (video follows with…
Michele Bachmann Greeted With 'Lyin' A-- B--ch' by Jimmy Fallon's Band
November 22nd, 2011 5:31 PM
As we get nearer to Election Day, Americans on both sides of the political aisle must be wondering if the media will have any limits concerning what is an acceptable attack on one of President Obama's opponents.
Consider that on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, as Republican presidential candidate and sitting member of Congress Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) was introduced Monday, the band…
Fallon Jokes to Maddow: ‘Awful’ That Palin Not Hit By Tomato
December 9th, 2009 5:51 PM
On Tuesday night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, during an interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, when Maddow recounted a recent incident in which a man unsuccessfully threw a tomato at Sarah Palin at a public event at a mall, Fallon joked that it was "awful" because the thrower "didn’t come close" to hitting Palin. Fallon: "Didn’t hit her at all? Didn’t come close? Awful."Below is a…
Rosie Drops F-bombs On 'Late Night' Before Attacking Glenn Beck
November 7th, 2009 1:02 PM
Comedienne Rosie O'Donnell gave another classy performance Friday evening when she used numerous vulgarities on NBC's "Late Night" just before she attacked Fox News's Glenn Beck.Almost worse, host Jimmy Fallon didn't seem at all disturbed by O'Donnell's behavior.Quite the contrary, whether she was cursing like a rapper or demeaning one of the nation's leading cable news personalities, Fallon…
Maddow on Love for Guns: 'I Just Don't Think We Should Be Allowed to B
September 1st, 2009 1:10 PM
Rachel Maddow, gun lover? Well, sort of - and with some strings attached, of course. The MSNBC host of the "The Rachel Maddow Show" appeared on Jimmy Fallon's Aug. 31 NBC show and told the host about her first date - at a shooting range. "My first date with my girlfriend Susan was at a shooting range," Maddow said. "That was awesome. It was ladies' day on the range. Her sister is a lifetime NRA…