Rachel Maddow Edits 'Factor' Video to Make Bill O'Reilly Look Racist

August 7th, 2010 8:09 PM
Rachel Maddow on Friday highly-edited a video from the previous evening's "O'Reilly Factor" in order to make the Fox News host look racist.For some background, Bill O'Reilly wrote a syndicated column Friday in which he chastized Maddow and David Letterman for "without a shred of evidence" claiming on CBS's "Late Show" Tuesday that FNC intentionally runs stories about "scary black people" in order…

Maddow Tells Letterman 'Scaring White People Is Good Politics' For Con

August 4th, 2010 7:18 PM
Rachel Maddow on Tuesday told David Letterman that scaring white people is good politics for conservatives.After the host of CBS's "Late Show" asked his perilously biased guest about the Andrew Breitbart-Shirley Sherrod affair, the MSNBCer predictably pointed her accusatory finger at Fox News and everybody on the right. "The idea is you sort of rile up the white base to be afraid of an other, to…

Rachel Maddow Pontificates to Bill O'Reilly About 'Facts' - During Her

July 31st, 2010 12:33 PM
If things don't work out for Rachel Maddow at MSNBC, she could always fall back on unintentional comedy. In last week's back and forth between Fox's Bill O'Reilly and Maddow over the Sherrod controversy, Maddow criticized O'Reilly for mocking MSNBC's meager ratings while also accusing him of playing fast and loose with facts.Here's the kicker in Maddow's remarks aimed at O'Reilly, stated on her…

How Would Media Have Responded If Sherrod Worked For George W. Bush

July 31st, 2010 10:41 AM
We're fast approaching the two week anniversary of the Shirley Sherrod affair, and I have yet to hear anyone honestly answer the following question concerning the controversy: How would the media have handled this matter if it happened when George W. Bush was President?Would the press have acted the same, or would somebody else be taking the heat?Before you answer, consider the following…

NY Times Watch Quotes of Note: Right Sells 'Political Opposition Resea

July 31st, 2010 10:00 AM
Leave That Sort of Thing to Us"But it is an open question whether conservative media outlets risk damage to their credibility when obscure or misleading stories are blown out of proportion and when what amounts to political opposition research is presented as news." -- Media reporter Brian Stelter on the Andrew Breitbart-Shirley Sherrod tape controversy, July 26.Leave That Sort of Thing to Us,…

CNN Story Fails to ID Party of Democrat Segregationist, But Includes

July 30th, 2010 11:06 PM

Was Shirley Sherrod Fired from USDA for Other Reasons Than Race Speech

July 30th, 2010 5:34 PM
Is there more to the Shirley Sherrod story than the White House has let on - and the media has discovered? While the mainstream media continues to focus on the more sensationalistic, scandalous aspects of the story, a number of bloggers have unearthed facts that suggest further effort is needed to figure out Sherrod's dealings with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Sherrod's involvement is not…

Keith Olbermann's Colleague Chuck Todd Calls Andrew Breitbart a 'Propa

July 30th, 2010 1:49 PM
Chuck Todd works for the same network that employs the likes of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, liberal propagandists all, yet it's doubtful Todd would ever call them that, however he did attach that "p" word to one Andrew Breitbart. During a segment, on Friday's Today show, headlined: "White House Distractions, Sherrod Story Lingers with Lawsuit Plans" Todd relayed…

Chris Matthews' Opinion of Sherrod's Breitbart Suit Changes in Two Hou

July 30th, 2010 1:44 PM
Chris Matthews in the course of less than two hours Thursday appeared to radically change his opinion about Shirley Sherrod's pending lawsuit against Andrew Breitbart.As NewsBusters previously reported, Matthews during the 5 p.m. installment of "Hardball" got into a heated argument with former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean about the contents of the controversial video…

CNN Picks Up on Charles Sherrod's 'White Man and His Uncle Toms' Remar

July 30th, 2010 11:55 AM
CNN's Joe Johns surprisingly highlighted Charles Sherrod's racially-charged comments about stopping "the white man and his Uncle Toms from stealing our elections" during a segment on Thursday's Anderson Cooper 360. Johns also reported on the questions being raised by conservatives about how his wife Shirley Sherrod received her former position at the U.S. Department of Agriculture [audio clip…

Mea Culpa 360: CNN Anchor Says He Was Wrong to Let Shirley Sherrod Sme

July 30th, 2010 9:42 AM
On Thursday’s Anderson Cooper 360, anchor Anderson Cooper faulted himself for not pressing Shirley Sherrod when she appeared on the show back on July 22 and claimed that conservative Andrew Breitbart was a “vicious” racist who “would like to get us stuck back in the times of slavery.” Cooper now says he should have challenged Sherrod to support such an inflammatory charge with facts: “I believe…

Chris Matthews Rips Howard Dean Over Content of Breitbart's Sherrod Vi

July 29th, 2010 7:40 PM
Chris Matthews and Howard Dean on Thursday got into a heated argument about what was included in the controversial video excerpts Andrew Breitbart published at his website last Monday involving former USDA official Shirley Sherrod.In the opening segment of the 5PM installment of MSNBC's "Hardball," Matthews was discussing with the former Vermont Governor as well as Salon Editor-in-Chief Joan…

Shirley Sherrod to Sue Andrew Breitbart; Brent Bozell Reacts

July 29th, 2010 12:57 PM
Managing Editor's Note: What follows is a statement from NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell regarding Shirley Sherrod's announcement that she will sue conservative journalist Andrew Breitbart.Andrew Breitbart is going to be fine. He's done nothing wrong. I wonder if Ms. Sherrod, who is such a champion of transparency, will publicly disclose who is putting her up to this. And I also hope this…

Bret Baier Rips Howard Dean for Saying Chris Wallace Lied About Sherro

July 28th, 2010 9:59 PM
Bret Baier took on former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean for accusing Chris Wallace of lying about Fox News's coverage of the Shirley Sherrod affair.As NewsBusters previously reported, Dean pointed his pathetically biased and accusatory finger at FNC while a guest on "Fox News Sunday" only to have it marvelously slapped down by Wallace.The following day in the friendly…