Blog Profile / NewsBusters
| URL : | http://newsbusters.org/ | |
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| Filed Under: | US Politics / Conservative | |
| Posts on Regator: | 33984 | |
| Posts / Week: | 125.4 | |
| Archived Since: | April 7, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Cozy: Obama Spinner Buys Swanky Penthouse Condo From WashPost Editor
Apparently, it’s lucrative work to be “entrusted to safeguard the president’s image and legacy.” The Washington Post “Reliable Source” gossips Monday reported that White House spinner Dan Pfeiffer has bought an almost-million-dollarShow More Summary
Profile In Bias: New CNN Host Chris Cuomo Called America Racist, Asked About Nationalizing the Economy at ABC
Chris Cuomo is the co-host of CNN's new morning show New Day, which made its debut Monday morning. Before he came to CNN in February, Cuomo was formerly the co-host of ABC's 20/20. He brings a liberal legacy with him to CNN. Cuomo hails from a Democratic family. Show More Summary
Melissa Etheridge: Angelina Jolie Was a Cancer Coward
From 'Access Hollywood' to the cover of Time magazine, movie star Angelina Jolie was flooded with praise for deciding to undergo a double mastectomy due to her chances of developing breast cancer. But some people think Jolie was a cancer coward. Show More Summary
CNN Originally Calls IRS Targeting 'The Forgotten Scandal,' Wipes 'Forgotten' Away in Revisions
Either CNN's Tom Cohen, his headline and subheadline writers, or both thought it was a bit over the top to describe the IRS's targeting of Tea Party, conservative, and religious groups as a "forgotten scandal" in a Friday story. Evidence...Show More Summary
Greenwald Slams Media for Backing Obama's Domestic Surveillance When They Opposed Bush's
As NewsBusters has been reporting, it's been a hoot this week watching the same liberal media members that were apoplectic in 2005 when George W. Bush's domestic surveillance program was revealed contort themselves into almost impossible...Show More Summary
Jeb Bush About His Father: 'He's the Best Dad and the Best Man I've Ever Met'
On Father's Day, Jeb Bush had some amazing things to say about his Dad. Appearing on ABC's This Week, Bush said, "I honestly believe that he's the best Dad and the best man I've ever met" (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more
CBS’s Schieffer: Snowden’s ‘No Hero’ – Just a Narcissist Who’s ‘Decided He’s Smarter Than the Rest of Us’
As NewsBusters has been reporting, it’s been truly fascinating watching liberal media members attack National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. On CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, host Bob Schieffer used his mid-program commentaryShow More Summary
AP, Politico, Others Ignoring CNET Scoop: 'NSA Admits Listening to U.S. Phone Calls Without Warrants'
In a four-paragraph "Big Story" item time-stamped 10:48 a.m. ("CURRENT, FORMER OFFICIALS BACK SECRET SURVEILLANCE"), Stephen Braun at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, names several Sunday news program guests whoShow More Summary
CBS's Scott Pelley: Fox News Only Has 200,000 to 300,000 Viewers
A key to success in business is knowing your competition. CBS Evening News host Scott Pelley apparently doesn't subscribe to this doctrine, for in an interview with Deadline Hollywood published Saturday, Pelley claimed that Fox News only has 200,000 to 300,000 viewers: read more
WashPost Reprints AP Story Protesting 'Outdated' ID Cards That Tell the Truth About the Real Gender, Not the 'Transgender'
Here’s a headline that stood out in the Sunday Washington Post: “‘M’ or ‘F’? Outdated IDs don’t cover transgender individuals.” It even had the period, for emphasis. This was meant to be a news story on A-5, by AP reporter Lisa Leff,...Show More Summary
AP Tries to Frame NSA Surveillance Issue as 'Far Left and Right' vs. Everyone Else -- Part 2 of 2
In an early Wednesday morning story which seems to have been a strategic trial balloon, Charles Babington at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, ran a story trying to portray the NSA surveillance revelations by Edward...Show More Summary
New York Times Edits Out Iranian Quote: 'I Hope the New York Times Building Burns Down'
The website Newsdiffs.com is all about showing people how newspapers update their stories, and add some things, and delete some things. This was especially interesting in a New York Times story from Friday on Iran, where they found it advantageous to edit out an America-hating Iranian who wished the Times building would burn down: read more
Ayatollah DeMint? CBS Reporter Equates Iran's Islamist Hardliners To U.S. Tea Party
For many years, the networks have done a sloppy job of comparing "conservatives" around the globe. As the Berlin Wall fell, the "conservatives" became the communists who wanted to keep their grip on power and not give way to democracy. Show More Summary
Not News at AP: Connecticut Legislative District Goes GOP For First Time in 40 Years to a Second Amendment Defender
A GOP candidate for the Connecticut State Legislature's 53rd District about 70 miles northeast of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown won election on Tuesday, marking the first time the seat has gone to a Republican since Richard Nixon was president. Republican Samuel Belsito defeated Democrat Anthony J. Show More Summary
Leno: Obama to LGBT Crowd: ‘Americans Regardless of Sexual Orientation Will be Spied on Equally'
Jay Leno continued his humorous attacks on Barack Obama Friday. Speaking about the LGBT Pride Month celebration at the White House, Leno joked during NBC’s Tonight Show monologue, “He promised that as long as he’s president, all Americans regardless of their sexual orientation will be spied on equally.” read more
Weekend Open Thread
For weekend discussion and comment. Starter topic: On Thursday, former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum chastized his party for being too elitist. Republicans should “talk to the folks who are worried about the next paycheck,”...Show More Summary
Niall Ferguson Smacks Down Bill Maher’s Claim Fracking Supporters Defend Contaminated Water
HBO’s Bill Maher once again made a fool of himself on national television Friday. After making the truly absurd comment during a discussion about hydraulic fracturing, "How anyone with children defends contaminated water I’ll never know,”...Show More Summary
Bozell Column: Obama and the Callous Kanye Culture
Egotistical musicians often exaggerate their political influence, none moreso than the nattering, narcissistic rapper Kanye West. He has compared himself in global stature to Apple founder Steve Jobs, and has titled his latest albumShow More Summary
Daily Kos: 'Forget the "Terrorism" Crusade!' The Toll on 9/11 Was Tiny
In the wake of the new leaks about NSA surveillance, the Daily Kos wants the entire War on Terrorism repealed as a vast violation of American civil liberties. Terrorism, scherrorism, says "Letsgetitdone." We lose many more Americans due to "gun violence" and the "lack of health insurance," so losing 3,000 people on 9/11 is just a smear on the national windshield: read more
NPR Silent On Reporter Ari Shapiro Covering Obama White House While Spouse Works There
NPR’s rising young celebrity-like star Ari Shapiro, White House Correspondent, appears to be able to follow his own set of rules at NPR. As detailed in Newsbusters Wednesday, Shapiro will soon join vicious bomb-throwing activist & lefty partisan Democrat Dan Savage to promote Savage’s new book. Show More Summary