Blog Profile / NewsBusters
| URL : | http://newsbusters.org/ | |
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| Filed Under: | US Politics / Conservative | |
| Posts on Regator: | 33528 | |
| Posts / Week: | 125.6 | |
| Archived Since: | April 7, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
NBC Cancels 'Rock Center'
In a serious blow to NBC News and Brian Williams, it was announced Friday that NBC is canceling Rock Center. TVNewser moments ago published a note from NBC News Group chief Pat Fili-Krushel sent to staff Friday afternoon: read more
Rep. Blackburn: Why Won't Media Cover 'One of the Most Tragic Murder Stories of Our Time?'
During an interview with MRCTV, U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, asked what has become one of the most common questions across the country: Why won't the mainstream media give the murder trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell the coverage it deserves? “We're talking about people being murdered,” she declared. Show More Summary
PBS’s Charlie Rose Spins For Susan Rice and State Department on Benghazi
On his Thursday night PBS program, Charlie Rose attempted to fulfill his duties as a liberal media member by defending the State Department’s dishonest talking points following the September 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi. Rose was grilling Rep. Show More Summary
NB's Graham Discusses Media's Barack Obama/Ted Cruz Double Standard with TheBlaze's Wilkow
When Barack Obama was freshly elected to the Senate in 2004, the liberal media cheered him on, "promoting him for president, you know, before taking the oath [of office]" on the Senate floor in January 2005, NewsBusters senior editor Tim Graham noted in an interview with The Blaze's Andrew Wilkow. Show More Summary
CBS Touts 'Vocal Opposition', 'Anxiety' to Koch Brothers' Possible Purchase of Newspapers
Friday's CBS This Morning played up the "vocal opposition" of liberal activist groups who are railing against the possible sale of several newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, to the libertarian Koch Brothers. Show More Summary
Bozell, Hannity Review Media's Lack of Interest in, Spin Regarding Benghazi Hearings
"When Hillary Clinton testified in January, she got five [and a half] hours on MSNBC," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity on the May 9 edition of his eponymous program. By contrast, the Obama-boosting "Lean Forward" network failed to show any live testimony from the May 8 Benghazi whistleblowers hearing. Show More Summary
HuffPo: NFL Players Cut over Gay Support, Not Performance
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes a business decision is just a business decision. Like the Vikings cutting punter Chris Kluwe. Kluwe is an aging, expensive, mediocre performer, and the Vikings just drafted a new punter. But to John Becker at the Huffington Post, there must be something darker at work. Show More Summary
Letterman: Christie Got His Stomach Stapled, Limbaugh Should Get His Mouth Stapled
Is it possible for David Letterman to get more partisanly petty? On the CBS Late Show Thursday, the host said, “So Chris Christie had his stomach stapled, and now if we can get Rush Limbaugh to have his mouth stapled” (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more
ABC Investigates 'Not True' White House Statements on Libya, Exposes Editing of Documents
ABC journalist Jon Karl actually followed up on Wednesday's Benghazi hearings, exposing that CIA talking points on the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack were "dramatically edited" a total of 12 times by the administration. In a report...Show More Summary
MSNBC Comes in Dead Last in One of the Biggest News Days of the Year Wednesday
Wednesday was one of the biggest news days of the year with more information coming out about Amanda Berry's captor, the Jody Arias verdict, and the Benghazi Congressional hearings. Despite this, MSNBC came in last amongst the four major cable news channels. read more
Did Al Hunt Just Question IQ Of Non-Asian Immigrants?
Al Hunt prefaced his remark by describing the issue of ethnicity and IQ as a "swamp". But did he then proceed to wade right into it? Morning Joe today took up the topic of the flap over a report on immigration produced by the Heritage Foundation. Show More Summary
MSNBC Host Embarrasses Himself, Asks Dem Senator for Her Autograph
Wrapping up a fawning interview with Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on MSNBC's The Last Word Wednesday night, left-wing host Lawrence O'Donnell couldn't hold back his glee at Warren proposing her first piece of legislation. Show More Summary
NB's Bozell: Maybe Media Should Pretend Obama's a Republican, Then They'll Care to Cover Benghazi
The revelations made during the May 8 Benghazi hearings "open up a new can of worms with even more serious questions," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell argued today. "Five major bombshell revelations emerged that have, so far, only been given lip service by the three broadcast networks," the Media Research Center (MRC) founder noted. They are: read more
MSNBC's Hayes Gloats Over Kidnapping and Murder Stories Preempting Benghazi Media Coverage
On Wednesday's All In show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes was gleeful over media coverage of the Benghazi hearings being preempted by both the story of three girls kidnapped and held prisioner for a decade in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as the verdict in the Jodi Arias murder trial. Show More Summary
It Was a Trans-tastic Day for ABC News Producer, Announced He Was a New, Er, 'Woman'
The New York Post reports ABC News producer Don Ennis walked into his Manhattan office on Friday in a "little black dress" and a brunette wig and “announced to colleagues that from now on, he would like to be known as Dawn.” Naturally, at the Sam Champion Network, Ennis “brought a cake and glitter in to work on Friday. Show More Summary
Joe Scarborough Calls Out Fellow MSNBCer Wolffe For Using A ‘Democratic Talking Point’ On Benghazi
Regardless of the facts, some at MSNBC continue to peddle White House talking points surrounding the terrorist attack in Benghazi. Appearing on Morning Joe on May 9, Richard Wolffe, the executive editor of MSNBC.com, gleefully used Democratic...Show More Summary
Morning Shows Binge on Tabloid Criminal Trials: 55 Minutes Vs. 7 for Benghazi Hearings
The network morning shows on Thursday went into tabloid overdrive for the Jodi Arias verdict and an abduction case in Ohio, offering a staggering 56 minutes of coverage. In contrast, NBC, CBS and NBC allowed just under seven minutes combined to hearings on the 2012 terrorist murder of a U.S. Show More Summary
South Korean Led by 'Strongman' and 'Steely Conservative,' But North Korean Dictator Just a 'Young New Leader'
Soft labeling of Communist dictators ("enigmatic"?) has been a historical problem for the New York Times. On Wednesday, reporters Mark Landler and David Sanger described the late South Korea president Park Chung-Hee as a "strongman"Show More Summary
NY Times Puts Benghazi Hearings in Lead Slot, Finds Both Obama 'Intimidation' and 'Political Spectacle'
Thursday's New York Times led with the congressional hearings into the Obama administration's response to the terrorist attack on Benghazi, Libya on the anniversary of September 11 that left four Americans dead: "Envoy Testifies Libya Questions Led To Demotion," reported by the team of Scott Shane, Jeremy Peters, and Eric Schmitt. Show More Summary
David Gregory Claims Obama Administration Handling Of Benghazi Was Merely ‘Sloppy’
In what could be seen as either ignorance or more likely denial of reality, NBC News's David Gregory seemed to minimize the severity of the potential cover-up following the September 11 terrorist attack on an American consulate in Benghazi,...Show More Summary