According to Chris Matthews, Sarah Palin is the most divisive figure since Abraham Lincoln "caused" the Civil War. In an odd historical analogy, the Hardball host marveled at Palin's bus tour: "Leading off tonight, civil war on the right. Not since the election of Abraham Lincoln has a Republican caused such a war." The anchor frothed, "Sarah Palin went right to New Hampshire, serving as a…
According to Joy Behar of 'The View,' someone is "out to get" Anthony Weiner because "they don't like his politics." Behar and her co-host Whoopi Goldberg advanced a conspiracy theory on June 2 and included the possibility that the Congressman could have been at a beach and had an innocent photo digitally manipulated. Meanwhile, Barbara Walters pronounced dead the political goal of the…
As NewsBusters reported first, MSNBC anchor Martin Bashir insisted on his May 31 program that Sarah Palin's Northeast bus tour amounted to a "breach in federal law."After a number of sites linked to the original NewsBusters piece, Bashir responded today to the "abusive messages" he's allegedly endured in the fallout of his controversial remarks.
Comedian Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, took CNN to task over its inability to investigate the Weinergate scandal.
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) said in an interview with MSNBC's Luke Russert today that he can's say with "certitude" the lewd photo posted to his Twitter account isn't him.
Continuing his cozy relationship with powerful Democrats, George Stephanopoulos on June 1 interviewed his good friend, and newly elected mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel. The Good Morning America host hyped Emanuel, going so far as to seriously tout him as a successor to President Obama. Stephanopoulos enthused, "But, you know, if you do a good job here, a lot of Democrats are going to be…
MSNBC's Chris Matthews on May 31 linked left-wing Congressman Dennis Kucinich to NBA star Lebron James and World War II hero Winston Churchill.Read more here:http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2011/05/31/chris-matthews-links-dennis-kucinich-churchill-lebron-james-promises
Martin Bashir said Sarah Palin's bus tour is in "breach of a federal law" on May 31.
ABC's Good Morning America on May 31 offered a dismissive take on two conservative females, Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. Reporter Jon Karl brushed aside Palin's bus tour as "another reality TV show" and wondered if the former governor is "just playing tourist." George Stephanopoulos, meanwhile, played up conflict between the two. He prefaced a question to Bachmann by admitting it may be…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lobbed incendiary accusations at the coal industry on Morning Joe today in a segment that devolved into a nearly 10-minute advertisement for his new anti-coal documentary.