Notable Quotables

A bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous, sometimes humorous, quotes in the liberal media.

NQ has moved: As of March 2016, Notable Quotables are posted on the MRC’s NewsBusters blog.

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Blaming GOP "Haters" for Problems Passing Amnesty Bill; Opposing Pork-Laden Farm Bill = Ugly, Racist "Jihad"

Liberal pundits slam "haters" like Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh as a problem for amnesty proponents trying to pass a bill, even as journalists trash opponents of the pork-laden farm bill as ...
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Refusing to See "Atmosphere of Scandal" Around Obama; On Cue, MSNBC Finds Racism

Despite the Benghazi fiasco, revelations of IRS partisanship, and unprecedented treatment of journalists, the Executive Editor of the New York Times insists there's no "atmosphere of scandal" ...
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"Voters Will Punish" GOP If They Pursue Obama's Scandals

As scandals surround the Obama administration, the networks suggest that if Republicans pursue investigations, they'll be guilty of "overreaching," or "overplaying their hand," while the ...
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Obama Can't Make Nice With Bloodthirsty Republicans

Disgraced CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather says President Obama can't "make nice" with Republicans because they aim to "cut his heart out and throw his liver to the dogs," while MSNBC's Mika ...
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First Impulse: Blame the "Right Wing" and Hope the Bomber Is a "White American"

In the hours after the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon, journalists baselessly speculated that the bombers might have come from the "right wing," while Salon.com wished in a headline: ...
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Thrashing Thatcher, the Brutal "Antithesis of Freedom;" MSNBC: Kids Belong to the Collective

Within an hour of news that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had passed away, reporters were hurling epithets, claiming she "punished communites," "decimated entire industries," and ...
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April Fools Notable Quotables: Special Matthews Mega-Meltdown Edition

Updated: This year, our annual April Fools parody edition mixes real and fake quotes from MSNBC's outlandish host Chris Matthews. Watch videos of the genuine Matthews quotes that are just as wacky ...
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Blame "Painful and Stupid" Budget Cuts on Extremists Holding the GOP "Hostage"

CBS's Bob Schieffer blames the budget showdown on "the extreme ends" of the GOP "holding the rest of you [Republicans] hostage," while the New York Times sees a "new round of austerity" as a ...
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Journalists Adopt Obama's Sequester Hysteria

In the days leading up to a puny $44 billion in budget "cuts" (actually, reductions in the rate of spending growth), liberal journalists echo Team Obama's fearmongering about the "draconian" cuts, ...
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Taking a Sip of Water = The End of Marco Rubio?

The liberal media slash at Senator Marco Rubio for his response to President Obama's State of the Union, with MSNBC deriding it as "claws out" and "primitive," even as CNN and NBC mocked how Rubio ...
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