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Newsweek's Tina Brown Offers No Apology, Doubles Down on 'Crazy' Bachmann Cover

Newsweek's Tina Brown Offers No Apology, Doubles Down on 'Crazy' Bachmann Cover

Newsweek editor Tina Brown defended her magazine's controversial cover portraying Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) as the "Queen of Rage" on the August 10 edition of MSNBC's ...
Martin Bashir All But Tells John Boehner to 'Go the F*** to Sleep'

Martin Bashir All But Tells John Boehner to 'Go the F*** to Sleep'

MSNBC's Martin Bashir not-so-subtly suggested Wednesday that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is a "baby" who should " go the f*** to sleep " and let Democrats deal ...
Before Taking Fox News Gig, Ed Henry Backed Network in Face of Left-Wing Detractors

Before Taking Fox News Gig, Ed Henry Backed Network in Face of Left-Wing Detractors

Ed Henry's heated exchange Tuesday with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney as Fox News' newly-minted senior White House correspondent reminded NewsBusters of times when Henry, as a ...
MSNBC Anchors Promote Democratic Ad Butchering Reagan's Debt Ceiling Address

MSNBC Anchors Promote Democratic Ad Butchering Reagan's Debt Ceiling Address

At least five MSNBC anchors since Tuesday have promoted a cherry-picked House Democratic Caucus video that distorts President Ronald Reagan's position on the debt ceiling, inaccurately ...
Networks Cast Big-Government Obama as Pushing 'Very Significant' and 'Painful' Budget Cuts

Networks Cast Big-Government Obama as Pushing 'Very Significant' and 'Painful' Budget Cuts

Reporters have repeatedly portrayed Barack Obama as a deficit hawk committed to "slashing" spending, as MRC Research Director Rich Noyes documented in April ahead of the ...
CNN's Cooper, Borger Rhapsodize On 'Adult' Obama Who 'Did Not Raise Taxes'

CNN's Cooper, Borger Rhapsodize On 'Adult' Obama Who 'Did Not Raise Taxes'

CNN's Anderson Cooper and Gloria Borger took turns casting President Barack Obama as the centrist 'adult' in a room teeming with unruly Republican children who would rather invite ...
MSNBC's Martin Bashir: Mitch McConnell 'Suffering Some Kind of Mild Dementia'

MSNBC's Martin Bashir: Mitch McConnell 'Suffering Some Kind of Mild Dementia'

MSNBC's Martin Bashir, who once argued Sarah Palin's bus tour was in " breach of federal law," attacked Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday, wondering if the 69-year-old ...
ABC, CBS Whack Bachmann with PolitiFact, Have Spared Obama Similar Drubbing

ABC, CBS Whack Bachmann with PolitiFact, Have Spared Obama Similar Drubbing

ABC and CBS have both recently wielded PolitiFact as a club to bash Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), yet in the 29 months since President Barack Obama took office – despite 49 ...
ABC and NBC Starstruck by 'Patented Michelle (Obama) Power'

ABC and NBC Starstruck by 'Patented Michelle (Obama) Power'

ABC and NBC have delivered fawning coverage of First Lady Michelle Obama's visit this week to South Africa and Botswana, oozing over the "celebrity" and "excitement" of ...
Obama Blames High Unemployment on ATMs, Media Shrug Off Gaffe

Obama Blames High Unemployment on ATMs, Media Shrug Off Gaffe

On the June 14 edition of NBC's Today, President Barack Obama ascribed part of the blame for the high unemployment rate to ATMs, yet most media outlets continue to ignore the gaffe. ...
Andrea Mitchell Whines About Tim Pawlenty's 'Counterintuitive' Tax Plan

Andrea Mitchell Whines About Tim Pawlenty's 'Counterintuitive' Tax Plan

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell scolded Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty on Thursday over the former Minnesota governor's proposed plan to reduce taxes and cut spending, decrying ...
Chrystia Freeland Blown Away by Weiner's 'Classy Touch'

Chrystia Freeland Blown Away by Weiner's 'Classy Touch'

Chrystia Freeland made a series of bizarre statements Monday on MSNBC that were overshadowed only by Anthony Weiner's "contrite" presser during which the Democratic Congressman ...
Martin Bashir: Sarah Palin's Bus Tour a 'Breach of Federal Law'

Martin Bashir: Sarah Palin's Bus Tour a 'Breach of Federal Law'

MSNBC's Martin Bashir on May 31 insisted that Sarah Palin's bus tour amounts to a "breach of a federal law." Anchoring his eponymous program, Bashir scolded: "In fact, ...
Time's Joe Klein Declares Dem House Win a 'Victory for Socialism,' Later Retracts 'Tongue-in-Cheek' Comment

Time's Joe Klein Declares Dem House Win a 'Victory for Socialism,' Later Retracts 'Tongue-in-Cheek' Comment

Appearing on the May 25 edition of MSNBC's Last Word, Time magazine's Joe Klein declared that a Democrat's victory in a New York House election was "a victory for ...
NBC Correspondent's Shorthand for SB-1070: Arizona's Nazi Law

NBC Correspondent's Shorthand for SB-1070: Arizona's Nazi Law

Borrowing the phraseology of left-wing bloggers, NBC Justice correspondent Pete Williams on Thursday invoked Nazi terminology three times to describe SB-1070, the Arizona immigration law that ...
MSNBC Gushes Over Jessica Alba: 'Our Children Are the Experiments' of 'Unregulated' Chemical Companies

MSNBC Gushes Over Jessica Alba: 'Our Children Are the Experiments' of 'Unregulated' Chemical Companies

Jessica Alba received an overwhelmingly positive reception on Thursday's Morning Joe while lobbying for legislation that would give the EPA broad-sweeping powers to regulate chemicals in ...
MSNBC's Tamron Hall Blames Missouri Tornado on Climate Change, Climate Scientist Retorts 'Random Chance'

MSNBC's Tamron Hall Blames Missouri Tornado on Climate Change, Climate Scientist Retorts 'Random Chance'

On Monday, less than 24 hours after a devastating tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri- killing at least 116 people- an MSNBC anchor was busy putting a political spin on the tragedy. ...
Andrea Mitchell, Guest Scold GOP 2012 Hopefuls for Disagreeing with Obama on Israel

Andrea Mitchell, Guest Scold GOP 2012 Hopefuls for Disagreeing with Obama on Israel

In lockstep with Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, who scolded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "please don't speak to my president that way," MSNBC anchor Andrea ...
Scarborough Demands 'Civility' Before Insulting Mitch Daniels' 'Unseemly Resentment' for Family

Scarborough Demands 'Civility' Before Insulting Mitch Daniels' 'Unseemly Resentment' for Family

On the May 23 edition of Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough accused Mitch Daniels of having "resentment" for his wife and derided the Indiana governor as "unseemly." Moments ...
Media Slammed 'Bitch' Angle's Ad, Now Silent When Ryan Shown Throwing Granny Off Cliff

Media Slammed 'Bitch' Angle's Ad, Now Silent When Ryan Shown Throwing Granny Off Cliff

Anyone who was watching certain news outlets on Thursday probably heard almost nothing about one of the most offensive political advertisements in recent memory. That's because most major ...
MSNBC's Martin Bashir Harps on Gingrich's Past, Omits Clinton's Perjury

MSNBC's Martin Bashir Harps on Gingrich's Past, Omits Clinton's Perjury

The day after Newt Gingrich announced his candidacy for president, MSNBC's Martin Bashir took the opportunity to rail against the Republican contender for criticizing former President Bill ...
'Confused' Chuck Todd: Don't Blame Obama for Rising Gas Prices

'Confused' Chuck Todd: Don't Blame Obama for Rising Gas Prices

MSNBC's Chuck Todd rattled off a list of reasons to explain the sharp rise in the price of oil- none of which included Barack Obama's offshore drilling moratorium- and was ...
New York Times Reporters Cite WikiLeaks Files in Anti-Gitmo Screed

New York Times Reporters Cite WikiLeaks Files in Anti-Gitmo Screed

The New York Times offered a distorted glimpse into the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the Bush administration's treatment of suspected terrorists in a series of reports published on Sunday ...
MSNBC Silent as Guest Claims Pro-Lifers Akin to Tiller Killer

MSNBC Silent as Guest Claims Pro-Lifers Akin to Tiller Killer

Robert Redford's period piece on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln hits theaters Friday, but one author who was featured on MSNBC thinks America is embroiled in a modern day "civil ...
MSNBC's Brewer Denounces GOP Bill to Fund Military Paychecks

MSNBC's Brewer Denounces GOP Bill to Fund Military Paychecks

As the prospect of a government shutdown continued to make headlines today, MSNBC's Contessa Brewer accused Republicans of exploiting servicemen's paychecks for political gain, even ...