Imus Tells Alter ‘Shove it,’ Calls Fineman ‘Sniveling Little Wea

June 6th, 2013 5:56 PM
Fox Business’s Don Imus had a delicious trifecta Thursday trashing three perilously liberal journalists in less than 90 seconds. After telling Jonathan Alter to “shove” his request to come on the program and hawk his new book, Imus called Howard Fineman a “sniveling little weasel” and Jon Meacham a “phony bastard” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

MRC's Tim Graham Discusses Networks' Fading Coverage of IRS Scandal on

June 1st, 2013 7:37 AM
MRC director of media analysis Tim Graham appeared on the Fox Business program Varney & Co. on Friday morning to discuss the fading network coverage of the IRS scandal, even though a new poll shows the American people find that to be the most serious Obama scandal. Substitute host Charles Payne asked if the media were turning tough on Obama. “We already have disturbing signs that the…

Dan Gainor Discusses IRS Controversy on Varney & Co

May 13th, 2013 12:00 PM
Media Research Center VP for Business and Culture Dan Gainor appeared on Fox Business's Varney & Co. on May 13, to discuss the IRS targetting conservative groups for extra scrutiny.  Gainor addressed the New York Times Headline "I.R.S. Focus on Conservatives Gives G.O.P. an Issue to Seize on." "This is the New York Times's take on how to turn something that's Nixonian into something…

Dan Gainor to Fox Business: Benghazi Media Cover-Up to Protect Clinton

May 10th, 2013 2:06 PM
MRC Vice President for Business and Culture Dan Gainor appeared on Fox Business to argue that the media’s lack of Benghazi coverage was for protection of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama.             After Charles Payne, Fox Business Network Contributor and co-host of “Varney & Co,” noted that the media appeared to either brush off Benghazi coverage or…

Video: Noyes, Varney Discuss Media's Hype of Sequester, Befuddlement T

March 7th, 2013 12:42 PM
In the fortnight leading up to the sequester, the broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC wrung their hands about "all the catastrophes that would happen if these cuts went through," NewsBusters senior editor Rich Noyes noted on the March 7 edition of Fox Business Network's Varney & Co. Since, then, however, "they've spent no time asking how is the White House going to decide where these cuts…

On FBN's Cavuto, Bozell Discusses Media's Silence on Menendez Prostitu

February 8th, 2013 7:10 PM
When then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) was caught in a sex scandal involving inappropriate instant messages to an underage boy, the media had a field day, using the matter to tar House Republicans at large in the 2006 election cycle, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted in a February 7 appearance on Fox Business Network's "Cavuto." But fast-forward six years to allegations against Sen. Bob…

NB's Graham: Press Corps Rewarded Obama Ignoring Press for Months with

November 15th, 2012 4:37 PM
"After months and months and months" of Barack Obama "stiff-arming the press," the president was treated softly on Wednesday's press conference, NewsBusters senior editor Tim Graham told Fox Business Network's Stuart Varney on the November 15 edition of Varney & Co. True, "we got a Benghazi question from Jon Karl of ABC, although he pitched it as 'please yell at [Sen.] McCain.' And we got…

NB Publisher Bozell Sees Media 'Waterloo' in 2012 Campaign; 'Absolutel

November 7th, 2012 11:52 AM
It's no secret that the liberal media have boosted Obama with bias by commission, going out of their way to treat him with gauzy coverage, softball interviews, and by hyping his celebrity status, but bias by omission played an even larger role in the media's part to ensure the president's reelection, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told Stuart Varney this morning. [see video below page break…

Biden's Brother Awarded Lucrative Gov't Contracts: Media Silent Thus F

October 23rd, 2012 6:29 PM
The rampant crony capitalism of the federal government simply can't be ignored anymore, but the media has made a habit out of selectively picking and choosing what it wants to report on with this administration. This latest example may ultimately be ignored and denied too however, because it involves the brother of our current vice president. According to Charlie Gasparino of Fox Business, a…

Almost 40% of Chicago's Public School Teachers Don't Send Their Kids t

September 13th, 2012 4:04 PM
As the Chicago teachers’ strike continues, let's review what we've learned, no thanks to the broadcast media, which downplayed the story. We know that on average Windy City educators make $71-76,000 a year and they've turned down a 16 percent pay increase, which amounts to $11,360.  We know that they contribute only a tiny sliver of their pay, 3 percent, to their retirement package, and we know…

Juan Williams Insists He Isn't Liberal, Just a 'Foil

July 12th, 2012 5:23 PM
Juan Williams hit it off with the I-man on the July 11 broadcast of Imus in the Morning.  Apparently, Williams, who was fired by NPR in 2010, is the "foil" for the conservative personalities on Fox News.  When Imus asked if Fox News was "right wing," Williams responded with "given what I'm up against, I think that's the way it comes across. If you're arguing politics with Krauthammer and Brit…

Bob Beckel: 'If I Was Juan Williams I'd Wake Up Next To' Michelle Malk

July 3rd, 2012 3:02 PM
What is it about liberal media members making misogynistic comments towards conservative women? Take for example Bob Beckel, the co-host of Fox News's The Five, who told FBN's Don Imus a few weeks ago, "If I was Juan [Williams] I'd wake up next to [Michelle Malkin] with a shotgun" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Robin Leach: Obama Is a 'Socialist' - He Is 'Whipping Up This Racial W

April 18th, 2012 8:57 AM
Former Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous host Robin Leach said Friday that President Obama is a socialist. Appearing on the Fox Business Network, Leach told host Neal Cavuto the current White House resident is "whipping up this racial war and this economic divide" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

The Lorax Not Just For Trees, Against Plastics

March 5th, 2012 9:04 AM
“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.” But not just the trees! With the help of Universal Studios, “The Lorax” drank the left-wing kool-aid and has entered the fight against plastics, and anything artificial. To top it off, The New York Times is upset that the movie doesn’t promote environmentalism enough. Really. In this adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss book, the screenwriters took a…