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Bolton Slams Olbermann on Pantybomber Conspiracy Theory
January 11th, 2010 11:50 AM
Former American Ambassador to the UN John Bolton took MSNBC's Keith Olbermann to task last week for accusing US intelligence agencies of deliberately ignoring red flags that led to the failed Christmas day bombing plot (h/t Johnny Dollar). Olbermann suggested that the CIA and other agencies might have been engaged in some sort of turf war, and allowed the plot to move forward. He insinuated that…
Olbermann’s Conniption: 'There is No Liberal Media'; Insists Corpora
December 15th, 2009 2:24 AM
Perhaps there is something obstructing the view overlooking Rockefeller Plaza, where MSNBC broadcasts "Countdown" nightly because the show's host, Keith Olbermann fails to see the existence of a news media with a liberal bias. On MSNBC's Dec. 14 broadcast of "Countdown," Olbermann came to the defense of NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" executive producer and noted left-winger Dick…
Fox News Anchors Debunk Lefty Claim Network’s an 'Organ' of GOP in G
December 12th, 2009 11:20 PM
One of the favorite talking points that often comes from Fox News detractors is the claim that the News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) cable news is somehow an organ of the Republican Party. It's a claim that former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn made, along with countless other accusations from prominent Democrats. However, these Democrats would be doing themselves and their audiences a…
Chuck Woolery Comes Out As Conservative, Jokes 'I'll Never Be Hired in
November 29th, 2009 2:40 AM
On Saturday's Huckabee show on FNC, host Mike Huckabee interviewed gameshow host Chuck Woolery, who admitted to being conservative and voiced support for term limits, the Constitution, and tea party protesters. As the segment started, Woolery -- who famously hosted the shows Love Connection, Scrabble, and even the first several years of Wheel of Fortune -- joked: "I'm now sacrificing my career…
Huckabee: Obama's 'Redistribution' Extends Beyond Wealth to Health Car
November 17th, 2009 9:49 AM
Joe the Plumber was certainly on to something when he got then-candidate Barack Obama to admit he wanted to redistribute the wealth, according to former Republican presidential candidate and Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. Huckabee, who now hosts a show aired on the weekends on the Fox News Channel, told "On The Record" host Greta Van Sustren on Nov. 16 that Obama's policies go beyond just the…
FNC Interviews Fmr Planned Parenthood Clinic Exec Director Who Turned
November 8th, 2009 4:55 PM
On Saturday’s Huckabee show on FNC, host Mike Huckabee interviewed the former executive director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan Texas, Abby Johnson, who became a pro-life activist after witnessing an ultrasound of an abortion while she assisted in a procedure. She charged that the abortion provider tries to "increase the number of abortions they do" for the purpose of making money, and…
CNN's Sanchez Again Bashes Fox News, 'Pudgy-Faced' Glenn Beck
September 21st, 2009 7:00 PM
CNN anchor Rick Sanchez again attacked Fox News on Monday’s Newsroom, implying the channel wasn’t a “real news organization,” and bizarrely labeled Glenn Beck “pudgy-faced.” Unsurprisingly, Sanchez continued his silence concerning his own network’s left-wing bias [audio clips from the segment are available here].The anchor began the segment by summarizing his attack on the Fox News Channel from…
MRC's Motley on FNC's Beck to Discuss FCC's New Chief Diversity 'Czar
August 14th, 2009 10:55 PM
Seton Motley, the Media Research Center's Director of Communications, was on the Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck to discuss the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s new "Chief Diversity Officer," Mark Lloyd.Chief Diversity Officer Lloyd is virulently anti-capitalist, almost myopically racially fixated and exuberantly pro-regulation. He is a frightening guy to have having any power at the…
Olbermann: We Have To 'Legally Stop' Glenn Beck
July 8th, 2009 12:01 AM
Noted free-speech champion Keith Olbermann has declared that we have to "legally stop" Glenn Beck. The Fox News host's crime? Not reacting strongly enough for Olbermann's taste when a guest made an over-the-top remark. [H/t reader JKF.]On the June 30 editon of Beck's show, former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer said: "the only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to detonate…
FNC's Hume on Swine Flu Hysteria: 'This is Insane
April 27th, 2009 5:13 PM
The swine flu story has captured the news cycle for three days and counting now and that's perpetuating the hysteria, according to Fox News Channel's Brit Hume. Hume appeared on the FNC's "The Live Desk with Trace Gallagher" April 27 and blasted the media in general for hyping the swine flu story 24/7. "I realize it's been a slow weekend in terms of news," Hume said. "The president went out…
Beck Mocks Union Winter Retreat, Card Check in Show’s 'COMЯADE UPDA
March 4th, 2009 7:52 PM
As part of a continuation of his "COMЯADE UPDATE" segment he started near the beginning of his show, which became a YouTube sensation, Fox News host Glenn Beck is picking up right where he left off. Beck, on his March 4 program took on a couple new targets, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and union labor. "Comrades! Comrades, there is good news from the Western front," Beck said. "Our glorious…
Balance AWOL in WaPo, MSNBC Coverage of Atheists’ Inauguration Suit
December 31st, 2008 2:44 PM
Well-known atheist Michael Newdow is old news. Few mainstream media outlets are covering the suit he filed Dec. 30 in U.S. District Court to strip prayer and any mention of God from the inaugural ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama. Of those that are reporting on the suit, however, the Washington Post and MSNBC gave Newdow and his fellow litigants a largely unchallenged platform to argue…