NYT Posts, Takes Down Story About Women in Weiner Sexting Scandal

On Monday, the New York Times mistakenly posted an article profiling some of the women involved in Anthony Weiner's infamous sexting scandal--and then promptly took it down. by Tony Lee 11 Jun 2013

PBS NewsHour Closes Offices, Lays Off Staff, Turns to Freelancers

PBS NewsHour" is completely closing down its Denver and San Francisco offices, eliminating "several production positions in its Washington DC office, while leaving two open senior-level roles unfilled," and preparing to turn to more outside freelancers. by John Nolte 11 Jun 2013

Paul Krugman Focuses on Princeton Bomb Threat Victim Paul Krugman

On Tuesday morning, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman was minding his own business at a coffee shop on the Princeton University campus when his world stopped turning. The Princeton University campus received a bomb threat to multiple buildings, forcing evacuation. by Ben Shapiro 11 Jun 2013

New York Times Yanks Weiner Story

Claiming they had "inadvertently" published "before it was ready for publication," The New York Times published and then yanked a story about Anthony Weiner titled: “For Women in Weiner Scandal, Indignity Lingers.” by John Nolte 11 Jun 2013

New York Times: Lack of Global Warming Proves There's Global Warming

"The rise in the surface temperature of earth has been markedly slower over the last 15 years than in the 20 years before that. And that lull in warming has occurred even as greenhouse gases have accumulated in the atmosphere at a record pace." by John Nolte 11 Jun 2013

Time Magazine and the Enshrining of Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Can a Media Hero Do Any Wrong?

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, at the helm of arguably the most corrupt city in the nation, has an image challenge. He has created enemies left, right, and center in the name of budget cuts while racking up spending on pet projects for the 1% like a maze of protected bike lanes through the city. His notorious temper and connections to the embattled Obama “Chicago Way” Administration risk forever tainting his turn in charge. by Rebel Pundit 10 Jun 2013

CNN Launches Dishonest Attack On Clarence Thomas--To Protect Voter Fraud

CNN published an article by John Blake entitled "Three questions for Clarence Thomas" that allows them to not only distort the black conservative judge's opinions, but also to tip-toe on the edge of racism, referring to Justice Thomas as a "sellout" and "Uncle Thomas" while hiding behind the cowardly journalistic trick of "Hey, we're just reporting what other people say!" by Lee Stranahan 10 Jun 2013

NBC News: Clapper 'Didn't Have Good Response' About Misleading Congress

"Clapper didn’t have a good response why he seemed to mislead Congress about the program." by John Nolte 10 Jun 2013

AP Turns On Obama: Second Term On Verge of Imploding

In a brutal Monday column, Liz Sidoti, the national politics editor for The Associated Press, takes a look at the Obama Administration's mounting scandals, the president's promises, and the polls. Her conclusion is that Obama's second term is on the verge of imploding. by John Nolte 10 Jun 2013

Greenwald Slams Mika For 'Misleading' With White House Talking Points

The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, the man who broke the NSA snooping story and revealed leaker Edward Snowden to the world, appeared on "Morning Joe" on MSNBC Monday morning. Co-host Mika Brezinski engaged in a mini-debate with Greenwald over the legality of the leaks. She told Greenwald that the wiretapping requires a search warrant, "It’s not like there’s haphazard probing into all of our personal emails." by Larry O'Connor 10 Jun 2013

Pentagon Papers' Ellsberg Praises Snowden

Daniel Ellsberg, the man who helped bring down the Nixon presidency with the leak of the Pentagon Papers, called NSA leaker Edward Snowden "a hero." Blogger Trevor Timm announced on Twitter that he was with Ellsberg when the Snowden story broke Sunday afternoon. by Larry O'Connor 10 Jun 2013

GOP Rep Attacks Reporter Over NSA Story

"Someone did not have authorization to release this information. Why that’s so important is they didn’t have all of the information. I know your reporter that you interviewed, Greenwald, says that he’s got it all and now is an expert on the program. He doesn’t have a clue how this thing works, and neither did the person who released just enough information to literally be dangerous." by Larry O'Connor 10 Jun 2013

NY Times Talks Up NSA's Expertise

In a story that reads like a gushing profile article on an exciting new business venture, The New York Times reported on the vast growth and technological advancement of the National Security Agency's data mining capabilities. by Warner Todd Huston 10 Jun 2013

LA Times Emphasizes 'Fascination with Guns,' not Mental Illness, in Santa Monica Shooting

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the 24-year-old Santa Monica shooter had a history of mental illness but leads a June 9 story with the claim of an “unnamed source” who said that the killer had a "fascination with guns." by Warner Todd Huston 10 Jun 2013

Paul Krugman: 'We Are Kind of an Authoritarian Surveillance State'

Liberal economist and leading modern Keynesian, Paul Krugman of The New York Times, has been one of Barack Obama's biggest cheerleaders, but suddenly he is a bit down on the Obama administration saying that he is afraid that the country is becoming an "authoritarian surveillance state." by Warner Todd Huston 10 Jun 2013

Washington Post: Maybe NSA Programs Thwarted Terror, Maybe Not

When The Washington Post carried Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) claim that NSA surveillance programs had successfully thwarted a terror attack by Najibullah Zazi, the paper also highlighted the counter claim that Zazi's plans were actually thwarted by good police work. by AWR Hawkins 9 Jun 2013

MSNBC Host Blames Rudy Aiding Al-Qaeda on 9/11

On Thursday, poisonous MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell, responding to Rudy Guiliani’s criticism of Barack Pobama’s national security policies on Wednesday, repeated his charge from October 2011 that Giuliani was responsible for the firefighter deaths from 9/11. by William Bigelow 9 Jun 2013

'Breitbart News Sunday' on Sirius XM 125: Anne Bayefsky, Jenny Beth Martin, Sgt. John Gardner

On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot Ch. 125 from 7 p.m. EDT to 10 p.m EDT, host Stephen K. Bannon will discuss the courage of Roger Ailes, the latest developments on the Senate's immigration bill, the persecution of Christians in the U.S. military, the Obama administration's PRISM program that has reportedly collected Internet data from Americans, and a mass "Audit the IRS" rally that will be held on June 19 in Washington, D.C. by Breitbart News 8 Jun 2013

ABC News: Susan Rice 'Got a Bad Rap' over Benghazi

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice has taken a lot of heat for making the talk show rounds on Sept. 16, 2012 and blaming Benghazi on "a spontaneous protest." by AWR Hawkins 8 Jun 2013

Other Nations Surging Past U.S. in Job Creation

Countries around the world are blazing past the United States in job creation. That was the New York Times’ conclusion after analyzing the latest round of figures from Friday’s Labor Department report. by Wynton Hall 8 Jun 2013

Washington Post Whiffs On Obama Scandals; Investigates Fox News Supply Closet

You would think that the sting of humiliation that comes with whiffing on the four biggest stories of the Obama presidency might result in something of a wake-up call for the financially troubled Post. But, as if to prove you can't teach an old Palace Guard new tricks, yesterday the Post poured its bandwidth and investigative resources into… The Tale of the Fox News Supply Closet. by John Nolte 8 Jun 2013

Katie Couric Daytime Show 'An Unmitigated Disaster'

In the wake of her chilling metamorphosis into a partisan diva, Couric has only met failure. Her stint as the anchor of CBS News was a major humiliation. But her latest endeavor, a daytime talk show, is making Couric's time at CBS look like the glory days of a fast-fading career. by John Nolte 8 Jun 2013

CNN Criticized for Celebrating Palestinian Terrorist

CNN is drawing criticism for a feature story on a Palestinian soccer player who is in the news for boycotting Israel. The cable network is being criticized because its glowing treatment of the Palestinian protester neglects to mention that he is a member of the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). In fact, the piece seems to reject any claim that he is a member of the group. by Warner Todd Huston 7 Jun 2013

New York Post Eliminates 13 Jobs

The New York Post is eliminating 13 full-time positions, editor in chief Col Allan announced today in an email to the newsroom. The news comes in advance of the expected June 28 News Corp split, when the book and newspaper assets will separate from the more lucrative TV and film properties. The shakeout is expected to be rough. by John Nolte 7 Jun 2013

NYT Stealth Edits Article to Soften Its Own Criticism of Obama

On the afternoon of June 6th, Breitbart correspondent Ben Shapiro marveled at how harshly President Obama was treated in an editorial by The New York Times, but as the day wore on, the paper went back and altered its editorial to soften its own criticism of the President. by Warner Todd Huston 7 Jun 2013

Weiner to Female Voter: 'Were You Flirting with Me?'

The Politicker reports that at a campaign forum in Brooklyn Thursday night, mayoral candidate and disgraced former-Congressman Anthony Weiner asked a woman in the audience, “Were you raising your hand or flirting with me?” by John Nolte 7 Jun 2013

Verizon-Gate Swamps President's ObamaCare Event

Obama looked defensive and very much like a president without a good answer for what he has just been caught doing. Friday, a USA Today editorial declared Obama's second-term agenda "scorched" by scandal. He certainly looked scalded with his meandering answer to a question he had to know was coming, and his ObamaCare message was obliterated in the process. by John Nolte 7 Jun 2013

The Courage of Roger Ailes: One Man Faces Down the Mainstream Media, and Worse

It’s amazing the attacks that Roger Ailes has suffered from the MSM, which is not only liberal, not only snarky, but also, sometimes, downright nasty. by Alexander Marlow 7 Jun 2013

Stealth Edit: The New York Times Has Now Lost all Credibility

We are not talking about fixing a typo here, or even finding a better word to clarify a point. In the course of a few hours, The New York Times went from claiming the administration had lost all credibility -- period -- to something less. That is a huge position shift. by John Nolte 7 Jun 2013

How Progressives in the Media Ignore Uncomfortable Facts and Justify Their Bias

Newsflash, liberals: it's not working. The race card is maxed out. Nobody's buying what you're selling. You're just going to have to suck it up and argue honestly on a level playing field for what you want instead of trying these rhetorical tricks & dodges in an attempt to shut down the discussion. by Brian Cates 7 Jun 2013

Coulter: NSA Snooping More About ‘Harassing Americans’ than Fighting Terrorism

Ann Coulter hammered the Obama Administration's credibility and competence with regard tot he NSA snooping scandal. In a characteristically fiery appearance on Fox News Channel's "Hannity," Coulter pointed out that the record gathering policy itself is not necessarily a problem, but in the hands of President Barack Obama, it is being used for "harassing Americans." by Larry O'Connor 7 Jun 2013

Olbermann Returns

In a stunning statement to at least half of their viewers, TBS has announced polarizing TV personality Keith Olbermann will co-host their post-season baseball coverage this fall. Olbermann has recently settled with his last employer, Current TV, and has been relatively idle since his last full-time gig. by Larry O'Connor 7 Jun 2013

NYT Stealth Edits Editorial to Water Down Obama Condemnation

On Thursday, The New York Times ran one of its most controversial editorials in recent history. In it, the editors condemned the Obama administration in fiery terms for its blanket surveillance of American phone records. The original editorial contained this key line, which became our headline at Breitbart News: “The administration has now lost all credibility.” By late Thursday evening, the editorial had been changed so that the key sentence read, “The administration has now lost credibility on this issue.” There was no note of any correction. by Breitbart News 6 Jun 2013

NYT: Obama Admin 'Has Now Lost All Credibility'

On Thursday, The New York Times officially fell off the Obama bandwagon. That doesn’t mean the Obama worship will stop. But the newest revelation that the Obama administration has been seizing millions of phone records leaves the Times with little choice but to publicly chastise its dream president. by Ben Shapiro 6 Jun 2013

Limbaugh Advertisers Return

After talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh mocked Sandra Fluke as a "slut" (something he later apologized for) the organized left thought they could finally silence The Most Listened To Talk Show Host in America by picking off his advertisers. The boycott, organized mostly by the left-wing Media Matters, can now officially be called a failure. by John Nolte 6 Jun 2013

Kochs Confirm Interest In Acquiring Tribune Company

And now we have the Tribune Company on the edge of blinking out of existence -- and who know how many people losing their jobs -- but I'm guessing the left would prefer it go down than be saved by the dreaded Kochs. by John Nolte 6 Jun 2013

Glenn Greenwald to Obama Administration: Bring It, Bullies!

After publishing a major scoop (and embarrassing the American media) about the Obama administration's shocking overreach with the seizing of the records of every Verizon cell phone user, The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald remains defiant in the face of what is sure to come next: a DOJ investigation into how Greenwald obtained the information. by John Nolte 6 Jun 2013

'Today' Plaza Evacuated After Man Tries To Slit Wrists

A man in the crowd outside the "Today Show" studios took out a knife and cut himself Thursday morning. Matt Lauer informed viewers of the incident as the broadcast commenced in studio during a segment that was originally scheduled to be live in the "Today" Plaza in Rockefeller Center. by Larry O'Connor 6 Jun 2013

Boston Bombing 'Bag Men' Sue NY Post

The lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court said the photographs and articles published three days after the bombings made it appear that FBI agents were pursuing Salaheddin Barhoum and Yassine Zaimi, avid runners watching the Marathon. That evening, authorities released photographs of the suspected bombers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. by Larry O'Connor 6 Jun 2013

Mainstream Media Fail to Break Even One of Four Obama Scandals

Fact: Over the past few weeks, four major scandals have broken over the Obama administration, and it is a very sad (and frightening) truth that our pathetic, American, lapdog mainstream media are not responsible for breaking even a single one. by John Nolte 6 Jun 2013

Al Jazeera Hires NBC Reporter As White House Correspondent

"As far as concerns over an Al Jazeera bias, I'd say: Watch and see, watch and learn. It will quickly become apparent what we're all about, and those concerns will dissipate quickly, to the extent that they still exist." by Larry O'Connor 6 Jun 2013

Politico: Be Afraid Of Bloomberg

Jim VandeHei: "Who scares me the most? The entity that should worry media companies the most is Bloomberg because they have huge ambitions and huge cash reserves and they clearly have an appetite for more Washington coverage." by Larry O'Connor 6 Jun 2013

Jonathan Alter: MSM Tool in the War Against Roger Ailes and Fox News

As the Obama administration goes down, the Fox News Channel goes up. We’re witnessing the eclipse of the Obama presidency, as “hope and change” turns into “scandal and coverup.” Everyone knows it, and yet reporters who have staked their credibility on Obama-as-messiah can’t be expected to admit it. by Stephen K. Bannon, Larry Solov, & Alexander Marlow 5 Jun 2013

Obama Thuggery: Adviser Plouffe Throws False Accusations Against Issa

He has gone from Obama's tech-savvy wunderkind to just another administration attack dog, but to seal that transformation Obama adviser David Plouffe used long discredited attacks to smear Representative Darrell Issa. by Warner Todd Huston 5 Jun 2013

Ted Cruz on New York Times Hysteria: 'Maybe We're Doing Something Right'

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Tuesday that the mainstream media's hysteria over his conservative beliefs and refusal to play by Washington's rules were signs that he was championing the right issues. by Tony Lee 5 Jun 2013

Susan Rice Gets Pass While Media Discounted Condi Rice

Noah Rothman of Mediaite recently did an excellent job detailing what the progressive media said about Condoleeza Rice when George W. Bush appointed her as his Secretary of State in 2005. Rothman noted how the media dismissed Condi Rice as merely a "friend" of Bush and otherwise made it seem as if her appointment was just a payoff for loyalty instead of the appointment of a qualified person. In contrast, Obama's appointment of Susan Rice as his national security advisor is not being so quickly dismissed by that same media establishment. by Warner Todd Huston 5 Jun 2013

White House Renews Attack on Fox News

Henry: You described (Rice) as one of the most qualified, experienced foreign policy experts in America. If that’s the case, how did she get the information on Benghazi so wrong five days after the attack? by John Nolte 5 Jun 2013

The Nation Invokes Truman for Gun Control--But He Loved Guns & the NRA

On June 4 the Nation carried a column which invoked Harry Truman's name as an inspiration for discouraged gun control activists. Yet Truman was both pro-gun and a fan of the National Rifle Association (NRA). by AWR Hawkins 5 Jun 2013

Packer's Almost-Tribute to Andrew Breitbart

Though it regurgitates one of the media's persistent false memes about Andrew Breitbart, Slate's tribute to Breitbart, in the form of a vignette by New Yorker stalwart George Packer, is an otherwise fitting celebration of the life and work of a new media pioneer and entrepreneur whose "fast, fun career" continues to inspire us all. by Warner Todd Huston 5 Jun 2013

Media Fail: Majority Say GOP Scandal Investigations 'Justified'

In an extensive NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday, the most fascinating piece of information can be found way down at question 17. When asked if Congressional Republican investigations into the Obama administration have been "justified and addressing legitimate concerns" or "not justified and unfair partisan attacks," 50% said justified, while only 42% said not. by John Nolte 5 Jun 2013

Politico Attacks Victims of IRS Scandal

Right on cue, Politico arrives this morning like the cavalry with an appallingly dishonest (but expected) piece of reporting that falls right in line with what Congressional Democrats did yesterday. It is as pure a piece of coordination and left-wing propaganda as you will ever read. by John Nolte 5 Jun 2013