National Journal: DC Never More Out of Touch than During White House Correspondents Dinner

Ron Fournier at the National Journal blistered Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner, where celebrities and the permanent political class members -- and the reporters who are supposed to keep them accountable -- wine and dine the weekend away, oblivious to the stark realities outside the Washington "Boomtown" bubble. He writes that the dinner is just “lousy optics” - especially when the country is mired in economic struggles and joblessness, a ballooning federal debt, the Boston Marathon and West, Texas tragedies, and the "blood-red line in Syria." by Tony Lee 27 Apr 2013

New York Times Devolves into Luxury Product for Elite Few

"The future of good newspapers is expensive. The products that once were a metaphor for the democratization of information— remember the Penny Press?—are evolving into luxury products for high-end consumers." by John Nolte 27 Apr 2013

Newspaper Exploits Texas Tragedy To Hammer Perry

Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he's disgusted a California newspaper ran a cartoon that depicts him boasting about booming business in Texas, then shows an explosion, a week after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 14 people in a Texas town. by Larry O'Connor 27 Apr 2013

WaPo Rips Politico as a He-Man Woman Haters Club

Whereas I saw Politico and Byers committing the sin of hyping a non-story, much of the left-wing media saw sexism-on-parade. Apparently, within the media-collective, Politico is seen as something of a men's club where women staffers have a hard time surviving. by John Nolte 27 Apr 2013

CBS Invites America-Bashing Psy to White House Correspondents Dinner

Courtesy of CBS News, Korean pop star Psy will be there. Because nothing qualifies you as a member of the media/Hollywood/DC elite faster than being a one-hit wonder who openly called for the death of American troops serving in Iraq. by John Nolte 27 Apr 2013

Pigford Across the Media

Coming years late to the story, The New York Times finally took a look at the Pigford scandal that Andrew Breitbart, Lee Stranahan and the Breitbart team exposed starting in 2010. At last the story is making an appearance across the media. by Warner Todd Huston 26 Apr 2013

Brokaw Rips White House Correspondents Dinner: 'We're Versailles'

In a word, the White House Correspondents Dinner is a grotesque display of "journalists" yukking it up and slapping the backs of those in power they are supposed to hold accountable. Just as grotesque is watching the same gilded media who protect Obama from his failed economy, celebrate their own corrupt one-percent selves as the poverty they willfully ignore explodes all around them. by John Nolte 26 Apr 2013

Mother Jones Worries About 'Inevitable Ugliness' After NYT Pigford Expose

While the left likes to claim that it opposes government fraud and waste as much as the right, more honest outlets like Mother Jones admit that they simply don’t care that much about blown taxpayer dollars, so long as there’s good intent behind them. After the New York Times confirmed today that Andrew Breitbart’s crusade against waste, fraud, and abuse in the Department of Agriculture’s Pigford settlements was correct, Mother Jones justified such waste, fraud, and abuse anyway, at least in part. by Ben Shapiro 26 Apr 2013

EXCLUSIVE -- Source: Publisher 'Freaking' over 'Trolling' Gabriel Sherman's Delayed Ailes Book

After Breitbart News reported on Monday that Gabriel Sherman, the author of a forthcoming screed against Roger Ailes and Fox News, had his book's publication date pushed back to January of 2014, two sources close to Sherman's project, as well as Pat Caddell, commented to Breitbart News about the possible reason for the delay. by Tony Lee 26 Apr 2013

Politico: 'Unfair Treatment' of Original Pigford Plaintiffs 'Personal Cause for Breitbart'

Pigford was and still is a story of government corruption involving (among others) Barack Obama as both a U.S. senator and president. But anyone who spoke to Andrew about Pigford knows that it was the injustice directed at those who had been legitimately discriminated against that fueled his righteous crusade. by John Nolte 26 Apr 2013

Credit Where Due: New York Times Does 180 On Pigford

Today, the New York Times ran a front page article that is the best, most in-depth coverage of the Pigford story by the mainstream media to date. Oh, how things have changed. by Lee Stranahan 26 Apr 2013

The Media Matters Frenzy to Discredit Breitbart's Pigford Investigation

Friday morning, Breitbart's cause on behalf of those black farmers who had been legitimately discriminated against was fully vindicated on page A1 of the New York Times. Breitbart News' editor-in-chief has more on that here, but right now Media Matters is standing naked with egg all over their corrupt faces, and let us hope the rest of the media takes notice. by John Nolte 26 Apr 2013

Matthews Blames US Wars For Jihadi Terror

“As long as Syrians are fighting Syrians, that’s better than us fighting Syrians. If we don’t stop killing Arabs on international television one of these days. It’s all we do is kill Arabs on international television. I think that might have something to do with Jihad.” by Larry O'Connor 26 Apr 2013

New York Times: Breitbart Was Right On Pigford

For years Breitbart News, under the leadership of our founder Andrew Breitbart, went where no other media outlet would go. Breitbart investigated the Pigford Black Farmers' settlement, delving into the cronyism, corruption, and divisive racial politics surrounding the $1.2 billion payout to anyone who claimed they had "attempted to farm" but was in some way discriminated against by the US Dept. of Agriculture. by Larry O'Connor 26 Apr 2013

Kurtz Slams Fox News for Allowing Perino to Interview Bush

Given the Kurtz Standard, does this take him out of the running for any interview involving former President Bill Clinton or future presidential candidate Hilary Clinton? Remember, Stephanopoulos single-handedly invented the birth control non-controversy lie during 2012's presidential campaign. That directly benefitted Hillary Clinton's political future since she is now able to run against a GOP challenger rather than an incumbent President Romney. Where is Kurtz' criticism? by Larry O'Connor 26 Apr 2013

Fox News to Air Special on Kermit Gosnell

Fox News will air a one-hour special on controversial abortionist Kermit Gosnell on May 5 at 9PM ET. Gosnell is accused of murdering babies born alive and one woman in his Women’s Medical Society clinic. by Mary Chastain 26 Apr 2013

Michelle Malkin Wins Breitbart Award

The Heritage Foundation and the Franklin Center presented conservative journalist, commentator, Fox News contributor and entrepreneur Michelle Malkin with the second annual Breitbart Award on Thursday for relentlessly pursuing the truth while empowering citizen journalists to do the same. by Tony Lee 25 Apr 2013

Mother Jones: 'Right-Wing Extremism' Killed More Since 9/11 Than Islamic Terror

On Wednesday, Mother Jones ran an article making a shocking claim: more Americans have been killed by conservative terrorists than by Islamic terrorists since September 11, 2001. “While America has been fixated on the threat of Islamic terrorism for more than a decade, all but a few domestic terror plots have failed,” the article explained. “Between September 11, 2001, and the end of 2012, there were no successful bomb plots by jihadist terrorists in the United States …. [R]ight-wing extremists killed 29 people during those 11 years.” by Ben Shapiro 25 Apr 2013

Poll: Media Bias to Blame for Absence of Gosnell Coverage

A Fox News poll released Thursday reveals voters think media bias is behind the lack of coverage of the Kermit Gosnell murder trial. by Mary Chastain 25 Apr 2013

'HuffPo Live' Host, Columbia U Prof Tweets Birthday Wishes to Cop-Killer

Columbia University associate professor and HuffPost Live host Marc Lamont Hill has gotten himself into hot water after tweeting his backing for infamous cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. For years, Abu-Jamal has received an incredible amount of support from the left in academia. by Breitbart News 25 Apr 2013

Jake Tapper's CNN Ratings On the Rise

TV Newser reports that "The Lead with Jake Tapper" is "up +28% in total viewers and up +62% in the demo compared to the same period last year on CNN." The 4pm ET program now averages 689k total viewers and 209k in the 25-54 demo. We'll have to wait and see how things look after the news settles down, but this jump is still worthy of note. by John Nolte 25 Apr 2013

Morning Joe: He Was For The NRA Before He Was Against It

In the months between the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and the failed April 17 vote on Senate gun control, Joe Scarborough used his MSNBC program to push gun control and criticize the NRA at every turn in the road. But it wasn't always this way---Scarborough once praised the NRA with the same tenacity he now shows in criticizing it. by AWR Hawkins 25 Apr 2013

Buzzfeed Promotes Shepard Fairey's Anti-NRA Poster; Ignores Past Plagiarism

What's remarkable about Buzzfeed's article is it neglects to inform its readers about one of the most important and relevant facts about Fairey: He very recently settled a plagiarism suit over his Obama "Hope" poster and pled guilty to contempt of court for "destroying documents and manufacturing evidence" during the plagiarism investigation. by Larry O'Connor 25 Apr 2013

New York Times Ad Revenue Takes Dive

Bloomberg reports that the Times is banking on a move to digital subscriptions to make up for declining advertising revenue.In the first quarter of 2013, that plan has failed miserably. Advertising revenue plummeted 11%, while subscription sales rose by only 6.5%. by John Nolte 25 Apr 2013

CBS News Presidential Historian: Bush Library 'Revisionism of a Presidency'

Presidential historian and CBS News commentator Douglas Brinkley gave an interview to Media Matters for America on the press attention being paid to the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Apparently willing to lend his credentials and authority to the left-wing website whose sole purpose is to bully and intimidate the media, Brinkley provided MMfA with just what they needed to preemptively admonish the press on any coverage of Bush that might not be totally negative. by Larry O'Connor 25 Apr 2013

Poll: Fox Most Believable; CNN Least Believable

When asked how believable the news was on CNN during coverage of the Boston bombings, only 38% said it was "very" or "somewhat believable." MSNBC fared even worse at 35%. Fox News, however, beat all five of its cable and broadcast competitors with a 50% ranking. by John Nolte 25 Apr 2013

Perino: Press Would Never Have Let Bush Get Away with Benghazi

O'Connor: "Take Benghazi for an example, I mean, would president bush have gotten away with benghazi the way it seems president obama has?"

Perino: "First of all, absolutely not. Secondly, I never ever would have allowed the pushing of the youtube video as the excuse for getting something completely wrong. and that was completely orchestrated by the white house. " by Larry O'Connor 25 Apr 2013

Washington Times Hires Chuck Woolery

Woolery has become a bit of a cult hero in the past two years since he discovered YouTube as a way to use his dry, sardonic humor to deliver conservative, small government messages to the masses. His popularity inspired the creation of the Super PAC Restart Congress and has made him a popular figure at political conferences like CPAC. by Larry O'Connor 25 Apr 2013

Salon's Joan Walsh: Race-Baiting Sirota Was Right

One week later, you'd think Sirota, Salon and those injecting racial politics into the Boston Marathon bombing would have been thoroughly discredited. Enter Salon's Joan Walsh. As a guest on MSNBC's "The Cycle" she was grilled by panelist SE Cupp about Sirota's troubling racial view on the terrorist attack, and Walsh not only defended him, but she proclaimed he was right. by Larry O'Connor 25 Apr 2013

New Media Shames President Obama into Visiting Memorial for West, TX Victims

Earlier this week, the blogosphere lit up with the news that President Obama's official weekly schedule did not include a visit to the devastated town of West, Texas, despite the fact that the President will be visiting the region this week. by Kevin L. Martin 24 Apr 2013

NYT's David Brooks: Ted Cruz Has Face of 'McCarthy'

David Brooks, the liberal Republican columnist for the New York Times, said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had a face that resembled Joe McCarthy. In comments in which he seemed particularly peeved at the conservative, Brooks also called Cruz "unconservative" for not deferring to the Washington establishment. by Tony Lee 24 Apr 2013

Buyouts Announced at CQ Roll Call

"As part of the transition from print to digital, CQ Roll Call has announced that it’s offering a “small handful” of employees in editorial voluntary buy-out packages." by Breitbart News 24 Apr 2013

Media Matters Ignores Gosnell Grand Jury to Defend Planned Parenthood

Media Matters for America accused Breitbart News and Rush Limbaugh of falsely accusing Planned Parenthood of hiding the horrific crimes at Kermit Gosnell’s abortion clinic. In doing so, they ignore grand jury testimony that Planned Parenthood did fail to report Gosnell to authorities. by Mary Chastain 24 Apr 2013

Reuters Announces 'Bad News For Economy'

The terrible economic news released today is so terrible Reuters didn't even attempt to spin it. The headline reads, "Durable Goods Report Delivers More Bad News for Economy," and the story gets right to the point. by John Nolte 24 Apr 2013

CNN's King On Boston Bombing Coverage: 'We Were Wrong... It's Embarrassing'

“I’ve covered a couple wars and a lot of breaking news and a lot of cops-and-robbers situations. I’ve got a pretty good track record, but when you do something like this it’s embarrassing. Beyond being personally embarrassing, it’s tough for your viewers, who you want to trust you. So the one thing you do have to do is look in the camera and say, ‘We were wrong,’ and try to explain why we were wrong.” by Larry O'Connor 24 Apr 2013

Poynter Rips Politico's Over-Hyped New York Times 'Scoop'

"Abramson is 'brusque.' Once she made someone change a photo on the homepage, and she wasn’t nice about it. Her voice is unpleasant. She’s not in the newsroom as much as some staffers would like. And … that’s basically the prosecution’s case here." by John Nolte 24 Apr 2013

The Gun Control Poll That Might Finally Shut the Media Up

According to the poll, only 47% of Americana are as angry or disappointed as the corrupt media. On the flip-side, 39% are happy the bill failed, 10% were "none/other," and 3% had no opinion. by John Nolte 24 Apr 2013

NPR Host: Constitution 'Like Tinkerbell...Only Alive As We Collectively Decide'

“The Constitution is only as alive as we collectively have decided it is today,” he said. ”I’ve been calling it the Tinkerbell of national charters because Tinkerbell only lives if you clap, right? Or if you say, ‘I do believe in fairies, I do!’ It’s like this: ‘I do believe in civics, I do!’ And everybody believes in it, and we move on. And it’s an amazing phenomenon.” by Larry O'Connor 24 Apr 2013

Jon Stewart Pummels Congress For Gutting Insider Trading Law

Mainstream Media virtually ignored, but Tuesday night Jon Stewart seized the story and covered it in a more comprehensive way than cable or network news have. At one point Stewart said he thought the STOCK Act, which stands for the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, should really have been called the Fiscal Use of Congressional Knowledge Is Expressly Restricted Act, or F**KER. by Larry O'Connor 24 Apr 2013

Reddit Apologizes for 'Online Witch Hunts' in Boston Suspect Search

Reddit has officially apologized for users accusing an innocent (and currently missing) Brown University student of being a likely suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. by Warner Todd Huston 23 Apr 2013

ABC News: Did Boston Bomber Suspect's 'Teen Brain' Lead to Terror?

In its attempts to humanize Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspected younger bomber in the Boston Marathon attacks, ABC News has now run a piece blaming Dzhokhar’s brain biology. by Ben Shapiro 23 Apr 2013

Former Bush AG: It Was Jihad

In his April 21 column Michael Mukasey said if we want a reason to relax a week after the Boston Marathon bombing we can take solace in the fact the two bombing suspects were killed or captured. by AWR Hawkins 23 Apr 2013

Demint: Gang of Eight Repubs Gave In to Dems on Amnesty

"the only way to get any, even small reforms of our system, is you have to give in to the Democrats desire to put people on a path to citizenship and unfortunately that's something that the whole gang of eight is supporting." by Larry O'Connor 23 Apr 2013

Hacked AP Twitter Feed Reports Explosions In White House, Obama Injured

Early Tuesday afternoon, the verified Twitter account of the Associated Press was hacked. The breaking news tweet (captured below) claimed President Obama had been injured and explosions were heard at the White House. by John Nolte 23 Apr 2013

Journalist: Obama Admin Appeases Radical Islamic Groups; Ties Hands of FBI

"You have to understand, this administration has been appeasing radical Islamic groups who front civil rights organizations to the point where prosecutors and FBI agents have had their hands tied." by Larry O'Connor 23 Apr 2013

Survey: Reporter Worst Job In America

Newspaper reporter is the worst job in America according to a survey by CareerCast.com. "I had aspirations to get bigger and better newspaper jobs, but the opportunity to climb the ladder disappeared as newspapers cut back, which was very discouraging," said Rochelle Gilken, reporter for the Palm Beach Post. "I always wanted to travel to cover the big stories, like the Olympics, but the money to allow for that just wasn't there and wasn't coming back." by Larry O'Connor 23 Apr 2013

Random House Pushes Anti-Ailes, Fox News Screed Publishing Date to 2014

Gabriel Sherman, the anti-Fox writer funded by George Soros who has been accused of stalking Roger Ailes's family while writing a book to advance liberal memes about Ailes and Fox News, has had the May 21 publishing date for his forthcoming book pushed back to January 14, 2014. by Tony Lee 23 Apr 2013

Ratings: Fox Number One In All Cable, MSNBC Collapses

In all of cable, not just cable news, Fox News was the most-watched channel throughout all of last week. During the Boston bombings and subsequent manhunt, the new "Most Trusted Name In News" averaged 2.874 million viewers during primetime, and 1.77 million in total day. by John Nolte 23 Apr 2013

Amputated Photographer: Hope for Boston Survivors

I lost my leg in a bomb blast. I know the violent shock of a day that begins well and ends with an amputation, the fog of drugs and surgery, the months of painful rehabilitation. I know the suffering that lies ahead for these people in Boston. And I know the possibilities, too. from AP 23 Apr 2013

Scarborough: Obama Needs To 'Destroy' Dems Who Don't Vote His Way

"I’m going to figure out how I can screw you every single day. I am going to drive you into the ground politically. I’m going to destroy you. It is my goal to make sure that you regret you ever came to Washington, D.C. until you switch your vote." by Larry O'Connor 23 Apr 2013

Scarborough Becomes More Shrill as Support for Gun Control Fades

In the wake of the media's failure to get gun control passed, no one has been more amusing to watch than MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. Minus the British accent but plus Rachel Maddow's glasses from 2007, Scarborough has now morphed into an American version of Piers Morgan: a sanctimonious, emotional blackmailer bloated by his own self-importance. by John Nolte 23 Apr 2013

CNN Demos 'Cheap,' 'Easy' Pressure Cooker Bomb

CNN commissioned an explosives expert in New Mexico to build and detonate a homemade bomb built from a pressure cooker, filming the blast in slow motion to study the damage it can cause. by Warner Todd Huston 23 Apr 2013

Coulter: Boston Bombing Proves 'We Need Better Immigrants'

The connection between the terror attacks at the Boston Marathon and the push for "immigration reform" in the US Senate continues to play out in the media. The latest and most provocative statements came Monday night from Ann Coulter on Fox News' "Hannity" show. by Larry O'Connor 23 Apr 2013

Democrat Beckel Calls For Moratorium On Student Visas For Muslims

"In the Muslim communities around the world, they do not like us, I think we really have to consider, given the fact that so many people hate us, that we're going to have to cut off Muslim students coming to this country for some period of time so that we can absorb what we've got, and look at what we've got, and decide whether some of the people here should be sent back home or to prison." by Larry O'Connor 23 Apr 2013

9pm EDT-Midnight: Bannon Guest-hosts on Sirius XM Ch. 125

Stephen K. Bannon, the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125, will guest-host David Webb's show on the same channel on Monday from 9 p.m. EDT to midnight. by Breitbart News 22 Apr 2013

Alleged L.A. Times Hacker Fired By Reuters

Matthew Keys, deputy social media editor at Reuters, was fired by the news agency Monday. by John Nolte 22 Apr 2013

Shouting Match Erupts After Schumer Parrots Media On Immigration, Boston Bombing

The effort in the media has begun to paint anyone voicing concern over the handling of the Boston terrorists within the ICE system as in some way "using the terror in Boston" as a means to slow "immigration reform," and Schumer tried to make it official. But, apparently, Sen. Grassley is having none of it. by Larry O'Connor 22 Apr 2013

Friday Capture Ratings: Fox News Beats CBS, MSNBC Humiliated

According to TV Newser, a total of 46 million Americans tuned in to watch the eventual capture, and while NBC News won the overall night, Fox News beat both CNN and MSNBC in total viewers. During the 8pm hour, Fox actually beat CBS News. CNN got some good news, as well. In the cable news race it won the key 25-54 demo. by John Nolte 22 Apr 2013

More Media Excuses for Ignoring Gosnell Trial

Liberal commentator Kirsten Powers is credited with shaming the national news media into covering the trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Begrudgingly, some of the main stream media have given it lip service as a result. Some in the liberal media, however, are defending and excusing their lack of trial coverage by claiming that they covered the case when the grand jury report was first published. by Dr. Susan Berry 22 Apr 2013

Scarborough Only Blames 'Radicalism' For Boston Terror, Not Radical Islamism

In an effort to cut against the excrutiatingly politically correct mindset on his home at MSNBC, Joe Scarborough mocked left-wing analysts who spent the weekend looking inward at America for possible motives behind the Boston marathon terror attacks. by Larry O'Connor 22 Apr 2013

Barnicle: Bombing A Criminal Act Before Terrorism

"It would be nice, although I realize it's impossible, to have people who are running for office, whether you're are running in South Carolina or anywhere else, to just sit back stop and think about this because at one level what happened here was a criminal act. They are murderers. Before you make the leap into terrorism, they are murderers. That's the first thing that people ought to be aware of, especially United States senators who want to inject themselves into this thing." by Larry O'Connor 22 Apr 2013

CNN's Kurtz Faults CNN, Others in Boston Manhunt Coverage

On his Sunday broadcast, CNN's Howard Kurtz was critical of both CNN's and the rest of the media's coverage of the quickly-moving story of the pursuit of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on Friday. by Warner Todd Huston 22 Apr 2013

Anonymous Tribune Co. Reporters Rip Koch Bros.: 'Terrifying'

Media writer Jim Romenesko is currently offering anonymity to Tribune Co. "journalists" willing to comment on the news. As expected, in-between a bunch of nonsense about how important objectivity is in media, they're obviously seething over the idea of working for the dreaded Brothers Koch: by John Nolte 22 Apr 2013

New York Times Mocks GOP Pols' Call For Enemy Combatant Status For Tsarnaev

The New York Times lept to the defense of alleged terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Monday morning in a blistering editorial denouncing calls for the US government to consider the Chenyian-born terrorist an enemy cabatant. A press release calling for the Obama Administration to consider the enemy combatant status for Tsarnaev was penned by Sen. Lyndsay Graham (R-SC), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ,) Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NHY) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY,) but the Times made their editorial personal by focusing squarely at Graham in it's opening graph. by Larry O'Connor 22 Apr 2013

Koch Brothers Consider Purchase of Tribune Co. (Politico Hit Hardest)

If the Kochs purchase eight major newspapers, Politico and Co. lose their main line of argument, because what the Kochs will be doing is exactly what the owners of Politico, the Washington Post and New York Times do -- using a media corporation to get a message out. by John Nolte 22 Apr 2013

New York Times Rips CNN's Boston Bombing Coverage

"Still, when big news breaks, we instinctively look to CNN. We want CNN to be good, to be worthy of its moment. That impulse took a beating last week. On Wednesday at 1:45 p.m., the correspondent John King reported that a suspect had been arrested. It was a big scoop that turned out to be false." by Breitbart News 22 Apr 2013

7-10 PM EDT: Breaking Boston Investigation Updates on Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Ch. 125

Breitbart News Sunday, the narrative-setting Sunday night talk show that launched last week on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 to rave reviews and with blockbuster interviews, will discuss breaking news regarding the Boston Marathon bombing investigation tonight from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT. by Breitbart News 21 Apr 2013

Fox's Gutfeld Praises Andrew Breitbart's Brand of 'Citizen Journalism'

"There was the Breitbart kind, which is kind of a relentless, but focused type of journalism where, okay, we know there is something there in Andrew Weiner’s story that isn’t true. We must stay on it; we must keep digging and digging until we find the truth. And do not let naysayers and liars get in the way. That was citizen journalism, and he got people involved in that, and he won." by Dr. Susan Berry 21 Apr 2013

Forbes Mag Criticizes Sen. Graham's Desire To Hold Marathon Bomber As Enemy Combatant

Graham has taken heat from many corners, including Forbes magazine, which juxtaposed Graham's claims to be a "strict constructionist" with his desire to suspend the constitutional rights of an American citizen in this particular case. by AWR Hawkins 21 Apr 2013