The Media Research Center has historically presented overly negative news coverage of Republicans presidents and their causes, like the Iraq war, as evidence of liberal bias. But what happens when the MRC’s…
Morris’ ‘Secret Plot’ Not So Secret
A Jan. 24 Newsmax column by Dick Morris carries the headline “Pelosi and Reid Plot Secret Plan for Obamacare.” In it, Morris claimed that “Highly informed sources on Capitol Hill have revealed…
WND, Klein Falsely Impugn J Street Again
The headline of Aaron Klein’s Jan. 26 WorldNetDaily article reads, “‘Anti-Israel’ group recruiting across nation.” But at no point does Klein quote anyone saying, or does Klein himself assert, that the group…
WND Gives Conservative Propagandists A Pass
A Jan. 25 WorldNetDaily column by Andrea Shea King carried the headline “Feds controlling media? It’s been done before.” King highlighted a claim that “the Department of Justice has hired bloggers as…
Yes, Newsmax Paid Zogby To Poll This Question
Yes, there is an actual article at Newsmax with this actual headline: Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Scott Brown Could Defeat Obama in Presidential Race Zogby, as we’ve detailed, is a notoriously unreliable pollster — …
NewsBusters Thinks Scott Brown Posed Only ‘Semi-Nude’
A Jan. 19 NewsBusters post by Lachlan Markay referenced the “semi-nude photo shoot” Sen.-elect Scott Brown did for Cosmopolitan magazine in the early ’80s. A Jan. 23 NewsBusters post by Tim Graham…
Hirsen Launches Baseless Attack on Conan O’Brien Buyout
James Hirsen baselessly asserted in a Jan. 22 Newsmax column that Conan O’Brien was getting federal bailout money to leave NBC: Are we, the American taxpayers, financing a bailout for Conan O’Brien?…
Geller Lies About ADL, Armenian Genocide
We previously noted Pamela Geller’s screed against Anti-Defamation League Abe Foxman, smearing him as a “terrible Jew” and liberal Jews as having a “sickness of the soul.” Turns out she can’t get…
Obama Derangement Syndrome Watch
Victim in Chief Barack Hussein Obama is adding to his long list of evil, greedy corporations taking advantage of millions of fellow victims in America. After targeting Big Oil and the health-insurance…
Global Warming Deniers Go Conspiratorial
It’s never a good sign for the credibility of a movement when its supporters start crying conspiracy. But that’s exactly what’s happening with global warming deniers. In December, Jesse Ventura’s “Conspiracy Theory”…