In a July 24 NewsBusters post, Tom Blumer touts a Wall Street Journal column by Gordon Crovitz, who Blumer claimed was serving up “actual history” in asserting that the government didn’t invent…
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NewsBusters Still Hates Context (For Obama)
NewsBusters has a passive-aggressive relationship with putting words in their proper context: It will demand that the words of conservatives be placed in context, but not only does it happily quote, say,…
At The MRC, The Truth Is A ‘Smear’
Only at the Media Research Center would the truth be treated as a “smear.” In a May 13 NewsBusters post, Noel Sheppard complains about “the [Washington] Post’s recent smear of Republican presidential…
NewsBusters Still Won’t Criticize Limbaugh’s Misogyny
We’ve documented how the writers at NewsBusters — presumably following the dictates of Media Research Center — can’t offer even the slightest bit of criticism of Rush Limbaugh’s vitriolic, misogynistic attack on…
NewsBusters’ Misleading Posthumous Defense of Breitbart on Sherrod Video
The death of right-wing activist Andrew Breitbart has sent NewsBusters into a frenzy of posthumous defense that ignores the facts. In a March 1 post, Matthew Sheffield declares that “Breitbart did not…
NewsBusters’ Silly Freakout Over Hybrids in HOV Lanes
Tom Blumer spends a Feb. 26 NewsBusters post in freakout mode over the idea that California is allowing certain Chevy Volt models to use high-occupancy vehicle, or HOV, lanes without having to…
NewsBusters Knows Nothing About Saul Alinsky
NewsBusters has spent the past couple of weeks ranting about Saul Alinsky. One thing is clear, though: NewsBusters has no idea who Saul Alinsky actually is. In a Jan. 22 post, Noel…
NewsBusters Tries to Keep ‘Death Panels’ Myth Alive
Tom Blumer does his best in a Dec. 9 NewsBusters post to attack outgoing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Donald Berwick, asserting that, as “a big fan or the…
NewsBusters Also Touted Writer Who Inspired Violent Militia Plot
WorldNetDaily wasn’t alone in touting the work of Mike Vanderboegh, whose self-published novel apparently inspired a group of militia members to formulate a plot to attack federal office buildings and disperse biological…
Correlation-Equals-Causation Fallacy Watch
Tom Blumer devotes an entire Oct. 14 NewsBusters post to the supposition that coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests is driving down the ratings of network evening news programs. Blumer has…