Accuracy in Media

Fox News’ Megyn Kelly criticized the liberal media for showing their pro-choice bias in their coverage of the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado by calling pro-lifers’ comments on the tragedy “angry rhetoric.” Kelly played a montage of members of the liberal media repeatedly referring to the “angry rhetoric” coming from the right on the issue, […]

CBS’ Bob Schieffer, who retired Sunday from the network after 46 years, including the last 24 years hosting Face the Nation, was interviewed by Fox News’ Howard Kurtz to discuss how the media have changed, and whether or not there is a liberal bias: Kurtz: Many people in this country, as you know, think the […]

Former CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson, who resigned from the network after 20 years last month, said that the Obama White House’s aggressive campaign to go after stories it doesn’t like has had a “chilling effect” on reporting. Attkisson appeared Sunday on Fox News Channel’s Media Buzz, where she was interviewed by host Howard Kurtz: […]

In an interview with Howard Kurtz of MediaBuzz, which aired last Sunday, NBC sportscaster Bob Costas acknowledged that politically he leans left-of-center, and compared himself to Juan Williams of Fox News. KURTZ: …So is Bob Costas a wild-eyed liberal who happens to have a deep voice and a love of sports? COSTAS: No, No. I […]

Media critic Howard Kurtz, who recently left his hosting gig on CNN’s Reliable Sources, will debut his new program MediaBuzz Sunday on Fox News. Kurtz says that the program will tackle “all kinds of subjects” including sports, and have some fun while doing so. Also planning to make heavy use of social media, Kurtz commented on […]

When conservatives complain about Al Sharpton, they usually note his relationship to NBC news or his hosting a show on MSNBC. But a new book says the racial agitator and Democratic Party politician has considerable clout with Fox News, and in fact played a role in getting conservative Glenn Beck fired from the channel.  Fox […]

On his final appearance on CNN’s Reliable Sources, host Howard Kurtz exposed the mainstream media’s bias in favor of pro-choice politicians, during a brief commentary on Democratic Texas state senator Wendy Davis. She is the person who staged an 11-hour filibuster last week that successfully prevented the Texas Senate from passing a tough anti-abortion law. […]

Fox News raised a few eyebrows on Thursday when it announced that it had hired veteran media critic and longtime CNN host Howard Kurtz, effective July 1. Kurtz will be the new anchor of Fox News Watch, replacing Jon Scott, who will move to the specials unit. The show’s format will be revamped. Kurtz will […]

Former Obama campaign advisers David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs told CNN’s Howard Kurtz that they have no intentions of being  cheerleaders for the President in their new roles as MSNBC commentators. Gibbs, who was Obama’s first press secretary and a senior adviser to his 2012 presidential campaign, told Kurtz that he sees his role as a […]

Bill Keller, the former New York Times managing editor turned columnist, appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday and doubled down on his remarks from earlier in the year about Fox News. Host Howard Kurtz asked Keller why he has such strong feelings about Fox News. I think they didn’t invent the idea of partisan […]