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Bob Schieffer: I Didn't Ask Holder About Black Panther Case Because 'I Just Didn't Know About It' By Noel Sheppard Created 07/18/2010 - 14:28 CBS's Bob Schieffer on Sunday said the reason he didn't ask [0] Attorney General Eric Holder about the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case on last week's "Face the Nation" was because he didn't know about it. Chatting with Howard Kurtz on CNN's "Reliable Sources," Schieffer said, "This all really became a story when the whistleblower came out and testified that he'd had to leave the Justice Department and so on. And, frankly, had I...

CBS and NBC have refused to air a provocative ad from the confrontational, well-funded National Republican Trust PAC that calls on Americans to oppose the building of a mosque two blocks from the World Trade Center site. The ad — which has about 100,000 views on YouTube — intersperses some of the most horrifying images from the Sept. 11 attacks with the sounds of Muslim prayer and images of Muslim militants. It focuses on what's become a divisive — and partisan — issue in New York state, the erection of a Muslim cultural center on Park Place, in the neighborhood

Two new polls and Obama's dropping like a brick. Hell, even when there is a biased sample used by the pollsters they can't hide the fact. The Wash Post/ABC poll oversampled Democrats by seven points both in its general (31/24) and registered (33/26) groups but whatever. It's what we've come to expect from the yahoo's in the MSM. Public confidence in President Obama has hit a new low, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll. Four months before midterm elections that will define the second half of his term, nearly six in 10 voters say they lack faith in...

Another round of layoffs is said to be coming to CBS News, according to two veteran producers at the network. "My understanding is that the cuts are coming this month. I've heard this from the highest level," says one producer. If the cuts are made, it will be the third major round of layoffs at the network since 2008. In February, 75 staffers lost their jobs. This time, though, it could be the business side's turn under the axe. "I can't imagine there's another 75 people to whack on the news side," the producer said. A spokesperson for CBS declined...

If you limit your news sources to mainstream news outlets, such as ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, or leftwing newspapers like The New York Times, you’re missing something important – news. For instance, very few outlets chose to cover how a very solid case against Black Panther Party ruffians who were intimidating voters at a polling site during the 2008 election just got dropped by the Obama administration. A video of the same charming Black Panther was just released showing a tirade of hate speech against white people, which included telling a crowd that they would, “have to kill some crackers”...

Not once, not twice, not thrice, but four separate times in 2009 CBS had Levi Johnston on the Early Show for exclusive interviews with Democrat-hack-posing-as-journalist Maggie Rodriguez. Johnston’s fifteen minutes of fame began when he knocked up Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol out of wedlock (that was probably about 15 minutes too) and, as a reward, was used as a media spokesperson for bashing Sarah and the entire Palin family. (Don’t bother looking to the Early Show for guests discussing the then-new president, his radical associates, or his family. You won’t find anyone.) As is more and more the case with...

There's big news on the late night TV battlefront today: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno posted its lowest-rated Q2 -- the first full quarter since Leno came back as host after Conan O'Brien was dumped -- since the Late Show with David Letterman launched on CBS in 1993. Additionally, Late Show delivered its most competitive finish against The Tonight Show in viewers and key demographics since 1995. Still, Leno topped Letterman in the ratings during their first quarter in 9 months as late-night rivals. The Tonight Show averaged 4.0 million viewers and a 1.1/4 in adults 18-49, down 20%...

Sheryl Crow: Tea Partiers are too ‘Uneducated’ to ‘Understand What’s Happening on Wall Street’ By Alana Goodman Created 06/28/2010 - 16:39 Pop-star and courageous anti-toilet-paper crusader [0] Sheryl Crow apparently has a new political concern: Tea Partiers. The country crooner told CBS journalist Katie Couric that Tea Party members are uneducated, angry and potentially dangerous in an interview [1] with Glamour magazine this June. After Crow complained in the interview that Americans have become too blasé about politics, and that nobody has taken to the streets to cause "a riot or a revolution," Couric correctly pointed to the Tea Party...

NBC, CBS and CNN all said it was a "brilliant" move by Obama to choose Gen. Petraeus to replace Gen. McChrystal. NBC's Chuck Todd: "It's going to be seen as a brilliant choice by the President." CBS' Chip Reid: "Well, it sounds like a pretty brilliant decision, really." CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "Politically, a very brilliant move to tap General Petraeus."

(CBS) There's no question that the Tea Party has become a potent political force in a little over a year. A CBS News poll says one in five Americans support the movement now. Republican Scott Brown's victory in the January senate election in the Democratic stronghold of Massachusetts symbolized tea party clout. "Tonight the independent voice of Massachusetts has spoken," Brown said the night he was elected to fill the seat vacated by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. But while Republicans initially welcomed the Tea Party, in recent weeks the embrace may be a bit too close for comfort, CBS...

NEW YORK--Conservative and religious groups that have long complained about the irreverent treatment of Christianity on Comedy Central have a new target: an animated series about Jesus Christ living in modern-day New York. It's unclear whether the show — one of 28 projects the network listed last month on its slate of potential programs for the coming season — will ever make it out of script development. But that hasn't stopped a coalition of media watchdog groups from launching an effort to persuade advertisers to boycott the project, if it ever comes to fruition. Here's a description of the show...

CBS News: "It's been ten years since that oddly public passionate kiss at the Democratic convention. That was followed by Gore winning the popular vote for President but losing the electoral vote. Family friend Sally Quinn says that may have done the marriage irreparable harm."

If you have an inkling that Americans are in a BAD MOOD in regards to what is going on in the beltway, chances are, you COULD BE RIGHT. According to a CBS News political poll: “Opinions of both parties, meanwhile, are at or near historic lows: 55 percent of those surveyed hold unfavorable views of Republicans, and 54 percent hold unfavorable views of Democrats. The president’s job approval rating has fallen to 47 percent, and, perhaps more crucially, Americans no longer say he shares their priorities for the country.

Television's champions for the season that concludes Wednesday will be familiar: the CBS network and Fox's "American Idol" juggernaut. CBS' status as the nation's most-watched prime-time network for the seventh time in the past eight years isn't in doubt. The network averaged nearly 2 million viewers a night more than Fox, the second-place finisher, in results through Sunday night, the Nielsen Co. said. Fox's "American Idol" was the nation's favorite program for the seventh year in a row. The show's Tuesday edition averaged 24.9 million viewers, and Wednesday had 23.4 million. Next came ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" at 19.7...

""This video was shot by the local parish government in South Pass. When we [CBS] tried to reach the beach covered in oil, a boat with BP contractors with two Coast Guard officers on board told us to turn around under threat of arrest. "This is BP's rules, not ours." We spoke to Coast Guard officials today. They say that they are looking into it.""

Kelly Cobiella reports that a CBS News team was threatened with arrest by Coast Guard officials in the Gulf of Mexico who said they were acting under the authority of British Petroleum.

CBS is giving seven of its old shows the heave-ho to make room for new fall fare with a shake-'em-up schedule for the 2010-11 season.

Deacon Greg Kandra was an interesting presence on the CBS staff in the Katie Couric era. He edited her blog Couric & Co. as he was ordained a Catholic deacon in 2007. At his Beliefnet blog The Deacon's Bench, he responded to the blog Creative Minority Report claiming Couric is a modern Margaret Sanger, the controversial eugenics-endorsing founder of Planned Parenthood. (The label came from Couric's recent subsidize-the-contraceptives commentary.) I expected Kandra might offer some defense to the CBS star. Instead, Kandra wrote: CMR calls Katie a "modern Margaret Sanger." I know what CMR is talking about. And boy, do...

Many conservatives still have not forgiven Walter Cronkite for editorializing in early 1969 that the Vietnam War would end in a “bloody stalemate,” encouraging the S to abandon the fight at a time when the Communists appeared ready to throw in the towel. If a recently-released FBI file is true, Cronkite may have gone farther than editorializing. According to an FBI informant, Cronkite offered advice and CBS resources to assist the anti-war activists, including a helicopter to fly Edmund Muskie to a protest that CBS would then cover: Legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite allegedly collaborated with anti-Vietnam War activists...

Legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite allegedly collaborated with anti-Vietnam War activists in the 1960s, going so far as to offer advice on how to raise the public profile of protests and even pledging CBS News resources to help pull off events, according to FBI documents obtained by Yahoo! News. The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, say that in November 1969, Cronkite encouraged students at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., to invite Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie to address a protest they were planning near Cape Kennedy (now known as Cape Canaveral). Cronkite told the group’s...