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Part of a Real AP Headline: 'Emissions Need To Drop Below Zero'
By Tom Blumer | December 26, 2015 | 10:56 AM EST

The detachment from reality of those who actually believe that the recent international climate agreement in Paris is anything but a dangerous and potentially expensive charade has become especially irritating.

The goals identified in Paris are obviously unachievable, and have no direct tie-in to reducing "global warming." Convincing evidence of the link between carbon dioxide generation and allegedly rising global temperatures doesn't exist. In light of this reality, someone really needs to ask the AP's Karl Ritter how much Kool-Aid he had to drink before he informed readers on Thursday morning that the "PARIS CLIMATE GOALS MEAN EMISSIONS NEED TO DROP BELOW ZERO" — and then attempted to take that goal seriously.

Former CIA Director Hayden Stuns Mika With Praise of Carson's Foreign Policy Approach
By Mark Finkelstein | November 13, 2015 | 7:57 AM EST

"Wow . . . I'm absolutely surprised by that answer . . .  Are you sure? . . . Are we talking about the same person?" That was Mika Brzezinski's stunned response after her attempt to recruit retired General and former CIA Director Michael Hayden into her campaign against Ben Carson blew up in her face on today's Morning Joe. 

Referring to Carson, Mika asked Hayden "are you concerned that there's a front runner whose foreign policy sensibilities seem to lack, to say the least?" But instead of playing along with Mika's leading question, Hayden replied that, based on a long conversation he had had with Carson, all of his foreign policy instincts are "right." He said Carson asked "good questions" and is a "well-meaning, serious, bright man."

Morning Joe Throws Hardballs at Bill Nye, Climate Panic Guy
By Michael McKinney | November 10, 2015 | 12:21 PM EST

Morning Joe Tuesday featured a discussion with Bill Nye, known as the Science Guy from his television days, and his new book, “Unstoppable.” The book is about getting America to lead on fighting Climate Change, particularly in transitioning from fossil fuels to wind and solar energy. Scarborough on Climate Change, threw to Nye, about the signficance of China and other developing countries on carbon emissions, and how America can affect their contributions, not just our own.

NewsBusted: Clueless Joe Biden Confused Yet Again
By NB Staff | October 1, 2015 | 3:35 PM EDT

"Pope Francis also visited the White House last week.  But his Holiness was confused by Vice President Biden, who congratulated the Pope on the Cardinals having the best record in the league." 

American Indifference Blamed for Terror in 'Blindspot'
By Erik Soderstrom | September 22, 2015 | 1:32 AM EDT

Whatever evil exists in the world, America must ultimately be at fault. That’s the tone of NBC’s series opener for “Blindspot.” The episode’s antagonist, a Chinese immigrant, blames America for being too free and too indifferent to the struggles in his homeland. 

MSNBC Guests Compare Iran Deal to Opening of China, Lament the ‘Political Climate’ Caused by GOP
By Curtis Houck | September 11, 2015 | 8:08 PM EDT

During a segment on MSNBC’s The Last Word late Thursday, all three liberal panelists spouted off on the ability of the Soviet Union to follow treaties (in context of the Iran deal), comparing the Iran nuclear agreement to Richard Nixon’s China visit, and lamenting the “partisan...political climate” Republicans have caused the deal to be implemented under. 

Fallon Zings Anthony Weiner on Hillary’s E-Mail Scandal, Biden for Saying China’s in North America
By Curtis Houck | September 4, 2015 | 11:30 AM EDT

Bringing some humor to the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal and 2016 election, NBC’s Jimmy Fallon joked during his on monologue on Thursday’s Tonight Show about Anthony Weiner and another gaffe by Vice President Joe Biden that had him once again including China as part of North America. 

China Claims Hosting The Winter Olympics Is A Human Right
By Dylan Gwinn | September 2, 2015 | 9:32 AM EDT

It seems as though the “Chi-coms” have found a new right “enumerated in the penumbras” of human history.

The right to snowboard.

Jimmy Carter: America in 'Inevitable Decline,' Not Obama's Fault
By Mark Finkelstein | July 7, 2015 | 8:47 AM EDT

From the man who brought you malaise, now an even more depressingly negative view of America . . . On today's Morning Joe, Jimmy Carter declared that America is in "inevitable decline."  

But no finger-pointing at President Obama, please: Carter declared that the decline is "not because of any defect or fault on the part of the President of the United States."   Cue the Cole Porter: it's just one of those things.

AP Writer Dodges Own Question About the State of China's Slowing Economy
By Tom Blumer | June 29, 2015 | 3:12 PM EDT

The world's financial markets had a terrible Monday. The debt crisis in Greece (population: 11 million) has been dominating the headlines and the press's attention, while serious deterioration in China (population: 1.36 billion) is getting short shrift.

It isn't just that the mainland Chinese stock market has broken the bear-market decline threshold of 20 percent in less than three weeks, dropping 21.5 percent from its June 12 peak. Its underlying economy, to the extent that such things can be ascertained in an information-controlled and news-manipulated society, appears to be in serious trouble. Associated Press reporter Ken Sweet, in a Friday Q&A writeup, emulated the worst tendencies of politicians. He posed a question about China's economy, "answered" it with a complete dodge, and pretended that its economy hasn't started slowing yet (bolds are mine throughout this post):

FNC’s Megyn Kelly Blasts President Obama Over Memorial Day Speech
By Curtis Houck | May 27, 2015 | 1:01 AM EDT

At the top of Tuesday’s Kelly File on the Fox News Channel, host Megyn Kelly tore into President Obama and his remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day where “America's commander in chief celebrate[d] the absence of a major war, while his own top security advisers warn the American people directly that the danger right now is greater than at any time in a half century.”

Networks Ignore Clinton E-Mail Scandal; ABC and NBC Skip Clinton Foundation Controversy
By Curtis Houck | March 16, 2015 | 9:26 PM EDT

On Monday night, ABC, CBS, and NBC combined to ignore the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal with zero coverage of it in their evening newscasts. ABC and NBC also failied to mention the growing controversy surrounding the millions of dollars in donations to the Clinton Foundation from foreign governments and individuals. The CBS Evening News, however, stood out with a report that scrutinized the millions in donations from foreign individuals and spotlighted one member of Chinese parliament who gave $2 million to the organization in 2013.