Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon Sing Anti-Fracking Song on 'Late Night with Jimm

The debate over natural gas extraction continues, but now celebrities are joining the ranks of left-wing environmentalists to try to prevent drilling. The left claims that hydraulic fracturing, more commonly know as fracking, contaminated the water in Pennsylvania and Colorado, despite University of Texas  at Austin researchers who found “no evidence” of that. Small town support for fracking…
Liz Thatcher
July 19th, 2012 2:04 PM

Piers Morgan Freaks Out Over Bush v. Gore, 'Possible Corrupting' of 'A

Liberal CNN host Piers Morgan thinks the Constitution "gave women no rights," and he freaked out about Bush v. Gore during a Wednesday night interview with Justice Antonin Scalia on CNN. "Get over the possible corrupting of the American presidential system?" an incredulous Morgan gasped when Scalia told critics of Bush v. Gore to "get over it." One of the critics is CNN's own legal analyst…
Matt Hadro
July 19th, 2012 1:23 PM

FOX Only Network to Cover Fast & Furious, Holder Hearings, Obama's Biz

New York Times media reporter Jeremy Peters unwittingly revealed the widespread liberal bias of the media in Thursday's report on how the Fox News Channel has really gotten under President Obama's skin: "Jokes About Fox News Creep Into Obama's Comments as the Campaign Heats Up." Few things seem to pique President Obama like Fox News.
Clay Waters
July 19th, 2012 1:22 PM

Really? Obama's 'You Didn't Built That' Remark in 'Context' Shows 'He

New York Times political reporter Peter Baker's Thursday "campaign memo," "Philosophic Clash Over Government's Role Highlights Parties' Divide," marks the first appearance in the Times of President Obama's already notorious slam on business, which, according to Baker's helpful spin, "make clear that he celebrates individual achievement and free enterprise while believing that they are bolstered…
Clay Waters
July 19th, 2012 1:03 PM

Scott Pelley Plays Up Best Poll Result For Obama in CBS Poll

On Wednesday's CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley cherry-picked the most favorable result for President Obama in the most recent CBS News/New York Times poll. Pelley stated how "this campaign, of course, is, in large part, a battle for the middle class," and touted that "when we asked voters in our poll which candidate would do more to help the middle class, 52 percent said President Obama, 38…
Matthew Balan
July 19th, 2012 12:48 PM

Robin Roberts, Who Got 'Chills' From Obama, Pushes Ann Romney: 'Why No

Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts, who has conducted a number of fawning interviews with Barack and Michelle Obama, pushed Ann Romney in an exclusive interview on Thursday to release more tax documents. She needled, "Your husband has been adamant about only the two years that will be released. Why will he not follow the example of others on both sides of the aisle?" After Mrs.…
Scott Whitlock
July 19th, 2012 12:29 PM

Jon Lovitz Slams Obama...Again

In the wake of Obama's ludicrious remarks about small business owners, Jon Lovitz has again slammed the liberal president with a hilarious tweet concerning his Nobel Peace Prize that featured on Twitchy on July 18.  So far, it has been retweeted 1440 times.  This isn't the first time the actor has heavily critizied the president.  In April, he went on a profanity laced tirade against the…
Matt Vespa
July 19th, 2012 11:59 AM

WashPost Hypes John McCain's Role In Anthony Weiner Rehab on Page One

The Anthony Weiner political rehab effort is in full force on the front page of today’s Washington Post. On page C-2, the Post gossips proclaimed “He’s back!” – from a “weird, weird fall from grace.” The Post touts a People magazine article in which his wife Huma Abedin claims “Anthony has spent every day since then trying to be the best dad and husband he can be.” But they really lunged to…
Tim Graham
July 19th, 2012 11:22 AM

Newt Gingrich Schools Jay Leno: 'I'd Love to See Obama’s Columbia Un

Jay Leno on Wednesday got a much-needed education on tax returns, college transcripts, and the double standard by which the media treat such things for Democrats and Republicans. When the Tonight Show host pushed guest Newt Gingrich about wanting to see more of presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney's tax returns, the former House Speaker marvelously countered, "I'd love to see President…
Noel Sheppard
July 19th, 2012 10:41 AM

At AP, Big Jobless Claims Miss Due to 'Seasonal Issues'; Consistent Ca

Todays unemployment claims release from the Department of Labor reported that initial jobless aid applications for the week ended July 14 were 386,000 after seasonal adjustment. Business Insider's email this morning carried a prediction of 364,000. Bloomberg's consensus prediction was 365,000. At the Associated Press, in his 8:45 a.m. dispatch (saved here for future reference, fair use and…
Tom Blumer
July 19th, 2012 9:59 AM

Obama’s Tall Tales, Whoppers and Fish Stories

In a CBS interview this past week, the president remarkably asserted that, in his first term, he has gotten all the policy right. His only mistake was not telling a good enough story to the American people.
Dan Kennedy
July 19th, 2012 9:51 AM

Hollywood Billboard: 'CougarLife.com: For Mother F--kers

Imagine you're driving along Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood with your kids as you pass a billboard that reads "CougarLife.com: for Mother F--kers." The Huffington Post reported Wednesday that such a thing not only exists, but also more such vulgar billboards are going up in Hollywood and West Hollywood.
Noel Sheppard
July 19th, 2012 9:28 AM

Jonathan Weisman of NYTimes Plays with Tax Numbers to Suggest Obama's

New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman helped the Democrats's tax-hike agenda in his front-page story Wednesday, "At Fiscal Cliff, Anti-Tax Vow Gets New Look," suggesting Obama's proposed tax hikes were slight and "considerably smaller" by percentage of the U.S. economy than those installed by President Clinton in 1993, as if such an arcane statistic was the only worthwhile one for judging…
Clay Waters
July 19th, 2012 8:58 AM

WashPost Reports AIDS Conference Will Include 'Psychedelic Hookers' Ba

The Washington Post offered an introductory story on the International AIDS Conference coming to town, but Tara Bahrampour’s story grew spicier when it turned to protests – not just the Al Sharpton one, which they somehow claim is not a protest. Late in the story come the sex workers and their “psychedelic hookers’ ball” at a D.C. drag-queen nightclub:
Tim Graham
July 19th, 2012 8:31 AM