Dean Obeidallah

Daily Beast Attacks NCAA for Allowing Chick-Fil-A Sponsorship of Bowl Game
By Ken Shepherd | December 27, 2013 | 11:11 PM EST

Leave it to the Daily Beast's Dean Obeidallah to lay out a false dilemma supposedly facing the National Collegiate Athletic Association while simultaneously resurrecting at the end of 2013 a left-wing bogeyman that is so 2012.

"The NCAA is facing a momentous decision in 2014: Will it stop partnering with Chick-fil-A—or revise its bylaws so it can support discrimination against gay Americans?" Obeidallah asked in the open of his December 27 post "The NCAA’s Big Gay Choice: Chick-fil-A or Equality?"

Daily Beast Contributor: Conservatives Want 'Christ Out of Christmas'
By Ken Shepherd | December 17, 2013 | 3:38 PM EST

Tis the season for liberals to bash conservatives as miserly Scrooges or, worse, as anti-Jesus, all because they endorse cutting back social welfare programs.

In his December 17 post, "It’s Conservatives Who Really Want Christ Out of Christmas," Daily Beast contributor Dean Obeidallah attacked what he insists is, "the glaring hypocrisy of the right" (emphases mine):

Daily Beast Contributor Has Trouble With Concept of Double Standards
By Noel Sheppard | October 24, 2013 | 4:19 PM EDT

Sometimes I wonder if liberal media members understand English.

Take the case of Daily Beast contributer and comedian Dean Obeidallah who demonstrated a deplorable lack of reading comprehension skills in his Thursday offering "The Tea Party’s War on Comedy":

Daily Beast Contributor Jokes About Cruz and McCain Settling Feud in a Duel: 'I'd Be Rooting for McCain'
By Noel Sheppard | October 20, 2013 | 4:49 PM EDT

I'm fully aware that Daily Beast contributor Dean Obeidallah is a comedian, but would the following comment he made on Twitter Sunday be funny if made by a conservative comic about Democrats?

"Anyone else hoping Ted Cruz and John McCain settle their feud in an Aaron Burr-Alexander Hamilton style duel? Id [sic] be rooting for John McCain":

Daily Beast Headline: 'Ted Cruz is the Miley Cyrus of the Senate'
By Noel Sheppard | October 11, 2013 | 7:10 PM EDT

Are you starting to get the feeling that the media are REALLY afraid of Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx.)?

Consider the following headline published at the Daily Beast hours ago:

"Ted Cruz is the Miley Cyrus of the Senate"

Bozell Unloads on Hateful Chris Matthews: Who Are You to Call Conservatives 'Haters'?
By NB Staff | August 2, 2013 | 9:24 AM EDT

On Thursday night’s “Media Mash” with Sean Hannity on Fox News, MRC president and "Collusion" author Brent Bozell unloaded on MSNBC star Chris Matthews for repeatedly citing conservative senators who are digging in against Obamacare as “terrorists.” Sean Hannity asked if MSNBC is so desperate for ratings that they’ll say anything now.

Brent said Chris Matthews isn’t a liberal any more. He’s a radical with no decency (video and transcript below):

Oops! CNN Commentator Falsely Accuses Okla. State Rep While Trying to Score Liberal Points on Tornado
By Matt Hadro | May 21, 2013 | 2:19 PM EDT

Liberal comic Dean Obeidallah, a regular CNN commentator, flubbed the facts on Tuesday trying to expose an Oklahoma state representative for not wanting to mandate tornado shelters in schools because it would be "government interference."

An outraged Obeidallah hit Rep. Mark McBride (R) for hypocrisy, and tossed in his liberal tidbit on guns: "Shocking to hear elected official in Okl say doesn't want 'govt interference' requiring tornado shelters at schools. But guns in school ok?" However, this actually wasn't what the representative told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Tuesday.

CNN Commentator Gloats That Rush Limbaugh Is Becoming a 'Relic,' 'as Dated as Jazzercise'
By Matt Hadro | May 14, 2013 | 1:17 PM EDT

Rush Limbaugh is fast becoming a "relic," "as dated as Jazzercise or 'Macarena'" – or so says CNN regular Dean Obeidallah in a new CNN.com op-ed.

Ironically, a CNN contributor is calling someone else irrelevant. But in all seriousness, Obeidallah gloats over Limbaugh's lost ad revenue in the past year and points to his inevitable decline: "Has Limbaugh become as dated as Jazzercise or 'Macarena?' All you need to do is look at the bottom line to see that Limbaugh is in trouble."

This Happened: MSNBC Panel Sits Around and Tells Race Jokes On the Air
By Matt Hadro | February 18, 2013 | 5:10 PM EST

Apparently it's okay for MSNBC panels to sit around and tell race jokes on-air. Host Melissa Harris-Perry had her panel guests tell their "favorite race joke" or "best punch line" on race on her Sunday show and laughter ranged between nervous and uproarious. Harris-Perry capped it all off with a Jewish joke.

After discussing if the best way to give a "social critique" on race was through humor, Harris-Perry told her panel, "Okay, so give me your favorite race joke or your best punch line on it." If a Fox News panel sat around and told race jokes on the set, there would be an uproar and accusations of racism would be directed at the network.

Muslim Comedian Claims Santorum Sounds Like 'the Taliban' When Talking Church and State
By Matt Hadro | April 9, 2012 | 5:30 PM EDT

According to Muslim comedian and CNN regular Dean Obeidallah, Rick Santorum speaks the language of "the Taliban" when he talks about the intersection of church and state in America. On CNN Sunday night, liberal host Don Lemon decided to have a religious discussion for Easter Sunday, and his first question was about the separation of church and state.

Obeidallah has attacked Santorum in the past, and found a way to bring him into the discussion. He referred to Santorum "saying the Bible and our laws must comport," adding later that "He was saying the same things honestly that the Taliban would say, that religious scripture and the laws of that state must agree."

CNN Commentator Decries 'War on Comedy,' Defends Bill Maher's 'Unfettered Right' to Crude Insults
By Matt Hadro | March 22, 2012 | 6:29 PM EDT

CNN commentator Dean Obeidallah has some advice for politicians who are offended by gross and vile insults from comedians: "change the channel."

Comedians like Bill Maher and Louis C.K. must have an "unfettered right" to spew their vitriol at politicians like Sarah Palin, insisted Obeidallah in a CNN.com op-ed. Such insults "come with the territory" of running for office, he told CNN host Brooke Baldwin on Thursday afternoon's Newsroom.

Piers Morgan, Guest Comedian Lampoon GOP Field, 'Ship of Fools'
By Matt Hadro | February 21, 2012 | 5:14 PM EST

CNN host Piers Morgan joined comedian David Steinberg in mocking the Republican field on Monday night. On his prime time show, Morgan teed up Steinberg to rip the field as a "ship of fools."

On Tuesday morning, the anti-Republican abuse continued on CNN as Muslim comedian Dean Obeidallah quipped that "There are people in the Taliban who would call Rick Santorum a radical conservative. I'm not even kidding."