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Ingraham: ‘Crazy’ Attack on Tea Parties ‘Doesn’t Work’

By Nathan Burchfiel | September 24, 2010, 9:53 AM EDT

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and guest Laura Ingraham on Sept. 23 highlighted the left's latest line of attack on Tea Parties: that they're crazy. Ingraham characterized the attacks as an attempt to distract from the liberal record and said ...

New Book Explains, Defends Palin's Faith

By Nathan Burchfiel | December 7, 2011, 2:54 PM EST

Sarah Palin can be forgiven for avoiding discussion of her faith on the campaign trail and in her autobiography, according to the authors of a new book exploring her religious beliefs. After all, evangelical Christians who seek public office often become ...

CBS, NBC Commiserate with Pop Star Over Ban on Gays in Military

By Nathan Burchfiel | December 7, 2011, 2:54 PM EST

The policy that prevents gays and lesbians from serving openly in the United States military has been a source of controversy since it was enacted in 1993. But in all those years, the best expert some network news programs could find to oppose the policy ...

When 'Racist' Label Fails, Left Calls Tea Parties 'Crazy'

By Nathan Burchfiel | December 7, 2011, 2:54 PM EST

As the Tea Party movement continues to grow in popularity and influence, the attacks from the left and the media are intensifying. With the “racist” label largely failing to stick due to an utter lack of evidence for it, it seems anyone loosely associated ...

ABC Promotes Jimmy Kimmel Masturbation Jokes as 'News'

By Nathan Burchfiel | September 17, 2010, 3:57 PM EDT

ABC News has changed the headline of an online video to "Christine O'Donnell's Masturbation Argument" from the more inappropriately suggestive "Christine O'Donnell's Masturbation Stance," but that doesn't mean ...

ABC Promote Kimmel Masturbation Jokes as 'News'

By Nathan Burchfiel | December 7, 2011, 2:54 PM EST

ABC News has changed the headline of an online video to “Christine O'Donnell's Masturbation Argument” from the more inappropriately suggestive “Christine O'Donnell's Masturbation Stance,” but that doesn't mean the network has grow ...

Networks Ignore Fired Koran Burner, Defended Teacher Who Compared Bush, Hitler

By Nathan Burchfiel | September 16, 2010, 3:30 PM EDT

Derek Fenton, the man who burned pages of the Koran while protesting the planned Ground Zero Mosque in New York City,  lost his job  at NJTransit because of his demonstration. The network news outlets couldn't care less. None of the networks- ABC, CB ...

Woody Allen: Religions Are ‘Delusions to Keep Us Going’

By Nathan Burchfiel | September 15, 2010, 2:29 PM EDT

Legendary filmmaker Woody Allen recognizes that religion makes people happier, but still views religious faith as a "delusion" worthy of the same respect afforded a fortune cookie. In an interview  published Sept. 15  to promote his upcoming mov ...

Woody Allen: Religions Are 'Delusions to Keep Us Going'

By Nathan Burchfiel | December 7, 2011, 2:54 PM EST

Legendary filmmaker Woody Allen recognizes that religion makes people happier, but still views religious faith as a “delusion” worthy of the same respect afforded a fortune cookie. In an interview published Sept. 15 to promote his upcoming movie, “You Wil ...

Maher: 'I'm Against a Church Anywhere'

By Nathan Burchfiel | September 14, 2010, 11:19 AM EDT

Comedian Bill Maher took his anti-religion, anti-conservative views off HBO and into the mainstream Sept. 13 during an appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show." Maher told host Jay Leno he's against the Ground Zero Mosque, because he's ...

Video Game Option to Play as Taliban Sparks Military Ban

By Nathan Burchfiel | December 7, 2011, 2:54 PM EST

Video game company Electronic Arts will miss out on one market when it's new Afghanistan-themed game “Medal of Honor” releases in October: military bases. The Army & Air Force Exchange Service and the Navy Exchange Service Command have refused to ...

Contradictions Pile Up Around Vanity Fair’s Palin Hit Piece

By Nathan Burchfiel | September 8, 2010, 2:46 PM EDT

Vanity Fair writer Michael Joseph Gross has already admitted to one error in his  profile of Sarah Palin, but the contradictions and controversies surrounding his hit piece continue to stack up. In a Sept. 7  post on The Corner, Katrina Trinko "refud ...

The Heavy-Handed Message of 'Machete'

By Nathan Burchfiel | December 7, 2011, 2:54 PM EST

For all its gore, nudity and bad language, the new shoot-'em-up film “Machete” does have a message: immigration laws are unjust and the folks who want to enforce them are violent racists. This report contains spoilers. The film tells the story of ex- ...

Vanity Fair's Palin Antagonist: 'I Have a Lot in Common with this Woman'

By Nathan Burchfiel | September 2, 2010, 11:21 AM EDT

The author of a  10,600-word Vanity Fair hit piec e on Sarah Palin is defending his work, claiming he set out to defend the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, but that the resulting article "was forced on me by the facts." M ...

Vanity Fair Palin Antagonist: 'I Have a Lot in Common With This Woman'

By Nathan Burchfiel | December 7, 2011, 2:54 PM EST

The author of a 10,600-word Vanity Fair hit piec e on Sarah Palin is defending his work, claiming he set out to defend the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, but that the resulting article “was forced on me by the facts.” Michael Gros ...