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Oops: CNN, WaPo Jumped on CAIR's License Plate 'Hate' Theory, Now Disp
On April 22 and 27, CNN and The Washington Post both helped forward Islamic advocacy group CAIR's publicity stunt which demeaned an anonymous Virginia motorist as a racist. The Post finally found the driver on Thursday – and apparently, both news outlets jumped the gun, as the owner claimed that the numbers on his license plate were a tribute to his favorite NASCAR drivers, not secret code for “…
April 29th, 2010 1:49 PM
Washington Post's David Ignatius Joins Liberal Call for Value-Added Ta
David Ignatius, an op-ed columnist for the Washington Post, thinks a value-added tax (VAT) may be just the ticket to get the United States out of its deficit mess. That's what he argued in a column on April 29: "President Obama could champion the cause of deficit reduction. He could insist that the new bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform that began work…
April 29th, 2010 1:32 PM
Maddow: People Not Smart Enough to Know 400 Percent Interest is Bad, T
MSNBC host makes argument against payday lenders but suggests only government can prevent people from entering in unfair deals.
April 29th, 2010 12:56 PM
Maddow Goes Biblical: Blasts Payday Lenders for 'Usury'; Insists Feder
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that so-called payday loans probably aren't the most reasonable option when it comes to short-term borrowing. But according to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, it takes the federal government to let you know. On her April 28 program, Maddow charged that these lenders engage in unscrupulous practices, despite offering a service that their clientele is willing…
April 29th, 2010 12:47 PM
Bono: Without Bill Clinton 'Universe Just Wouldn't Be As Friendly To H
On Thursday, Time magazine published a love letter from activist and musician Bono to former President Bill Clinton."There are professors who pretend to be populists and populists who pretend to be professors," the U2 lead-singer began his piece in the Heroes section of the 2010 Time 100 list. "But there have never been a head and heart so perfectly matched as the pair within William Jefferson…
April 29th, 2010 12:21 PM
Liberal Congressman Agrees With Glenn Beck on Toxicity of Stealth Puer
Shhh!Don't tell anybody but Congress is scheduled to vote today on H.R. 2499, a bill that could end up paving the way to Puerto Rican statehood, that is being presented with such incredible stealth that it has been given almost no coverage in the mainstream media. In fact, about the only person in the media shining a light on this bill until recently has been Glenn Beck. Liberals can be expected…
April 29th, 2010 12:16 PM
ABC Thrills Over 'Rising Star' Charlie Crist's 'Declaration of Indepen
ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday gushed over "rising star" Charlie Crist's decision to leave the Republican Party and run as an independent in the Florida Senate race. Next to a graphic that read "Declaration of Independence," co-host George Stephanopoulos speculated, "Is this trouble for Republicans? Will more independents rise up?" [Audio available here.] Stephanopoulos also oddly called…
April 29th, 2010 11:47 AM
WaPo Buries Kennedy Opposition to Cape Cod Wind Farm in Paragraph 14 o
It's no secret that the late Sen. Ted Kennedy was a major obstacle to a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound, but Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin at least buried that fact in today's 18-paragraph page A6 story on the Obama administration approving the first offshore wind farm in the United States.In the lead paragraph, Eilperin hailed the announcement by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as "a…
April 29th, 2010 11:39 AM
CBS White House Correspondents Dinner Guest List: 6 Democrats, 1 Repub
On MediaBistro.com's TVNewser blog, Chris Ariens reported on Wednesday that CBS News has announced a list of special guests seated at its table for Saturday's upcoming White House Correspondents Association Dinner, a list which includes a handful of celebrities as well as a seven prominent political figures, only one of whom is a Republican. The public officials who will be sitting down for a…
April 29th, 2010 11:10 AM
Washington Post Columnist Advocates Value-Added Tax
David Ignatius supports VAT as deficit-reducer, complains 'for politicians it's too soon to be right.'
April 29th, 2010 10:58 AM
Open Thread
A picture to spur some discussion: a perfect portrayal of the absurdity of some reactions to the Tea Party movement: Thankfully, the SWAT team was able to control this violent mob.
April 29th, 2010 9:40 AM
Couric Touts San Francisco as Proof of ‘Backlash Against Arizona's N
A night after ABC and NBC championed the supposed “growing national backlash” against Arizona’s new anti-illegal alien law, the CBS Evening News caught up as anchor Katie Couric teased her Wednesday newscast by trumpeting a move by a far-left enclave: “The backlash against Arizona's new immigration law. San Francisco bans official travel to that state as pressure grows for a national immigration…
April 29th, 2010 9:27 AM
Ed Schultz Blames Arizona's GOP Senators for 'Republican Mess' on Immi
MSNBC host Ed Schultz is still in prairie-populist mode on illegal immigration. Unlike many on the left, he says it's a serious problem. But on Tuesday's edition of The Ed Show, he somehow blamed it on Arizona's Senators, John McCain and Jon Kyl: “McCain and Kyl have left the border wide open. Once again, it's up to the president of the United States, Barack Obama, to clean up another Republican…
April 29th, 2010 8:40 AM