FNC’s Kirsten Powers: ‘Here’s the Deal With Liberal Talk Radio
Most Fox News watchers are familiar with Kirsten Powers, the outspoken Democrat strategist and political analyst that is often a guest of Bill O’Reilly’s.On Friday, Powers sat in for Brian Kilmeade on Fox Radio’s “Brian and the Judge.” At issue was the just-released report from the Center for American Progress regarding conservative domination of AM radio. To say the least, Powers' take on this…
Liberal Radio Host Demonstrates Hypocrisy of Fairness Doctrine
An interesting debate over the recent Center for American Progress report concerning conservative dominance on the radio transpired on Thursday’s “Tucker” when the moderately conservative Michael Smerconish, acting as guest host, took on liberal radio’s Ed Schultz.The discussion ended up being a classic battle between a capitalist who believes that free market forces are determining programming…
Conservative Radio Dominance Not as Grave as Liberals Proclaim
Update (Ken Shepherd): Maloney tells me he'll be on the John Gibson radio program on Fox News radio shortly after 6:20 p.m. to discuss this.As NewsBusters reported here and here, liberals around the country are carping and whining about conservatives having too much control of AM radio.In fact, just yesterday, the Center for American Progress issued an outline as to what needs to be done to…
Group Led By Clinton’s John Podesta Outlines Assault of Conservative
The supposedly “free speech” left are out in force trying to silence all voices in the media with views different than their own just in time for the 2008 presidential campaign.Potentially more worrisome, one liberal advocate in the middle of this debate has close ties to the Clintons, although it is quite unlikely the press will convey such when its recommendations are disseminated with their…
Pelosi's House Brushes Off CNN's Questions on Earmarks
Have we entered the Twilight Zone? A mainstream media outlet is going after Congress, particularly a Democrat Congress, for not living up to one of their promises?CNN correspondent Drew Griffin and a team of two staffers and six interns all 435 members of the House of Representatives a simple question - if they get obtain a copy of each representative's earmark request. Even with the Democrats'…
BBC's Complete Report on its Bias: ‘Safeguarding Impartiality in the
NewsBusters reported Sunday that the BBC completed a year-long internal investigation of its policies and procedures concluding that it “has failed to promote proper debate on major political issues because of the inherent liberal culture of its staff.”The complete 81-page study has now been made available (h/t Benny Peiser), and should be required reading for media organizations here in America…
Newsweek Singles Out Southern Governor’s Self-Deprecating Humor on A
There's been an interesting "disturbance in the Force" involving the press and its singling out of the South concerning environmental issues and alcohol.Last Friday, CNN's John Roberts used a story on a drought affecting the production of Jack Daniel's whiskey in Tennessee to fire a quick drive-by-style hit on Southern conservatives, their apparent love of whiskey, and their doubt of global…
Time's Klein Blasts Bush as Radical Conservative
I know what you're thinking after reading Tim's earlier post on Joe Klein. How delusional can this guy get?Well, try this on for size. According to the Time reporter and "Swampland" blogger, "George W. Bush is no moderate. He has governed as a radical, and we'll be paying the price for his thoughtless extremism for years to come."Of course, this is the same president that spawned conservative…
Tuesday Night Fights: Tucker Carlson vs. ACLU Supporter Rosa Brooks
MSNBC was certainly the place to be Tuesday evening if you like watching a conservative take on a liberal about the value of the ACLU, and how tied into the Democrat Party that organization is. Also on the debate docket was the value of torture in terrorist interrogations.What more could you ask for on a Tuesday evening?Without further ado, in the left corner was Rosa Brooks of the Los Angeles…
