Martin Sheen on Obama: 'I Adore Him' - 'He’s Doing a Great Job
Actor Martin Sheen thinks that Barack Obama is "a very special man" that is "doing a great job."
In an interview with HLN's Joy Behar to be aired Tuesday, Sheen also said the President is "still the only adult in the room" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Lowe's Store Closings With 1,950 Job Losses Not Worthy of AP's Busines
UPDATE, 4 p.m.: NB gets results? The Lowe's story is currently #10 on the AP's Business home page (saved here).
It's a good thing I heard this on the radio at about 11:00 a.m., because I might otherwise have missed it. With yours truly's opinion along for the ride, I'll let readers judge whether the news of the Lowe's home improvement chain announcing that it will close 20 stores and cut its…
NBC's Gregory: Occupy Wall Street Will 'Dovetail Nicely' With Obama's
Appearing on Sunday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory proclaimed that the Occupy Wall Street protests would "...dovetail nicely into a big message that the President's selling, which is that the wealthy should pay more....that banner of going after Wall Street and the banks, talking about unfairness that a lot of protesters that are complaining about." [Audio available here]…
Carter Advisor: Lists of Rich People Should be Published to Force Mone
In the wake of the Occupy Wall Street protests, former Jimmy Carter National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski said Monday that lists of citizens "who make largely through speculation enormous amounts of money" should be created and made public in order to "pressure some of those people to give some of it back, back to society."
"I think public disclosure by the mass media could go a long…
NBC's Isikoff Warns Cain's 9-9-9 Plan May Mean 'More Pain' for 'Strugg
On Saturday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Michael Isikoff filed a report recounting criticisms of GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan, as Isikoff asserted that "critics see more pain, not gain, for struggling families." His report continued:
Unlike Wis. and Ohio, Illinois, the Democrat 'Deadbeat State,' Gets Li
Sometimes it's really hard to understand why certain events get heavy national press coverage while others which are arguably at least as significant and serious get little if any notice. This is one of them. Scott Walker, who solved a $3 billion projected deficit in Wisconsin, is a media and leftist (but I repeat myself) arch-villain because much of the balancing was done by adjusting public-…
NPR's Totenberg Mis-states Income Gap, As Bad As People 'Came to This
On Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, regular panel member Nina Totenberg of NPR incorrectly claimed that the "top tenth of one percent" of income earners in America "controls something like 20 or 30 percent" of the nation's income, and went on to characterize the economic situation as being worse than it has been in "hundreds of years," as she suggested income gaps were at a level that "people…
MIA: AP Coverage of Dour Consumer Sentiment Report
Yesterday, Joe Weisenthal at Business Insider reacted to the mixed economic news of the day by observing: "Lots of folks are scratching their head about today's dismal UMich/Reuters consumer sentiment number coming in so ugly, just as retail sales for September came in so strong."
It seems that the folks at the Associated Press were not among the head-scratchers. From all appearances, the…
Ann Coulter: Media 'Will Lie About the Economy' To Get Obama Reelected
Just how far are the media willing to go to get Barack Obama reelected?
As conservative author Ann Coulter told Fox News's Sean Hannity Friday evening, "He will have the entire mainstream media bucking for him and they will lie about the economy. 'Oh, it's a turnaround, don't stop him now'" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Big Three Nets Trumpet Wall Street Protesters 'Proclaiming Victory
The Big Three networks' seeming desperation to report on "Occupy Wall Street" reached a new level on Friday, after they led their morning shows with New York City's decision to not clear the park where the protesters are camped. NBC touted how the demonstrators were "proclaiming victory" in response to the move. ABC highlighted the "celebratory" atmosphere, while CBS played up the "mood of…
Hey New York Times, How About Before Government Motors ‘Pays Back
The New York Times today has a piece entitled:
Auto Bailout Done, Obama Looks for Payback
Two problems - with just the headline. Which the Times either ignorantly doesn’t know - or knows and willfully ignores. The auto bailout isn’t “done.”
Open Thread: Obama's First 1000 Days
October 17, 2011 will be President Obama's 1000th day in office. At the beginning of his term in office, in a February 1, 2009 interview with Matt Lauer, Obama said "If I don’t have this [economy fixed] in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition."
At 1000 days in, do you think Obama will see reelection? Check out a comprehensive report card of his first 1000 days after…
NBC Touts Slanted Poll Showing Support for Obama's Second Stimulus and
On Thursday's NBC Today, after acknowledging President Obama's low approval rating, co-host Matt Lauer and chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd cheered other results of the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, with Lauer proclaiming: "If there is some good news for the White House this morning it's that 63% of the people in this poll approve of his jobs plan."
Todd followed: "That…
CNN's Burnett: Aren't Tax Hikes Part of 'Rational' Deficit Strategy
CNN's Erin Burnett argued that, according to a Pew study, tax hikes and spending cuts together would be more effective in trimming the deficit than spending cuts alone, and asked Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) if tax hikes weren't "part of a rational independent strategy here?"
Burnett also pressed the conservative presidential candidate as to why she stuck to her positions on social and…
