WaPo Highlights 'Local Opinion' Politicizing Nun's Death in Favor of
August 5th, 2010 12:49 PM
The Washington Post has an opinion blog entitled "All Opinions Are Local." Print edition editors regularly pick from the blog to excerpt a post to the editorial page under the heading "Local Opinions."Today's entry, "Stop the torrent of hate after a deadly drunk-driving crash," was filed by one Simone Campbell of Washington, whom the Post noted "is executive director of Network, a Catholic social…
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Ridicules ‘My Party,’ Lectures GOP on Im
August 4th, 2010 4:03 PM
MSNBC's "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday again decided to slam the Republican Party (Scarborough is a former-GOP Congressman). He chided, "My party. What happened to my party?" Democrat Co-host Mika Brzezinski made sure to notify Scarborough that, "Your party is over!"Scarborough was astounded that some Senate Republicans are calling for hearings on the 14th Amendment regarding…
USA Today Reporter: 'Do You Care About the Nationality' of Drunk Drive
August 4th, 2010 12:50 PM
On Sunday morning in northern Virginia, a drunk illegal immigrant -- who had previously been convicted twice on DUI charges -- allegedly crashed head-on into a car full of nuns, killing one, Sister Denise Mosier, and injuring the rest. The Benedictine Sisters have since come out to say they are "dismayed and saddened" that the crime "has been politicized and become an apparent forum for the…
Angry Univision Anchor in Time: Border Control Violates the Declaratio
August 3rd, 2010 11:53 AM
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos has been treated as a major pundit on TV roundtable shows (and even mocked as an “Obama stalker” and CNN debate questioner on Saturday Night Live during the primaries in 2008). Ramos sees zero distinction between journalist and liberal advocate, which comes across in Time’s 10 Questions interview in the August 9 issue. He scribbled in “immigration reform now!!!” under…
WaPo Headline Writers Obscure Story: Drunk-Driving Illegal Alien Kills
August 3rd, 2010 7:36 AM
A lot of newspaper readers just scan the headlines quickly and choose only a few stories to read, even on the front page. Newspapers are often accused of tabloidish, exaggerated headlines. But sometimes, they do the opposite, with duller headlines that seem designed not to inform -- or offend.
The front page of Tuesday's Washington Post carried the headline "Va. driver had record of DUIs…
Ed Schultz: Sarah Palin's 'Cojones' Remark About Obama Was 'Sexist
August 3rd, 2010 12:03 AM
Warning: Readers are strongly advised to remove fluids from their mouths as well as from proximity to their computers before proceeding any further!Ed Schultz on Monday accused Sarah Palin of making a sexist remark about President Obama.As NewsBusters previously reported, the former Alaska governor on Sunday said, "[Arizona governor] Jan Brewer has the cojones that our president does not have to…
Michael Moore Equates WikiLeaks Source With Nuremberg Trials
August 2nd, 2010 6:51 PM
Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, in an interview with CNN's Larry King, compared the suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning with witnesses of Nazi atrocities testifying at Nuremberg."He essentially followed the Nuremberg principles," Moore claimed, "which is when you see something going on like this, when you see war crimes being committed, when you see lies being told in order to bring a…
Lady Gaga Slams 'Disgusting' Immigration Law During Arizona Concert
August 2nd, 2010 4:58 PM
The Lady doth protest Arizona's immigration law - Lady Gaga, that is. Gaga went political about immigration reform at a sold-out Arizona concert on July 31, telling cheering fans that she found the situation in Arizona "disgusting" and a "state of emergency." "We have to actively protest," Gaga said. "And the nature of the Monster Ball [concert tour] is to actively protest prejudice and…
Not News at AP: $1 Million Bounty on Sheriff Joe
August 2nd, 2010 2:28 PM
UPDATE, 6:20 p.m. ET: AP now has a 5:28 p.m. item on the bounty. It's enough to make you wonder if the item below shamed the wire service into covering it. (original post) A look at the Associated Press's raw national feed (saved and stored here at about 1:30 p.m. ET for future reference) informs us that the wire service considers the following items worthy of at least some countrywide attention…
Arizona Sheriff: ‘Our Own Government Has Become Our Enemy
August 2nd, 2010 2:17 PM
Pinal County (Ariz.) Sheriff Paul Babeu is hopping mad at the federal government.Babeu told CNSNews.com that rather than help law enforcement in Arizona stop the hundreds of thousands of people who come into the United States illegally, the federal government is targeting the state and its law enforcement personnel."What's very troubling is the fact that at a time when we in law enforcement and…
'Media Mash': Bozell and Hannity Address MRC Study on Anti-Arizona Bia
August 2nd, 2010 1:20 PM
"You're talking about brainwashing, when by a 10-to-1 margin, they [the broadcast media] attack Arizona," Media Research Center (MRC) founder Brent Bozell told Sean Hannity on the "Media Mash" segment on the July 30 "Hannity" program. The NewsBusters publisher was commenting on an MRC study that found in a 3-month survey [April 23 - July 25] of the three broacast networks, that of 120 stories…
Harry Smith to Anti-SB1070 Advocate: Should U.S. Stem Flow of Illegal
August 1st, 2010 11:19 PM
Harry Smith on Sunday actually asked an anti-Arizona SB-1070 advocate whether or not the United States government should stem the flow of illegal immigrants into America.Subbing for Bob Schieffer on CBS's "Face the Nation," Smith invited on Thomas Saenz, the head of the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, a pro-illegal immigrant group.Early in the segment, Smith asked his guest…
Palin on Illegal Immigration: 'Jan Brewer Has the Cojones Our Presiden
August 1st, 2010 12:14 PM
Sarah Palin said on Sunday that when it comes to securing America's borders, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer "has the cojones that our president does not have to look out for all Americans."Speaking to Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," Palin addressed this week's decision by a federal judge to block much of the anti-illegal immigration law passed by Arizona earlier this year."Well, this is a…
Laura Ingraham Destroys Marc Lamont Hill on Obama, Immigration and Rac
July 31st, 2010 5:56 PM
You know the expression "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight?"Well that's exactly what happened when Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill entered the ring against conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham on "Larry King Live" Thursday night.The subjects up for debate included the Obamas, Arizona's illegal immigration law, and racism.To put it mildly, when the final bell had rung, there…