Michael Moore Flummoxed by Link Between More Guns, Less Crime
From the files of clippings I've saved over the years, one of my favorite headlines -- "Prison populations, costs climbing: $40b a year spent on inmates despite falling crime rate," as published in The Boston Globe on July 28, 2003.
Yes -- "despite".
Not the only time I've seen a headline along these lines, though less often nowadays, its idiocy becoming too obvious to ignore.
As if to…
Ed Schultz Daintily Tip-Toes Around Mark Levin's Threat of Litigation
A gift suggestion for liberal radio host and MSNBC action hero Ed Schultz's next birthday -- a copy of John F. Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage," preferrably illustrated. Maybe some of its narrative will rub off.
Schultz was unintentionally hilarious on his radio show Friday in describing conservative radio host and author Mark Levin's vow to sue "anybody who accuses me of inciting mass murder…
Poll: Only 15 Percent Think Tucson Shooting Caused by Heated Political
A new poll just released by Quinnipiac University finds very few Americans agree with the media's view that heated political rhetoric was responsible for Saturday's tragic shootings in Tucson, Arizona.
What should also surprise all of the so-called journalists that have been accusing conservative politicians and pundits for inciting Jared Lee Loughner to commit this heinous act is that people…
Maddow Slams Palin's Use of 'Blood Libel' - Before Talking with WaPo S
Unfortunately for liberals, airbrushing history is so much tougher these days, what with Google and long memories and all.
Here's MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Wednesday disparaging Sarah Palin for her condemnation of liberals' kneejerk "blood libel" against conservatives in the wake of the Tucson shooting (audio) --
MADDOW: Also, for the record, blood libel is not a generic term. It is…
Mark Levin Threatens to Sue Anyone Tying Him to Tucson Shooting
For going on six days, dishonest media members have blamed prominent conservatives for inciting last Saturday's tragedy in Tucson.
On Wednesday, radio host and attorney Mark Levin threatened to sue anyone - including MSNBC's Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and Joe Scarborough - that tried to tie him to that event (YouTube audio follows with transcript and…
Michael Vick's Abuse of Dogs As Payback for Bull Connor, Slavery
Someone finally -- finally! -- has drawn the obvious correlation between NFL quarterback Michael Vick's killing of animals in an illegal dog-fighting ring and the monstrous injustices committed against blacks during slavery and the civil rights movement.
What's hardly surprising is who's making the connection -- Princeton professor Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC's go-to gal for all things…
Maddow More Rational Than Letterman Who Argues WikiLeaks Could Have Sa
Searching for an upside to the WikiLeaks release of secret documents, Late Show host David Letterman on Wednesday night pointed to how such disclosures could have possibly prevented the 9/11 attacks since former President George Bush had disregarded “for months and months and months” the warning “that bin Laden and al-Qaeda were interested in hijacking planes and flying them into buildings,”…
Rachel Maddow and NBC News Producer Clueless on Lawmaking
Time for remedial "Schoolhouse Rock" at MSNBC.
The network's Rachel Maddow engaged in one of the least illuminating discussions on legislation I can recall during her show Friday. Here she is talking with NBC News "Senate producer" Ken Strickland on machinations involving possible repeal of the military's don't ask, don't tell policy (video after page break) --
Rachel Maddow: 'I'm Not Here to Cheerlead for Anybody'. She's a Drum M
News organization or theater of the absurd? You decide.
During an interview with her MSNBC colleague Ed Schultz on his radio show Nov. 30, broadcast from MSNBC studios in New York, Rachel Maddow said this about liberals in media (video follows after page break) --
Rachel Maddow Inexplicably Lapses Into Accuracy on Bush Tax Rates
Mark your calendar, who knows when you'll see this again.
Rachel Maddow provided two different takes about congressional action on extending the Bush tax rates during her MSNBC show Thursday, the first account characteristically wrong, the second belatedly accurate.
Here's Maddow at the start of the show, describing what occurred in the House that day (first part of embedded video, below…
Washington Post Op-Ed Urges Presidential Runs by Rachel Maddow or Bill
In a Saturday Washington Post op-ed, “Save Obama – by running against him,” Tikkun magazine editor Michael Lerner provided a list of “excellent candidates” to run against President Obama “who would unequivocally commit to a well-defined progressive agenda.” Amongst the names Rabbi Lerner forwarded, two from the news media who share his far-left agenda, plus an actress: Rachel Maddow, Bill…
Gasp! Maddow Guest Howard Dean Describes Tea Party Respectfully
My what a difference a midterm can make.
In my vast, lamentable experience cringing through MSNBC broadcasts, I can't recall a single instance of a left-wing anchor, host or guest talking about tea partiers without denigrating them as racist rubes acting unwittingly on behalf of their corporate masters.
All that changed this past Monday when former DNC chair Howard Dean appeared on "The…
Maddow to O'Donnell: Loved Your Murkowski Interview. O'Donnell to Madd
Such is the peril borne by the serial flatterer -- the flattery just might clang.
That's what happened when Lawrence O'Donnell appeared on MSNBC colleague Rachel Maddow's show on Nov. 18 to discuss possible repeal of the don't ask, don't tell policy regarding gays in the military.
At the end of their discussion, Maddow thanked O'Donnell and said this (video after page break) --
Maddow Economics: Tax Cuts, Tax Rates, What's the Difference
Isn't Rachel Maddow supposed to be the smart one at MSNBC? You'd never know it when she talks taxes.
Either that or she's engaged in a pattern of deception that would bring a blush to Bernie Madoff.
Here's Maddow on her show Thursday (first part of embedded video, below page break) --
