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Exodus From SS Obama Continues as Arianna, Spitzer Jump Ship
How many more erstwhile apologists can President Obama lose before he's rendered little more than a figurehead?
Two more just joined the forlorn procession -- left-wing queen bee Arianna Huffington and disgraced former New York governor turned itinerant political commentator Eliot Spitzer. (Audio clips after the jump)
June 20th, 2013 2:35 PM
Video: NB's Bozell at 'Audit the IRS' Rally: It's Time to 'Fire Eric H
"I am sick and tired of not getting answers from my government when my government is abusing my freedoms," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told the crowd at yesterday's Tea Party Patriots-organized "Audit the IRS" rally outside the U.S. Capitol. "It is time to tell this nation's top cop, Attorney General Eric Holder, it's time to go. Fire Eric Holder!" the Media Research Center founder and…
June 20th, 2013 1:13 PM
ABC Hypes 'Stunning Revelation' That Drones Were Used Inside U.S., For
ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday deemed the admission by the FBI that they have used drones inside America to be a "stunning revelation." Yet, news reader Josh Elliott somehow managed to ignore the fact that his own program already talked about this fact back in February. Elliott breathlessly related, "And another stunning revelation as lawmakers look at the National Security Agency's…
June 20th, 2013 12:41 PM
Leno: Rowhani Plans to Improve Iran’s Economy. If it Doesn't Work He
Jay Leno continued his humorous attacks on President Obama Wednesday.
During his opening monologue on the NBC Tonight Show, the host said newly-elected Hassan Rowhani "has promised to improve Iran's economy and fix the unemployment problem. If that doesn't work, he's going to blame the whole thing on President Bush.”
June 20th, 2013 12:39 PM
Networks Ignore 'Audit the IRS' Rally; Minimize Coverage of $70 Millio
The Big Three all punted on covering the Capitol Hill "Audit the IRS" rally on their Wednesday evening and Thursday morning newscasts. CBS This Morning played a four-second soundbite of Senator Ted Cruz addressing the thousands of Tea Party activists in attendance, but CBS, along with ABC and NBC, didn't air a full report or news brief on the protest.
The CBS morning show also stood out for…
June 20th, 2013 12:04 PM
Obama Confuses British Chancellor 'George' Osborne With R&B Singer 'Je
Barack Obama at Thursday's G8 summit three times called British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne "Jeffrey."
According to London's Financial Times, the President eventually apologized and said that he was confusing him with "his favorite R&B singer" Jeffrey Osborne:
June 20th, 2013 11:22 AM
Open Thread Thursday
Today's starter topic: In light of the NSA spying scandal, a new search engine called DuckDuckGo which gives users complete anonymity by never storing data on them has exploded in popularity. Have you ever tried it?
June 20th, 2013 11:21 AM
CNN's Amanpour, No Stranger to (Alleged) 'Irony,' Rips Turkish Paper F
File this under: "She can dish it out but can't take it."
Tuesday, the Turkish newspaper Takvim published a fictional interview of CNN's Christiane Amanpour said to have taken place in Atlanta. As seen in a Google (less than perfect) Translate screen grab, it is clearly identified as sarcasm at its end. That didn't stop Amanpour from tweeting her anger at the fake interview while implicitly…
June 20th, 2013 11:06 AM
NY Times Fawns Over Bill Nye: ‘Warrior for Science
Bill Nye got the “rock star” treatment from The New York Times on June 17. John Schwartz’s glowing 1,512-word profile of “The Science Guy” described Nye as a “warrior for science,” and “Springsteen of the nerds.”
At the same time Schwartz lauded Nye, he trashed his opponents on the issue of climate change and clearly sided with climate change alarmism.
June 20th, 2013 10:07 AM
PBS's Tavis Smiley Rips MSNBC: ‘They Do Spin…If I Don’t Like You
Count PBS’s Tavis Smiley amongst those in the media finally beginning to realize what an absolute joke MSNBC is.
During an interview with new CNNer Morgan Spurlock Wednesday, Smiley mentioned MSNBC chief Phil Griffin’s recent comments about his network not being the place for breaking news and concluded, “They do spin. They spin… If I don’t like your spin, I’ll go to Fox News” (video follows…
June 20th, 2013 10:06 AM
‘Daily Show’ Scoffs at Idea of Pro-Gay Bullying
Those paranoid Christians. Always thinking someone is persecuting them. Pro-gay violence? Christians bullied for supporting traditional marriage? Puh-leeze. Just grow up already. That stuff never happens. Only gays get bullied.
That was the sarcastic approach of comedian Samantha Bee in a fake reporting segment she filmed for “The Daily Show.” Interviewing (controversial) right-wing…
June 20th, 2013 9:01 AM
Mika Moved By Manchin's Ad Responding To NRA
To say that Mika Brzezinski was "moved" by Joe Manchin's ad, responding to one by the NRA criticizing the Dem senator from West Virginia for supporting new gun-control measures, is a decided understatement.
Have a look at the ad, which Manchin debuted on Morning Joe today, then have a go at describing Mika's emotional reaction. View the video after the jump.
June 20th, 2013 8:29 AM
HBO Pays Liberal MSNBC Vets to Add 'Realism' to Second Season of 'The
As HBO’s preachy leftist drama “The Newsroom” about an Olbermann-type “news” show heads into its second season, Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter revealed a raft of MSNBC personalities were part of 13 paid consultants series creator Aaron Sorkin hired to provide “realism” to the program.
Chris Matthews, Lawrence O’Donnell, Alex Wagner, and S.E. Cupp were all brought on board, as well as “…
June 20th, 2013 7:02 AM
CNN Calls Obama's Brandenburg Speech 'Historic
CNN's Suzanne Malveaux called President Obama's Brandenburg Gate speech "historic" on Wednesday afternoon, while a CNN headline later proclaimed that he "speaks to the history books." This despite the President speaking to a crowd of less than 5,000 at the same location where he addressed 200,000 Germans five years before.
"President Obama calls for freedom, equal opportunity and a reduction…
June 19th, 2013 7:56 PM