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Founder of Daily Kos Insists Mark Halperin's On a 'Jihad Against the T
Markos Moulitsas, the founder and publisher of the Daily Kos, demonstrated that he can locate a vast right-wing conspiracy just like the rest of the Kosmonauts. Mark Halperin's suspension, for him, proved once again that Halperin is a right-wing fellow traveler with Joe Scarborough, who's the "real president" of MSNBC:
I think it's wonderful that Halperin betrayed his full feelings about…
July 1st, 2011 6:39 AM
ABC Highlights Bachmann’s Miscarriage and Its Effect on Her Pro-Life
On Thursday evening, uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts, ABC’s World News featured a report on GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s recent revelation that her pro-life views were influenced by a miscarriage she once endured. ABC correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi also informed viewers of the Minnesota Congresswoman’s history of giving care to foster children with her…
July 1st, 2011 2:15 AM
On PBS, CNN's Toobin Insists We'll Have 'Gay Marriage' In 50 States Wi
On Monday, PBS talk show host Charlie Rose decided to discuss the passage of a "gay marriage" law in New York with two New York Times reporters and a writer for The New Yorker -- not exactly a divided or diverse panel. CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin (also with The New Yorker) predicted to Rose that we're less then ten years out from the Supreme Court proclaiming "gay marriage" must be…
June 30th, 2011 11:24 PM
Media Lauded Meghan McCain's 'Saucy' Memoir but Call Bristols Book 'Tr
'Palin Derangement Syndrome' extends to daughter's book.
June 30th, 2011 7:26 PM
Maddow Condemns Corporate Funding of Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts for GOP
Do as I suggest, not as I claim to eschew.
Those wascally Wepublicans and their corporate-financed efforts to compel voter turnout, Rachel Maddow complained on her MSNBC show Tuesday, before suggesting possible Chinese or Brazilian manipulation of American elections through legalized bribes to unpatriotic conservatives (video after page break) --
June 30th, 2011 6:58 PM
CNN's Warm Welcome to Bachmann's Candidacy: 'Firebrand,' Gaffe-Prone
Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) declared her candidacy for president Monday, and CNN provided plenty of snarky commentary with which to welcome her. The network repeatedly took aim at her past gaffes and suggested that she has little chance to win the Republican nomination for president.
In addition, CNN's Anderson Cooper led his regular news cast for two nights in a row…
June 30th, 2011 6:44 PM
MSNBC's Ratigan: California's 'Amazon Tax' Kills Jobs, Let's Have Nati
Unfortunately for Dylan Ratigan, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
The MSNBC anchor nearly stumbled onto a valid point on Thursday's "Dylan Ratigan Show" – reporting that California's new Internet sales tax could cost thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenue – until he proposed solving this dilemma with a national Internet sales tax.
June 30th, 2011 6:10 PM
NBC, CBS Let Obama Advisor Spin Obama's Presser, No Republicans
NBC's Today and CBS's Early Show on Thursday turned to Obama advisor David Plouffe on Thursday to offer his spin on the President's 67-minute presser on Wednesday, instead of interviewing Republicans. Both shows failed to press their guest about Obama's part in raising the nation's debt. NBC's Matt Lauer did toss some hardball questions at Plouffe on the President's "ownership" of the economy…
June 30th, 2011 6:01 PM
Rush Limbaugh: MSNBC's Response Different If Halperin Defamed George W
As NewsBusters reported Thursday, MSNBC has put Mark Halperin on indefinite suspension for making an intemperate remark about President Obama on "Morning Joe."
Just a few hours later, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh told his audience the network's response would have been much different if Halperin had said this about George W. Bush when he was president (video follows with…
June 30th, 2011 5:29 PM
CNN's Ali Velshi Insists 'We Don't Tax Too Much,' Rich Aren't 'Taxed S
CNN's Ali Velshi called out "hold on" five times at a Republican before he repeated liberal talking points on tax policy on Thursday's edition of American Morning. "We don't tax too much. Let's just stop that for a second," Velshi said after cutting off Republican strategist Jim McLaughlin. McLaughlin had told the American Morning panel. "We spend and we tax too much."
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June 30th, 2011 5:04 PM
NY Times Again Strikes at Conservative Fla. Gov. Rick Scott, 'Remote a
The New York Times once again checks in with a hostile peek at Florida’s conservative Gov. Rick Scott. Don Van Natta Jr. and Gary Fineout reported from Miami on Scott’s poll travails, even suggesting his current low standing could cost the Republicans the state in the 2012 presidential election, a mere 16 months away: “Sinking Poll Numbers May Put Florida in Play – Strategists Sy the Governor’s…
June 30th, 2011 3:53 PM
MSNBC Duped by Fake Pope Benedict Account
Reporting on Pope Benedict XVI's first-ever tweet yesterday, MSNBC producers showed viewers B-roll of a fake Pope Benedict Twitter account while anchor Chris Jansing read off her choice for the June 29 "tweet of the day."
The pontiff doesn't have an official Twitter account and has only tweeted once, on June 28, from the @news_va_en account (video posted after page break):
June 30th, 2011 3:52 PM
NBC's Today: 'Feisty' Obama Gave Republicans 'A Pretty Good Tongue Las
At the top of Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry proclaimed: "President Obama calls out Congress to strike a deficit reduction deal during a feisty news conference." Moments later, fellow co-host Matt Lauer added that the President "gave Congress a pretty good tongue lashing on Wednesday."
Curry further described how Obama "rebuked Congress for taking recesses instead of tackling…
June 30th, 2011 3:41 PM