Latest Blogs
CBS's Schieffer: Obama Right 'Intellectually' on Mosque, Just Bad Poli
Appearing on Monday's CBS Early Show to discuss President Obama showing support for a controversial mosque being built near Ground Zero, Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer agreed with the President's sentiment but lamented the political fallout: "The President said and made the right intellectual argument, but I'm not sure that it was great politics for him to say it at this particular time." …
Joe Scarborough Bashes Newt Gingrich's Position on Ground Zero Mosque
Joe Scarborough on Monday bashed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for saying the building of the Ground Zero mosque would be like putting a Nazi sign next to the Holocaust Museum.Scarborough was responding to the following from Sunday's New York Times:Mr. Gingrich said the proposed mosque would be a symbol of Muslim "triumphalism" and that building the mosque near the site of the Sept. 11…
'Nightly News' Skips Social Security's 75th, Highlights Children's Car
Children must be making the news programming decisions at NBC "Nightly News." Aug. 14 was the 75th anniversary of Social Security, the largest government program and most troubled. Social Security is in the red this year - six years ahead of forecasts. The program faces a $41 billion shortfall this year alone. The major anniversary of a program often nicknamed the "third-rail" of politics…
'60 Minutes' Refuels Coal Ash Attacks, Omit Government Culpability
Leslie Stahl questions 'industry' disposal methods when state and federal regulations govern coal ash.
Time's Scherer Blames Press Pool for Obama's Flipping and Flopping on
Michael Scherer of Time tried to explain the concept of "Why Barack Obama Doesn't Like to Chit-Chat with the Press Corps" -- despite their obvious affection for him. The president's first Ground Zero Mosque comments were "perfectly scripted," he wrote, and perfectly timed, on a Friday night at a Muslim dinner celebrating Ramadan. Scherer doesn't get that the venue could be controversial,…
Mosque: MSNBC Celebrates First Amendment, Not So Sure About Second
There seems to be a double-standard at MSNBC when it comes to upholding the Bill of Rights . . . When people seek to build a mosque near Ground Zero, the consensus among MSNBC liberals seems to be that the exercise of First Amendment rights to freedom of religion cannot be questioned. But it was a different story at MSNBC when, hours before and blocks away from where Pres. Obama was scheduled to…
MSNBC’s Brzezinski Swoons Over Wacky Flight Attendant: ‘I Think I
Was MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski just joking or was she channeling some actual frustrations with her employers at MSNBC? As Brzezinski sat in as a guest co-host of Saturday’s Today show on NBC, she repeatedly joked about admiring Steven Slater, the flight attendant who quit his job at JetBlue by erratically bailing out of his plane down the emergency chute holding two beers. While co-host Amy Robach…
AP Writers Package Months-Old Polling Data As Currently Relevant News
Memo to Alan Fram and Trevor Tompson of the Associated Press and two other writers who contributed to this report ("AP-GfK polls show Obama losing independents"): You should have taken the weekend off.When I saw a shorter, earlier version of the referenced AP report this morning, it didn't mention when AP's polling arm AP-GfK Roper had done their work. When I went to the polling home page and…
Networks Still MIA on Ground Zero Mosque Funding, Radical Ties
In wake of Obama's mosque support, networks say opposition stems from 'Islamophobia' and disrespect for Constitution
Sunday Funnies: Obama Brings His Teleprompter On Vacation
As President Obama headed to the Florida Panhandle for a vacation with the family, he felt the need to drag his teleprompter along (h/t Freedom's Lighthouse): Swimsuit? Check. Sunscreen? Got it. Insect repellent? Yep. Teleprompter? Teleprompter?
Will CNN Bed Bug Infestation Cause MSM to Demand Lifting of DDT Ban
Don't be too surprised to soon see CNN's Wolf Blitzer go from merely rubbing his beard to violently scratching his entire body. And please, Anderson Cooper, do try to refrain from incessantly touching yourself on camera. However, perhaps they can be forgiven. You see, according to TV Newser, CNN/Time Warner has a bed bug infestation and has sent out the following internal e-mail:August 13, 2010…
Extreme Weather Again Excites Extreme Greens on the Front Page of the
The Sunday New York Times lunged toward the “extreme weather caused by global warming” party line again, with a front-pager by Justin Gillis forthrightly headlined “In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming.” The article was loaded with the usual gassy Gore-style greenhouse gurus – from Kevin Trenberth to Gavin Schmidt. The skeptics received a single paragraph, number 16, followed immediately…
AP Headline: 'Teen Sex Not Always Bad For School Performance
Here's a headline destined to ruin many a parent's Sunday: Teen Sex Not Always Bad For School PerformanceAs if that wasn't enough, the Associated Press actually framed this as good news: There's good news for parents who worry that their teenagers' sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in…