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President Obama To Appear On 'The View' Thursday
Barack Obama will make history this week when he becomes the first sitting president to appear on ABC's daytime ladies talk show "The View."I guess when you're likely the most liberal Commander in Chief the nation has ever seen with poll numbers plummeting faster than a coin tossed off the Empire State Building there isn't a better place to have your ego massaged than on a couch surrounded by…
CBS's Axelrod: 'All Better Informed' By 'Legendary' Left-Wing Journali
On Saturday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Jim Axelrod reported on the death of former CBS correspondent Daniel Schorr, declaring that he "was an old-school broadcast journalist, he was the last working reporter who'd been one of Edward R. Morrow's boys." An on-screen headline read: "Celebrating Daniel Schorr; Legendary Journalist Dead at 93."Axelrod touted Schorr's reporting from CBS's…
Funny Stuff: NYT Writers Accuse Other Media of 'Tilting the Field,' Pr
The New York Times went to town on Andrew Breitbart and Fox News on Sunday and Monday, rehashing the racial controversy over the Shirley Sherrod tape and suggesting conservative media outlets were guilty of "tilting the field," blowing "obscure or misleading stories...out of proportion" and presenting "political opposition research" as news. Hmm. Isn't that what the New York Times has been doing…
While Interviewing Dem Congressman, ABC, CBS Keep the Focus Off Obama
Democratic Congressman Ed Markey appeared on ABC and CBS's morning shows on Monday to talk about the Gulf Coast oil spill and didn't face a single question about the government's handling of the disaster. Instead, Good Morning America and the Early Show both kept the heat on BP. Discussing the likely departure of BP's CEO Tony Hayword, GMA's Robin Roberts pressed, "And that when [Haywood] gave…
CNN's Don Lemon Plays Softball With Discharged Homosexual Soldier
On Sunday's Newsroom, CNN's Don Lemon tossed softball questions at homosexual activist Dan Choi, who was discharged earlier in July from the U.S. Army under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Lemon asked Choi, "Was it worth the prize for speaking out?" The anchor also brought on Michelangelo Signorile, another homosexual activist, without bringing on anyone from the opposing side of…
As AZ Immigration Law Looms, ABC Touts Harm to Small Businesses
ABC's "World News" on Sunday caught up to CBS and NBC in fretting about the potential problems caused by illegal immigrants who may be leaving Arizona before the state's new law takes effect on Thursday. Correspondent Barbara Pinto devoted her entire piece to lamenting the possible damage to small businesses whose customers are presumably now leaving the state, but offered less than a sentence to…
Simply Wrong: WaPo's Kurtz Claims Network Newscasts 'Barely Touched' M
For his Monday Media Notes column, Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz described the gossip-media battle between TMZ and Radar Online in a big splashy layout on the front of the Style section. But late in this piece, Kurtz wrote something that could land him in the Corrections box: Strangely enough, given Gibson's star power and the huge controversy over his film "The Passion of the…
Former Thatcher Adviser Rips Obama for Using BP Spill Against UK
Lord Monckton sees 'a deliberate hostility' toward Britain and Gulf oil spill being used to promote climate legislation.
New Black Panther Party Leader Video: ‘We Will See Caskets and Fune
With recent controversial race topics entering the spotlight, such as the voter intimidation incident and Shirley Sherrod story, the media has been more than willing to open their arms and turn on their cameras to hear the opining of the National Chairman of the New Black Panther Party, Malik Zulu Shabazz. Shabazz has appeared on Fox News, issued a statement through CNN, and done exclusive…
MSNBC's Brewer Hits Breitbart for Appearing at Political Fundraiser, B
On Monday's News Live, MSNBC's Contessa Brewer expressed incredulity at the revelation that journalist Andrew Breitbart will be appearing at a Republican fundraiser. "I mean, really? Is he going to be a good fund-raiser for the Republicans?" Reporter Richard Wolffe lectured, "Because if he is that much of a political activist that he is raising money for the RNC, then he is not quite the…
CBS Touts Concord, Mass. Banning Bottled Water As 'Revolutionary Move
At the end of Sunday's CBS Evening News, anchor Russ Mitchell celebrated the efforts of 82-year-old Jean Hill to ban the sale of bottled water in Concord, Massachusetts as: "...one woman's campaign for a greener America, one bottle at a time." He declared: "...you may remember the environmentalist mantra: 'Think globally, act locally'....[Hill] is trying to take that message to heart."Mitchell…
Even Liberal Mediaite Knows Fox Didn’t Get Shirley Sherrod Fired
In the past six days, you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting some liberal media member claiming that Fox News was responsible for Shirley Sherrod's dismissal from the Agriculture Department. So obsessed with this idea were the folks on PBS's "Inside Washington" Friday that the lone conservative on the panel Charles Krauthammer had to defend FNC's honor like a knight in shining armor…
Surprise: AP Notes 'Chicken and Egg Problem' With Electric Cars
Report cites lack of public chargers as potential problem in electric car production, touts government grants on the way.
National Review’s O’Beirne Corrects Bloomberg’s Carlson on FNC A
On Friday’s Political Capital, Bloomberg’s Margaret Carlson – formerly of CNN and Time magazine – left the impression that FNC coverage of the Shirley Sherrod video was partially responsible for her firing, prompting the National Review’s Kate O’Beirne to clarify that FNC did not show the video until after the USDA employee’s resignation. After host Al Hunt asked, "did it also say something bad…