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NBC Reporter Discovers New Immigration Law Causing Illegals to Leave A
NBC's Lee Cowan, on Thursday's NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, discovered a stunning result of Arizona's new immigration policies - illegal immigrants are now leaving the state. Cowan opened his piece noting a long line now "stretches around the Mexican Consulate in Phoenix every day" but noticed a twist, as the line was full of "immigrants trying to figure out not how to stay in Arizona,…
Bartiromo: Stimulus Likely Didn't Save Economy; Anchor Credits Fed
CNBC 'Closing Bell' host blames Obamanomics for tepid moves by business to lower unemployment levels.
'Today' Goes Goo-Goo for Gaga, Ignores Controversy
"Mommy, why is that lady dancing on stage in her bra?" might have been a common question in American households that were tuned in to NBC's "Today" show July 9. The broadcast featured performances by and an interview with Lady Gaga, a pop star whose fashion sense is aimed at making eyes pop and jaws drop. For "Today," Gaga donned a white bustier with "strategically placed" rhinestone crucifixes…
Time's 'Top Signs of Troubled Economy:' Lack of Strikes, Rise of Colle
The next time you want to gauge how bad the economy is, don't check the unemployment rate or the stock market. Instead, look to see if anyone is dressed as a cow at the local Chick-fil-A. Time Magazine posted a somewhat lighthearted hodgepodge of "Top 10 Signs of a Troubled Economy and/or the Apocalypse" on its website on July 9. Surprisingly, at the number one spot ("New Yorkers are…
Time Magazine Cites Lack of Strikes, Rise of Collectivism 'Top Signs o
List also takes cracks at health care industry, wacky fast food promotions and big box store weddings.
CBO Notes YTD Deficit Tops $1 Trillion; Reality Is Much Worse
On Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office released its Monthly Budget Review for June. It estimated that June's deficit was "only" $69 billion, down from $94 billion last year, and that the deficit through nine months of the current fiscal year is $1.005 trillion, down from last year's $1.087 trillion. June's single-month improvement -- or more properly stated, its less disastrous result --…
Imagine If a Conservative Had Said It: Child- and Cop-killer Edition
Remember when media liberals were insisting (falsely, by the way) that RedState's Erick Erickson had advocated shooting a census taker? Well imagine that a journalist had approached, say, Dick Armey and the following exchange had ensued. Then try to imagine what the media's response would be.JOURNO: Obviously you don't believe in killing census workers.ARMEY: Umm, not in that context, no sir. No…
NBC Offers Additional 35 Seconds to Story of Controversial Medicare Ap
NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams on Thursday became the first evening news broadcast to cover the recess appointment of Donald Berwick to run Medicare. Anchor Brian Williams asserted that "Republicans are angry, claiming it's antagonistic." He also observed, "Berwick has spoken about the need to ration medical care to control costs." NBC has offered the most reporting on Berwick: 20 seconds…
CBS Host Admits Levi Johnston Apology 'Highly Under-Reported
Update: CBS earlier declined comment on Johnston apology. On Friday's CBS Early Show, fill-in co-host Erica Hill confessed Levi Johnston's apology for making false statements about the Palin family was "highly under-reported." During the 'Early Wrap' segment, Hill told a panel of media pundits: "My favorite story of the week, which was highly under-reported...is that Levi Johnston came out and…
Washington Post Hysterically Explains Why Tan Tax Isn't Racist
If you thought ObamaCare's new tax on tanning salons was racist, the Washington Post wants to set you straight: it ain't!The reason according to a piece published at the Post's website Thursday evening: the government didn't INTEND to disadvantage white people with this law.It's just an unfortunate consequence.I kid you not. But this gets better, because the Post quoted a Harvard professor that…
MRC-TV: Bozell Discusses Media's Inattention to New Black Panther/Just
The Obama/Holder Department of Justice closed down an investigation into voter intimidation on Election Day 2008 by the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia. Yet the broadcast news media have been virtually silent on the matter, making it the first item in last night's "Media Mash" segment on Fox News Channel's "Hannity."Noted NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell: Here you had a whistleblower…
MRC-TV: Bozell Discusses Obama's NASA Chief on 'Fox & Friends
"You would think that if you are NASA, your mandate is return us to the moon, take us to Mars.... No, according to the President of the United States, the mandate of NASA is to make Muslim people feel better about themselves," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell quipped this morning on "Fox & Friends." The Media Research Center founder was referring to the under-reported story of how NASA…
Evening Newscasts Downplay or Ignore Obama Appointee Berwick’s Pro-S
President Obama’s recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick – a controversial advocate of socialized medicine and of government rationing of health care, particularly for the elderly – as head of the Medicare and Medicaid programs has so far received no attention on ABC’s World News or on the CBS Evening News, while the NBC Nightly News on Thursday devoted just 38 seconds to the President’s…