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Randi Rhodes: Conservatives Hate Cops, Fire Fighters, Teachers, and Fi
On Tuesday's Randi Rhodes radio show, Rhodes was complaining that the stimulus money is running out, leading to layoffs of public employees. She lamented that Colorado Springs is going without street lighting and selling police helicopters, and starving the public sector is what conservatives want, because they hate public servants. And this is exactly why the conservatives keep harping on…
Chris Matthews Crams Year's Worth of Anti-Tea Party Cliches into One H
What do Tea Partiers, Truthers, birthers, Birchers, militias, Pat Buchanan, Jerry Falwell, Barry Goldwater, Joe McCarthy, Father Coughlin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Ronald Reagan, Strom Thurmond, Rand Paul, Alex Jones, Orly Taitz, and Oklahoma City bomber Tim McVeigh all have in common? Approximately nothing, but don't tell Chris Matthews.The MSNBC "Hardball" host…
Obama Speaks At Lower Grade Level Than Bush, CNN Says He's 'Too Profes
You know why President Obama's Gulf Coast oil spill address from the Oval Office failed so miserably on Tuesday?It went over too many heads.At least that's what the folks at CNN.com believe.Maybe that's why the so-called geniuses at MSNBC didn't like it - it went over Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, and Howard Fineman's heads!Even more absurd in this piece by the CNN Wire Staff is that it…
Obama Requests $50 Billion More, Networks Devote 38 Times More Coverag
The news media have recently been struck with World Cup fever, with two broadcast networks sending reporters to South Africa to cover the games. At the same time, a bailout request that could cost taxpayers another $50 billion was ignored by most broadcast news programs. ABC, CBS and NBC spent a combined 25 minutes 54 seconds talking about World Cup soccer between June 13 and 15. That was…
Open Thread: A Striking Image
Rasmussen has a number of interesting findings, but this image sums it all up well:The poll was also taken before the President's disastrous Gulf spill address. Thoughts?
Behar Panel Sees 'Bush-Like' and 'Corporatist' Obama, Garofalo Slams
On Wednesday’s Joy Behar Show, HLN host Behar led a discussion of President Obama’s Address to the Nation with left-wing actress Janeane Garofalo and liberal commentator Ron Reagan, all of whom had some criticisms for President Obama regarding the BP oil spill and his speech on the subject. Garofalo started off complaining that "the prayer thing he did was pandering and anti-intellectual and just…
Ed Schultz Hates Country Star Lee Greenwood's Patriotic Song 'God Bles
Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer found Ed Schultz on his radio show Tuesday mocked country star Lee Greenwood and his patriotic song "God Bless the USA," which he suggested was an anthem for American imperialism. Remember when every time we invaded an oil-rich country or any time there was any kind of confrontation, we were subjected to -- ad nauseam, I might add -- [mock sings, really badly] "…
Tea Partiers Boycott MSNBC Advertisers Over 'Slanderous' Documentary
'The New Right' portrays conservatives as racists, terrorists, and conspiracy theorists,
'Today' Shows Cop Punching Girl 14 Times, Leaves Out Almost 2 Minutes
NBC spins arrest into racial incidient, calls Al Sharpton a 'civil rights activist.'
Shill Baby Shill: Rachel Maddow's Oily Misdirection From Democrats Sup
There are lies, damned lies and statistics, so the saying goes. Add Rachel Maddow's lies of omission to the list.Maddow is doing her best to shield MSNBC viewers from awkward facts about political support for offshore drilling. Here's how she began her show on Monday, with an announcement from July 2008 by then-President George W. Bush -- BUSH: For years my administration has been calling on…
CNN Airs Gushing Two-Part Report on 'Powerhouse' Anti-Prop 8 Lawyers
CNN senior political analyst Gloria Borger returned to her roots as a slanted journalist on Wednesday's Newsroom with a glowing two-part report on Ted Olson and David Boies, the former rivals in Bush v. Gore who are now fighting to overturn California's Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex "marriage." Borger portrayed their coalition as "a script that could have been written in Hollywood."…
Joe Scarborough Defends Obama's Speech, Gives Soft Interview to Axelro
MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews felt a "thrill" up his leg when Obama spoke at the Democratic National Convention in 2008. Keith Olbermann's leftist bias was great enough to merit a Saturday Night Live parody of his show "Countdown With Keith Olbermann."And yet both trashed President Obama's Oval Office speech on Tuesday. "Maybe I missed something. I thought it was a great speech if you've…
CNBC Reporter Attacks Obama for Creating 'His Own Sense of a Legal Sys
There has been a lot of criticism hurled at President Obama over his handling of the BP oil spill. Some on the left are upset the president hasn't been more forceful with the oil giant. Those on the right generally argue Obama's leadership has been inadequate. Rarely has the president been criticized for specific actions on this issue. But on "Closing Bell" June 16, CNBC's Matt Nesto was…
Defending the Indefensible: ABC's Moran, Stephanopoulos Shill for Obam
Despite widespread criticism of President Barack Obama's Oval Office address on the Gulf oil spill–including flak from MSNBC's left-wing posse of Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, and Howard Fineman–ABC's Terry Moran and George Stephanopoulos on the June 15 "Nightline" fawned over the president's speech and ignored its obvious shortcomings.In recapping the address, Moran could not contain his…