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Joe Scarborough Bizarrely Touts: 'Last Couple Days' of Obama's Oil Spi
MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday touted Barack Obama's handling of the BP oil spill and enthused, "I think they're doing better now, right? I think the past couple days have been great." It was left to Time magazine's Mark Halperin to offer the non-White House spin. He deadpanned, "Except the hole's not plugged." [Audio available here.] Reversing the usual positions of a conservative and a member…
MRC-Radio: Bozell Discusses Anti-Israel and Arizona Biases, Comedy Cen
NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell appeared on WMAL's "Grandy Group" shortly after 8 a.m. this morning. The Media Research Center President discussed the media's anti-Israel bias flaring up afresh after the Gaza flotilla incident (click image at right for MP3 audio):FRED GRANDY, host: You follow this more closely than do I. Um, over the last three or four days, has al-Jazeera acquired NBC, CBS,…
China Investing Estimated $200 Billion in 'Imperialistic' Military to
Retired Army lieutenant colonel says Chinese navy is switching from 'a defensive navy' to 'an aggressive overseas navy,' with estimated ship count of 260 ships versus 286 U.S. ships.
Brian Williams Boasts of Bettering Obama in Oil Spill Compassion -- Bu
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams granted an interview to the website Mediaite on Thursday, boasting that whatever the Obama administration and BP are doing to stop the oil spill is due to TV news cameras. Obama is behind the Williams curve, apparently.Williams insisted he led with the story on the first night and described it on air as potentially "one of the most catastrophic events of all…
CBS Highlights UN Criticism of U.S. Drone Attacks; Suggests Tactic Fue
On Wednesday's CBS Evening News, Pentagon correspondent David Martin reported on the United Nations criticizing U.S. drone attacks against terrorists: "Philip Alston is author of a new U.N. report which argues that drone strikes amount to a 'license to kill' without being held accountable, a license the U.S. would not want any other country to have."A clip was played of Alston proclaiming: "You'…
Now They Tell Us: Obama-Care Cost-Cutting Study from 'Wonderful' Group
Another "now they tell us" moment from the New York Times on Obama-care appeared on Thursday's front page: "Study Cited for Health-Cost Cuts Overstated Its Upside, Critics Say" by health reporters Reed Abelson and Gardiner Harris. The Study originated from the obscure Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care group and was heavily promoted on Capitol Hill by Congressional Budget Office director turned Obama…
Media Gobble Up Study Saying Ads for Fatty Foods Cause Obesity
Time magazine marvels at advertisers' 'great influence over our behavior,' don't acknowledge individual decisions.
The Attorney General vs. BP: Little Skepticism on ABC & NBC, While Lef
The American lawyers who flock to Guantanamo Bay to represent captured terrorists are simply fulfilling their duty to provide representation, it is often argued by those who seem to enjoy mucking up efforts to curtail future terrorism. But once representing the American beverage giant Coca Cola makes Attorney General Eric Holder a “corporatist” who’s going to “do the Devil’s work” and only “…
MSNBC's Brewer: Maybe New 'JC' Show Will Be 'Like a Sunday School Less
"Don't you think you're jumping the gun a little bit? I mean, the show's not even on the air."That's how MSNBC's Contessa Brewer opened her June 3 interview with Rabbi Daniel Lapin, who appeared via satellite to discuss his work with the newly-formed Citizens Against Religious Bigotry (CARB) to get advertisers on Viacom's Comedy Central to publicly pledge to not support or underwrite a show…
Paul McCartney Bashes Bush in Front of Obama and White House Guests
Former Beatles star Paul McCartney took a cheap shot at George W. Bush Wednesday evening after receiving an award from Barack Obama.McCartney was honored in the East Room of the White House by the President, his family, and a star-studded guest list that included Stevie Wonder, Dave Grohl, Faith Hill, the Jonas Brothers, Jack White, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Herbie Hancock, Corinne Bailey…
Education Reporter Laments 'Hodgepodge' from Lack of Federal Guidance
The paper's education reporter Sam Dillon again worries about the "hodgepodge" that results when states, as opposed to the federal government, control what's taught in schools: "The United States is one of the few developed countries that lacks national standards for its public schools."
Biden's Job Prediction Falls 5.2 Million Short of Obama's Promise
In a PBS interview June 2, Vice President Joseph Biden predicted 700,000 to 1.4 million jobs would be created by the end of 2010. But at most, that would still be more than 5.2 million jobs shy of matching President Obama's claims about economic stimulus. Biden forecast job creation "between 100,000 and 200,000 jobs on average all the way through this year" in an interview with Charlie…
Lady Gaga on Larry King: 'Warm Womb' Dwellers Siphon Maternal Creativi
Larry King interviewed pop singing sensation Lady Gaga on June 1, and she appeared conflicted over the presence of children in wombs. Near the beginning of the interview came this exchange... King: At what age growing up, Gaga, did you know that you wanted to be a performer?Gaga: In the womb, Larry, in my mother's warm womb. King: [Laughing] At your birth.Gaga: Yes, at my birth. I guess that…
Anonymous News Anchor Blasts Network's 'Grotesquely Distorted and Bias
Writing anonymously at the Daily Caller, an anchor for a prominent TV news channel called that channel's coverage of the Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla "an abomination" and "grotesquely distorted and biased.""I’m embarrassed by our coverage," the Anchorman concluded in an unsent email to his boss. "I take this job and my reputation seriously. But that’s nearly impossible with coverage like this." He…