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WaPo Gossips Snip Sarah Palin's Critique of Her New Liberal Author Nei
The Washington Post's Reliable Source gossip column noticed Sarah Palin reported a new neighbor in Wasilla on her Facebook page: liberal author Joe McGinniss. The once-highly esteemed author of The Selling of the President 1968 took a major tumble in 1993 with his Ted Kennedy book The Last Brother, which was blasted for plagiarism and patches of invented dialogue, tactics used against Ted Kennedy…
FNC's Pinkerton Cites MRC on Holder & Napolitano Not Reading Arizona I
On Saturday’s Fox News Watch, as the panel discussed revelations that Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano admitted to not having read the Arizona immigration law even as they criticized it publicly, FNC contributor Jim Pinkerton cited the Media Research Center, parent organization of NewsBusters, and passed on findings contained in the May 18 "Bozell…
Targeting 'Loopholes' in Financial Reform, Newsweek Attacks Bill from
Michael Hirsh worries about 'lack of regulation' but not about Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae.
Behar Suggests Arizona Like Nazi Germany for Requiring Teachers to Spe
On Tuesday’s Joy Behar Show, HLN host Behar again suggested that an activity by the state of Arizona could be compared to Nazi Germany, as she discussed plans by the state’s education department to stiffen English-speaking requirements for teachers. Introducing the subject with comedians Mo Rocca and Colin Quinn, after taking a shot at former President Bush’s speaking skills, she asked does the…
Penn Jillette: It Was a ‘Shock’ That Religious Americans are the
On Tuesday’s Lopez Tonight on TBS, magicians Penn and Teller appeared as guests, and, while discussing their controversial program "Bullshit!" on Showtime, and the show’s history of criticizing religion, Penn Jillette conceded a compliment to American Christians that they are "the most tolerant people worldwide." He also admitted that it was a "shock" to discover the relative tolerance of…
York: Obama Can Treat Media with Contempt Since He Knows They’ll Alw
The Washington press corps “have only themselves to blame” for President Obama refusing to answer their questions at White House events, exemplified by how he hasn’t held a press conference in ten months, Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York contended in his Tuesday column, “Fawning press now gets cold shoulder from Obama.” After all, “Obama treats them with contempt…
Gibbs Scolds WH Reporters for Asking So Many BP Questions
Doesn't everyone remember in 2005 when George W. Bush's Press Secretary Scott McClellan (bless his back-stabbing heart) called reporters into the West Wing of the White House and scolded them for asking too many questions about Hurricane Katrina? That followed a similar admonishment earlier in the year about the press's obsession with anything and everything to do with the Iraq War. You don't…
Post 'Conservative' Blogger Attacks Palin for 'Immature' Facebook Post
Weigel's 'Right Now' piece latest example of his attacks on conservatives.
WaPo Praises D.C. Super-Size Condom Program
Newspaper promotes expensive expansion of 'free' distribution effort
CNN Blog: Christian Athletes 'Pious,' Attention-Seekers
Contributer John Blake criticizes athletes who praise God during sporting events
'Today' gives 'Sex and City 2' Star Platform to Push for Same-Sex Marr
Actress Cynthia Nixon appears on 'Today Show' to discuss new film, but ends up talking about same-sex marriage in New York
Bozell Column: Preposterous Bill Press
Radio talk-show host Bill Press is the tiniest of fish in the radio ocean, but this minnow’s all over the place complaining about the whales. The problem is, of course, that if the market is any kind of measurement, no one knows, or cares, that he’s written a book. So he’s written a column to self-tout “Toxic Talk: How the Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves.” Press writes about the…
Nets Dig Out ‘Plug the Damn Hole’ Quote to Buck Up ‘Frustrated
CBS and NBC on Tuesday night reached deep into a Washington Post story – specifically, the 20th paragraph of a 24-paragraph article – to pluck out a quote in order to demonstrate a “frustrated” President Barack Obama has been angry about the gulf oil spill. “A frustrated President Obama says ‘plug the damn hole,’” Katie Couric teased at the top of the CBS Evening News. She soon elaborated: …