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Networks Already Forgot Obscene Calls and Threats to Stupak -- From La
As the repeaters (not reporters) pass along Democratic claims of violence and harassment, will they recall when the shoe was on the other foot? Take this report from the CBS News blog Political Hotsheet from just last week: Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), the legislator who has led a group of House Democrats who oppose the Senate health care bill because of its abortion language, says his life has…
Media Fail to Expose Health Care Bill as Job Killer, Violation of Obam
After cheerleading and campaigning on the issue for months, the network news media gleefully reported the signing of the $938 billion monumental health care "reform" bill on March 23. At the signing, President Barack Obama emphasized "tax credits" in the bill to help roughly "4 million small-business men and women, to help them cover the cost of insurance for their employees." The…
Lehrer Accuses GOP of Opposing Civil Rights, Kyl Corrects Him
PBS's Jim Lehrer on Tuesday wrongly accused Republicans of always being against major social legislation in this country including the Civil Rights Act, Social Security, and Medicare."[T]hrough history, recent history in particular, Republicans have opposed things like Social Security, Medicare, even civil rights legislation, but then, once they lost, they took some deep breaths and moved on, and…
Nets Lead with ‘Ugly’ and ‘Menacing’ ObamaCare Opponents Fuele
Sounding more like MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann than impartial newscasts, ABC, CBS and NBC all led Wednesday night by legitimizing Democratic talking points meant to discredit critics of the just-passed health care bill. “Opposition to health care turns menacing,” ABC’s Diane Sawyer warned. CBS teased with audio clips -- “Baby-murdering scumbag,”“You are a dirtbag” and “I hope you die…
Liberal Feminists Angry at Obama, But WaPo Avoids the Words 'Liberal
The Washington Post will go to great lengths to avoid the L-word. On its front page, it acknowledges that liberal feminists are upset about the executive order that claims to stop plans for taxpayer-subsidized abortions. "Obama angers core backers with abortion order. A8".The story by Post reporter Rob Stein is headlined "Order on abortion angers core backers: Women's advocates bristle as…
Shocking Mad Magazine Cover: I 'Loved' Obama
The upcoming May issue of Mad magazine features a picture of Alfred E. Neuman wearing a t-shirt that used to say "I Love Obama" with love designated by a heart.Somewhat surprisingly, the fictitious Neuman, holding a magic marker, has added the letters "ed" after the heart to make the t-shirt read "I Loved Obama."As Glenn Reynolds marvelously noted Wednesday, "When you've lost Mad magazine..." (…
The Media's Myth of Right Wing Violence
There is a disturbing chill in the air according to the leftist media. Threats of violence and rumor of murder are taking center stage instead of reporting legitimate public outrage about the passage of Obamacare. You need not click far online to hear another person refer to Glenn Beck as "dangerous", yet they can never claim specifically why. Despite their rhetoric, the media refuses to follow…
Pellet-In-Rush's-Head Chris Matthews Condemns Republicans For Climate
If there's one liberal pundit in absolutely no position to criticize others about stoking a climate of violence, it's Chris Matthews. Just a few months ago, the Hardball host indulged this hyper-violent fantasy: "at some point somebody's going to jam a CO2 pellet into [Rush Limbaugh's] head and he's going to explode like a giant blimp." [H/t reader Matt W.]But, predictably, that didn't stop…
Black Conservative Takes On David Shuster and Tea Party Racism
A black conservative author took on MSNBC's David Shuster Wednesday concerning the consistent media charge that Tea Party members are racists. Shuster asked guest Kevin Jackson if the recent allegations of supposed racist activity at healthcare reform protests on Capitol Hill this weekend, as well as vandalism at the offices of some Democrat members of Congress, were proof that right-wing…
James Cameron: Shoot Climate 'Deniers,' Glenn Beck a 'F------ A--hole
"Avatar" director James Cameron had some nasty words for Glenn Beck and global warming "deniers" yesterday. Cameron said at a news conference that he would like to shoot "those boneheads," referring to skeptics of anthropogenic global warming. "Anybody that is a global warming denier at this point in time has got their head so deeply up their a** I'm not sure they could hear me," Cameron added.…
Chris Matthews Accuses Republicans of 'Criminal' Incitement
Does Chris Matthews want Republican congressmen arrested? On Wednesday's Hardball he actually posed that possibility to Democratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen, as he blamed GOP rhetoric for causing vandalism of Democratic offices as he asked Van Hollen: "Would you say that this incitement, from the Republican leadership is criminal?" After relaying reports of Democrats receiving death threats…
France's Sarkozy Backs Down on Carbon Tax, NY Times Doesn't See Fit fo
Here's a story you might not be aware of what with all the media's focus on ObamaCare's passage and the MSM's short attention span when it comes to international news. Yesterday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy decided to back down from a July deadline to pass a carbon dioxide tax into law. Apparently French business leaders had voiced strong objection, noting that it would put French business…
Sanchez Hints GOP, 'Crazy Talk Show Hosts' to Blame For Violent Threat
CNN's Rick Sanchez repeatedly insinuated on his Rick's List program on Wednesday that Republican leaders and "crazy talk show hosts that are so right wing" were to blame for ten congressman requesting extra security earlier in the day: "Are some Republicans culpable of stirring this, to a certain degree?"Sanchez led the 3 pm Eastern hour of his program with House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and…