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Suspicion Verified: Bachmann Says Conservative Women Face Bias from Me
Is there a conscious effort to give female conservatives a rough time in the mainstream media, especially in this highly politicized environment? Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says there is. Bachmann, in an interview with the White House Brief Channel, was asked if conservative women have a tougher go at it when comes to dealing with the press. "I only know from my own experience that that's…
HuffPo Blogger: ‘Our Close [Gay] Friends Might be Forced to Leave th
Huffington Post blogger Tamara McClintock Greenberg gave one more reason in support of same-sex marriage - without it, her friends "might be forced to leave the country." Greenberg lamented her friends' situation: "As same-sex partners, not only do they lack the basic rights of any couple in love to marry, since one person is an immigrant on a student visa, they may have to move to another…
ABC's George Stephanopoulos Lobbies Undecided Dem: What Will It Take t
ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Thursday lobbied Representative Jason Altmire, a Democrat who is undecided on the health care legislation, over what it will take "to change your vote from no to yes." The former Democratic operative turned journalist pressed for details: "Well, the House bill was about, what, $950 billion. The Senate bill came in about $875 billion. What number do you need to see…
Sisters Opposing ObamaCare On Pro-life Grounds? Expect the MSM to Have
Yesterday the Associated Press and Newsweek latched onto a pro-ObamaCare letter circulated by a left-wing group and signed by 59 nuns. Today, liberal Washington Post columnist and practicing Catholic E.J. Dionne took to the op-ed page to encourage House Democrats to "listen to the nuns."Dionne ably expressed the sentiments of perhaps many a liberal journalist giddy over the news: House members…
BonusGate? 'If You're Mad at Wall Street Look at Some of These Regulat
The liberal media's favorite targets - Wall Street "fat cats" - have endured a firestorm of outrage and attack over bonuses since the financial meltdown. As some, like CNBC contributor Rick Santelli pointed out however, part of the screaming is the result of it is Obama and the White House whipping up political outrage. Now we'll have a chance to see if it's also selective outrage. Fox…
Surprise: Democrats Find Yet Another NYT Story to Their Liking, Shop I
Surprise: Congressional Democrats pounce on yet another New York Times story to their liking and are swapping it among themselves "as exhibit A against Republicans."From Michael O'Brien's Wednesday evening report from the Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill (hat tip NB's Seton Motley):Democrats are seizing on a report that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had long plotted to slow or…
MSNBC's Shuster Claims Fox More Conservative Than MSNBC Liberal
Near the end of the 10AM ET hour on MSNBC Thursday, anchor David Shuster criticized Fox News anchor Bret Baier for having "interrupted the President numerous times" in a "contentious" and "heated" Wednesday interview. Shuster later accused the network of bias: "Fox is far more – far more conservative overall than MSNBC could ever be liberal."Shuster brought on left-wing Mother Jones editor David…
NPR Plugs 'Renowned' (Not 'Leftist') Theologian Hitting the Pope on Ch
NPR reporter Eric Westervelt ended a story on Catholic sex-abuse charges in Germany on Wednesday’s All Things Considered with a leftist critic who attacked Pope Benedict XVI as personally responsible. The reporter did not note that his critic was leftist – he was merely "renowned" – or that his critic even lamented that Pope Benedict should have run the church like Barack Obama. He declared: In a…
Kudos to FNC's Baier for Tough Interview with President Obama
Finally! A reporter who stands up to the media's Chosen One and isn't afraid to ask the tough questions. Kudos to Bret Baier. He prepared for a difficult interview and came right out of the gate asking the questions that matter most to the millions of Americans protesting government takeover of health care. Other networks have had this opportunity in innumerable interviews, but Fox has proved…
Vanity Fair Fears ‘Texas Witch Trials’ Will Erase the Civil Rights
In a textbook case of liberal-hysteria, Henry Rollins and Vanity Fair fear the Texas Board of Education will wipe Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King, Charles Darwin, the Civil Rights movement, and even the outcome of the Civil War from the pages of history in the "Great Texan Rewrite."At question is a recent victory by conservatives on the Texas Board of Education to adopt more traditional…
Only ABC Highlights Biden's Gaffe About 'Dead' Mother of Irish PM, Ste
Only Good Morning America on Thursday played the cringe-inducing clip of Joe Biden incorrectly asserting that the mother of Ireland's Prime Minister is dead. Speaking at a St. Patrick's Day event, Wednesday, the Vice President ad-libbed, "His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And- although, she's- wait- your mom's still- your mom's still alive. Your dad passed. God…
Rosie O’Donnell: QuiverFull Movement 'Even Scarier' Because Evangeli
Given recent liberal statements disparaging having children, it's easier to understand left-wing opposition to a pro-life amendment to the health care reform bill. Just one day after Rosie O'Donnell essentially stated that public funding of abortion would solve the problem of paying for "all of the unwanted kids and the half-million of them in foster care," she disparaged the QuiverFull movement…
Media Critic: Baier's Obama Interview Antidote to Brian Williams' Bow
Contrary to how most of the President's sycophants saw his interview with Bret Baier Wednesday, a media critic from the Baltimore Sun felt it was "a textbook encounter of how the press should engage the executive branch of government." "As much credit as I give Obama for taking his healthcare message to Fox News and staying on point, I also praise Baier for being thoroughly prepared and hitting…