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Meteorologist Dissed On MSNBC For Not Refuting DeMint's Gore Joke
MSNBC's Contessa Brewer on Wednesday took issue with a meteorologist who wouldn't refute Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-S.C.) joke about snow continuing until Al Gore cries uncle.After Raphael Miranda told viewers about the blizzard pummeling the East Coast, Brewer for some strange reason brought up DeMint's Twitter comment: "He's basically making this argument against global warming because they've had so…
'Power Lunch' Guest Says No to Greek Debt, Warns All Governments Will
Just one day after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the U.S. wouldn't lose its "top-notch" credit rating, one CNBC guest said that ‘"all governments" will default - it's only a matter of time. When asked by "Power Lunch" co-anchor Sue Herera if he would buy Greek debt, Marc Faber said: "No, I'm not interested in government or sovereign debts because I think that all governments will…
NYT Pits McCain Against 'Far Right' J.D. Hayworth, Denouncer of Illega
New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer, previously heard insulting California voters for failing to vote for tax hikes, ventured over the border on Tuesday's front page to cover a Republican primary scuffle in Arizona involving Sen. John McCain being challenged from the right by former congressman J.D. Hayworth: “McCain, Facing G.O.P. Foe in Primary, Tilts to the Right.” The online headline…
NY Times Tackles Latest Accusations of Bad Climate Science
Newspaper says nothing here but 'half-truths' from 'right-leaning' skeptics.
Paulson Tells CNN: Americans 'Save too little,' 'Spend too much
There are at least two schools of thought in economics. One of them - Keynesian economics - suggests that consumption is the most important element and therefore spending is the way to restore a faltering economy. This is the theory that's been adopted by the spendthrift Obama administration and often the news media that have argued in favor of more government and personal spending. But according…
CJR to Salon's Blumenthal: Stop Giving Fodder to Critics of Liberal Me
Salon columnist Max Blumenthal continues to get flak for his slanderous, factually-challenged hit piece on conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe last week. The column, premised on a host of omissions and baseless assumptions, contended that O'Keefe's is a racist.Blumenthal's latest critic is Columbia Journalism Review, Old Media's paragon of journalistic elitism. CJR has requested that he correct…
Minnesotans for G-Warming Present 'Frozen Wasteland' - The Who
Our good friends at Minnesotans for Global Warming have done it again.This time, they've taken The Who's rock anthem Baba O'Riley (aka Teenage Wasteland) and converted it into the Al Gore-bashing "Frozen Wasteland."As always, they're asking for some global warming, 'cause it's gosh darned cold where they live (video embedded below the fold with lyrics):
Paulson Tells CNN: Americans 'Save too little,' 'Spend too much
Former treasury secretary blames crisis on overspending and 'global imbalances.'
CBS vs. CBS on Obama’s Bipartisanship Push: ‘Open to Ideas’ or D
On Tuesday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric and White House reporter Chip Reid cast President Obama’s push for “bipartisanship” in a favorable light, with Obama “working hard,” “following through on a promise” and “open to ideas from Republicans.” But in an item posted on CBSNews.com, Reid’s fellow CBS White House correspondent, Mark Knoller – who has covered every President since Gerald…
AccuWeather's Bastardi Warns New Federal Climate Service Effort to 'Sh
Time after time, the Obama White House has demonstrated a desire to control the message and flow of information, whether it's issues on health care, the economy, bailouts and the latest - climate science. With cap-and-trade legislation waiting in the wings that would come at an estimated cost of up to $200 billion, or $1,761 per household, according to the Treasury Department, the federal…
Bias By the Numbers: Networks Celebrate Year of Strong Stimulus Suppor
ABC, CBS, NBC cite supporters of $787 billion bill nearly three times as often as critics.
Film Critic Roger Ebert Doubles Down on Twitter-trashing His 'Teabagge
"I’m reminded the term Teabaggers is pornographic. Didn’t know that until MSM told me. Let’s face it: The Baggers own it now." — The latest from Roger Ebert’s [depicted at left in 2003 file photo at right] Twitter, presumably in response to this. Ebert’s seen a lot of films but obviously hasn’t learned very much from them. When he disappeared into the hospital for all those months, those of us…
Poll: 64 Percent Say Media Did 'Fair or Poor' Job as Watchdog in Year
Here’s a poll we somehow missed. The First Amendment Center (an offshoot of the Gannett media company) went to Gallup for a poll of more than 1,000 adults around the anniversary of the Obama inauguration, and the results were released a few weeks ago. (Here's a PDF.) They asked "How do you rate the job the news media has done as a watchdog of government in the first year of the Obama…