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MRC-TV: Bozell on Newspapers' Sloppy Handling of 'Ellie Light' Letters
Three days ago, NewsBusters contributor Candance Moore wrote about pro-Obama letter-to-the-editor spammer "Ellie Light" who had duped some 40+ papers (the number stands at 68 now), into publishing nearly identical letters that praised the president. In each case, the writer claimed to hail from cities or towns served by the local newspaper's print circulation.Today, Fox News Channel's "America's…
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Frets to McCain: Tax Cuts Will ‘Increa
Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos played defense for the White House on Tuesday. While talking with John McCain about Obama’s 2010 proposals, he sounded annoyed that the Senator’s ideas for job creation would include tax cuts: "But, those tax cuts are going to increase the deficit, aren't they, sir?" After McCain declared his opposition to Democrat spending proposals, the host pressed…
Olbermann To O'Reilly: Stop 'Stroking Yourself In Front of the Public
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Monday told Fox News's Bill O'Reilly to stop "stroking" himself in front of the American public.I'm not sure what it is about MSNBC hosts, but the man that has been fixated on the term "teabaggers" for some reason felt it was appropriate to use a masturbation reference during a primetime, national television broadcast. Not surprisingly, the "Countdown" host during…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Obama wants an across-the-board spending freeze. But wait: Will the media notice?
Cramer Rips Obama 'Lurch Toward Populism': 'Now on an Anti-Shareholder
It was initially thought the election of President Barack Obama was just going to hit your pocketbook in the form of higher taxes. But if the past several days are any indication, the president has found another way to hit it - by attacking your stock portfolio. On CNBC's Jan. 25 "Mad Money," host Jim Cramer advised his viewers to be aware of this and to strategically position their stock…
'Women's Groups' Pressuring CBS to Scrap Tebow Super Bowl Ad
The story behind Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow's arrival into this world is remarkable.So-called "women's groups" would seem to prefer that as many Americans as possible not know the story about the courageous and faith-based decision Tebow's mother made to carry her pregnancy to term. That's the only plausible reason why they are opposing a 30-second Focus on the Family (FOTF) ad scheduled to…
Cramer Rips Obama's 'Lurch Toward Populism
'Mad Money' host says president's 'anti-shareholder rampage' riskiest time for investors since Carter administration.
Ed Schultz: I Told Robert Gibbs He's 'Full of Sh*t
It seems that few if any events in political history has caused such a rapid meltdown among the media and the Democrats as last week's election of Scott Brown as senator from Massachusetts. And a prime example of the many meltdowns now happening is an off-camera exchange between Ed Schultz of MSNBC and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs in which Big Ed told the latter that he was "full of…
ABC, CBS, NBC Skip Pro-Life March; NPR Airs Abortionist Calling Pro-Li
As usual, ABC, CBS, and NBC ignored Friday’s March for Life protest. (Even the Associated Press skipped over the tens of thousands marching.) But the PBS NewsHour at least offered a brief from news anchor Hari Sreenivasan:Thousands rallied in Washington in the annual March For Life. It was the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion. The anti-abortion…
Despite Evidence, Foreign Media Raise Specter of U.S. Military Occupat
International coverage of American assistance in Haiti reveals a suspicion of United States' motive.
'Women's Groups' Protest Plans to Air Tebow Pro-Life Ad During Super B
Feminists target the one ad sure to be inoffensive and tasteful.
N.Y. Times Wrote Up Four Immigration Protesters, All But Ignored Tens
As the new year began, The New York Times offered a 780-word article to a protest for illegal immigrants – with four marchers walking from Miami to Washington. But on Saturday, tens of thousands of Americans gathering in Washington for Friday's annual March for Life received – part of a sentence.In the Saturday paper on January 23, an article on the trial facing the killer of late-term…
Ex-TSA Nominee Southers Tells Maddow That Terrorists 'Debriefed' Under
Hmm, maybe it was meant as a pun.In his first television interview since withdrawing as Obama's nominee to run the Transporation Security Administration, Erroll Southers make this puzzling observation to Rachel Maddow on her MSNBC show Thursday --SOUTHERS (referring to Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt): One of the things that everybody must understand is that this attack was debriefed by…
Sawyer Asks Obama to Time Travel: What Would You Say to the Obama of a
Diane Sawyer's interview with President Barack Obama wasn't nearly as sycophantic as the one conducted last Wednesday by George Stephanopoulos, with Sawyer posing mostly informational inquiries about the direction he'll set out in the State of the Union speech as she also raised the huge deficits and whether all future meetings about health care will “be on C-SPAN” as he had pledged? But she…