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Despite 'Truce,' White House Continues to Peddle Misinformation About
It seems that the moratorium on appearances by White House officers on the Fox News Channel has ended. But high-ranking Democratic officials continue to peddle false information about the cable network, leveling unsupported charges of bias and political favoritism against it.Noel Sheppard reported last week that Fox Senior Vice President Michael Clemente and White House Press Secretary Robert…
Pravda on the Potomac: Wash. Post Book Review Tears down Reagan, Fall
Near anniversary of Berlin Wall collapse, Gerald DeGroot suggests Eastern Bloc countries aren't really better off with a free market economy.
Its Reporter Safe, NYT Returns to Publicizing Hostage Details
Protections at the New York Times for captured Times reporters don’t extend to captured British citizens. Months after the New York Times and 40 other news outlets collaborated to keep the kidnapping of reporter David Rohde secret, the Grey Lady is now putting a British couple captured by Somali pirates in danger. UPDATED With N.Y. Times Response (and more)
Chgo Sun-Times: 'Political Junkie Still 7 Years From Voting, Calls for
Last month it was school children merrily singing the praises of Barack Hussein Obama. Mmm. Mmm. Mm! Today it's a Chicago Sun-Times article by writer Mary Houlihan headlined, "Political junkie still 7 years from voting, calls for Obama: Lorenzo's calls for Obama land him on HBO." Begins Houlihan:Lorenzo Rivera may be only 11 years old, but he knows more about politics than many adults.The…
Couric's Notebook Nag: Don't Let Cereal Cartoons Parent Your Kids
Perhaps hopped up on the nutritious goodness of Mueslix, CBS "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric took to her Notebook vlog on Friday to nag parents about the need to keep their kids away from the siren song of sugary cereals (transcript hers):Froot Loops, Cookie Crisp, Reese's Puffs - I almost got a cavity just reading that. Yet, they're the kinds of sugary cereals children beg for at the grocery…
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Spins Hoffman Race as a GOP ‘Civil War
Former top Democratic aide turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Monday spun the upcoming November 3 congressional election in New York as a Republican "civil war." Recounting the battle between the Conservative Party nominee, a Democrat and a liberal Republican, he claimed, "But, what's most interesting here is civil war inside the Republican Party." Stephanopoulos added, "You saw this…
Joe Scarborough Satirizes Keith Olbermann's '08 Election Night Coverag
The technical term for the following video is “busting his chops.”Joe Scarborough provided a wonderful satire of Keith Olbermann’s 2008 election-night bias on this morning’s edition of Morning Joe. A partial transcript follows the video, which really must be watched for the full effect.Attaboy, Joe. This sort of thing makes up for your left-of-center moments.
Wall Street Journal Calls ObamaCare 'The Worst Bill Ever
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board didn't pull any punches Monday when it declared Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Cal.) healthcare legislation "The Worst Bill Ever."The sub-headline made things even clearer: Epic new spending and taxes, pricier insurance, rationed care, dishonest accounting: The Pelosi health bill has it all.But the first three must-read paragraphs said it all:
CBS’s Smith: Will Conservative Turn in NY-23 Race ‘Kill’ GOP
Interviewing Mitt Romney on Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith alluded to the special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district and the success of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman: “There’s a battle going on right now for the soul of the Republican Party. Conservatives say there’s no room for moderates there. Will this tactic save or kill the Republican Party?” Romney…
Robert Englund aka Freddie Krueger Afraid of 'Tea-Baggers
Despite helping to create one of the most frightening characters of all time, Robert Englund, aka Freddie Krueger in the hit horror series "Nightmare on Elm Street," is actually afraid of "tea-baggers."So wrote Englund in an article published at the Huffington Post Friday.Though Halloween might be over, the following nonsense is likely to scare the Dickens out of many people afraid of the country…
Newsweek Trashes Abstinence Education
An Oct. 28 Newsweek article made another attempt to discredit sex ed that teaches teens to wait for sexual activity until marriage. The abstinence movement already faces dire straights since President Obama cut its federal funding from the 2010 budget. Newsweek must be hoping to bury it. Despite a September vote by the Senate Finance Committee that could restore the funding, Newsweek…
WaPo Highlights Wacky Pagan Wedding, Labels It a Mix of Christian, Pag
"Couple mix Christian and pagan rituals" the teaser headline called out to me at the bottom of the page A1 of the November 2 edition of the Washington Post. Promising a look at a couple "celebrat[ing] the rites of marriage in a most unorthodox fashion," I turned to the Style section front page to read more.But what followed in Ellen McCarthy's "For heathens' sake" only confirmed when it comes to…