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Media Hyped ‘War Crime’ Accusations Against Israel, But Ignored Re
After months of investigation, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) released a report addressing accusations from some humanitarian groups that its use of white phosphorus (WP) munitions in the Gaza War was a violation of international law, as the report distinguishes between the use of WP as a weapon and the more common non-weapon purposes such as providing smoke screens to conceal troop movements.…
Saturday Sports Open Thread
Errors! Walked-in-winning-runs! Is this REALLY the best baseball has to offer? Sheesh. Really makes you want to watch BASEBALL, doesn't it?Thankfully, there's college football today for those interested in watching athletes actually TRYING (just a joke, folks. Please send angry e-mail messages elsewhere!!!). What games are on your radar today?Anything else?
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Sen. Orrin Hatch talks to bloggers about ObamaCare.On Friday, NewsBusters participated in a blogger conference call with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Ut.). Hatch, always a favorite of bloggers due to his frankness, discussed healthcare reform and the motives of Democrats in an honest and candid fashion that will likely shock listeners.Hatch was…
Former President George H.W. Bush: Olbermann, Maddow 'A Couple of Sick
Perhaps the 41st president still has it in him - at least when it comes to the left crying foul about the so-called uncivil political discourse on right, but being equally if not worse on the left - particularly on MSNBC, the "Place for Politics." In an interview on Oct. 16 with CBS Radio, former President George H.W. Bush took a very critical tact with MSNBC hosts Keith Olbermann and Rachel…
Robert Reich Invents Lame 'Out of Context' Excuse to Explain Away Brut
Robert Reich has finally responded to the audio of him telling "brutal truths" to an audience at Berkeley which your humble correspondent chronicled here in NewsBusters on Tuesday. Here are the gems delivered up by Reich as to what he claims an honest candidate for president would say about health care if he didn't worry about getting elected:"We're going to have to, if you're very old, we're…
In WSJ Limbaugh Blasts 'Contempt in News Business for Conservatives
Saturday's “Weekend Edition” of the Wall Street Journal will feature an op-ed from Rush Limbaugh, that went online earlier tonight, in which Limbaugh, echoing his on-air observations, outlines how “this spectacle is bigger” than left-wingers trying to keep him out of the NFL. After noting the leading roles of race-hustlers Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in smearing him as a racist, Limbaugh…
CNN’s Dobbs Interviews Producer of Film Debunking Gore’s Inconveni
Monday’s Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN gave attention to filmmaker Phelim McAleer – whose film Not Evil, Just Wrong premieres this Sunday and challenges Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth – in the aftermath of his recent attempt to get Gore to respond to the British High Court ruling that there are nine factual errors in An Inconvenient Truth. But McAleer’s microphone was cut off as he tried to get Gore to…
MSNBC's Hall Chastises Meghan McCain for Non-apology 15 Minutes After
Just minutes after her colleague David Shuster offered a tepid non-apology for the network running a fake Rush Limbaugh quote, MSNBC's Tamron Hall took Meghan McCain to task for posting a saucy picture of herself on Twitter and also for issuing to followers a non-apology apology for those offended by her doing so.As my colleague Kyle Drennen noted earlier, at 3:40 p.m. EDT today, Shuster issued a…
Hispanic Pro-lifer Assaulted in Fresno, California; Local Media Punt
[Update, 12:30 am Eastern Saturday: Josh Brahm of the RLCC, mentioned below, contacted me and sent me the link to an edited video taken of the assault, which is imbedded at right (obscene language warning). -MB.] Steven Ertelt of LifeNews.com reported on Friday that a pro-life activist was assaulted on October 15 by a supporter of abortion in front of the Planned Parenthood in Fresno, California…
WaPo Columnist Michael Wilbon Reaches New Heights In Cognitive Dissona
Michael Wilbon, a sports writer and columnist for ‘The Washington Post,’ has written a really entertaining column today.Entertaining, in that it’s self-contradictory in the extreme. This column is the literary equivalent of punching an inflatable Bobo the Clown. And of course, it has to be about Rush Limbaugh.Wilbon can’t even make it out of the first paragraph without making a contradiction…
Video: CNN's Rick Sanchez's On-Air Apology for Running Fake Limbaugh Q
As reported on NewsBusters on Friday morning, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez read his apology on Friday’s Newsroom for running a unconfirmed quote attributed to Rush Limbaugh earlier in the week on October 12 [audio available here].Sanchez hinted to his error in a promo for the apology 37 minutes into the 3 pm Eastern hour: “Rush Limbaugh gets denied [his NFL bid], but when it comes to one specific…
MSNBC Admits: ‘Unable to Verify’ False Limbaugh Quote; No Retracti
During the 3:00PM ET hour of live coverage on MSNBC Friday, co-host David Shuster admitted that racially charged quotes he and other hosts attributed to Rush Limbaugh had not been verified: “MSNBC attributed that quote to a football player who was opposed to Limbaugh’s NFL bid. However, we have been unable to verify that quote independently. So, just to clarify.” Shuster did not formally retract…