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Behar’s Beck Obsession -- Maher: 'We’re Going to Find Glenn Beck D
Perhaps this is going to be a common theme of CNN Headline News "The Joy Behar Show." For the second night in a row, two out of two shows - Behar went after the former CNN Headline News host, now Fox News host Glenn Beck as a head of the conservative movement. On her Sept. 30 show, Behar guests included HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher and conservative author and columnist Ann Coulter. One had a…
FNC Shows Polish Prez Not Happy After Obama Reneged on Missile Plan on
On Thursday, FNC viewers got to learn of a little known diplomatic faux pas on the part of President Obama, as the administration announced on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland that America would back out of the plan for a missile defense shield previously worked out with Polish President Lech Kaczynski. On Special Report with Bret Baier, host Baier showed an interview with…
Networks Flip Flop on Jobs
Identical Unemployment Numbers Good News for Obama, But All Bad under Reagan.
Networks Flip Flop on Jobs: Executive Summary
Identical Unemployment Numbers Good News for Obama, But All Bad under Reagan.
Behar's Obsession: Second Show, More Glenn Beck Bashing
Guest Bill Maher: 'Not that long before we're going to find Glenn Beck dressed as a woman or playing with his feces'; Ann Coulter defends.
Couric Champions Obama-Obama-Oprah Olympic Quest 'Dream Team
With First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey now in Copenhagen, CBS anchor Katie Couric on Wednesday night declared “the 'Dream Team' pushing Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic summer games is nearly complete” and is now just awaiting “the team captain” -- that would be President Barack Obama, who “arrives Friday ahead of the final vote.” On ABC, reporter Yunji de Nies marveled at her…
Brian Williams Highlights 'Incendiary' Attack on GOP by Dem Congressma
Uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams gave attention to "incendiary" comments made by Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida, who charged that the Republican plan for health care is that people should "die quickly" if they get sick, prompting Republicans to demand an apology.Williams seemed to signal his own disapproval of Grayson’s…
CNBC's Cramer: Blame Congress for Obama's Diminishing Popularity
Karl Rove, David Axelrod - look out. CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer has the political climate figured out. Since inauguration, President Barack Obama has seen his approval ratings fall by almost every poll and that's historically a normal reaction as the newness wears off a new president. During his Sept. 30 "Stop Trading" segment on CNBC's "Street Signs," Cramer pointed out that although…
CNN Endorses Thomas Friedman’s Scaremongering About Conservatives
CNN’s Jack Cafferty and Wolf Blitzer endorsed Thomas Friedman’s “scary and sobering column” in the New York Times on Wednesday’s Situation Room, where the liberal writer compared the current American political climate to that of Israel in 1995 prior to Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination. After Cafferty remarked that “Friedman’s right,” Blitzer labeled the column “powerful.”The CNN commentator began…
NBC’s Lauer Fails to Challenge Claim Polanski ‘Did Not Forcibly Ha
NBC's Matt Lauer gave a "Today" show guest a free pass when she insisted that director/criminal/former fugitive Roman Polanski did not rape a 13-year-old girl in 1977. Debra Tate, sister of Polanski's late wife Sharon Tate, told Lauer, "There is, as I said, rape and there is rape. It was determined Roman did not forcibly have sex with this young woman. It was a consensual matter." Lauer's…
Why We Shouldn't Listen to Overpaid Celebrities About Healthcare
By now you've likely seen Will Ferrell's hysterical public service announcement concerning healthcare reform.In response, an as of yet unknown organization has created a fabulous video mocking Ferrell's efforts:Something terrible is happening... Overpaid celebrities don't have a big enough voice when it comes to Healthcare Reform. Without further ado (video embedded below the fold, h/t Hot Air…
Newsweek: Teen Abstinence Is 'About as Likely As Seeing the Pope in a
Is Newsweek even pretending to be a news magazine (or news site) any more? On their Gaggle blog, political writer Katie Connolly decried Sen. Orrin Hatch for reinstating federal funding for abstinence-only sex education: "I've been trying to think of a measured way to riff on this, but instead I'll be frank. It's an absolute waste of money." Newsweek doesn't favor a "measured" take these days.…
No Conservatives in Campbell Brown's Health Care Discussion
Hours after the Senate Finance Committee rejected the public option as part of the proposed health care “reform” plan, CNN’s Campbell Brown couldn’t seem to find any conservatives to discuss the vote on her program on Tuesday. Her discussion segment brought three liberals to the table- former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich, Roland Martin, and senior political analyst Gloria Borger.…