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NBC Invites On Radical Professor to Compare Joe Wilson's Two Words to
NBC spotlighted radical black Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson to rail against President Bush as a "clueless patrician" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and then Brian Williams threw those words in Bush's face. On Wednesday, they spotlighted Dyson’s vicious attack on Rep. Joe Wilson and other conservatives as comparable to terrorists, like the suicide attackers of 9/11. Matt Lauer didn’t…
Miller Notes Gibson Quizzed Palin on Bush Doctrine, But Is Himself Obl
In light of the revelation that ABC News anchor Charles Gibson had not even heard of the recently revealed evidence of corruption by ACORN, comedian and FNC contributor Dennis Miller zinged Gibson as he alluded to the fact that the ABC anchor had famously quizzed Sarah Palin on her knowledge of the Bush doctrine during the 2008 campaign, but himself is now failing the test of keeping abreast of…
NBC: 'Blunt' Carter 'Prompted Us to Reexamine Our Assumptions About Ra
An evening after trumpeting President Jimmy Carter's racism charge (“An overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man”), NBC led Wednesday night with the “fallout” as Andrea Mitchell proposed that though “many thought” the “racial divisions” were “healed by the election of the first African-American President…
RNC's Steele Rebukes CNN’s Blitzer on Race
RNC Chairman Michael Steele shot back at CNN’s Wolf Blitzer after the anchor tried to smear conservatives with racism on Wednesday’s Situation Room. The CNN anchor pointed out a racist sign at a Tea Party, and Steele replied, “Don’t hold up one person as an example of behavior by everyone.” The RNC chairman also rebuked Blitzer after the anchor pointed out the GOP’s dearth of minorities in…
Guardian Writer: If Obama Can't Defeat the Republican Headbangers, Our
It is a post-apocalyptic world. The oceans are a grayish brown, not blue. No green vegetation. In fact, no life on the planet at all. Just heat, wind, and dust. The movie on how this happened could be called Terminator 5: Rise of the Republicans.This is pretty much the scenario that Jonathan Freedland of the U.K. Guardian paints in his article laughably titled If Obama can't defeat the Republican…
Rep. Maxine Waters Wants Journalists to Interview ‘Teabaggers
Do Democrats actually believe referring to Tea Party attendees by a provocative sexual term will help bring the country together?And why would a member of Congress need journalists to find out what's on the minds of her constituents? Such questions seem quite important as more and more leftwing politicians refer to folks whose opinions they disagree with as "teabaggers." Most recent on…
Politico Threatening Conservative Blogger with Lawsuit
The Politico is threatening blogger Stephen Gutowski with legal action to wrest control of his TheCollegePolitico.com domain on trademark infringement grounds.Gutowski -- full disclosure: he serves as the content editor for the Media Research Center's EyeBlast.tv -- gives readers details and offers his argument for why the claim by Politico is specious here at his blog.You can catch Gutowski live…
Jay Leno's Broad Appeal, Patriotism Sticking in Craw of Liberal TV Cri
Critics love David Letterman. They love him because he’s mean and liberal and does everything they demand: further the leftist agenda through the brutal use of humiliation to target any public figure (or their child) who might derail Leftist causes. And contrary to conventional wisdom, Letterman’s not edgy. In fact, he’s just the opposite. Doing exactly what those who can criticize you want you…
Politico’s Mike Allen: Networks Have to Cover ‘Real News;' Too Bus
The Politico’s Mike Allen appeared on Wednesday’s Morning Joe to both defend the mainstream media’s decision to ignore the ACORN controversy and agree that a double standard is at work. Commenting on a piece he wrote about the subject, the former New York Times reporter spun, "And what we heard was news executives saying that there's so much out there. Two wars, health care, a President who's…
The Media Depression that Wasn't (Even Close
How the networks conjured 'Hoovervilles' and breadlines to sell Obama's spending.
Newspaper Editor Finds Unusual Conservative Who's 'Thoughtful, Measure
NewsBusters under-covers media bias in the Butte, Montana media market, so when Best of the Web's James Taranto caught some in the Montana Standard, I decided to jump on it. On Tuesday, the newspaper, part of the Lee chain, announced it would carry Byron York's column each Tuesday and introduced York by explaining how he isn't the typical conservative ogre: York, a staunch conservative, presents…
Politico’s Calderone is Alone in Mentioning Levin’s Success
What a novelty: a political reporter who reports on the remarkable success of a political book.Michael Calderone of Politico has been just about alone in reporting on the popularity of conservative radio host and author Mark Levin’s book, “Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto.”In his blog on September 15, Calderone wrote that “Levin has now sold a million copies of his latest book,…
Finally: An ACORN Story Sprouts Into Print at the NY Times
On Wednesday morning, the ACORN scandal finally blossomed into an actual print story from an actual New York Times reporter. Previously the Times had almost totally ignored the blossoming scandal, even as the Census Bureau cut ties with the controversial left-wing housing activist group and the Senate voted overwhelmingly to withdraw the group's funding. Scott Shane's "Conservatives Draw Blood…