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WaPo Shocker: Torture Restrictions and CIA Investigations Don't Make A
"No one can possibly believe that America is now safer because of the new restrictions on enhanced interrogation and the subsequent appointment of a special prosecutor."So wrote the Washington Post's Richard Cohen in an op-ed Tuesday that is SURE to raise some liberal eyebrows.In fact, the following snippets will likely raise some conservative ones as well (h/t Steve Malzberg):
Democratic Congresswoman Blames 'Global Warming' for California Wildfi
Rep. Linda Sanchez attributes new weather patterns to climate change and says the 'habitual wildfires' demonstrate a need to do something about it.
WaPo's Craig Complains Pastor 'Refusing to Relent' to Put Definition o
"Geez, when will this guy go away?!" That's the tenor of the lede to Washington Post staffer Tim Craig's story "Pastor Redoubles Efforts vs. Same-Sex Marriage" (emphasis mine):Bishop Harry Jackson is refusing to relent in his campaign to stop same-sex marriage in the District, despite the drubbing he took before the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics this summer. What Jackson is trying to do is…
Cop Ejected From Saturday's Town Hall Meeting Speaks Out
NewsBusters readers are familiar with Carl Tomanelli, the retired New York police officer who was removed from a Manchester, New Hampshire, town hall meeting Saturday. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH.) might not have been interested in what Tomanelli had to say, but her Republican opponent Frank Guinta sure did at his gathering two days later.As a result, on Monday, Tomanelli finally got to speak…
MyBarackObama.com Page Planned Phone Campaign on 9/11 Against 'Right-W
On Monday, Jonah Goldberg at The Corner forwarded a shocking page from the Organizing for America website (mybarackobama.com) that promoted setting aside 9/11 as a day to call Senators to pass a Public Option as they “fight back against our own Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists.” They also suggest conservatives are "the heirs of yes, bin Laden."Will the major media notice? So much for No-Drama…
WaPo Health Section Laments Dearth of Young Abortionists
Aging doctors who perform abortions are lamenting the dearth of newly-minted doctors willing to perform them, Washington Post's Sandra G. Boodman informs readers of the September 1 paper. "The goal... is to make 'abortion' not a dirty word," Boodman quotes med student Megan Evans at the close of her 40-paragraph Health section front-pager. Evans, the president-elect of George Washington…
Oliver Stone ‘Warmly Embracing’ Hugo Chavez in Blame America Doc
In today’s L.A. Times director Oliver Stone discusses his upcoming documentary “South of the Border,” about the “warmhearted” Hugo Chavez. [emphasis added]: Oliver Stone is shown warmly embracing Hugo Chávez, nibbling coca leaves with Evo Morales and gently teasing Cristina Elizabeth Fernández de Kirchner about how many pairs of shoes she owns. … “I think he’s an extremely dynamic and charismatic…
Barone: 'Is the Washington Post Trying to "Macaca" Bob McDonnell
As most NewsBusters readers are aware, former Virginia Sen. George Allen's re-election campaign in 2006 -- and likely his entire political career -- was destroyed when media members spent months focusing attention on a word he uttered that likely nobody in the nation had ever heard of prior to that point.At the forefront of such politically motivated obsession was the Washington Post which…
NYT Chides Conservative Sen. DeMint's 'Ideological Purity' & for 'Stok
Katharine Seelye, a reporter on the Obama-care health overhaul beat for the New York Times, filed Monday from a town hall in Spartanburg, S.C., that featured conservative Republican Sen. Jim DeMint among supportive constituents who oppose Obama-care in ways Seelye finds unseemly blunt, misleading, and anti-Obama.In "Fighting Health Care Overhaul, and Proud of It," Seelye looked askance at DeMint'…
Will Media Notice ObamaCare Advocates Teaching Town Hall Attendees to
Last month, one of the nation's leading advocates for ObamaCare published a playbook containing detailed instructions for members to counter "the 'tea-bagger' protesters and right-wing activists" showing up at town hall meetings.On Monday, a representative of Health Care for America Now was caught on tape actually coaching people on how to block opposing viewpoints at Rep. Jan Schakowsky's (D-…
Maddow on Love for Guns: 'I Just Don't Think We Should Be Allowed to B
Rachel Maddow, gun lover? Well, sort of - and with some strings attached, of course. The MSNBC host of the "The Rachel Maddow Show" appeared on Jimmy Fallon's Aug. 31 NBC show and told the host about her first date - at a shooting range. "My first date with my girlfriend Susan was at a shooting range," Maddow said. "That was awesome. It was ladies' day on the range. Her sister is a lifetime NRA…
WaPo Style Critic Gushes Over Kennedys - Hammers John Roberts' Family
It’s not just liberal policy and charismatic personalities that the liberal media find alluring about the Kennedy clan, but also its decidedly upper-crust fashion sense. In Sunday’s Washington Post, fashion reporter Robin Givhan waxed eloquent about the “look of rich tradition” the patrician Kennedy clan brought to their oft-publicly photographed wardrobe. Yet four years ago, Givhan derided as “…
On Anniversary of Katrina, ABC’s Bill Weir Hits Bush for ‘Tainted
On Sunday’s "Good Morning America," weekend host Bill Weir highlighted the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and insisted that the storm "really tainted the Bush legacy." The GMA anchor talked to liberal author Jason Berry and asked if there was an intentional effort to not rebuild poor neighborhoods in New Orleans. "Is that a deliberate political move," he asked. Attempting to draw a…