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Newsweek Shocker: 'Obama Closes Doors On Openness
In today's "You're Not Going to Believe This" segment, Barack Obama has gone back on his promise of creating an open and transparent administration, and the good folks at Newsweek not only noticed it, but reported it.Yes, the magazine that seems to have Obama on its cover every week actually exposed the object of their affection for not only going back on a campaign promise, but also for…
New John Stossel Blog Often Counters Conventional Wisdom
Media types often have a habit of masking their true beliefs in their online blogs in attempt to maintain the fiction that they are "unbiased." One such blog that comes to mind is the Daily Nightly blog of Brian Williams in which he attempts (not always successfully) to hide his liberal bias to an extent that it comes off as quite inane. In fact, your humble correspondent has labeled the Williams…
Free Pass: Obama's Strident 'Vow' To AMA 'Shouldn't Be Taken Literally
Imagine, if you can, that George W. Bush made a clearly and deliberately false statement (by the way, what the left claims are his five major lies weren't, and still aren't).Now further imagine if the Bush administration's response to criticism of the statement, if not true, had been, "Oh, the president's rhetoric shouldn't be taken literally." The press uproar over such a dismissive response…
Tone Deaf: Will Media Give Obamas’ Ice Cream Outing the ‘Bush Golf
Boy, the press can really do the nitty-gritty detail work (also saved here) when they set their minds to it (graphics at right via West Coast Outpost):
Obama Geico Parody: 'That's the Money You'd Save by Rejecting the Stim
For your Saturday entertainment pleasure, "Who's Watching Government Spending?"
JibJab Takes on Superhero Obama: 'He's Come to Save the Day
Our good friends at JibJab have created a new satirical animated short that is an absolute must-see.To the tune "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," viewers are introduced to a new superhero.Coming just as "darkness had descended all across the land...he's Barack Obama, he's come to save the day!" (video embedded below the fold h/t Hot Air):
NY Times Can Keep A Secret After All
By now, you may have actually believed the typical NY Times line that they have to disclose everything, secret prisons, NSA tactics, interrogation tactics, because the public has the right to know everything and information has to be free, despite the risks it puts on our military or citizens. What you probably didn't know is that David Rohde, a NY Times reporter, had been held by kidnappers in…
Obama Speaks at Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner
President Obama spoke at the 65th Annual Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner Friday evening, and the guffaws from the crowd at times were funnier than his material.Of course, this wasn't surprising for as he noted early in his monologue, he was speaking in front of the very people who made him a celebrity.Yes, it was an evening filled with the President unashamedly talking…
Bloomberg's Unchallenging Obama Interview: No Mention of Cratering Col
Maybe reporters Brian Faler or Nicholas Johnston at Bloomberg asked Barack Obama some really challenging questions when they had a chance to interview the President at the White House. Maybe they even did some basic fact-checking. If so, there's precious little evidence of either in their June 16 report.They allowed the president to blame most of the current year's deficit on George W. Bush. They…
Joe Scarborough Conservative Bashing Book Tour Flops Bigtime
Updated below.Your humble correspondent feels obligated to warn you about the article you are about to see. It is a harsh but brutally honest review written by Brian Maloney of The Radio Equalizer about Joe Scarborough's new book, The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise. Certain members of the reading audience may experience a strange tingling sensation while reading the…