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Cramer, Burnett: Iran Election Results Expected; Turmoil behind Ballot
Usually when there's turmoil in the Middle East, you'll see a spike in the price of oil, but not this time. On June 15, the first day of trading since the public backlash in Iran began from what many are calling a fraudulent election, the price of oil has actually declined - after a rally over the past few weeks. But as CNBC's Jim Cramer pointed out on his June 15 "Stop Trading" segment on "…
Ed Schultz Finds 'Hate Mongering' Intolerable - Except His Own
Leave it to a liberal with a microphone to condemn a practice he relishes when not pontificating.A recent example -- Ed Schultz from one day to the next on his radio show last week.On Wednesday, Schultz had this to say about conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt urging Americans not to buy GM or Chrysler vehicles since they are now manufactured by largely government-owned "socialist" companies (…
Letterman to Make Full Apology Tonight for Joke About Palin's Daughter
“David Letterman is making a full-throated apology for his controversial joke about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter,” TV Week reported a short while ago. “During a taping of tonight's [Monday 6/15] edition of his CBS Late Show, Letterman went much further than his last explanation of the joke, in which he quipped that a baseball player had 'knocked up' Palin's daughter,” Josef Adalian wrote.…
CNN's Cafferty Still Bitter Over Gore's Florida Failure
Jack Cafferty seems a bit bitter. He apparently hasn’t gotten over Al Gore losing Florida in the 2000 election. On today’s CNN Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, guest analyst Rob Sobhani briefly mentioned that the democratic process in Iran would be a bit like if the American Supreme Court chose who would be allowed to run for President:ROB SOBHANI: Well for your viewers, I think the best…
David Shuster Slams 'Hypocrite' Lieberman for Touting Obama After Oppo
MSNBC host David Shuster on Monday assailed independent Senator Joe Lieberman as a hypocrite for daring to compliment Barack Obama after opposing some of the President's policies. Shuster sneered, "Showering praise on the Obama administration and then opposing most of what the administration is doing, its critical policies, it's politically slick, but it's also hypocrisy and it's wrong." He…
MSNBC’s Shuster: Obama Burger Order Can Explain Foreign Policy
On Monday, MSNBC anchor David Shuster saw something profound in President Obama ordering a hamburger: "How does he approach a hamburger, I suppose some people might think well, that might also help explain some things about how he approaches foreign policy?"Shuster was discussing comedian Bill Maher’s criticism that Barack Obama was becoming overexposed in the media with conservative talk radio…
'The View' Attacks Palin’s Letterman Response; Behar Backs Palin…K
The ladies of the ‘View' cannot seem to make up their minds. After Sarah Palin released her response to the tasteless David Letterman joke about her daughter, Joy Behar made an astonishing comment June 15 in support of the Vice-Presidential nominee: "You know, I have to say that I'm on her side this time. Not because I didn't think it was sort of ok because comedians make jokes. But as a parent,…
New Report Shows Slanted Coverage of Chemical BPA
Statistical Assessment Service details flaws in media coverage of bisphenol A.
Cramer, Burnett: Iran Election Results Expected; Lesson for Card Check
CNBC personalities note oil's decline on Iran news, but suggest questionable election result a sign of what could happen with unions and Employee Free Choice Act.
Naive NYT Columnist Roger Cohen Finally Wakes Up to Iran's Perfidy
For the last several months, New York Times reporter turned international columnist Roger Cohen has filed naïve apologist columns about Iran, often attacking Israel in the process. Previously mocked for this embarrassing display of Obama-mania in March 2008, Cohen attracted negative attention on the foreign affairs front earlier this year by telling readers how good things really were for Jews in…
MRC’s Motley Assesses Media Coverage of Palin/Letterman Row on FNC
Media Research Center Director of Communications Seton Motley appeared Sunday morning on Fox News Channel's "America's News Headquarters" to discuss comedian David Letterman's inappropriate joke about Gov. Sarah Palin's 14-year-old daughter Willow. Motley noted a marked difference with the now infamous Don Imus joke about the Rutgers women's basketball team. While both Letterman and Imus made…
MSNBC's Brewer: GOP Should Abandon ‘Morals and Values
On Monday, MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer offered some advice to Republicans: "Until they change policies – I mean, that's what it took for conservatives in Great Britain to win – is a real change in focus away from morals and values into things that affect people's daily lives.’Brewer made the comment during the 2PM ET hour while discussing the future of the GOP with New York Times reporter John…
Yawn: Michael Moore Takes up Tired Task of Bashing Wall Street
Here we go again. Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore is going offer his solution to societal ills through one of his documentaries. If Moore's past movies are any indication of the coverage he will get, it is sure to be a media hit. Already, Huffington Post blogger and MSNBC daytime anchor Carlos Watson is praising praised Moore's early promotion of the flick. "Michael Moore, the filmmaker,…