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Here We Go Again: This Time Gov't. Is Trying to Shaft Unsecured GM Bon
Earlier today at my blog, I noted in a post updating the sad situations at bankrupt Chrysler and headling-for-bankruptcy General Motors, that GM is, according to a Wednesday Reuters report, offering secured bondholders a much better deal than the 29 cents on the dollar Chrysler's secured creditors have been offered. Chrysler's "non-TARP secured lenders," after what they allege with much…
CBS’s Schieffer Admits Cheney ‘Winning’ Security Debate
While discussing Thursday’s opposing national security speeches by President Obama and former Vice President Cheney, on Friday’s CBS Early Show, Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer acknowledged: "...the fact that the President of the United States had to make this speech, the fact that Congress had turned him down in giving him the money to close Guantanamo, I have to say that on points, I give it…
Liz Cheney Vs. O'Donnell: ABC's Chris Cuomo Moderates Fiery Debate on
"Good Morning America" on Friday featured something that has become rare on morning shows, an actual philosophical debate between a strong conservative and a vocal liberal. Liz Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, engaged in a shoot-out with MSNBC analyst and former Senate Democratic chief of staff Lawrence O'Donnell over the issue of torture, Guantanamo Bay and keeping America safe. (…
Did Evangelical Christian Vote Make Kris Allen 'American Idol
UPDATE at end of post: Kris apparently won by a large margin.On Tuesday, NewsBuster Tim Graham asked readers: "Will whoever wins ["American Idol"] be seen as the winner on the musical merits? Or will it become a political/cultural narrative?" A day after favorite Adam Lambert surprisingly lost, FoxNews.com asked, "Did The Evangelical Christian Vote Push Kris Allen Over The Edge?"Interesting…
Olbermann Calls Dick Cheney 'As Insane As Any Terrorist
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has said a lot of disgraceful things in his tenure as "Countdown" host, but on Thursday evening, he attacked former Vice President Dick Cheney in a fashion that should make all of America's enemies both here and abroad proud.To give you an idea of the level of hatred and invective on display, this was the opening sentence of Olbermann's "Special Comment" concerning Cheney'…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: U.S. to lose its AAA rating?The dollar extended declines today after Treasuries and American stocks slumped on concern the U.S. government’s debt rating may at some point be lowered. Bill Gross, the co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., said the U.S. “eventually” will lose its AAA grade...Gross said in an…
McClatchy Report on Cheney Speech Sounds Like DNC Talking Points Memo
Would anybody at the ailing McClatchy Newspapers care to point out to us even the slightest hint of neutrality in the reporting of two correspondents for that chain, Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel, on former Vice President Dick Cheney's speech yesterday about terrorism? You sort of get the idea where these two are coming from just by reading the title of their report: "Cheney's speech…
CBS News Exec Kaplan Advances Palin Distortion
Weeks ago, Rick Kaplan, executive producer of the "CBS Evening News," claimed that "Everybody, including Republicans, would have to say that (Obama's) first 100 days have been great." This week, Kaplan perpetuated a myth concerning Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.The event was a Katie Couric Roast & Toast held Wednesday evening as part of the American News Women's Club 15th gala. MediaBistro's blog…
A Tale of Two Violent Movies
Hollywood's business decisions show where their religious and political sensibilities overrule their business sense – and any sense of right and wrong.
Media Singles Out Catholic Church, Goes Wild Over Report of Decades-Ol
Since when is the media so interested in keeping America abreast of the latest news coming out of Ireland? A commission in Ireland just released a report detailing awful abuse of children who attended Catholic schools "from the 1930's to the 1990's, when the last of the institutions closed." And what's ensued is practically an all-out media frenzy. The AP, Reuters, the New York Times, the LA…
NBC and CBS Use Cheney and Obama Speeches to Jab at Cheney
Thursday's NBC Nightly News featured Andrea Mitchell chastising and correcting former Vice President Dick Cheney for his speech on fighting terrorism, but the network saw no need to correct anything asserted by President Obama in his address on the same topic while anchor Brian Williams asked if Republicans are “happy” to have Cheney as “their messenger?” CBS delivered contrasting conclusions in…