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Olbermann Again Channels Media Matters, Calls For CBSer's Firing
Keith Olbermann, who in March scolded Fox News's Brit Hume for admitting that he often used information provided by the Media Research Center in his "Special Report" program, has once again channeled material taken directly from the far-left, George Soros funded, Clinton front-group Media Matters for America.Even better, the story was actually precipitated by an article read on the air Friday…
WaPo Music Critic Accuses Country Musicians of 'Narrowcasting' to Smal
If you're a country music fan you might be advised to avoid reading the Washington Post Style section when its writers tackle country music. It might make you want to put your boot up the critic's posterior.The latest nuisance is J. Freedom du Lac's analysis of why country music radio is so chock full of songs about small town America. To you and me, the answer might be obvious, but du Lac set…
Letterman Finally Makes Obama Jokes -- All Bashing Bush
As NewsBusters reported Monday, comedians just can't bring themselves to poke fun at Barack Obama.This problem apparently is troubling CBS "Late Show" host David Letterman:The challenge for us here at the "Late Show": what are we going to do to make fun of the President, because that's what we do, we take cheap shots at the President. And, we didn't know what to do the first four years of Clinton…
Return of High Oil Price Predictions: CNBC Segment Warns of $300 Oil
If you want to know when the economy is making a comeback, keep a watchful eye on the frequency of high oil and gas price reports in the news. Throughout 2007 and the first half of 2008, viewers were inundated with high gas and oil price reports on cable and broadcast news. But since hitting $147 back in July 2008, oil prices have plummeted into the low-$40 range mid-January and so has the…
CNN Treats Radical Father Pfleger as Less Controversial Than TV Priest
Two Catholic priests who appeared as guests during back-to-back segments on Thursday’s No Bias, No Bull program were treated noticeably differently by CNN’s on-air personalities. Father Michael Pfleger of the Archdiocese of Chicago, who is best known for his racially-charged rhetoric against Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic presidential race, as well as his defense of former Obama…
Chris Matthews Omits Party Label of Prudish Congressmen Calling for Vi
Chris Matthews just can't get it up. The Democratic Party label that is.On the May 8 "Hardball", the MSNBC anchor noted in his Political Sideshow segment that Reps. Jim Moran (Va.) and Bob Brady (Pa.), are up in arms about erectile dysfunction drug ads running on television and are sponsoring legislation before the House to ban television stations from running ads for drugs like Viagra and…
Obama's 'Small Biz Owner' No Stranger to Government Programs - or Dem
This morning's remarks by Barack Obama on the latest unemployment figures included the usual self congratulations we've come to expect from The One. CBS News quotes him as saying:Such hard-working Americans are why I ran for President. They're the reason we've been working swiftly and aggressively across all fronts to turn this economy around; to jumpstart spending and hiring and create jobs…
Whoopi Goldberg's Mother of a Gaffe: A Man Invented Mother's Day
Mother's Day was invented by Anna Jarvis, a West Virginian who, from 1907 to 1914 devoted considerable energy to establishing state and national holidays marking Mother's Day. Jarvis's inspiration, of course, was her deep devotion to her late mother. But don't tell Whoopi Goldberg that. [audio for download here]"I feel like Mother's Day is a man's holiday. You know, because it was put together, a…
IL Treasurer’s Intimidation of National Bank, and Union's Invocation
Shoot, he's only talking about pulling $8 billion in state-controlled money because a bank won't go easy on a business borrower who can't pay. What's the big deal? Well, the story involves the company that makes suits for President Barack Obama (pictured at right). Beyond that, the union at that company is citing the US Treasury Department's Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) as a reason that…