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ABC News: Conservatives Are Biggest Porn Consumers
ABC News is excited about porn. At least excited by the "fact" that conservative and religious states have the highest levels of porn usage in the country. This, ABC says, is according to a study by Benjamin Edelman at Harvard Business School. Yes, it's another one of those dime-a-dozen studies.
ABC trumpets the bare "facts" in its February 28 piece titled, "Porn in the USA: Conservatives Are…
Nina Totenberg's Friend: 'Oh My God, We Have a President Again
NPR's Nina Totenberg revealed Friday, not surprisingly, that she was enchanted by President Barack Obama's address earlier in the week to a joint session of Congress. “It made me feel pretty good. I thought it was a great speech,” she enthused before relaying a contrast with former President George W. Bush: “A friend of mine said, 'oh my God, we have a President again!'” Totenberg added that “in…
Only ABC Credits 'Surge' for Allowing Obama's Troop Draw Down
In Friday night stories on President Barack Obama's plan to reduce troops in Iraq by 90,000, neither the CBS Evening News nor NBC Nightly News mentioned a key factor raised by ABC reporters Jake Tapper and Martha Raddatz. On ABC's World News, over video of Tapper standing at Camp Lejeune with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Tapper noted: “Defense Secretary [Robert]…
Essay: The Durbin Amendment – The New ‘Fairness’ Doctrine with a
Law may allow preemptive, premature rescission of broadcast licenses By Any Other Name Still StingsYesterday by a whopping 87-11 vote, the Senate added as a rider to the passed DC voting rights bill the Broadcaster Freedom Act (BFA). The BFA, if also passed by the House and signed by the President, would kill once and for all the Censorship Doctrine -- also mis-known as the "Fairness"…
CNN'S Pilgrim Debunks Hate Group Hysteria Peddled by CNN's Sanchez
Within hours of CNN Newsroom anchor Rick Sanchez bemoaning a purported increase in the number of hate groups, CNN correspondent Kitty Pilgrim provided some much needed network balance by reporting - get ready here - facts. On Thursday's CNN Newsroom, Rick Sanchez asked a question and then, as usual, provided his own answer:SANCHEZ: Since the administration of Barack Obama began in this country,…
Weekend Captionfest
After his recent trip to the region, George Clooney discusses the situation in Darfur with Vice-President Biden. February 24, 2009.
Dear NY Times: Guilty Comforts
Before complaining about fluffy toilet paper's enviro-impact remember your business requires tree cutting too.
Lib Talker Malloy And a Racist Spoof: Jindal As Computer Tech from Ind
Our friends over at Radio Equalizer caught liberal radio talker Mike Malloy in a bit of hypocrisy. Malloy obviously thought his wife was a scream as she pretended to be Governor Bobby Jindal portraying him as an outsourced computer tech from India replete with cutsey faux Indian accent. Malloy's wife acted as if Jindal was the Simpson's character Apu, or something. Now, one cannot help but…
5,000th 'Wheel of Fortune,' Sajak Accepts for Rosie, Get Tickets for T
Now in its 26th year, today the 5,000 edition of the syndicated Wheel of Fortune game show will air around the nation – which reminded me (always looking for a hook to plug our upcoming “DisHonors Awards”) -- that just under two years ago Wheel host Pat Sajak took part in our 2007 event. At the MRC’s “2007 DisHonors Awards: Roasting the Most Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporters of 2006,” the…
CBS: Michelle Obama ‘Feeling Right At Home’ In White House
Teasing a fawning segment on First Lady Michelle Obama on Thursday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric declared: "And the lady of the house feeling right at home." Couric later introduced the segment: "And finally tonight, ever since Abigail Adams moved into the White House in 1800, every First Lady has brought her own personal touch to the executive mansion, and the city of Washington. As…