White House Press Briefing Live-blog [5 Feb

Update: The highlight thus far is the testy exchange between Gibbs and Tapper. Checking the tape again it appears he did answer Tapper's second question, albeit tersely muttering the response, before turning to Chuck Todd of NBC. Gibbs starting press conference about 10 minutes late, at 2:10. Says was late getting started due to news about Associate Justice Ginsburg's pancreatic cancer surgery.…
Ken Shepherd

Rush Limbaugh = Political Peril? So Says PBS

Tim Graham

Newsweek's Hirsh on Stimulus: Don't Worry About Pork, This is an 'Emer

It's time to wave the white flag and surrender to "post-partisan" unity. Yes, it's time for conservatives to abandon core principles and just allow the Pelosi/Reid/Obama pork-a-palooza, also known as the stimulus or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009, to pass into law. At least that's what one Newsweek columnist would have conservatives do. Now is not the time for political…
Jeff Poor

'Today' Trumpets Obama's Wall Street Lecturing

On Thursday's "Today" show NBC reporters offered little skepticism of Barack Obama's dictations to corporate America, instead buttressing Obama soundbites with sloganeering as, Meredith Vieira declared, "President Obama lashing out at Wall Street and clamping down on corporate fat cats," and Savannah Guthrie underlined, "The President bashed Wall Street," and "took a shot across the bow." The "…
Geoffrey Dickens

Politico: Sen. Stabenow Wants Hearings On Radio 'Accountability'; Talk

The Senator Speaks for HerselfUPDATE: We have been reminded that Senator Stabenow's husband, Thomas Athans, is the co-founder of the liberal TalkUSA Radio network and is now the Executive Vice-President of liberal Air America.  Liberal talk radio has of course failed miserably every time it has been tried, all the while watching it's conservative counterpart's success soar.  Which might lead one…
Seton Motley

Newsweek's Hirsh: Don't Worry About Pork, This is an 'Emergency

Columnist opines on how Obama isn't living up to his expectations early on in his presidency.
Jeff Poor

ABC's Sam Champion Touts Living With Filth, Worm Composting

Extreme environmentalist and "Good Morning America" weatherman Sam Champion on Thursday admiringly recounted the story of a Los Angeles resident, Dave Chameides, who has been living with his garbage for the last year. The liberal meteorologist also extoled the benefits of Chameides' unorthodox methods of disposing waste, including the worm composting program he has set up in the basement of his…
Scott Whitlock

CNN and MSNBC Stereotype Pro-Lifers as Possible Terrorists

On Wednesday, both CNN and MSNBC raised the specter of past bombings against abortion clinics during their coverage of an Arkansas doctor who was critically injured in an apparent car bombing. During CNN’s Newsroom program, anchor Rick Sanchez asked former DC police detective Mike Brooks if the injured physician was an “abortion doctor.” He replied, “No, no. That was the first thing I thought.”…
Matthew Balan

Daschle's Tax Problems Stem From Media Company's 'Gift

By now most people have heard that Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle, has backed out due to some major tax problems. Many have probably even heard that the bulk of his problems involve his affinity for free limo service, not to mention the inevitable limousine liberal jokes that followed. However, most have no idea exactly who was paying for Daschle's…
Stephen Gutowski

AP: Palin 'Makes New Enemy' in Ashley Judd

"Sarah Palin Makes New Enemy: Ashley Judd," reads a February 5, 2009 AP headline.But in truth, there's hardly anything new about the controversy in question save for a celebrity chiming in to resurrect the issue of aerial wolf hunts in Alaska:It's not the first time Defenders of Wildlife has targeted Palin. Last fall, when Palin was John McCain's running mate, it ran ads in several states…
Ken Shepherd

CBS VP & London Bureau Chief: 'Just Another Typical Liberal Reporter

If you were to construct, from everything you know about the species, a stereotypical, liberal member of the MSM, Jennifer Siebens would be it. Recently, Ms. Siebens gave an interview to the student newspaper--the Oberlin Review--at her alma mater, Oberlin College. In it, she revealed her admiration for the radical movements of the '60's and current infatuation with President Barack Obama. Yes, I…
Jacob S. Lybbert

Van Morrison Asks YouTube to Remove 'Two Below Honey' Satire

On Wednesday, NewsBusters premiered a new video from our friends at Minnesotans for Global Warming called "Two Below Honey."Those that watched it saw and heard a clever global warming parody sung to Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey."The video has now been removed by YouTube with the following explanation:
Noel Sheppard

USA Today's 'Helpful Advice' to Obama: Drive a Boat Through Mash Potat

Two weeks ago, ABC's Good Morning America featured kids who offered up silly liberal platitudes for President Barack Obama (“I want you to make people stop littering because our Earth is dying”) , but in retrospect they seem downright insightful compared to the collection of letters from children showcased in Wednesday's USA Today -- which embarrassed itself with a headline that characterized the…
Brent Baker

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