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Morning Joe Mocks Olbermann's Special Comment Rants
Far be it from me to sow discord in MSNBC ranks, to stir up old animosities between colleagues there. But if Joe Scarborough is going to do a mocking imitation of Keith Olbermann in full Special Comment rant, well then, blogging ethics compel me to report it.The jumping-off point on Morning Joe today was Eugene Robinson's current WaPo column. After claiming that he didn't want to kick the…
Britney's Single Spells Out Lewd Sex…Literally
The pop princess' new single contains not-so-hidden content considered too raunchy for some radio stations
Networks' Inauguration Coverage: Traditional Pastor a Big Story; Gay C
Rick Warren – not the gay bishop – is controversial to the broadcast news outlets.
Sun-Times: Journalists Being Shut Out by Obama
According to Sun-Times columnist and long-time Chicago journalist, Carol Marin, journalists at Barack Obama news conferences have come to realize that Obama has pre-picked those journalists whom he will allow to ask him questions at the conference and many of them now "don't even bother raising" their hands to be called upon.
One wonders why journalists are allowing this corralling of the press…
Coulter's Conservative 'View' Not Welcome
Whoopi Goldberg accused conservative author and pundit Ann Coulter of not being able to "take it" during this morning's broadcast of "The View" after Coulter criticized Goldberg and her co-hosts for not allowing her to fully explain statements from her new book, "Guilty: Liberal Victims and their Assault on America." Goldberg immediately asked Coulter, "What is your issue with single…
CNN Highlights Pepsi and Ikea's Obama-Inspired Ad Campaigns
CNN correspondent Alina Cho devoted an entire report on Monday’s American Morning program to how the Obama presidential run has apparently served as an inspiration for ad campaigns by big corporations. Cho zeroed in on how the Pepsi logo and the Obama campaign logo were “strikingly similar,” both using “swirls of red, white, and blue,” despite the fact that Pepsi has used the color scheme since…
O'Reilly: Second Guessing Obama On Spending Proposal 'Just Cheap Sho
Last week, Fox News Channel's uber-host Bill O'Reilly (of his eminently popular Factor) declared a preemptive unilateral journalistic disarmament with the incoming Obama Administration on it's humongous spending proposal intended in the Administration's words to "stimulate" the economy.Speaking with CNSNews.com's Nicholas Ballasy, O'Reilly, who regularly describes himself as a "protector of the…
BMI's Gainor on 'Fox and Friends': Why Won't Media Ask Tough Questions
Business & Media Institute's Dan Gainor appeared on "Fox & Friends," Jan. 12 to discuss why, with trillions of dollars, millions of jobs, and the future of our economic system on the line, the mainstream media won't ask Obama tough questions on his stimulus plan.Given the media favoritism for Barack Obama during the campaign, Gainor said, "So, it's no surprise that they're not asking him…
NYT Mag Predestined to Be Biased? Story on Calvinistic Preacher Skews
Perhaps the New York Times is just predestined not to get religion.Taking on Calvinistic preacher Mark Driscoll's brand of Reformed theology, writer Molly Worthen -- herself a graduate of a formerly Puritan university -- gave readers of the New York Times magazine a skewed picture of what exactly the evangelical pastor's theology teaches about sin and redemption.In her January 6 article, "Who…
Economic Optimism at Last -- Jack Welch Sees 'First Signs of Light
'Cavuto on Business' mentions 'encouraging signs' about the economy.
CBS, NBC Show Plight of Israelis with ‘Siege Mentality’ from Hamas
One bright spot last week in CBS’s coverage of the war between Israel and the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas came on Wednesday’s CBS Evening News as correspondent Richard Roth filed a story exploring Israeli life under a "siege mentality." Roth: " Spend a while in earshot of an air raid siren or cramped in a shelter, and it's hard not to have some sympathy. Or, if you want to understand what…