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No Joke: Comedienne Whoopi Goldberg Claims She Could Live Like Jesus
'View' co-host ignores the divinity of Jesus Christ, focuses on His human qualities.
Stop the Politicking and Start Entertaining
The people have spoken. They don't want their entertainment served with a side of politics. But some in Hollywood just aren't listening.
Wrong, Rachel: Maddow Claims Clinton Inherited 'Economic Downturn' Fro
Maybe Rachel Maddow watched one too many clips of Bill Clinton during the '92 campaign claiming George H.W. had "driven the economy into a ditch" and that things were as bad as they'd been since the Depression. In the course of trying to lower expectations for Obama to the max on her show tonight, and tracing the history of the economies previous presidents inherited, Maddow claimed that "…
NBC Commiserates with 'Hard Realities' Obama 'Up Against
Prompted by the CBO's forecast of a $1.2 trillion annual federal budget deficit, the NBC Nightly News on Wednesday commiserated with the challenge ahead for the incoming President. “On our broadcast tonight, facing facts,” Brian Williams teased, “President-elect Obama confronts the hard realities he's up against, deficits as far as the eye can see.” A dire Williams proceeded to lead with how…
CNN's Kyra Phillips Unloads on Joe the Plumber
On today's CNN Newsroom, anchor Kyra Phillips let viewers know exactly what she thinks of Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber. On the 2:00 PM (ET) segment she teased the story:PHILLIPS: Oh, Lord, Joe The Plumber's got a new gig. It's got nothing to do with the pipes, it's got everything to do with Gaza.And later again:PHILLIPS: You've seen the last of this guy? Not. Now…
GOP Legislators Vow to Fight Reinstitution of Fairness Doctrine with I
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.: 'We are not going to allow this rule to be reenacted either by the FCC, by the Obama administration or by Congress.'
Lame: Olbermann Trashes Coulter for 'Banned for Life' Story -- But His
It was utterly unsurprising to see Keith Olbermann trashing Ann Coulter on Tuesday for the Drudge Report’s "phony martyrdom story" that she was "banned for life" from NBC. But Olbermann seems so devoid of introspection that he didn’t consider the obvious: every conservative has been effectively "banned for life" from his hermetically sealed show for years. For as much as this lecturing Murrow…
ABC Special Searches for 'Ugly Americans'; Anti-immigrant Bigotry
ABC aired an incredibly insulting and condescending hidden camera news special on Tuesday that purported to probe the hidden racism of Americans. It also featured actors hired by the network to go to France and portray "ugly Americans," complete with a "Bush '08" t-shirt that was derided by one German woman as similar to saying "I like Hitler." The "What Would You Do?" special attempted to see…
The Passion of the Obama?! 'CNN Newsroom' Showcases Obama Iconography
Shortly before noon today, CNN anchor Tony Harris turned to producer Tyson Wheatley for a look at the latest from CNN's "iReport" desk. Wheatley proceeded to show Harris and the viewers at home some of the art work done by CNN's "iReporters," including one item that evoked an image from a promotional poster for 2004's Mel Gibson film, "The Passion of the Christ." [audio excerpt here]Here's the…
Nearly 10 Years Later, Monument to Favoritism in Kelo Ruling Still Sta
A link to a story in the New London (CT) Day (story will be available for only a few days) arrived in my e-mail yesterday thanks to a Google alert:Deed Gives NL Building A New AddressItalian Dramatic Club outlived street it used to be on in fort areaThe story stands as a bitter reminder of the blatant favoritism that took place during the sad saga of Susette Kelo and her neighbors in the Ft.…
Obama Stimulus: $1 Trillion, 600,000 Government Jobs and Few Media Qu
With a forecasted $1 trillion deficit for the foreseeable future, mainstream media hit and miss on just how much government will expand under current proposals.