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Urban Gun Crime Partially the Fault of 'The South': AP
Attention, y'all in the South: Urban crime is partly your fault.You see, if you didn't own so many guns, you wouldn't have so many of them stolen or sold at gun shows. Right now, those evil guns cross state lines and get used to commit crimes in urban areas.Got that?I know all of this because the Associated Press's Seanna Adcox, acting as a mouthpiece for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, has told…
Collins: Palin a 'Moose-Murderer
Though O.J. Simpson was sentenced for robbery and related crimes yesterday, thirteen years ago he walked on a double-murder charge. That might be an isolated case, but Gail Collins apparently believes there are tens of millions of murderers roaming free in America. We call them by a different name: hunters.Collins made her inane hunting = murder analogy in her column today in the course of…
Angst on PBS Over Too-Long Wait for Obama's Inauguration
In the midst of a discussion about President-elect Barack Obama's national security team, Washington Week host Gwen Ifill on Friday night's program sought confirmation for her theory that “what people are beginning to say is that this President-elect should be President now” as “people are saying why isn't Barack Obama leading the fight about the auto-makers?” New York Times reporter Peter Baker…
Not Green -- GM Car Shipped to Washington for PR Stunt
Rick Wagoner arrives to make bailout plea in Chevy Volt, but really took Chevy Malibu hybrid from Detroit to Washington.
Weekend Captionfest
Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference with President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
O'Reilly and Kelly Fight Over Atheist Sign In WA State Capitol
The governor of Washington has allowed a group of atheists to display an anti-religion sign next to the Nativity scene inside the state's capitol building.This has drawn the ire of religious groups across the country, and has been a topic of discussion for Fox News hosts and anchors.On Thursday, FNC's Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly had an extremely heated debate over the legal issues surrounding…
Time’s Jeff Israely: The Pope is a 'Scrooge' For Defending Church Do
Time magazine’s Jeff Israely compared Pope Benedict XVI to Charles Dickens' most famous character in his latest column, which focuses on the “tough line on Church doctrine” the pontiff has taken: “...[T]here is growing proof that the 82-year-old Pope is...quite willing to play the part of Scrooge to defend his often rigid view of Church doctrine.” Israely later put Scrooge’s characteristic anti-…
Frank Adds Media to List of Parties Responsible for Automaker Woes
House Financial Services Committee chairman assigns blame to auto companies, politicians, unions and the media.
The Employment Situation Is Even Worse Than Reported. I Wonder Why
In today's coverage of Uncle Sam's Employment Situation Report, the Associated Press's Jeannine Aversa showed no real curiosity as to why November's seasonally adjusted job loss was so much higher than September's or October's. There's a reason for that. I have noted for quite a while (previous NB-posted examples are here, here, and here) that the business press, led by AP, has repeatedly and…
NewsBusted
Topics in today's show: Obama criticized for picking so many Clintonite cabinet members, a new species of penguin, and Michael Jackson converts to Islam.
Dan Rather in Panic Mode: Move Inauguration to December
Appearing on Friday's "Morning Joe," former CBS anchor Dan Rather chided President Bush for not doing enough during his lame duck period and argued for moving Inauguration Day up to December 1. And although Rather didn't explain specifically what Bush wasn't doing enough about (The financial crisis? The terrorist incident in India?), he did hyperbolically fret, "But, we're in possibly, possibly…
Conflict of Interest? Hardball's Suspicious Silence on Rendell Gaffe
With more and more reports coming out that MSNBC's Chris Matthews is actively looking to run for Senate in his home state of Pennsylvania, questions about a conflict of interest have been raised. Can the host fairly cover the Democratic Party when he's actively trying to join its Senate ranks, and even more specifically, how objective can he be when he's interviewing Pennsylvania Democrats like…
Possible Senate Candidate Chris Matthews Pressured To Quit MSNBC
If "Hardball" host Chris Matthews is indeed going to challenge Arlen Specter for his senate seat in 2010, he must resign his position with MSNBC.So say a growing chorus of observers from both sides of the aisle.As reported by Politico's Michael Calderone Thursday: