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Examiner.com Attacks Gov. Palin’s Unborn Grandchild
Ben Kamin: In Year 2024 Palin's Grandchild a 'Bastard,' Loser Palin Operates a 'Lenscrafters,' Hates Grandson
Apparently, Rabbi Ben Kamin thinks he's a funny guy. Yes, he must be auditioning for SNL with his latest column on the Examiner.com, a Denver based, Internet news service. You see, to devise the newest way to smear Governor Sarah Palin, the "Rabbi" thought it would be hilarious to wonder…
Palin Bears Brunt of Jokes in 'SNL' VP Debate Skit
It was certainly no surprise that NBC's "Saturday Night Live," in its most recent installment, lampooned Thursday's vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.However, despite doing a nice job of mocking Biden and host Gwen Ifill -- masterfully played by guest Queen Latifah -- the butt of most of the jokes was cleary Palin who was once again portrayed by Tina Fey (video embedded…
WNBC-TV NY Ignores Ayers' Name in Palin-Obama-Terrorist Report
The following is a report from WOR Radio's Steve Malzberg: WNBC-TV Channel 4 in NYC during Saturday evening's 11PM newscast briefly touched on the story of Sarah Palin's remarks about the relationship between Barack Obama and William Ayers. After giving the viewers an Obama campaign update, anchor Melissa Russo reported that John McCain took the day off from campaigning. However, she noted that…
Olbermann: National Review Editor Masturbated During Palin Debate
Just when you thought Keith Olbermann couldn't go any lower, he plunges to new depths that seem almost unimaginable for someone pawning himself off as a journalist.On Friday, the "Countdown" host actually told his viewers that National Review editor Rich Lowry's published opinion of Sarah Palin's performance during Thursday's debate "read like soft core porn." MSNBC's leading on-air personality…
Sonnenfeld Predicts Bush to Go Out by 'Destroying All Life on Earth
align="right"Catching up with an item from a few days ago: Barry Sonnenfeld, a movie director (Men in Black) and now the Emmy-winning executive producer and director of ABC's dramady Pushing Daisies, predicted on Wednesday's Late Show that amongst the things he's “worried” President Bush will do before leaving office is “go out by pushing the button and destroying all life on Earth.” That was too…
CNN's O'Brien Skews Focus Group Poll With Bad Arithmetic
This is really way too funny. On Thursday evening, CNN's Soledad O'Brien ran a focus group at Ohio State University moments after Joe Biden and Sarah Palin finished their vice presidential debate (video embedded right).As she asked attendees who they felt won, she used a stunning form a new arithmetic to conclude that Biden had "by a significant margin" (as noticed by Creative Minority Report, h/…
Ex-Newsweek Top Editor Osborn Elliott a Left-Wing Reagan-Basher
Osborn Elliott, the top editor of Newsweek from 1961 to 1976 and Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism from 1979 to 1986, passed away last Sunday at age 83 (Monday, September 29 Washington Post obituary). He was retired when the Media Research Center was founded in 1987, but he didn't hesitate in 1992 and 1995 to express his hostility to conservatives and he serves as a reminder that the…
Tapper: McCain 'About to Open Up a Can of Whoop-ass on Obama
UPDATE at end of post: the can has already been opened!Without question, ABC's Jake Tapper is one of the few members of the mainstream media who's actually willing to publish less than favorable reports about Barack Obama.In a "Political Punch" blog posting Saturday about new revelations involving indicted fundraiser Tony Rezko, Tapper deliciously summed up a Washington Post piece as claiming…
The Huffington Post Is Lying About Us
Update: Matthew Vadum responds to the questions that the Huffington Post refused to ask him.Specifically, their "reporter" Seth Colter Walls in "Fox News, GOP Tag-Team Obama With Voter Fraud Smear." Let's begin the deconstruction. Friday morning, I made a 7:45am appearance on the Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends to discuss how nearly every media outlet is avoiding like the plague any coverage…
Baldwin Blames Financial Crisis on Clinton, Dems and Barney Frank
If a Bush-bashing, Republican-hating nincompoop like Alec Baldwin understands that Democrats are responsible for the current financial crisis, and is willing to say so on national television, why can't America's so-called "real" journalists?Although it seems unlikely that Baldwin watches "The Factor," it is awfully coincidental that roughly 24 hours after Fox News's Bill O'Reilly tore Rep. Barney…
Saturday Sports Open Thread
After last week's upset heaven in college football -- or hell depending on what side you were on! -- what will the big upsets be today? How about my son's Huskers taking down Mizzou?What other games should we be looking at?Talk about upsets, could the top teams in both leagues get knocked out in the first round of the baseball playoffs? If the Angels and Cubbies are gone, who becomes the…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: will the just-passed bailout bill avert the looming financial meltdown?I hate being so serious on a Saturday, but Friday's stock market reaction to the bailout passing the House did not evoke confidence. Those that are watching the credit markets know that there just is no major lending going on right now between financial institutions as…