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Newsweek Publishes Debunking of Internet Smears Against Palin
On Sunday, NewsBusters informed readers about how lies published by liberal bloggers are actually driving some of the mainstream media attacks against Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. On Tuesday, Newsweek not only published a Factcheck.org debunking of many of the falsehoods being spread by the Palin-haters, but also featured a link to the piece on the front-page of its website.…
MRC's Graham On MSNBC Pulling Olbermann, Matthews As Campaign Anchors
"The idea to make these guys [Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews] news anchors, I don't know who came up with this idea. It's sort of like people who believe if you add water you get sea monkeys. It just doesn't make any sense that you can add water and make an objective news anchor," NewsBusters Senior Editor Tim Graham quipped on the September 9 "Fox & Friends" program. [audio version here…
CBS’s Smith: Sarah Palin is John McCain’s ‘Geritol
On Tuesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith talked to Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer about John McCain taking the lead in recent polls following the Republican convention and the selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate: "Sarah Palin is his Geritol...That's – I mean it really has -- because I wrote in my notes this morning, she not only energized the base, she seems to have energized…
Can Someone Hire a Religion Tutor for CNN Reporters
The media's ham-handed attempts at grasping and accurately reporting religious belief are have only been magnified recently in light of the MSM's obsession with Gov. Sarah Palin's prior attendance at Pentecostal churches. From Randi Kaye's September 9 CNN.com article, "Pastor: GOP may be downplaying Palin's religious beliefs": Some Pentecostals from Assembly of God also believe in "faith healing…
Gibson Credits NewsBusters For Matthews/Olbermann Demotions
On Monday, Fox News's John Gibson gave credit to NewsBusters for the demotions of Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann from their positions as co-anchors of MSNBC's election and debate coverage.On Sunday, MSNBC announced that NBC's David Gregory would be replacing them in this role, and that they would continue as on-air analysts.The following day, Gibson, who is a staunch detractor of Matthews and…
NYT.com Removes Article Mentioning Obama's Muslim Roots
UPDATE: Link to article in question now works as of 6:45PM. On March 6, 2007, New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof published an article entitled "Obama: Man of the World."In it, Kristof addressed Barack Obama's upbringing, including his early life in Jakarta when he "got in trouble for making faces during Koran study classes in his elementary school."For some reason, the link to this…
Sandra Bernhard: McCain 'Hypocritical and Stupid' to Mock Celebrities
Leftist "comedienne" and performance artist Sandra Bernhard is in Washington D.C. performing a revival of her monologue Much Ado About Nothing. In an interview (and cover story) of the D.C. gay magazine Metro Weekly, Bernhard attacked the McCain campaign, accusing them of hypocrisy of "holding down the middle classes and the working classes" and "It’s totally hypocritical and stupid of them to…
ABC: Manmade Global Warming Causing Worse Allergies
'World News' reports greenhouse gas emissions, higher temperatures creating more growth of ragweed.
NewsBusted
Topics in today's comedy show: Sarah Palin earning high approval ratings, U.S. hands over control of Iraq's Anbar province, Los Angeles bans fast food in poor neighborhood. Click the video inside the orange box to your right to watch.
Brokaw's Pauline Kael Moment
Tom Brokaw had his Pauline Kael moment on MSNBC this morning. Though the story might be apocryphal, the late New Yorker film critic is famously credited with saying she was shocked by Nixon's 1972 victory, since everybody she knew had voted for McGovern.Here's Brokaw on today's "Morning Joe," discussing the importance of the upcoming debates.TOM BROKAW: Debates should be judged on two big counts…