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Another Hillary Backer Wants Electoral Votes to Decide Nomination
On March 9, my colleague Tim Graham pointed out the delicious hypocrisy of a Hillary Clinton supporter advocating using electoral votes to decide the Democrat presidential nomination.On Sunday, another Hillary backer, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), made a similar recommendation, even though he's on the record as having been against the Electoral College in the past (pictured right courtesy AP).In fact…
Lauer: Can Hillary Win Nomination Without It Being Seen as 'Stolen
While Chris Matthews was waxing so rhapsodic about Barack Obama over on MSNBC this morning that he made Mika Brzezinksi ask if the Hardball host had endorsed him, Matt Lauer was doing his bit on NBC, wondering whether Hillary would be seen as having stolen the nomination if she managed to get it.The Today co-anchor interviewed Bill Richardson, who's gotten more media mileage out of his Obama…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 4,000.What does this milestone mean to you? Are round numbers just that -- round numbers?Given that media coverage of the war has rapidly declined since the success of the surge, is it a metaphysical certitude press outlets will be all over this announcement for the next several days?Is it also a…
Mika-Matthews Bad Blood Breakout
Good thing Chris Matthews was down in DC and Mika Brzezinski in NYC this morning. Had they been in the same studio, it might have taken Springer-show security to pry them apart. Such was the level of bad vibes that cropped up between the MSNBC pair during Matthews' appearance on Morning Joe today.The first incident to incite Matthews' ire was Mika's suggestion, after an impassioned Matthews plea…
Simon on CBS: 'Obama Won Over His Base...the American Media
Roger Simon, chief political columnist for The Politico and former White House correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and political editor of U.S. News & World Report, acknowledged on Sunday's Face the Nation that Barack Obama won over “his base,” which he identified as “the American media,” in his Tuesday speech in reaction to Reverend Jeremiah Wright's anti-American rants: Obama really won…
Jewish Man Attacked in Brooklyn By Muslims Yelling 'Allahu Akbar,' Med
On March 19th, I found a story on The Jerusalem Post detailing an attack by Muslim youths on a rabbinical assistant that occurred at a Brooklyn, New York subway station. The youths grabbed Uria Ohana's yarmulke off his head then ran off yelling "Allahu Akbar," which is Arabic for "God is great." I have waited four days to report this story myself to see what other news outlets decide to cover…
Spreading the Gospel of Godlessness
The media gave atheism a free ride – and at times, outright promotion – in 2007.
Networks Spurn Clinton-Obama Spat over Character and Values
Reporters are more concerned about Democratic prospects in November than in telling the American people who Clinton and Obama really are.
ABC's Global Warming Hit Piece "Welcome to 'The Denial Machine
*****Critical update: Dr. Singer responds at end of post.Climate alarmism reached a new low Sunday as ABC's "World News" featured a hit piece on Dr. S. Fred Singer, the esteemed Professor Emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia.In a segment disgracefully entitled "Welcome to 'The Denial Machine,'" anchor Dan Harris disparaged Singer at every turn.With a picture of Singer…
Newsweek Editor Hints at Democrat Party Split if Clintons Steal Nomina
On Sunday's "Meet the Press," Newsweek editor Jon Meacham hinted that if the Clintons were to execute a "corrupt bargain" which gave Hillary the nomination, it could lead to a split in the Democrat Party akin to what happened in 1824.In that election, only one Party, the Democratic-Republicans, ran presidential candidates. Although Andrew Jackson won the most popular and electoral votes, he didn'…
Chinese News Agency Pounds Pelosi's Hypocrisy and Double Standards
It should go without saying that I by no means support China's recent position on Tibet.However, it is nonetheless delicious to read an international opinion piece depicting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as a "muckraker of her own hypocrisy" whose "double standards reveal her motives and those of her kind" that "[refuse] to check their facts and find out the truth" about issues before…
Wright Replacement Calls NPR 'National Publican Radio
It would be enough to make Rev. Jeremiah Wright's accusation that the government created AIDS for purposes of perpetrating a black genocide sound almost rational. OK, scratch that. Nothing will render reasonable that morsel of moonbattery. But has the Rev. Wright's replacement suggested that NPR is . . . a Republican front operation?As per this Fox News article, the theme of today's Easter…