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NBC’s Thompson: Let Them Eat Wind or Solar Power
Global warming alarmist Anne Thompson has shown a propensity for having little regard for economic reality. Thompson offered viewers on the February 21 broadcast of the "NBC Nightly News" a variety of reasons why building a badly-needed coal-fired power plant in an isolated part of Nevada is a bad idea. "Critics say emissions are exactly the issue, because coal-fired power is the nation's…
'Nightly News' Rails Against Coal Over Climate Change -- Again
NBC airs one-sided segment against a new coal-fired plant, which would bring jobs to a beleaguered Nevada economy.
Times Hit Piece Dying on Media Vine
The fallout continues from yesterday's New York Times hit piece on John McCain. The paper itself doesn't seem eager to put up a fight as network news broadcasts, liberal bloggers, journalism professors, and the general public are questioning the Times's journalistic standards. Yesterday's inflammatory story, which used anonymous sources to forward nine-year-old allegations from his first…
CBS’s Smith Seeking Democratic Party Unity for General Election
On Friday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith interviewed Hillary Clinton and wondered if she would step aside for the good of the Democratic Party: "More important for you to be elected, or for a Democrat to be in the White House a year from now?" Smith began the interview by asking Clinton: "And you stopped, you paused, you drew a breath, and you said you were honored to be there with…
Chris Wallace Thinks NYT’s Hit Piece Could Help McCain
Count Fox News's Chris Wallace in the group that believes the New York Times recent hit piece about John McCain might end up helping the GOP presidential candidate woo disgruntled conservatives in time for this November's elections. Wouldn't it be just exquisitely delicious irony if it turned out the Times spent 3,000 words to diminish McCain's candidacy only to end up furthering it?…
ABC's Pro-Obama David Wright Wildly Distorts Hillary
On Friday, ABC correspondent David Wright continued to make it clear that his affection lies with Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton. Covering Thursday's Democratic debate for "Good Morning America," Wright slammed the New York senator for "an absolute clunker of an attack line." And, at one point, the journalist completely misstated a comment by Clinton about American military troops. Discussing…
CNN’s King Asks Conservative Issue Questions at Democratic Debate
During Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate on CNN, Senators Clinton and Obama actually face two question that reflected a conservative agenda. CNN’s John King asked the candidates about the border fence and the surge in Iraq, topics that are not usually highlighted by the mainstream media. King, during a portion of the debate concerning illegal immigration about a half hour into the 8…
Newsweek Notes Frost in the Air on McCain's Campaign Plane
You tell me that you need me Then you go and cut me down, but wait You tell me that you're sorry Didn't think I'd turn around, and say... It's too late to apologize, it's too late I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late I don't know about you, but the lyrics for "Apologize" by OneRepublic came to mind as I read this item from Newsweek.com about a new chill in the air separating the…
Obama Spokesman: Government Mandates Don't Work
Co-chairman of liberal presidential candidate's campaign admits government-mandated health care just isn't feasible.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Issues Non-Apology Apology to Blogger
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has issued a non-apology apology to blogger Charles Johnson for an article in which a reporter inaccurately and unfairly attributed remarks in a blog comment thread to Johnson himself. Writing at Little Green Footballs, Johnson quotes an e-mail from a Post-Dispatch editor. The editor was informing Johnson of a correction to run in the paper, but closed with a non-…
McCain Camp Using Times Attack to Raise Funds
Having failed to stop the paper from running its poorly sourced attack on him, the McCain campaign is now hitting back by counterattacking in a fundraising appeal to donors to help "fight back" the New York Times.This is, as AllahPundit notes, a very audacious move considering that McCain spent the better part of the last 10 years or so trying to curry favor with the Times. Has McCain learned his…
Obama: Xerox. Hillary: Memorex
It's not a very long run. It'll be over by February 5th. -- Hillary Clinton, 'This Week,' Dec. 30, 2007.That was Hillary less than two months ago. Here she was on this morning's Today.MEREDITH VIEIRA: So no matter what happens in Texas and Ohio, you will go on.HILLARY CLINTON: Well Meredith, I don't make predictions. I never have, I never will. I just get up every day and, you know, do the…