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ABC Admits Hillary Has Had 'Way Too Favorable' Press
According to ABC reporter Cokie Roberts, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has "had way too favorable press at this point in the season." Appearing on Friday's "Good Morning America" to discuss whether Clinton is now playing the "gender card" in the '08 race, Roberts asserted that, as a result of this popular coverage, the media is now "going after her."Video (0:32): Real (893 kB…
A Hillary Clinton-Big Pharma Connection the Media Won't Attack
Author and political reporter Timothy Carney has an interesting item this morning in the Washington Examiner about how Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) practically gets campaign contribution kickbacks from her support for subsidies to the drug industry for the so-called emergency contraceptive pill Plan B. Emphasis mine. (h/t James Joyner):Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., portrays herself as a scourge…
Lauer Begs Barack to Say Economy's Headed to Recession
Talk about talking down the economy! No fewer than three times today, Matt Lauer invited Barack Obama to declare that the U.S. economy is headed into recession. At the end of a "Today" interview that focused largely on Hillary-related issues and Iran, Lauer turned to the economy and pressed Obama to predict the worst.View video here.
Eight 9-11 Hijackers Were Registered to Vote: Will MSM 'Drive' Story
The fact has been out there for some time, but never garnered much media attention. Now, in the context of the current debate over the granting of driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, will there be renewed focus on this chilling reality? Could this be the factoid that changes a presidential election? As John Fund wrote in his Wall Street Journal column today and discussed during his "…
NPR 'Car Talk' Hosts Lobby with Ed Markey for Higher CAFE Standards
National Public Radio’s "Car Talk" program is a popular weekend show, as Tom and Ray Magliozzi (or "Click and Clack") trade light banter over what can go wrong with your Chevy. But even the "Car Talk" guys are acting out as liberal activists. In a letter to the House Select Committee on Global Warming, the NPR hosts gleefully sign up as part of the "barrage of lobbying" around higher fuel-economy…
NewsBusted Comedy Webcast, Episode
It's Friday which means another episode of our political comedy show "NewsBusted" has arrived! Topics in this episode: Hillary Clinton, Tim Robbins, and Whoopi Goldberg. Click here to see the episode archive, you can also subscribe to "NewsBusted" to be automatically notified via email whenever we post new webcasts.If you like the show, be sure to subscribe on YouTube which also allows you to…
Only ABC Reports Military's Stats on Violence Plunging in Iraq
Lt. General Raymond Ordierno on Thursday reported significant progress in reduced violence in Iraq, but of the broadcast network evening newscasts only ABC's World News bothered to cover the positive trend as anchor Charles Gibson introduced a full story on how “military officials gave one of the most upbeat assessments of the security situation in Iraq that we have heard since the opening months…
New York Times Minimizes Bomb's Role in Ending WWII
The New York Times minimizes the role of the atomic bomb - and thus the heroism of Gen. Paul Tibbets - in his obituary today.Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the commander and pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in the final days of World War II, died yesterday at his home in Columbus, Ohio. He was 92....The crews who flew the atomic strikes…
Blasphemy as 'Satire
Sarah Silverman portrays God as an arrogant, pot-smoking, foul-mouthed boyfriend she can't wait to dump.
Institutionalizing Journalistic Bias
The reporter's 'bible' decrees the use of terms that favor abortion.