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Ana Marie Cox: 'I Know Mitt Romney Is Not Himself Christian
UPDATE: Video here.Ana Marie Cox: not just a snarky ex-blogger turned Time editor anymore -- now a theologian who has pronounced Mitt Romney not a Christian.The former Wonkette is all over MSNBC today. Early today on "Morning Joe," Cox cattily swiped at Katie Couric, surmising that the CBS Evening News anchor was traveling to the Middle East because she needed rugs. She has since claimed to have…
David Shuster: Larry Craig a 'Moral Insult' to Katrina Victims
On the Wednesday night edition of MSNBC's "Hardball" Chris Matthews and David Shuster continued to use the Larry Craig scandal to bury the GOP and while Matthews declared "the downfall of" Bush's party was "driven by every movement of the body politic" it was his colleague Shuster who outdid him when, after running down a litany of GOP troubles ranging from Craig to the resignation of Alberto…
BBC Contributor 'Will Dance With Delight' Should Iran Nuke Israel
Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs has an item today about an Arabic newspaper editor pronouncing his plans to dance in London's Trafalgar Square should Iran ever use a nuclear weapon on Israel:Abd Al-Bari Atwan, editor-in-chief of the UK-based Arabic daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi, told a Lebanese TV interviewer he will dance in Trafalgar Square when Iran nukes Israel.Bari Atwan is also a…
Knight Column: New Study Exposes Anti-gun Bias in Media
On Tuesday, Jesse Jackson, the Brady bunch -- not the TV folk but the anti-gun lobby -- and other liberal activists rallied against “the national scourge of illegal guns” in cities around the nation. The networks ignored the event, probably because turnout was so embarrassingly low. The Chicago Tribune reported that “about 200” piled out of three buses in Lake Barrington, Illinois, the Chicago-…
Media Wrong on Census Uninsured Data by 10 Million People
The media spun the report by the U.S. Census Bureau yesterday to show that although poverty numbers were lower, the number of Americans without health insurance was increasing. But they didn’t even get that right.“There's news on the economy tonight,” said NBC News anchor Brian Williams. “The percentage of Americans living in poverty dropped a bit last year to 12.3 percent from 12.6 percent of…
Networks: Bashing Airlines Is Just the Ticket
According to the networks, the skies have been unfriendly to fly this summer and the airlines are to blame.Journalists have been quick to point the finger at business when the problems can easily be pegged to an outmoded computer system – owned and operated by the U.S. government.“One of the knocks on JetBlue following this Valentine’s Day situation was that the airline had grown too big too fast…
FEC Slaps Soros Group for Campaign Finance Abuses; Will Media Care
Leftist uber-funder George Soros's group America Coming Together has been slapped with a $775,000 fine by the Federal Election Commission - the third largest fine in FEC history, but really only a minor fine considering the crime.According to the FEC, ACT used tens of millions of dollars of unregulated cash to boost Democratic candidates during the 2004 elections. The Politico reports that,…
Edwards Cuba Stumble Receives Meager Media Attention
Earlier this month, ABC News's Rick Klein reported on the network's "Political Radar" Web site:When an Iowa resident asked former senator John Edwards Thursday whether the United States should follow the Cuban healthcare model, the 2004 vice presidential contender deflected the question by saying he didn't know enough to answer the question.
Bozell Column: Democrats Win Morning Show Primary
Watching network morning show anchors interview the Democratic presidential candidates often makes you wonder if you’ve seen tougher interviews on overnight acne-care infomercials. Their questions are often so simple and promotional that you wish they’d just go ahead and wear their "Hillary!" or "Obama ‘08" buttons on the set. There is no pretense of political balance. They are actively rooting…
Media Still Using Wrong Number for Uninsured
New Census data shows increase in uninsured, yet no distinction made between Americans and non-citizens.
Less Than Half of Published Scientists Endorse Global Warming Theory
Consensus? What consensus? A new survey about to be published by the journal Energy and Environment finds that less than 50 percent of the scientific papers written about climate change since 2004 have endorsed the view that man's activities are causing global warming. Think Katie, Charlie, and Brian will be discussing this tonight? As reported by DailyTech Wednesday (emphasis added…
The 'Petraeus Report' Myth
Democrats in and out of the media are crying foul over what they see as a nefarious Bush White House plot to artificially bump up its standing by rewriting a report from general David Petraeus on the state of things in Iraq. Trouble is, the administration is required by law to write it:In the past few weeks we've heard that the White House won't let Petraeus speak. Then we've heard that he'll…