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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Blames 9-11 on Ronald Reagan and Fuel Efficienc
I’m not sure what derangement syndrome Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is suffering from, but on Friday’s “Hardball,” he actually blamed the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center on President Reagan’s rollback of CAFE standards in 1986.I kid you not.To set this up, Kennedy and conservative talk show host Melanie Morgan were invited on to discuss profits that are currently being made surrounding “…
In Rare Critical Review, USA Today Addressed Flaws In Michael Moore's
Finally, a review of Michael Moore's “Sicko” that addressed the problems with his Seigfried & Roy style of filming and his one-sided view of health care systems. USA Today's review, by Richard Wolf, did not ignore the problems with US health care, but it put “Sicko's” view into perspective and notes the tricks and gimmicks he used to frame an image of a health care system that is worse than…
Swedish Scientist Accuses UN's IPCC of Falsifying Data and Destroying
If you listen to the global warming alarmists working for the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or folks like soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore, sea levels across the globe are rising at a rate that will eventually doom us all.According to Swedish paleogeophysicist Nils-Axel Mörner, who’s been studying and writing about sea levels for four decades, the scientists working for the…
‘Meet the Press’ Demonstrates How Terrible an Unbalanced Panel Can
On June 3, NBC’s “Meet the Press” marvelously demonstrated how wonderful a panel discussion can be when there are an equal number of liberal and conservative pundits present as reported by NewsBusters here.Three weeks later, host Tim Russert stocked his panel exclusively with liberals: David Broder of The Washington Post, John Harwood of The Wall Street Journal and CNBC, Gwen Ifill of PBS’…
CAIR and Al-Qaeda Connected; Does Anyone in Old Media Care
Note: Though this post is primarily about Ohio's governor speaking at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) banquet in Columbus last Sunday, it contains nationally significant info about connections between CAIR, Al Qaeda, and Hamas, and Old Media's non-coverage of those connections. ______________________________
On Friday ("Strickland-CAIR Update: Reported Strickland Staffer Response…
Lara Logan on War Coverage: ‘We’re There to be the Watchdog For Al
CNN’s Howard Kurtz invited CBS’ Lara Logan on “Reliable Sources” Sunday, and it was difficult to tell what was more disgraceful: the way that Kurtz disingenuously set up Logan to bash Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, or; Logan’s amazingly hypocritical answer regarding journalists’ role during wartime wherein she proudly stated: “We’re there to be the watchdog for all sides.”I kid you not. In fact, Logan…
FNC’s Kirsten Powers: ‘Here’s the Deal With Liberal Talk Radio
Most Fox News watchers are familiar with Kirsten Powers, the outspoken Democrat strategist and political analyst that is often a guest of Bill O’Reilly’s.On Friday, Powers sat in for Brian Kilmeade on Fox Radio’s “Brian and the Judge.” At issue was the just-released report from the Center for American Progress regarding conservative domination of AM radio. To say the least, Powers' take on this…
Liberal Radio Host Demonstrates Hypocrisy of Fairness Doctrine
An interesting debate over the recent Center for American Progress report concerning conservative dominance on the radio transpired on Thursday’s “Tucker” when the moderately conservative Michael Smerconish, acting as guest host, took on liberal radio’s Ed Schultz.The discussion ended up being a classic battle between a capitalist who believes that free market forces are determining programming…
Newsweek Writer Plays Psychologist--On GOP Only
Newsweek's
June 19 edition had an interesting web-exclusive “Mind Matters”
column by Wray Herbert called “Toothless
is Beautiful,”
which was about social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot
Aronson's new book, “Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me).” The
book and the column concerned the “psychological process known as
cognitive dissonance.” Sound like an unlikely candidate for bias?
Keep reading…