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Salon: Evangelical Promotion of Virginity Has 'Nothing to Do With Sex'
Salon.com enlightens America that when evangelicals scare teenagers into keeping their virginity, it has nothing to do with sex. It's about allowing the Christian right to maintain their grip on political power. They have a knack of tying every conservative or Christian movement back to white men and anti-communism -- even though sexual purity of the young is a cause that transcends racial and…
At AP, Too-Convenient Mislabeling Hides Steep Wholesale Sales Decline
Martin Crutsinger has been a business and economics writer at the Associated Press for over three decades. Certain people in high places apparently hold him in high regard. In early 2014, on his 30th anniversary with the wire service, he is said to have received congratulatory letters from soon-to-be Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, soon-to-be-former chair Ben Bernanke and Obama administration…
Nets Too Busy Hyping Parade to Notice Obama Admin. Defying Court
On Friday, ABC, CBS, and NBC's evening newscasts all ignored how the Obama administration issued the latest version of its abortifacient/contraception mandate under ObamaCare, which ignores multiple court rulings against it – including the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling in 2014 – and again tries to force religious non-profits to fund drugs that they consider to be immoral. Instead, the Big…
Ted Cruz Team: 'New York Times Is Lying' About His Book Sales
While liberals bray about how Donald Trump’s brand is unraveling, the phrase “New York Times best-seller” ought to be the unraveling brand. Dylan Byers at Politico reports the Ted Cruz campaign and Harper Collins are challenging the strange denial of best-seller status for the new Cruz campaign book A Time for Truth.
The point here is when you have a "Best Sellers list" many apparently silly…
AP Blames Congress, Not Obama, For OPM Data Breach
Of all the media memes ever attempted, the one blaming Republicans for the fact that now-resigned Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Aruchleta was confirmed is high on the list of the most ridiculous ever. A reasonably close runnerup is the idea that Congress failed "to adequately fund OPM."
Matt Balan at NewsBusters covered CNN's ridiculous tweeted claim that "Republicans…
Politico Op-Ed: America Would Be 'Less Violent' Without The South
Michael Lind, contributing editor to Politico and Salon columnist, had a very interesting way of showing his independence week patriotism this year- by dreaming about how great America would be without the south.
'When Will the Catholic Church Stop Firing Gays?' Daily Beast Whines
"Far from becoming more open, the Catholic Church is doubling down on its homophobia," groused the liberal website Daily Beast.
On Twitter, CNN Blames GOP for Disgraced Former OPM Director
CNN Politics's Twitter account on Friday pointed the finger at congressional Republicans over the now-former director of the Office of Personnel Management's responsibility for the massive hacking there that compromised the personal data of over 22 million people. A post hyped that "Republicans acknowledge to [correspondent] @evanperez they didn't properly vet [Katherine] Archuleta's…
A Pleasant Surprise! ABC Shocks with Fair Pro-Life Coverage
Get this! Pro-choice and pro-life activists agree on something: the tactics and messaging of the pro-life movement are better than they ever were. And the battle is on.
Here’s another shocker. ABC Nightline devoted a 10-minute segment of fairly objective journalism to “what the pro-life movement looks like at its strongest in the United States today.”
Pundit: GOP Base Broadcasts an ‘Ignorant, Garbled Howl’
The late NFL head coach George Allen had a favorite saying: “The future is now.” Conversely, The Week's Linker believes the Republican party’s future “will be delayed so long as [its] candidates remain beholden to voters who view politics primarily as a megaphone for broadcasting an ignorant, garbled howl of anger, fear, alienation, and resentment.”
In a Friday piece, Linker remarked that…
MSNBC Provides Extensive Live Coverage of Flag Pole Removal
Hours after the Confederate flag was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina state house Friday morning, MSNBC interrupted its regular 2 p.m. ET hour programming to bring viewers “breaking news” coverage of the pole that held that flag also being removed. Correspondent Craig Melvin narrated: “We do not know precisely how long the process itself is going to take, nor do we know what’s going…
MSNBC Guest: Flag Removal ‘Beginning of the End of the Civil War’
On July 10, following the removal of the Confederate battle flag from Capitol grounds in South Carolina, a panel discussed the historic event on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports. Guest host Craig Melvin brought Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson to the program. He asked the author to put the removal of the flag into “historical perspective.” Wilkerson remarked that we are “witnessing…
Avengers Director Joss Whedon: 'Rich, White People are F---ing Insane'
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Avengers director Joss Whedon surprised Comic-Con attendees at a discussion of Comedy Central’s show Another Period.
While talking about the show on July 9, Whedon praised the show saying,“It makes us laugh but it makes us think and it reminds us of the universal truth: that rich, white people are f---ing insane.”
New York Times Puts Front-Page Pressure on GOP to Dump Trump
Friday's front-page New York Times "news analysis" reveled in the alleged difficulties posed to the Republican Party by real-estate mogul and presidential hopeful Donald Trump, under fire for controversial statements about illegal immigrants from Mexico. A Times triumvirate of reporters held the party's feet to the fire and found an age/racial angle to boot ("aging, anxious white voters"), while…