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Jeanne Shaheen's Ebola Opportunities Team
In this year's midterm elections, New Hampshire's Scott Brown is taking on the slickest Democratic politician since John Edwards.
Incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen presents herself as a regular mom who "rearranges the dishes in the dishwasher if it is packed by someone else" -- as she told The Boston Globe when she ran for governor.
October 22nd, 2014 10:16 PM
CBS, NBC Ignore Results of Michael Brown's Autopsy
On Wednesday, the results of the St. Louis County autopsy of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who died after being shot by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, were leaked to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper and largely supports Wilson’s claims that he had a physical altercation with Brown inside his police SUV.
When it came to the major broadcast networks offering any…
October 22nd, 2014 10:15 PM
FBN's Dobbs Cites MRC Study on Media 2014 Midterm Election Bias
In a commentary segment on the October 22 edition of his eponymous Fox Business Network program, Lou Dobbs cited a brand-new study by the Media Research Center contrasting the liberal network media's coverage of the 2014 midterms, which is likely to be a Republican wave election tossing Democrats out of power in the Senate, with the 2006 election, in which the media practically cheered on the…
October 22nd, 2014 9:44 PM
Uh-Oh: American Women Less Than Thrilled With New ‘View’ Cast
The Hollywood Reporter announced that despite a splashy premiere, the new crew on "The View" isn't stopping the bleeding, ratings-wise.
They may seek out a fifth, younger co-host, an idea which sources say Rosie O'Donnell hates.
October 22nd, 2014 9:24 PM
Press Covers For Crist Excuses For Florida's Jobs Freefall In His Era
At their debate Tuesday night, former Florida governor (2007-2010), former Republican (1974-2010), former independent (2010-2012) and current Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist got out the crying towel over why the Sunshine State's economy was so bad on his watch. He also refused to acknowledge that incumbent Republican Governor Rick Scott deserves any credit for the state economy's…
October 22nd, 2014 8:40 PM
CNN, HLN Dumped by Dish Network, Replaced With MSNBC
Just when the Cable News Network had actually gained ground in its ratings by picking up 555,000 viewers -- a rise of two percent -- in the third quarter of 2014, CNN has become one of the seven victims of a contract dispute between its parent company, Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting, and the Dish Network, which has 14 million subscribers.
Another news-related casualty of the dispute is HLN…
October 22nd, 2014 8:32 PM
WaPo Colleague Claims Taking Down Nixon Was Painful for Ben Bradlee
The news of Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee's passing was only hours old and the revisionism was already under way.
Appearing on last night's Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC to share his memories of Bradlee was Post columnist Eugene Robinson, who was hired at the paper by Bradlee and had known him more than 30 years.
October 22nd, 2014 8:00 PM
MSNBC Falsely Insists 'Django' Actress Arrested for Kissing Boyfriend
Last month, African-American actress Daniele Watts -- best known for her role in Django Unchained -- and her boyfriend, who happens to be white, were investigated by a Los Angeles police officer who responded to a call from a bystander filing a complaint about lewd misconduct. Ms. Watts went to the media with complaints of racial profiling and insisted she was merely making out with her boyfriend…
October 22nd, 2014 4:33 PM
Telemundo Parrots Erroneous Take on Texas Voter ID Law
With Election Day nearing, it’s unfortunate to see more media outlets across the country parroting bogus arguments against common-sense voter ID laws. A recent news brief on Noticiero Telemundo, for example, breathlessly announced that “some 600,000 Hispanics and African-Americans in Texas could lose their vote in the November elections because of a law that requires one of seven types of photo…
October 22nd, 2014 4:30 PM
CNN's Costello Gleeful As She Hypes Palin Family Brawl Audio
Carol Costello could barely contain herself on Wednesday's CNN Newsroom, as she touted the recently-released audio of Bristol Palin giving her account of a fight involving her family to the police: "Okay. I'm just going to come right out and say it. This is quite possibly the best minute and a half of audio we've ever come across – well, come across in a long time anyway."
October 22nd, 2014 3:38 PM
David Remnick: Ben Bradlee Was Not an ‘Ideological Man’
The New Yorker editor and former Washington Post reporter contends that “the most overstated notion” about the late Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee “was the idea that he was an ideological man. This was a cartoon.”
He and Post publisher Katharine Graham, though “often seen as ferociously committed liberals…were, in fact, committed to the First Amendment.”
October 22nd, 2014 1:43 PM
Little Girls Drop F-Bombs to ‘Empower’ Feminism
The feminist movement is selling something, but it isn’t feminism.
In FCKH8.com’s latest video, “Potty-Mouthed Princesses Drop F-Bombs for Feminism,” little girls between 6 and 13 years-old dressed up as pink princesses to say f*ck in the name of feminism. One girl questioned, “What is more offensive? A little girl saying f*ck or the f*cking on equal and sexist way society treats girls and…
October 22nd, 2014 1:06 PM
NYT Roots for Backlash vs. GOP's 'Harsh...Hardliners' on Illegals
New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters on Tuesday all but rooted for a backlash against the GOP's "harsh" "hardliners," and for the party to take a more "charitable" view of illegal immigration -- once the Republicans make their expected gains in the upcoming Congressional elections.
October 22nd, 2014 12:45 PM
O'Reilly on 'Today': Obama Administration 'Blew It' on Ebola Response
On Wednesday, Today co-host Matt Lauer began an interview with Bill O'Reilly by citing liberal New York Times columnist Frank Bruni actually criticizing the Obama administration's handling of the Ebola crisis: "One dimension of the disease's toll is clear. It's ravaging Americans' already tenuous faith in the competence of our government and its bureaucracies."
O'Reilly agreed with Bruni's "…
October 22nd, 2014 12:19 PM