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Maddow at Most Delusional - Claims 'Vast Majority' of Illegals Floodin
Not sure which is sadder -- that Rachel Maddow actually believes this, or that she knows it's not true and says it anyway.
A sure sign that Maddow is on thin ice is when she makes a dubious claim without attribution. She did this on her MSNBC show Monday night while trotting out a deceptive euphemism to hide what she was actually saying. (Video after the jump)
July 23rd, 2014 9:01 PM
Turnaround: After First Mocking Concerns as Prejudice, NYT Takes Islam
New York Times international reporter Katrin Bennhold followed up her previous whitewashed story on Islamic extremism in schools in England with an update headlined "Report Cites ‘Aggressive’ Islamic Push in British City's Schools," which thankfully lacked the tone of mockery that marred her first report.
In June, Bennhold tried to make the UK government investigation sound ludicrous and…
July 23rd, 2014 6:15 PM
Citing Anti-Gun Climate, Beretta USA Leaves Md..; WashPost Fails to Se
Yesterday Accokeek, Md.-based firearms manufacturer Beretta USA announced that it would shut down its plant in Maryland and move all manufacturing operations to Gallatin, Tennessee. Beretta cited the state's hostile anti-gun politics as a reason for the move, although the Italian company will keep its white-collar executive jobs in the Old Line State.
This is a gubernatorial election year in…
July 23rd, 2014 5:50 PM
Chris Hayes Gives Rula Jebreal Platform To Spew False Talking Points
Rather than dismissing Rula Jebreal’s laughable claim that American media is “disgustingly biased” in favor of Israel, on the July 22 edition of All In, host Chris Hayes was determined to prove to his guest that MSNBC is “doing a good job” being more impartial in the current Gaza conflict.
In Hayes’s eyes, “doing a good job” meant ensuring that “Israelis are losing the media war for the…
July 23rd, 2014 5:35 PM
Press Ignores General Amos's Criticism of U.S.'s Poor 'Leadership' and
It has been eight days since Marine Corps Commandant and Joint Chiefs of Staff member General James Amos spoke out against the current lack-of-leadership climate in Washington.
Specifically, in a question-and-answer session at the Brookings Institution on July 15 (PDF transcript here), Amos noted how badly the situation in Iraq has deteriorated since U.S. troops' departure in 2010, and…
July 23rd, 2014 5:19 PM
Pro-Palestine MSNBC Guest: Israeli Spokespeople ‘Blame Victims For T
Following an antagonistic interview with Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman Mark Regev, MSNBC’s Joy Reid brought pro-Palestinian guest on to her July 23 Reid Report program for his reaction. Reid lobbed a few softballs and let Yousef Munayyer – executive director of the Jerusalem Fund and Palestine Center – direct cheap shot after cheap shot at Israel, irrespective of the facts.
But what really…
July 23rd, 2014 5:05 PM
'New Yorker' Editor Compares Vladimir Putin to Glenn Beck on 'Andrea M
MSNBC is nothing if not consistent. On the July 23 edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports, the NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent invited David Remnick of The New Yorker on to discuss Putin and his propaganda machine.
Much to Mitchell’s delight, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist did so by comparing ruthless authoritarian Vladimir Putin to none other than the popular conservative…
July 23rd, 2014 4:45 PM
Media’s New NFL ‘Anti-Gay’ Target After Dungy: David Tyree
It’s open season. Since the media attacked former NFL coach and NBC sports analyst Tony Dungy for saying he wouldn’t have picked openly gay player Michael Sam during the draft, the sports media now has its pitchforks and torches out for anyone in the NFL guilty of thought crimes. ESPN and CBS are going after David Tyree, a former New York Giants wide receiver (who’s miraculous “helmet catch”…
July 23rd, 2014 3:50 PM
NBC: Brooklyn Bridge 'Embarrassment' Occurred While NYC Mayor Was on E
While all three network morning shows on Wednesday covered the American flags on top of the Brooklyn Bridge being bleached white by unknown vandals, only NBC's Today mentioned that the incident occurred while left-wing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was on vacation: "This embarrassment for the city comes while its mayor, Bill de Blasio, vacations in Europe, which itself has brought…
July 23rd, 2014 3:23 PM
Media Hail Canadian Teen That Protested Abstinence Sex Ed
Editor’s note: this article quotes angry feminists. Thus it contains objectionable language.
Imagine the horror of being told – by someone you suspect is a Christian – that not having sex is the only fool-proof method of birth control! Chilling, isn’t it?
July 23rd, 2014 2:14 PM
MSNBC Panelist In Response to ObamaCare Rulings: ‘Judicial Activism
The MSNBC freak-out continued following the surprising split rulings regarding the federal ObamaCare health insurance exchanges. The 2-1 DC circuit court decision determined that, consistent with the text in the law, subsidies must come from state insurance exchanges as opposed to federal ones. The panel was appalled that the court could possibly come to such a conclusion, while at the same…
July 23rd, 2014 1:30 PM
ABC, NBC Ignore Obama’s West Coast Fundraising Trip Amid Turmoil in
ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today continued to ignore President Obama’s fundraising trips across the country Wednesday morning as he spent Tuesday raising money for Democrats in California and Washington state. While CBS This Morning did mention that Obama was on the West Coast for fundraisers and that it has drawn criticism from Republicans, it lasted for only 27 seconds.
Among the…
July 23rd, 2014 1:15 PM
Malkin Column | The Left's Dark Money Managers: Meet Philip Gara LaMar
Philip Gara LaMarche is a secretive political operative who funnels billions of dollars from undisclosed donors to nonprofits and astroturf groups. But you won't hear unhinged Harry Reid railing Queegishly about him on the Senate floor. Why?
Here's why: LaMarche is a militant leftist philanthropist. He's a protected elite — Columbia University grad, former ACLU leader and Human Rights Watch…
July 23rd, 2014 1:01 PM
Planned Parenthood Employee Suggests Teens Pretend to be Babies During
Planned Parenthood might champion the destruction of babies in the womb, but the sometimes the abortion giant finds babies a real turn-on.
In a push to defund Planned Parenthood, pro-life group Live Action released a third video on July 23 showing a Planned Parenthood “counselor” telling a Live Action investigator (posing as a 15-year-old) that “it’s common to experiment with different…
July 23rd, 2014 1:01 PM