Trump: 'What Do You Think of Water Boarding the Boston Killer

After asking the politically sensitive question Friday, "Is the Boston killer eligible for Obama Care to bring him back to health," Donald Trump continued offering his views concerning Monday's attack via Twitter moments ago. "What do you think of water boarding the Boston killer sometime prior to allowing our doctors to make him well? I suspect he may talk!"
Noel Sheppard
April 21st, 2013 6:13 PM

Meanwhile, Back in the Economy, the AP's Rugaber Spins Mediocre Jobles

On April 4, the Associated Press' Christopher Rugaber wrote: "Gone are the fears that the economy could fall into another recession." Having in effect announced the repeal of the business cycle for the foreseeable future, despite the fact that the economy's post-recession job recovery performance has been the worst since World War II by miles, it seems that Rugaber is now doing his best to…
Tom Blumer
April 21st, 2013 5:53 PM

Everyone's Liberal in Nebraska? AP Report on Keystone Pipeline Dominat

When the State Department held a hearing on the Keystone XL pipeline in Grand Island, Nebraska, the Associated Press displayed an obvious preference for one side: the pipeline-haters. They couldn't quote one Nebraska resident who might favor the job-creating project. Grant Schulte’s report was 18 paragraphs long, and most of them obsessed over what the eco-protesters wanted. The only…
Tim Graham
April 21st, 2013 5:38 PM

Sirota: Did Some Americans Want Bombers to be Muslim to Get ‘Bigoted

Salon contributor and syndicated columnist David Sirota really seems to despise many of his fellow countrymen. In a piece he published Sunday, Sirota actually asked regarding the Boston Marathon bombing, “Could it be that some Americans actually want to see the kind of bigoted, violent, civil-liberties-trampling reaction we tend to see when terrorism suspects end up being Muslim?”
Noel Sheppard
April 21st, 2013 5:20 PM

U.S. Carbon Emissions Have Dropped Thanks To Free Market Economics, Na

For about two decades now the liberal media have been blaring the warning sirens about global warming and calling for greater government regulation and taxation to stop it.  On April 18, Russell Gold of the Wall Street Journal gave readers an excellent front-page article exploring how U.S. carbon emissions have decreased in the past few years, not thanks to government action but the power of…
Matt Vespa
April 21st, 2013 3:08 PM

It's Not Just ABC and WashPost Who'll Skip Finding That Majority of Wo

On April 18, a new Washington Post/ABC News poll that showed 51% of Americans feel that guns in the home make it safer, compared to 29% who think otherwise. More telling is that fact that 51% of white middle class women agree with the sentiment about firearms making homes safer.  Additionally, a Nexis search detailed that ABC News has yet to report this poll, and, with the exception of the Fix…
Matt Vespa
April 21st, 2013 2:53 PM

Lesley Stahl: ‘We're All Going To End Up Wearing Burqas

CBS’s Lesley Stahl made a comment Sunday that in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing might give many Americans chills. During a discussion about that horrific event on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Stahl said, “We're all going to end up wearing burqas” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
April 21st, 2013 2:52 PM

Liberal Columnist Cautions: Too Soon to Say Islamic Extremism Motivate

In a column published Friday, Megan Garber, a staff writer at “The Atlantic” proffers some sage advice to members of the media: Stop pinning labels on people whose names end up in the headlines because of dastardly deeds. The title of piece — “The Boston Bombers Were Muslim: So?” — is meant as an admonition. And so are the opening paragraphs, which catalog all the things “we think we” know…
Howard Portnoy
April 21st, 2013 2:28 PM

Bill Clinton: Gay Marriage Foes Act 'For Their Own Identity, Not Out o

Former President Bill Clinton made a comment Saturday evening guaranteed to raise some eyebrows. During his acceptance speech for the Advocate for Change Award at the 24th annual Los Angeles dinner of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Clinton said, “People who oppose equal rights for gays in the marriage sphere are basically acting out of concerns for their own identity not…
Noel Sheppard
April 21st, 2013 12:55 PM

Boston Mayor and U.S. Establishment Press Ignoring Marathon Bombing 'S

An unbylined Associated Press report (graphic saved here) appearing at ABC News (time-stamped 9:51 a.m. at the AP's main national site; graphic saved here) reports that Boston Mayor Tom Menino appeared on ABC's "This Week" and said, in the AP's words, that "the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing acted alone." The brief AP report's third paragraph then has Menino saying, again in AP's…
Tom Blumer
April 21st, 2013 12:21 PM

'60 Minutes' and '48 Hours' Twitter Accounts Hacked, Sent Anti-Obama M

The Twitter accounts of CBS's 60 Minutes and 48 Hours have been hacked and suspended. According to the Hollywood Reporter, before the suspension, anti-Obama messages were sent:
Noel Sheppard
April 21st, 2013 11:52 AM

FCC Blesses Red Sox Slugger's F-Bomb During Pre-Game Tribute to Boston

During an emotional pre-game tribute to the fallen and the heroes of the Boston Marathon bombings Saturday, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz dropped an f-bomb in front of the Fenway crowd. The FCC quickly voiced its approval Saturday via Twitter:
Noel Sheppard
April 21st, 2013 10:55 AM

Americans Avoided MSNBC During Busy Horrific News Week

For years, NewsBusters has argued that MSNBC is not a news network. Americans appear to agree, for last week as our nation was rocked by bombings in Boston and a fertilizer plant explosion near Waco, Texas, relatively few citizens turned to MSNBC for information about these horrific events.
Noel Sheppard
April 21st, 2013 10:28 AM

MSNBC Guest: Tsarnaevs' Chechen Background Had 'Nothing To Do' With Bo

You think Tamerlan and Dzokhar Tsarnaev's roots in Chechnya—which has produced radical Islamist terrorists responsible for some of the bloodiest attacks of modern times—might have something to do with the brothers having carried out the Boston Marathon bombing?  Don't be foolish. Nope. Where the Tsarnaevs came from had "nothing to do" with the bombings.  These were just two guys who were…
Mark Finkelstein
April 21st, 2013 9:39 AM