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AP: FRC Shooter Sentenced to 25 Years; No Mention Corkins Admitted Ins
Floyd Lee Corkins, the "man who planned a mass shooting at a conservative Christian lobbying group’s Washington headquarters in 2012 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the failed plot," the Associated Press reported shortly before noon Eastern Thursday. Yet nowhere in their four-paragraph story -- accessed here at WashingtonPost.com -- did the news wire note that Corkins admitted he…
September 19th, 2013 12:19 PM
ABC Creating Comedy About 'The Silver Lining of Divorce
Have you ever pondered the irony of liberal media advocating same-sex marriage as they celebrate broken ones?
Consider the case of ABC which has just purchased the rights to a new sitcom that according to Deadline is about "the silver lining of divorce":
September 19th, 2013 12:09 PM
WashPost Offers Positive Story on 'Hero' That Foiled Leftist Shooter a
Foiled shooter Floyd Corkins is being sentenced on Thursday for his attempted mass shooting at the conservative Family Research Council on August 15, 2012. On the front of Thursday's Metro section, Washington Post reporter Ann E. Marimow offered a positive story on security guard Leonardo Johnson, who was shot in the arm as he prevented Corkins from his murderous plot.
"I want to look in his…
September 19th, 2013 11:26 AM
NBC Nudges D.C. Police Chief to Push for Gun Control
After framing a doctor's plea to end gun violence as a push for gun control earlier this week, NBC's Today teed up D.C.'s police chief to defend the city's strict gun regulations and slap gun "loopholes."
In a segment on the Navy Yard shooter, correspondent Jeff Rossen transitioned into gun control. "You have fought hard for gun control. Yet here is somebody who is clearly mentally disturbed…
September 19th, 2013 11:16 AM
IRS Documents Reveal Agency Flagged Groups for 'Anti-Obama Rhetoric
ABC, CBS and NBC have so far refused to report the latest bombshell in the IRS scandal - a newly released list from the agency that showed it flagged political groups for “anti-Obama rhetoric.” On September 18 the USA Today, in a front page story, reported the following: “Newly uncovered IRS documents show the agency flagged political groups based on the content of their literature, raising…
September 19th, 2013 10:55 AM
How Did Starbucks 'Walk a Fine Line' on Gun Owners
Starbucks Coffee is now living up to its effete liberal image by telling customers that they shouldn't carry guns in their stores (or the outdoor seating areas around their stores). But The Washington Post headline on an AP dispatch Thursday was "Starbucks walks a fine line over gun issue."
AP found them walking away from becoming an "unwitting supporter of gun rights." Chief executive…
September 19th, 2013 10:30 AM
Politico Gushes Over Obama’s ‘Dazzling’ Smile, Blasts ‘Extreme
In an effort to report on the popularity and status of President Barack Obama now that he's well into his second term in the White House, Politico website writers Todd S. Purdum and John F. Harris posted two articles on Wednesday. The first is entitled “What's wrong with President Obama?” and the second missive is called “And what's right with President Obama?”
The second article claims that…
September 19th, 2013 9:37 AM
Nicolle Wallace: Republicans Trying To Defund ObamaCare Like Two-year
A Morning Joe kind of Republican? With Joe Scarborough absent today, was Nicolle Wallace assuming the role of the Republican who gets more satisfaction from ripping fellow members of her party than in criticizing Democrats?
Wallace mocked congressional Republicans who are trying to defund ObamaCare, analogizing them to two-year olds on scooters racing into traffic against a red light. She…
September 19th, 2013 7:58 AM
WashPost Locates 'Eminent Criminologist' to Assert Media Boredom With
In Thursday's paper, Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi noticed the media have a shorter “attention span” on the Navy Yard shootings – mentioning how ABC seemed more interested in Britney Spears performing in Vegas.
But when it came to reasons for the media’s “ennui,” Farhi didn’t list faded Democratic hopes for gun control, the lack of an obvious political motive, or the vague sense…
September 19th, 2013 7:35 AM
AP's Claimed 'Correction' of Error on Use of AR-15 in Navy Yard Murder
With the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, it's always a good idea to verify whether a claimed correction has truly taken effect.
In the case of the wire service's claim, relayed by Paige Lavender at the Huffington Post, that Aaron Alexis used an AR-15 in the Navy Yard murders yesterday, it hasn't really happened. Lavender's relay claiming AP's correction and containing some…
September 18th, 2013 11:40 PM
Daily Beast Contributor Worries Lame Joke by Cuccinelli Supporter Beco
A lame ethnic joke made by a Cuccinelli supporter at a campaign rally could be the Virginia attorney general's "macaca" moment. At least that's the concern-trolling pablum that former George H.W. Bush opposition research counsel Lloyd Green published on Wednesday at The Daily Beast.
Daily Beast editors, doubtless no fans of the conservative Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate,…
September 18th, 2013 6:53 PM
MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe: Joe Scarborough, Steve Schmidt and Michael S
There was an interesting debate on Newsmax TV Tuesday between host Steve Malzberg and MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe.
In it, the latter claimed that on his network, Joe Scarborough, former John McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt, and former RNC chairman Michael Steele represent – wait for it! – conservative views (video follows with transcript and commentary):
September 18th, 2013 6:31 PM
MSNBC's Ed Schultz Compares Obama to George Patton, GOPers to Nazi Gen
Are film references a prerequisite for a 5pm show on MSNBC? Ed Schultz, who took over for movie-mad Chris Matthews, on Wednesday compared Barack Obama to George C. Scott's portrayal of General Patton. Schultz attacked House Republicans for disparaging ObamaCare and not allowing supporters of the President's health care reform to testify. The anchor salivated, "Can we say that President Obama…
September 18th, 2013 6:07 PM
CBS's Mark Knoller Tweets Obama's 2006 Quotes Opposing Raising the Deb
At the Associated Press, aka the Admininstration's Press, reporter Jim Kuhnhenn predictably and dutifully reported that President Barack Obama "reiterated his vow not to negotiate with Republicans over raising the borrowing limit."
As usual, the AP and Kuhnhenn didn't look back at how U.S. Senator Barack Obama's debt-ceiling posture in 2006 sharply differed. Today, Mark Knoller at CBS New,…
September 18th, 2013 5:51 PM