AP Excerpts LA Times Editorial on Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Leaves Tea

In a roundup of editorial commentary published on Wednesday, the Associated Press excerpted an editorial at the Los Angeles Times condemning the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal, which has thus far led to 35 arrests, including that the of the district's former superintendent. "Somehow," the excerpt omitted the specifics of the excuse-making on the part of the American Federation of…
Tom Blumer
April 8th, 2013 7:14 AM

Sarah Palin on Harris-Perry's 'Kids Belong to Their Communities' Comme

On Thursday, NewsBusters exposed Melissa Harris-Perry saying in an MSNBC "Lean Forward" ad, "We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to their communities." Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin tweeted her displeasure about this remark Saturday:
Noel Sheppard
April 7th, 2013 8:20 PM

Katty Kay: Marriage Is 'Old Fashioned' If You Want to Have Kids

There's been a lot of discussion lately about women balancing their careers with marriage and family. On the syndicated Chris Matthews Show this weekend, the BBC's Katty Kay said, "My advice would have been to younger women to focus more on when you have children rather than saying you have to find a husband when you're in university...The marriage component of it to me feels like a fairly…
Noel Sheppard
April 7th, 2013 6:30 PM

Politico's Roger Simon: 'How Good a Job Did Hillary Clinton Really Do

As the media predictably gush and fawn over the thought of Hillary Clinton as president, there's something extremely obvious they've been missing. Rather surprisingly, Roger Simon, the perilously liberal chief political columnist at Politico, asked the $64 million question on CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday, "How good a job did she really do as Secretary of State?" (video follows with…
Noel Sheppard
April 7th, 2013 5:17 PM

First Hayes 'All In' Ratings, CNN 'The Point' Ratings Stink

As the ratings for Fox News shows continue a grip on the top 13 or so shows on cable news (including the 11pm "O'Reilly Factor" repeat), Dominic Patten at Deadline Hollywood reported that MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes” at 8 pm and CNN’s tryout of “The Point” (a ripoff of “The Five”) at 10 pm were not impressive. “With a four-day average of 684,000 viewers and 199,000 in the demo, All In…
Tim Graham
April 7th, 2013 4:31 PM

'Face the Nation' Completely Ignores Friday's Lousy Jobs Report

As NewsBusters has been reporting, the Sunday political talk shows didn't seem very interested in the lousy jobs numbers that were released by the Labor Department last Friday. By far the worst performance in this regard was turned in by CBS's Face the Nation which didn't utter one single word about the issue throughout the course of the entire one hour broadcast.
Noel Sheppard
April 7th, 2013 3:58 PM

Si Se Puede! WashPost Hails 'Fresh Wave of Optimism' to Boost Amnesty

It sounded like 2006 all over again: liberals and leftists plan a rally for illegal immigrants gaining an amnesty, and The Washington Post applies the usual liberal formula of pre-protest buildup: it’s going to be massive! And no one who’s organizing this is a liberal! If the protests are large – and they were in 2006 – some credit should go to the free advertising the Post gives in advance…
Tim Graham
April 7th, 2013 3:38 PM

Stephanopoulos Doesn't Ask Obama Senior Adviser Anything About Jobs or

There was a lousy jobs report from the Labor Department last Friday that has led some people to fear the already soft economic recovery might be slowing down. Despite this, ABC's George Stephanopoulos, during a lengthy This Week interview with Barack Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer Sunday, didn't ask one single question about that report or the state of the economy.
Noel Sheppard
April 7th, 2013 3:14 PM

CNBC’s Jim Cramer: Obama’s Sequester Fearmongering Caused Hiring S

CNBC’s Jim Cramer made a statement on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday that likely shocked the host as well as the other liberal media members involved in the discussion. After David Gregory mentioned Friday’s lousy unemployment report, Cramer said, “This is stunning. Stunning. And I think a lot of it had to do with fearmongering” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
April 7th, 2013 2:04 PM

Politico's Tau Pretends Big Labor 'Targets' Obama, When It Just Doesn

I guess Byron Tau thought he had to make it look like Big Labor is really, really mad at President Barack Obama and the White House so he could make Obama look like he's a moderate on economic and fiscal issues. Thus his Sunday morning post's headline: "Labor targets Obama over proposed benefit cuts." Of course, they aren't "cuts" at all, though they are being portrayed as such. All Obama has…
Tom Blumer
April 7th, 2013 12:56 PM

Arianna Huffington: Hillary Clinton Is ‘Sending a Bad Message to Wom

The liberal media have been gushing and fawning for weeks about Hillary Clinton beginning her obvious campaign for president. Don’t count Arianna Huffington among them, for on ABC’s This Week Sunday, the founder of the Huffington Post actually said that Clinton not taking some time off to recharge herself is “sending a bad message to women that the only way to succeed, the only way to run is…
Noel Sheppard
April 7th, 2013 12:39 PM

Joe Klein: Gun Advocates Feed People ‘Anti-American’ ‘Crap

TIME's Joe Klein went on another anti-gun rant this weekend. On the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, he said the desire to own a semi-automatic weapon "because the government in Washington is about to oppress us...is paranoia that these groups like the NRA, the Gun Owners of America, they feed this crap and it really is anti-American" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
April 7th, 2013 11:29 AM

Not True: AP Claims Workforce Participation Rate 'Has Been Falling Ste

The disgraceful lengths to which writers in the establishment press will rewrite history to paper over the economy's awful performance during the past five years is perfectly illustrated in one paragraph found in an otherwise decent Associated Press "Big Story" report ("Dropouts: Discouraged Americans leave labor force") Saturday evening by Paul Wiseman and Jesse Washington, with help from…
Tom Blumer
April 7th, 2013 11:20 AM

WashPost Page One 'Scoop': How Democrats Hope to Unseat Tea Party GOP

Here's today's sign the Washington Post is a Democrat rag. This story is on A-4: "Health-care law may backfire for some on Medicaid: Expansion threatens to oust thousands in states with generous programs." This story is on A-1: "Democrats seek infusion of new faces." Paul Kane's front-pager passed along the DCCC's new strategy of finding "problem solvers" that...don't know how to solve…
Tim Graham
April 7th, 2013 9:17 AM