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Rep. Ellison Calls Hannity 'Worst Excuse For a Journalist I've Ever Se
UPDATE: Hannity issues comment at end of post.
Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) had an amazingly heated discussion with Fox News's Sean Hannity Tuesday evening.
At the beginning of the six-minute slugfest, Ellison called his host "the worst excuse for a journalist I've ever seen" leading to a truly ugly encounter that culminated in Hannity ending the interview by saying to his guest, "…
February 27th, 2013 12:09 AM

Out On Limb: Matthews's 'Rising Star' Says No Right To Gun Down Classr
Chris Matthews featured her as a "Rising Star," someone who with more seasoning might someday entertain a presidential run. But newly-elected Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane came across as more of a not-ready-for-prime-time-deer-in-the-headlights.
Appearing on today's Hardball, Kane came out with this mind-boggler: "I think the people of Pennsylvania would accept a limit on the…
February 26th, 2013 7:09 PM

Jeopardy! Mocks Romney With 'Binder Full of Women' Category
Alex Trebek for some reason on Monday decided to take a cheap shot at former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
On his game show Jeopardy!, one of the categories was "A Binder Full of Women" (video follows with commentary):
February 26th, 2013 6:35 PM

WashPost Saves Democrats From Blame in Sequestration Poll
The Washington Post has been around for more than 150 years and is the largest newspaper in the nation's capital. So there's absolutely no excuse why the paper recently commissioned and published a poll related to the looming sequester which failed to account for the Democrats controlling the upper chamber, even though Republicans were noted as controlling the House.
As Ed Morrissey at Hot…
February 26th, 2013 6:15 PM

Video: CNSNews.com's Terry Jeffrey Discusses Origin of Sequestration o
Terry Jeffrey, the editor-in-chief of our sister site CNSNews.com appeared on Monday's edition of the Daily Rundown program on MSNBC. It's safe to say Terry was the only conservative on the set, with anchor Chuck Todd, USA Today's Susan Page, and MSNBC contributor -- and NARAL Pro-Choice America board member -- Karen Finney founding out the panel.
Issues discussing included the March 1…
February 26th, 2013 6:12 PM
CNN Guest Derides 'Out-of-Town Reporters' Spewing WH Talking Points
On Sunday's Reliable Sources, guest David Zurawik mocked "out of town reporters" who met with the White House about sequestration and simply repeated the administration's talking points back to their local channels, "like an Obama commercial."
However, CNN displayed that same uncritical journalism over and over on the sequester. Obama administration officials freaked out about looming budget…
February 26th, 2013 6:07 PM

Run For Your Lives! Sequester Slashes Spending by Nearly a Third, Warn
Ed Schultz's radio show is long overdue for a laugh track, seeing how the hilarity just keeps coming.
Fresh on the heels of his delusional claim that a tax hike isn't actually a tax hike, Schultz on his radio show yesterday insisted that sequestration due to start March 1 will gut federal spending by "damn near a third" when in fact the impact is around ... 2 percent. (audio clip after page…
February 26th, 2013 5:50 PM
CBS Hounds House GOP Leader on Sequester; Plays Up Poll Laying Blame o
On Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell stayed true to form in conducting a tag team-style, confrontational interview of a conservative/Republican, this time House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers. The anchors pressed Rep. Rodgers about a recent Pew Research/Washington Post poll that, in their words, indicates "the public is going to blame Republicans"…
February 26th, 2013 4:35 PM

CNN's Borger Freaks: Sequestration a 'Man-Made Disaster
CNN's chief political analyst freaked out about the sequester cuts on Tuesday afternoon's Newsroom, calling them a "man-made disaster."
"It is a man-made disaster. Not a natural one," Borger insisted. She compared them to the massive snow storm currently hitting the Midwestern states: "And just watching those pictures of Erin in the snowstorm, I was thinking, it's like we know this huge…
February 26th, 2013 4:22 PM

WashPo’s Sally Quinn Admits Michelle Obama’s Oscar Appearance Was
The liberal media’s love affair with the Obamas appears to have reached a new climax following the first lady's appearance via satellite on the Academy Awards on February 24.
Speaking on the O’Reilly Factor on February 25, the Washington Post’s Sally Quinn admitted that Michelle Obama’s Oscar appearance was, in Bill O’Reilly’s words, “Hollywood Left boosterism,” but gushed that it was a “…
February 26th, 2013 3:54 PM

CNN's Legal Analyst Smacks Down CNN's Hype of Republicans Supporting G
CNN's own legal analyst scoffed at CNN's notion that 75 Republicans supporting legal gay marriage is a "big turning point" for the party. Anchor Ashleigh Banfield did her best to drum up the matter on Tuesday, for the network that has repeatedly shown a bias favoring gay marriage.
"Next, a big turning point in the Republican party. 70 high profile Republicans just signed a brief supporting…
February 26th, 2013 3:16 PM
New York Times Goes Nationwide in Quest for Sequestration Horror Stori
The New York Times sent reporters scurrying around the country to deliver Tuesday's dire dose of sequestration fear -- a full page (with photos) of impending cuts to a range of federal programs starting Friday. Lead reporter Michael Cooper set the groaning board:
The owner of a Missouri smokehouse that makes beef jerky is worried about a slowdown in food safety inspections. A Montana school…
February 26th, 2013 3:15 PM
NBC Proclaims: 'A Moment of Crisis for the Catholic Church Hit By A Wa
At the top of Monday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams made this hyperbolic declaration: "A moment of crisis for the Catholic Church hit by a wave of scandals, just as the leaders must gather to select a new pope." Introducing the lead story moments later, Williams further hyped: "The problem for the Catholic Church is the drumbeat of scandal is now growing so loud and so vast, it's…
February 26th, 2013 2:56 PM

Left-Wing Blowhard Stephanie Miller Fawns Over Study Showing That Bein
Left-wing blowhard and radio host Stephanie Miller has great news for her liberal cohorts. Republican is now a bad word. A study from NSON Opinion Strategy -- yeah, I'd never heard of them before now either -- said that 87% of their respondents found the word Republican synonymous with greed, racism, and violence.
Miller was overjoyed and shared the news with her scores of listeners:
February 26th, 2013 2:52 PM