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Sarah Palin Still Knee-Jerk Source of Mirth for New York Times Reporte
Sarah Palin is still a knee-jerk source of mirth for the media. A Wednesday night blog post by New York Times reporter Michael Shear (who reported 20 years for the Washington Post before becoming lead writer for the Times' political blog "The Caucus") captured a moment in that night’s debate between Republican Christine O'Donnell and Democrat Chris Coons, who are running for the Senate in…
ABC's Stephanopoulos Still Thinks He's a White House Spin Doctor
There is a simple explanation for President Obama's dismal approval ratings, but ABC's George Stephanopoulos fails to comprehend it. Appearing on the October 13 "O'Reilly Factor," the former Clinton adviser peddled multiple theories to explain Obama's unpopularity, but neglected to consider the possibility that the president has simply failed to connect with the general public.
"As far as…
CBS 'Early Show' Praises Perez Hilton for Giving Up Bullying, But Prom
At the top of Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez declared that vicious gossip monger Perez Hilton "makes nice....with so much bullying going on he doesn't want to be a bully himself anymore." While the report that followed cheered Hilton's efforts to reform himself, the morning show has been happy to promote his bullying tactics in the past.
Correspondent Ben Tracy noted how…
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.): 'I Think the Constitution is Wrong
During a debate with his Republican opponent Marty Lamb, Massachusetts Democrat Jim McGovern said he thinks the Constitution is wrong in regards to campaign financing.
ABC Hypes Michelle Obama's 'Star Power' in Wisconsin, Skips Any Mentio
According to Good Morning America's Sharyn Alfonsi, the White House is hoping the "star power" of Michelle Obama will be enough for the Democrats to beat the Republican senatorial challenger in Wisconsin. Of course, Alfonsi on Thursday failed to even mention the name of Ron Johnson, the man who currently holds a seven point lead over incumbent Russ Feingold. Co-host George Stephanopoulos…
Study: Media Significantly Exaggerate Racism at Tea Party Rallies
Not that we needed a study to tell us this, but according to one conducted by a UCLA grad student, media coverage of Tea Party rallies has dramatically overrepresented the presence of racist or other offensive signs there.
According to the Washington Post, which laudably reported on the study today, UCLA grad student Emily Ekins found that "media coverage of tea party rallies over the past…
Blitzer, Karibjanian Tougher on O'Donnell Than Coons in Senate Debate
CNN's Wolf Blitzer and former public television anchor Nancy Karibjanian pressed Republican candidate Christine O'Donnell during Wednesday's Delaware Senate debate. While the two pressed O'Donnell on her personal finances, her past comments on evolution, and SNL poking fun of her, Karibjanian went out of her way to note Democratic candidate Chris Coons's past as a "student pastor at Yale."…
Lib Talker Malloy: Karl Rove 'Traitorous Rat Bastard' Who 'Makes Deals
The liberal media have had a field day with conservative Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell saying years ago on "Politically Incorrect" that she had dabbled in witchcraft in high school.
But don't hold your breath for the mainstream media to call out leftist radio host Mike Malloy for insisting without any proof whatsoever that Karl Rove "makes deals with... demonic forces…
AP Report Says What Ex-Food and Energy Inflation Is, But Not the Overa
This paragraph from an Associated Press report by Christopher Rugaber on today's economic news should at a minimum strike readers as odd:
A third report noted that prices at the wholesale level remained tame outside a sharp rise in food and energy costs. Excluding those two volatile categories, core wholesale prices rose just 0.1 percent, the Labor Department said.
So we're left hanging…
NPR Shocked at Buzz On Their Stewart/Colbert Rally Ban; ABC, WaPo Agre
Media reporter Michael Calderone at The Upshot reported on Thursday that National Public Radio officials were surprised the outpouring of attention they drew with a memo insisting reporters shouldn't attend the liberal Comedy Central rallies of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. When Calderone asked NPR senior vice president Dana Davis Rehm why there was no memo for the Glenn Beck Restoring Honor…
Time's Klein Harps on Chamber's 'Foreign Money' While Leftist Mother J
Although experts from plenty of liberal-leaning news agencies agree that the Obama administration's complaint about the Chamber of Commerce allegedly spending foreign money on campaign issue ads is overblown, Time's Joe Klein is dead set on griping about the non-scandal.
From his Swampland blog post yesterday:
Karl Rove is a great American patriot, a genius, a statesman, even. And now he…
Media No Longer Gassed About Ethanol
Even the media can't cheer the EPA's recent increase in gasoline ethanol content.
Cry Babies: 'The View' Hosts Walk Out on O’Reilly During Heated Mosq
If you can’t stand the heat, then don’t invite Bill O’Reilly on your show to talk about current events. Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar flew off the handle during a live taping of “The View” on Thursday, storming off-stage during a dispute with O’Reilly over the Ground Zero mosque.
O’Reilly set the two women off after he said that, “Muslims killed us on 9/11.” Goldberg took offense at the…