Sheryl Crow Bashes Sarah Palin: 'Someone Unplug Her Microphone

Pop-singer Sheryl Crow has always been outspoken about her own political views, but now she's telling former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to zip it. "I saw you ranting on TV today, I heard you tell me to reload. You got a lot of nerve to talk that way, someone unplug the microphone," sings Crow in her new anthem, "Say What You Want," which was released in late July. The angsty…
Alana Goodman

From Obama, Left Begs for Clinton, Gets Only Carter

Liberals bring back Big Dog and media recall fondly the man from Hope.
Dan Gainor

Roland Martin to Dems: 'Protect the Constitution' By Supporting Mosque

[Update, 8:10 pm EDT: The original version of this article identified Roland Martin as a "black talk radio host." He no longer has his own radio talk show. He is still a CNN contributor, columnist syndicated by Creators Syndicate, and analyst for for the Tom Joyner Morning Show, according to his own website.] On Tuesday's Anderson Cooper 360, CNN contributor Roland Martin strongly pushed for the…
Matthew Balan

The Economy is at Cliff's Edge

We're looking into an abyss the media won't talk about and Obama won't do anything about.
Dan Kennedy

Dr. Laura Schlessinger Folds Her Radio Show; Who Will Liberal Censors

On CNN's Larry King Live last night, talk-radio star Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced that she's leaving the talk-radio racket after her contract expires in December. "I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart, and what I think is helpful and useful, without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack…
Tim Graham

NYT Scrubs GZM Imam's 'Iconic' Paragraph From Original Online Report

On December 8 of last year, at some point before hitting the "print" button, someone at the New York Times decided that a story about what has since become known as the Ground Zero Mosque needed to be reworked. Earlier that day, the Times published an online powder-puff piece by reporters Ralph Blumenthal and Sharaf Mowjood about Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's GZM plans. The pair's story was revised…
Tom Blumer

Zero Percent Interest Rate: Networks Barely Mention Housing Finance Co

ABC, CBS, and NBC spend more time on fedora sales than conference; print outlets echo calls for increased government role.
Kyle Gillis

USA Today Blogger Annoyed by Ground Zero Mosque/Auschwitz Convent Anal

"Ground Zero is not Auschwitz, so why all the analogies?"USA Today religion blogger Cathy Lynn Grossman asks that question with the headline of her August 18 Faith & Reason post. Grossman explained that the comparison stems from conservatives who pointed out an incident in the early 1990s when Pope John Paul II halted a planned convent near the Auschwitz concentration camp. The nuns had every…
Ken Shepherd

For Bill Press, Ground Zero Is Sacred Until Conservatives Say So

Bill Press is confused. He can't seem to decide whether Ground Zero is a sacred site. When he was using the memory of 9/11 as a political football to blast Glenn Beck, lower Manhattan was hallowed ground. But now that conservatives are making that claim, Press has proclaimed that the area "is not a sacred site." Make up your mind, Bill!In June, Press compared Beck's planned 8/28 rally at the…
Lachlan Markay

On Ground Zero Mosque, George Stephanopoulos Keeps Focus on Republican

George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday again focused on GOP reaction to the Ground Zero mosque, challenging Karl Rove as to whether Republicans such as Newt Gingrich will "undercut the work" President Obama has been doing to reach out to moderate Muslims. Stephanopoulos highlighted Republican officials "who worry that the kind of rhetoric we've been hearing from people like Newt Gingrich is going to…
Scott Whitlock

Feminist Bloggers/Journalists Offended When Dallas Police Chief Sugges

A startling statistic was presented at the August 2 Dallas Public Safety Committee meeting: Rape there is up 25.3% over last year. Police Chief David Brown (pictured right) was pressed on this, and here was how blogger Andrea Grimes of the Dallas Observer interpreted his remarks: But Ms. Jasso read my mind, asking the Chief to explain the... increase.... is it that victims are reporting rapes…
Jill Stanek

Maureen Dowd: Obama Needs Bush's Help On Ground Zero Mosque

Mark August 18, 2010, on your calendar as the day New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd published a piece bashing Barack Obama and praising George W. Bush.This comes less than 24 hours after CNN.com did exactly the same thing over the same issue.Needless to say, Dowd's position in her column entitled "Our Mosque Madness" went completely contrary to public opinion regarding the building of an…
Noel Sheppard

Colmes Blogger: America 'Riddled with Religion,' Churches' 'Free Ride

What's the best way to address rising debt and deficits? According to one liberal blogger, it's not cutting spending, but taxing churches, that will solve America's financial woes. "[Americans] should have the right to support any institution they feel supports their views," William K. Wolfrum wrote on Alan Colmes's Liberaland blog Aug. 17. "But that does not mean the State should reimburse…
Nathan Burchfiel

Media Hype and Corporate Health Ads are Finger Lickin' Bad for Busines

Media hype health food, yet KFC, Wendy's struggle with grilled chicken, salad promotions.
Kyle Gillis