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CNN Considers Political Correctness as a Factor in Ft. Hood Shootings
On Wednesday’s Situation Room, CNN’s Brian Todd actually considered that political correctness prevented earlier action against Ft. Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. Despite referencing “a senior investigative official who...said he has never heard any indication...that Hasan got any favorable treatment...before this shooting,” Todd also cited three others who were certain of the political correctness…
Report: Dobbs to Resign from CNN; Last Show Tonight
Confirmed: Lou Dobbs announced his resignation from CNN on his Nov. 11 broadcast. Transcription at bottom.Has Lou Dobbs been forced out at CNN by the left-wing attack machine and other liberal forces? Quite possibly. According to New York Times reporters Brian Stelter and Bill Carter, CNN's Lou Dobbs will announce his resignation from CNN on his Nov. 11 show. "Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor…
WaPo: EPA Forces Employees to Pull Down YouTube Video Critical of Cap
Imagine if you will, that during the prior presidential administration two EPA employees put up a video on YouTube that criticized environmental and energy policies supported by Republicans in Congress and President Bush, only to be told by EPA officials that they need to take down the video. Given the media's consternation about the Bush administration's alleged efforts to squelch proponents of…
16 Percent Unemployment or Worse, On Its Way
Think things are bad now? Wait until the government has its way with health care.
Al Gore's Current TV To Cut 80 Jobs
Nobel Laureate Al Gore's cable news channel Current TV announced Wednesday it's reducing its staffing by 80 people.The company said in a press release that these layoffs weren't about cutting costs, but instead a reshifting of priorities.The website Gawker exposed the foolishness of such a claim:
President Endorses 'Health Care' Bill and Violates Tax Pledge
House bill includes tax hikes on people making less than $250,000; networks say nothing.
NPR Promotes 'We Need Health Reform Now' Mural In DC; Artist Paints Op
On Monday night’s All Things Considered newscast on National Public Radio, reporter Joseph Shapiro recounted the sympathetic story of Regina Holliday, who lost her 39-year-old husband Fred to kidney cancer. Holliday painted a mural in Washington demanding "We Need Health Reform Now." (It’s headlined "A Widow Paints a Health Care Protest" and it's the most popular story on Wednesday at NPR.org.)…
NYT: Lindsey Graham 'Slammed Back Home' for Being a RINO
The New York Times Caucus blog reported moments ago that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has been censured by the local Republican Party in his home state "for many of the positions he has taken that do not represent the wishes of the people of South Carolina." In essence, he's getting slammed for being what conservatives call a RINO -- Republican in name only.As the Times' Bernie Becker reported:
CW’s Teen Threesome Ho-Hum for Entertainment Weekly
On Nov. 9 CW's teen-targeted "Gossip Girl" featured a threesome, portraying it as a normal, expected event in a college student's life. The episode depicted three friends completing a list that was supposedly printed in their college newspaper: "The 15 Things Every College Student Must Do Before Graduating." Number 11 was "Have a Threesome." On Nov. 10, the day after the episode aired,…
The NY Times Finds the Democratic Party Simply Crammed with 'Gifted Or
New York Times reporter Peter Baker questioned whether President Obama’s soaring rhetoric ("the most gifted orator of his generation") was still getting through in his Sunday Week in Review piece "The Words That Once Soared," and even let Obama aides suggest the president's Cairo speech "was responsible for Iranians taking to the streets of Tehran to protest a disputed election."As the most…
How Will Media Report GOP Beating Democrats in New Gallup Poll
A rather stunning Gallup poll was released Wednesday showing Republicans moving ahead of Democrats in which Party registered voters support in next year's Congressional elections.As Gallup reported in its summary, this is a rare occurrence in the almost sixty years since the polling organization has been tracking generic voter preferences for the House of Representatives.Given media's downplaying…
Econ 101: Do We Need a New Theory of Market Stability
Newsweek editor argues against free markets, but evidence suggests regulation was to blame for economic collapse.
WaPo Notes Move to Regulate 'Anti-Abortion Clinics'; Fails to Note Bac
If abortion clinics serve up abortions, do anti-abortion clinics perform anti-abortions?I couldn't help but muse that as I read the Washington Post's Metro section below-the-fold front-pager "Disclaimer proposed for anti-abortion clinics."The November 11 story by Michael Laris explained that "Montgomery County [Md.] officials" are considering a "regulation" that "would require pregnancy centers…