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Bill Press: Town Meeting Protestors 'Taking a Page Right Out of a Nazi
Taking a page right out of Nancy Pelosi's playbook of stating that town hall meeting protestors are sporting swastikas thus implying that they are Nazis, low rated radio host Bill Press is now accusing them of using Nazi tactics in a sanity-challenged column. This follows on the heels of Press' attack on the protestors on Fox News as reported earlier this week by Seton Motley here in NewsBusters…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Congress is terrifying us!The passions of the protesters, on the other hand, are not a surprise. They hired a man to represent them in Washington. They give him a big office, a huge staff and the power to tell people what to do. They give him a car and a driver, sometimes a security detail, and a special pin showing he’s a congressman.…
Libtalker Malloy Says Pat Buchanan Wants Every Jew Hanged
"[Pat] Buchanan is a bonafide anti-Semite. He, as a member of Opus Dei, he would like to see every Jew hanged..."So said liberal talk radio host Mike Malloy within days of calling for Fox News's Glenn Beck to commit suicide.What follows is a YouTubed audio of these appalling comments along with a transcript (readers are encouraged to hang in long enough to hear Buchanan equate Al Gore to birthers…
Violence At Townhall - Against A Conservative; Six Arrested, Including
UPDATE: We have some video of the attack. It appears that it is members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) doing at least some of the dirty work. But it's conservatives who engage in violence and hate speech, right? The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that one of their own, reporter Jake Wagman, was one of six people arrested in connection with the beating of a…
Post Pulitzer Prize Winner: GOP 'Political Terrorists
Paper's business columnist says Republicans 'willing to say or do anything' to stop consensus on problems.
Behar: Dolls 'Programming' Tool for Young Girls
Of all the arguments against a breastfeeding doll, the 'View' panelist goes for feminism.
A Kidnapped Fetus
A baby that first saw the light of day in such a foul and violent fashion deserves better than to be described merely a fetus.
Wolf Blitzer Cracks: Palin Will Provide ‘A Lot of Material’ to Com
On Wednesday night’s Late Late Show on CBS, when host Craig Ferguson asked guest Wolf Blitzer of CNN’s The Situation Room if he thought Sarah Palin is "gone" now, Blitzer cracked that Palin would provide Ferguson with "a lot of material" as she will still be active publicly. After the two were talking about whether the CNN anchor sometimes finds something "really funny" while he is doing the news…
New FCC 'Chief Diversity Officer' Co-Wrote Liberal Group's 'Structural
The Best Censorship Weapon of All UPDATE: Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin read this piece in nearly its entirety last night. His on-air stylings can be found here. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a new "Chief Diversity Officer," communications attorney Mark Lloyd. But Doctor of Jurisprudence Lloyd…
He's Not an Objective Journalist, But He Plays One on MSNBC Promos
"[W]e've got to be journalists. We've got to keep the facts straight." That's Chris Matthews referring to the professional standards governing his "Hardball" program in an MSNBC promo that aired in a commercial break halfway through the program's August 6 edition. You can view the video below the page break.
Will Murdoch's Switch to Subscription-Based Web Content Work
Rupert Murdoch has become the first media mogul to make bold changes to his company’s newspaper monetization strategy that may reshape the way people receive their news--by paying for it. Up to this point, web publications have primarily relied on advertising alone for revenues but this has had problems because online advertising rates are so much lower than those in print. Murdoch and others…
CNBC Host Blames 'Overpaying' Howard Stern for XM Sirius Woes
Times have been tough financially for media companies across the board and satellite radio has been no exception. On Aug. 6, Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) posted a second-quarter loss and the company hasn't lived up to expectations after Sirius and XM completed a merger a little over a year ago. According to "CNBC Reports" host Dennis Kneale, part of the satellite radio's problem is shock jock…
MSNBC Picks Up WaPo Article Claiming Obama Joker Poster Racist
During the 2PM ET hour on MSNBC, anchor Contessa Brewer wondered: "Is a poster of the President as the Joker racist? The posters in Los Angeles and elsewhere show the President as ‘The Dark Knight’ version of the Joker above the word ‘socialism.’" She then cited an article from Thursday’s Washington Post making the accusation.Brewer spoke with the author of the article, Phillip Kennicott, and…