Prominent Dem Businesswoman Backs GOP Gov. Candidate Citing Economic I

She's the nation's first black female billionaire, a co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) whose political contributions skew heavily Democratic, and in 2005 she backed the now outgoing-Democratic Gov.Tim Kaine's bid for office. But now Sheila C. Johnson has crossed the aisle to endorse Republican Bob McDonnell in his bid to be Virginia's chief executive, arguing that he has a better…
Ken Shepherd

PBS's Lehrer Badgers Obama from the Left: What About Banks' 'Huge Prof

PBS’s Jim Lehrer forwarded several questions with a clear leftward tilt during an interview with President Obama on his Newshour program on Monday. He urged the executive to “crack heads” to get his health care plan passed, and inquired if “taxing the wealthy” was an option to fund it. Lehrer later pressed Mr. Obama on the “huge profits” being made by “big Wall Street banks.”The PBS anchor led…
Matthew Balan

US News 'God & Country' Blogger Sees 'Growing Market' for Non-conserva

In a highly individualistic and pluralistic America, there's some truth to the notion that the average religious Protestant tends to be a bit of a church shopper. Recent polling data have shown that American Christians tend to hop around a bit over their lifetime between different denominations. So in some respect, the spiritual smorgasbord that is the American religious scene could be viewed,…
Ken Shepherd

Obama Press Conference Bumped By Britain's Susan Boyle

In another example of Barack Obama's appeal diminishing with the public, the White House was forced to reschedule Wednesday's press conference to 8PM from 9PM as NBC didn't want its summer hit "America's Got Talent" to be pre-empted.Appearing on Wednesday's program will be an interview with "Britain's Got Talent's" Susan Boyle, who became an international star earlier this year with her…
Noel Sheppard

Chevron/Ecuadorian Amazon Film Tries Not to Take Sides, but Fails

'Crude' relies heavily on footage of anti-oil company plaintiffs and alleged victims, but does give behind scenes glimpse of eco-litigator.
Jeff Poor

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ABC’s Stephanopoulos Says No Quick Health Care Bill: 'The Votes Are

Former Clinton campaign operative George Stephanopoulos generally tries to put a happy face on big Democratic Party initiatives, but on Tuesday’s Good Morning America the ABC chief Washington correspondent was gloomy about the prospects for Barack Obama’s health care bill. He told co-host Diane Sawyer that “the votes are not there right now” for the White House to get a bill before the August 8…
Rich Noyes

AP Health Care Article Misses Mark

Phillip Elliott's report glosses over other countries' problems with socialized medicine while exaggerating U.S. situation.
Sarah Knoploh

Anderson Cooper: Both Cronkite and Porn Star

Tim Graham

MSNBC: Everyone Already Pays for Health Care

Clyburn and Rather argue for ObamaCare on 'Morning Joe.'
Catherine Maggio

Deutsch's Health Care Prescription: 'Redistribute Income, Outlaw Tobac

In the grand scheme of things, Donny Deutsch's radical prescription for health care might not count for much.  Just a former-ad-man-turned-pundit spouting off.  But let's consider.  Deutsch is well-off and presumably harbors no electoral ambitions.  He is free to say whatever's on his mind.  And he is immersed in the liberal media-political culture.  Is Deutsch giving voice to the radicalism that…
Mark Finkelstein

O'Reilly: Cronkite 'Had No Use for' Dan Rather, Said He 'Shouldn't Suc

On Monday’s The O’Reilly Factor, FNC host Bill O’Reilly asserted that former CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite "had no use for" his successor, and was "bitter about being replaced by [Dan] Rather." Citing an interview from a few years after Rather raplaced Cronkite on the Evening News, O’Reilly recounted that Cronkite expressed his view that Rather "shouldn’t succeed." O’Reilly: "He didn't…
Brad Wilmouth

O’Reilly Interviews Harry Alford After Confrontation with Barbara Bo

On Monday’s The O’Reilly Factor, FNC’s Bill O’Reilly gave attention to the recent dustup between Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer and National Black Chamber of Commerce CEO Harry Alford, as O’Reilly hosted Alford to discuss Boxer’s recent attempt to use other black organizations to discredit Alford’s opposition to Cap and Trade during a Senate hearing. While Boxer declined to appear on the show,…
Brad Wilmouth