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AP Report on 'Card Check' Status Laden With Biased-Charged Words and A
No one can finish Saturday's report by Sam Hananel of the Associated Press without knowing the side of the political aisle on which he resides (surprise -- not -- it's decidedly on the left), and that he is more sympathetic to the interests of organized labor than he is to those of management at non-union firms.Additionally, no one can doubt that Hananel, and perhaps his editor(s), have little…
Nets Plug Kennedy's 'Dramatic' and 'Emotional Pitch for Health Care Re
Newsweek engaged itself deeper in the battle for nationalized health care by turning over its cover story -- “We're Almost There” -- to Senator Ted Kennedy for his lengthy personal recitation of “the cause of my life.” ABC and NBC on Sunday night dutifully championed his cause as World News anchor Dan Harris highlighted how “Kennedy is using his own battle against brain cancer to make an…
Palin's Hairdresser Claims NYT Lied About Gov's Hair Thinning
On July 12, the New York Times claimed Sarah Palin's hair was thinning, and used it as evidence that the Alaska governor was not handling the stress of office well:Friends worried that she appeared anxious and underweight. Her hair had thinned to the point where she needed emergency help from her hairdresser and close friend, Jessica Steele. Now, Steele is striking back via Twitter: "I have never…
Voight: Press ‘Covering For’ ‘Cunning’ Obama, ‘Lied’ About
On Monday’s Hannity show on FNC, actor Jon Voight accused the press of "protecting" and "covering for" President Obama by not giving enough coverage to dissatisfaction with the President’s economic policies, including the anti-tax TEA party protests:But the press, the press brought him in, and now they want to make sure that nobody topples the throne, it seems. So they don't report anything that…
Janeane Garofalo: There Is Almost No Liberal News Outlet in America
UPDATE AT END OF POST: More tweets about Garofalo's meltdown at Latitude festival. I've often wondered what the color of the sky is in Janeane Garofalo's world, and after hearing her interview on BBC Radio Saturday, I'm convinced this woman lives on another planet.After all, in her view: "[T]he media in the States is much more to the right. I mean there is almost no liberal outlet for news…
Biased Much? AP Sanford Headline Straight From the Snarkiest of Blogs
You don't have to be one of South Carolina Mark Sanford's few remaining supporters or sympathizers (and I am neither) to recognize the following AP headline as ridiculously, sarcastically biased:While this headline might make be good water cooler and late-night comedy fodder (perhaps that was the point?), it's more than a little unprofessional, and beyond that more than likely inaccurate.
NY Times Left-Wing Movie Critic Stephen Holden, Stuck on 'Stupid
New York Times movie critic Stephen Holden found "The Age of Stupid," a new mock-documentary looking back at a future environmental apocalypse, is a "frightening jeremiad about the effects of climate change." Coming from the left-wing critic Holden, that's high praise.In "The Age of Stupid," a frightening jeremiad about the effects of climate change, the craggy-faced British actor Pete…
Ed Schultz Goes Overboard in 'Psycho Talk' Rant About Rush Limbaugh; M
It is well known that Ed Schultz, host of MSNBC's The Ed Show, has become quite unhinged lately due in large part to the low ratings of both his TV and radio shows. The result has been quite a bit of Psycho Talk volcanic anger from Big Ed. However, last Wednesday he outdid even himself in the "Psycho Talk" department on his low rated radio show on the subject of Rush Limbaugh to the extent that…