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All? Michelle O Ad for Davis: 'Give All Kids' Chance for Better Life
"All our kids"—well, except for the ones who won't have a chance to build a life at all, thanks to Wendy Davis' ardent support of abortion . . .
As a loyal member of the Wendy Davis email list, I just received today's fundraising message from the campaign, touting the fact that First Lady Michelle Obama has cut a radio ad for Davis. The email highlights the portion of the ad in which Mrs. Obama…
October 13th, 2014 11:21 AM
Tom Brokaw Appears Unhappy on 'Meet The Chuck'
Tom Brokaw was the NBC news anchor for over 20 years yet "Meet The Chuck" aka "Meet The Press" had him sit at the table with the other panelists while Chuck Todd conducted solo interviews with the guests at a separate desk. As you can imagine, Brokaw was not pleased with that format and he visibly displayed his irritation when Todd returned to the panelists sitting uselessly at the "kiddies table…
October 13th, 2014 9:12 AM
NY Times Offers Pricey Reporter-Guided Tour of 'Once-Forbidden' Iran
Ira Stoll at Smartertimes.com reports that “For the price of $6,995, the New York Times is offering 13-day tours of Iran guided by Times journalist Elaine Sciolino.” It’s a pretty hard sell, but the Times tries to sell Tehran as a party town with “joie de vivre.”
"Tehran is an interesting fusion of old meeting new; conservative elders uphold the traditions of the illustrious Persian past while…
October 13th, 2014 8:27 AM
Letterman Mocks Obama's ISIS Strategy: ‘Operation Hillary’s Problem’
On Friday night, liberal late night host David Letterman mocked President Obama over is handling of ISIS. The CBS comedian joked “the administration now has a name for the war against ISIS. Have you heard the name?" The CBS host continued by pointing out that "every military operation has to have a name so people can get behind it and they now have a name for the war against ISIS: “Operation…
October 12th, 2014 9:57 PM
NYTimes Tries 'Occupy'-Style Makeover of Leftist Ferguson Protests
New York Times reporters Monica Davey and Alan Blinder used protests over the weekend in St. Louis, which targeted the controversial shooting death of a young black man by a police officer in nearby Ferguson, to recreate its fawning coverage of the left-wing Occupy Wall Street movement.
October 12th, 2014 9:49 PM
Dem Spokesman Threatens Reporter With Arrest for Tax Returns Request
The Democrats are looking desperate in Colorado. Chuck Plunkett of the Denver Post reported that “Arthur Kane, an award-winning journalist, posted a first-person account Friday of an encounter with the [Gov. John] Hickenlooper campaign in which he says he was threatened with arrest.”
Kane is a former Denver Post reporter and former local investigative TV producer now working for Watchdog.org. He…
October 12th, 2014 8:08 PM
ABC Buries the Lede: ISIS Was 25 KM From Baghdad Airport
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey's told Marth Raddatz on ABC's "This Week" that ISIS fighters got to within 16 miles of Baghdad's airport in Iraq earlier this week. Framing that distance in a way those in the nation's out of touch Beltway political class will understand, that's the driving distance from the U.S. Capitol Building to Tysons Corner Mall in Northern Virginia. The U.S.…
October 12th, 2014 6:06 PM
Lewis Black Joins Campaign to 'F@&* Voter IDs'
Hot-tempered comedian Lewis Black has never been shy when it comes to taking on controversial topics, and his latest crusade has paired the foul-mouthed performer with the American Civil Liberties Union in an attempt to “F@&* Voter Suppression,” particularly through requiring voters to have IDs with their picture on them.
In a fake “photo shoot” with Dale Ho, director of the ACLU's voting…
October 12th, 2014 4:11 PM
Top Gov't Doc on 2nd Diagnosis of Ebola in US: 'The System is Working'
The ominously growing Ebola outbreak has taken a turn for the Orwellian.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a ubiquitous media presence of late, made the talk show rounds again this morning to ease public anxiety about the possibility of the outbreak getting worse.
October 12th, 2014 4:03 PM
O’Reilly Mocks MSNBC: ‘Their Ratings Cannot Really Get Much Lower’
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly sat down with Media Buzz host Howard Kurtz for an interview that aired on Sunday morning had some harsh words for the liberal media, specifically MSNBC. When asked about MSNBC’s coverage of Leon Panetta’s criticism of President Obama, O’Reilly mocked the “Lean Forward” network and argued, “they basically said, oh, every administration has people who disagree. And, you…
October 12th, 2014 4:01 PM
Chuck Todd: Should Conservatives ‘Surrender In the Culture Wars?’
Last week, the Supreme Court declined to hear several Appeals Court cases on gay marriages, which resulted in bans on gay marriage being struck down in numerous states across the country. Following the Supreme Court’s decision to punt on the issue of gay marriage, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd saw this as a sign that social conservatism was declining and obnoxiously asked “is it time for…
October 12th, 2014 2:44 PM
Austin Columnist: Davis's Despicable Ad May Be 'Daring Inspiration'
Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis's "wheelchair" ad, her latest and most despicable attempt to smear her Republican opponent, Attorney General Greg Abbott, got favorable reviews in a Friday evening column by Jonathan Tilove at the Austin American-Statesman.
Tilove, the Statesman's chief political writer, wrote that the ad provoked "debate about whether it was an act of…
October 12th, 2014 1:41 PM
ABC Cheers Dem. Julian Castro: ‘What’s Next For The Rising Star?’
On Sunday’s This Week, ABC’s Jim Avila gave Democrat Julian Castro, newly appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, nearly 5 minutes of promotional airtime to play up his political ambitions. The ABC reporter began the Castro advertisement by declaring “he's just 77 days into his new job, but ever since his swearing in, so many Democrats have skipped ahead trying to figure out what's…
October 12th, 2014 12:06 PM
Even MSNBC Won’t Support Controversial Wendy Davis Wheelchair Ad
Last week, Wendy Davis, the Democratic Party candidate for governor of Texas, aired a controversial ad attacking her opponent, Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott, depicting him as an empty wheelchair who had turned his back on disabled people in Texas. Despite MSNBC doing everything it could to promote Ms. Davis, her latest attack ad appeared indefensible for the “Lean Forward” network. On…
October 12th, 2014 10:59 AM