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WashPost Magazine Offers Yet Another Cover Story to Honor the 'Passion
The Washington Post Magazine devoted another cover story to honoring a left-wing protester, this one titled “Life on the Passionate Fringe.” The cover touted he's "Willing to Be Hated." They mean that with love and respect: “D.C. protester Adam Eidinger is a relentless promoter of lefty protest.” This comes after the cover stories on Lafayette Park fruitcake Concepcion Picciotto and radical…
January 5th, 2014 10:04 PM
Politico Lets Admin Turn Obamacare's 7 Million Enrollment Target Into
In June, the Politico's Jennifer Haberkorn filed a report with the following headline: "Kathleen Sebelius: Exchange enrollment goal is 7 million by end of March." She reported in her first two paragraphs that "7 million" is "how many people the Obama administration hopes to enroll in its new health insurance marketplaces by the end of March."
Apparently that clearly expressed target isn't…
January 5th, 2014 8:58 PM
Gregory Lets His Slip Show: Obamacare 'Unravels,' But (Oops!) Not 'In
When something important is falling apart — say a relationship or a business idea — it's not always easy to keep up appearances. After all, one still has the occasional private conversation with close friends and confidants where the truth gets acknowledged, even when one doesn't want the rest of the public to know about it.
Meet the Press host David Gregory appears to have forgotten for the…
January 5th, 2014 5:56 PM
Will: 'There's Nothing Better for Conservatism Than Periodic Examples
It really is wonderful having George Will at Fox News where we can see him more frequently than a few minutes a week.
On Fox News Sunday, in a segment about incoming New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), Will said, "[T]here's nothing better for American conservatism than periodic examples of untrammeled liberalism...I give him three years and people will be begging for a return to something…
January 5th, 2014 2:13 PM
Classy Romney on MSNBC’s Attack on Grandson: ‘They've Apologized
As NewsBusters previous reported, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry issued a heartfelt apology to the Romneys at the beginning of her show Saturday for mocking their adopted black grandson last weekend.
On Fox News Sunday, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney – showing the class we’ve all grown accustomed to from him – said, “I think it's a heartfelt apology, and I think for that reason, we…
January 5th, 2014 12:26 PM
Candy Crowley: ‘Why Would I Become a Republican' If I'm Unemployed o
On CNN’s State of the Union Sunday, host Candy Crowley asked a question of Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisc.) that should offend people on both sides of the aisle.
“If I am an unemployed American…or if I am a minimum wage worker…why would I become a Republican?” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
January 5th, 2014 10:08 AM
NY Times Messes Up the Dakotas On a Map
MRC’s Dan Gainor might still be laughing at what he sent along: a New York Times story on how “New York State Is Set to Loosen Marijuana Laws” came with a map of which states allow “medical marijuana,” clustered in New England and the western states.
It came with a correction: “An earlier version of a map with this article reversed the locations of North and South Dakota.” How do you put…
January 5th, 2014 9:02 AM
'80s Pop Star Rants: 'I See No Difference Between Eating Animals and P
The gay lobby goes into a rage whenever homosexuality and pedophilia are put side by side.
Morrissey, a British pop star of the Eighties with the Smiths, may be gay (he says he's "humasexual," implying he's bisexual). But he'd rather accuse everyone of eating meat of being just like a pedophile. MusicFeeds.com reported it came during during a recent Q&A on Morrissey fan site called True…
January 5th, 2014 6:28 AM
Alec Baldwin Mocks Melissa Harris-Perry: 'If I Cry, Will I Be Forgiven
As NewsBusters reported earlier, MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry began her Saturday show with a heartfelt apology to Mitt Romney's family that included her tearing up.
This prompted former MSNBC host Alec Baldwin - terminated in November for a homophobic rant towards a paparazzo - to write on Twitter hours ago, "If I cry, will I be forgiven all of my transgressions?":
January 5th, 2014 12:06 AM
WaPo's Kliff Lets Obamacare Architect Who Promised Cost Savings Totall
Here's a nice catch by Kyle Wingfield at the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
In late October, continuing a four-year pattern of making such claims, MIT's Jonathan Gruber, who along with Ezekiel "Zeke the Bleak" Emanuel is considered one of the two "architects" of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, pointed to a study which claimed that "the Affordable Care Act is working even better than…
January 4th, 2014 9:36 PM
Jesse Myerson, Occupy 'Leader' Turned Far-Left Rolling Stone 'Journali
It's hard to know what's more ridiculously entertaining when choosing between Jesse A. Myerson's "Five Economic Reforms Millennials Should Be Fighting For," the illogical screed in Rolling Stone which would lead to the enslavement of those about whom he claims to be concerned, or Myerson's tweets as the opprobrium has poured in.
Since Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters has handled Myerson's…
January 4th, 2014 6:37 PM
Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby Offers Four New Year's Resolutions to Stop
Conservative Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby has offered some New Year’s resolutions for the news business. He began by noting legendary columnist H. L. Mencken in his day at the Baltimore Sun said he was hard-pressed to to name five papers that conducted themselves as fairly and honestly “as the average nail factory.”
“If Mencken were alive today, would his opinion of the news business…
January 4th, 2014 6:24 PM
Palin New Year's Resolution: 'Be Even More Aggressive in Calling Out M
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin published her New Year's resolutions at Facebook Saturday.
Coming in at number 4 was "Be even more aggressive in calling out media for practicing lapdog laziness":
January 4th, 2014 5:28 PM
On Deadspin.com, Ex-Viking Punter Chris Kluwe Hopes His Old Coach Is B
Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe wrote an inflammatory post for Deadspin.com headlined "I Was An NFL Player Until I Was Fired By Two Cowards And A Bigot." He claims he was released for his "gay rights activism," his wild rants and tweets against social conservatives. The “cowards” were Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier and GM Rick Spielman. The “bigot” was special-teams coach Mike…
January 4th, 2014 4:12 PM