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Reporting Bob Filner's Sentencing, ABC, CNN, MSNBC Websites All Omit F
This morning, Bob Filner (D) was sentenced to "90 days home confinement as punishment for three criminal charges connected to the sexual harassment scandal that ended his term as San Diego mayor," according to NBCSanDiego.com staffers Monica Garske and R. Stickney, who failed to mention Filner's Democratic Party affiliation in their story.
But Garske and Stickney are not alone among their…
December 9th, 2013 3:08 PM
Mandela Tribute From NBC's Gregory Turns Into Obama Love Letter
On Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, host David Gregory used the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela to lecture American politicians: "Mandela refused to be consumed by hatred and insisted on working toward a common purpose with his political foes. That, seems to me, is what is missing from this era of argument in Washington." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump…
December 9th, 2013 2:45 PM
MSNBC's Finney Compares GOP 'Separating' and 'Dividing' People to 'Apa
On Friday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC's Karen Finney accused Republicans of practicing their own form of "apartheid" by "separating people and dividing people" as she and host Al Sharpton discussed comments some right-leaning public figures have made in the aftermath of Nelson Mandela's passing.
Referring to former Senator Rick Santorum comparing Mandela fighting against the oppresssion of…
December 9th, 2013 2:11 PM
CBS Notices 'Another Problem' With ObamaCare – Higher Deductibles; A
Norah O'Donnell's 20-second news brief on Monday's CBS This Morning is the sole Big Three network mention so far of the Wall Street Journal's Sunday report about a "troubling element" of ObamaCare – exorbitant deductibles with the no-frills plans available on the health care exchanges.
O'Donnell zeroed in on the item by reporters Leslie Scism and Timothy W. Martin, who cited a new report…
December 9th, 2013 1:22 PM
Chris Matthews's Pop Culture Fail: Santorum Fighting ObamaCare Is Like
For someone who loves to make pop culture references, Chris Matthews can't seem to get them right. On Friday night, the Hardball host sneered at Rick Santorum comparing his fight against ObamaCare to Nelson Mandela's struggle against apartheid. A cocky Matthews derided, "That's like Snoopy fighting the Red Dragon." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] As any Peanuts fan will tell you, Snoopy…
December 9th, 2013 12:50 PM
New Jersey Waitress Alleging Anti-Gay Hate Ought to Be Cautionary Tale
A New Jersey waitress who became a minor internet celebrity after she alleged that a customer refused to give her a tip because she is a lesbian appears to have resigned or been fired after evidence was presented that she fabricated the entire incident.
The restaurant, Gallop Asian Bistro, posted a note to its Facebook page Saturday evening saying that it had conducted an investigation into…
December 9th, 2013 12:18 PM
Ben Affleck on Republican Actors: 'I Probably Wouldn’t Like This Per
Just how much do many Hollywood liberals hate conservatives?
In an interview with Playboy, Ben Affleck said, "When I watch a guy [on film] I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks, I probably wouldn’t like this person if I met him":
December 9th, 2013 11:32 AM
MSNBC's Harris-Perry Uses ‘Derogatory’ Term ObamaCare Two Weeks Be
MSNBC weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry has a tendency to wax sanctimonious when the camera light goes on and she takes to the air.
So it's our pleasure to note her utter hypocrisy when it comes to how to describe the president's signature legislative accomplishment, the ObamaCare health care overhaul. [See video after jump.]
December 9th, 2013 11:10 AM
Belligerent Zeke Emanuel Again Helps the Anti-Obamacare Cause in Sunda
Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace was not in the mood to put up with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel's standard-issue leftist guff on Sunday. Last night, I noted that the pressed Emanuel until he forced a "yes" out of him to a simple question: "Didn't he (President Obama) say, 'If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.'" That move brought out Emanuel's ridiculous contention that what Obama somehow…
December 9th, 2013 10:45 AM
Scarborough, Dean Squabble Over Dems Moving Left: You Spout That 'Carl
Things got testy between Joe Scarborough and Howard Dean on today's Morning Joe over the issue of the Dem party moving left. In a particularly unkind cut, Scarborough accused Dean of spouting "Carl Bernstein nonsense," while Dean tried to shut Scarborough down, bleating "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah." Adding spice to the mix, Mika Brzezinski made clear her great regard for lefty Senator…
December 9th, 2013 9:41 AM
Oops! NPR Host Diane Rehm Asserts Reagan Was President In 1979, And No
On Friday's edition of The Diane Rehm Show that's broadcast on many NPR stations from Washington, the host mangled her presidential history, but her guests and producers all humored her, like you might humor a nice lady who's 77. No one suggested a gold watch and an open space for a younger NPR liberal behind the mic.
As Rehm and a crew of reporters aerobically compared Barack Obama to Nelson…
December 9th, 2013 8:28 AM
Revenge Recap Season 3 Episode 9: Surrender
Positve messages and plot twists rule the day.
December 9th, 2013 1:43 AM
Zeke Emanuel on Fox: You Can Keep Your Doctor, But You May Be Fully Re
In promoting the Affordable Care Act, or what has come to be known by friend and foe alike as "Obamacare," to the American public, President Obama spent at least four years making two fundamental guarantees: "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan," and "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." It is quite well-known that the first guarantee has been…
December 8th, 2013 9:41 PM
Top HBO TV Producer David Simon Embraces Marx Diagnosis: 'My Country I
David Simon, the toast of Hollywood and the cultural elite for creating the inner-city Baltimore crime drama "The Wire" for HBO, unleashed a left-wing jeremiad on the "Two Americas" at a "Festival of Dangerous Ideas" in Sydney, Australia.
He also shocked Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik for admitting people don't really watch his HBO stuff. As his show "Treme" ends on Sunday, he declared…
December 8th, 2013 6:35 PM