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Clash of Civilizations: Deplorable Racism and Misogyny at Egyptian New
Al-Ahram is an Egyptian newspaper founded in 1828, and apparently is the second-oldest daily in the Arab world. Recently, it published the following absolutely horrible cartoon (h/t LGF): For those that can stand it, the caption at the top reads (please be advised that this is pretty offensive):
Britney Spears, Anna Nicole Smith and those "Sociopathic" Republicans
Liberal celebrities can have their say. But it's also fair to remind Americans just what the limousine liberals are saying, and how the likes of ABC and CNN and other media seem to do all they can to accommodate them.
The New York Times and the Gospel Truth
The New York Times has been in the forefront of the conservative Christian-bashing, running voluminous pieces that accuse churches of avoiding taxes and warning darkly that the Christian Right is on the verge of turning the United States into a Talibanesque theocracy.
Helen Thomas Moved to Second Row of Renovated White House Pressroom
Here’s a story guaranteed to make every conservative in America instantly happy: when the newly renovated White House pressroom opens for business, Helen Thomas will not be sitting in the front row.As reported by Politico (h/t Hot Air, emphasis mine throughout):The press corps is scheduled to move from temporary facilities back into the spiffed-up, rewired briefing room in May or June. [Helen]…
Barack Attack on Hillary Obama's Way of Showing He's Tough Enough to b
NewsBusters' mission is that of exposing and combating liberal media bias, and that's what I spend the great majority of my time here doing. But I hope our readers -- and my editors -- will indulge me when I offer a bit of personal analysis here. The outbreak of nastiness between the Obama and Hillary camps -- initiated by comments made by Obama supporter David Geffen and quoted by Maureen…
Schieffer Once Again Raises Specter of Vietnam: 'Declare Victory and L
CBS's Bob Schieffer just can't resist making analogies to Vietnam, especially when it comes to a setback in Iraq. In the wake of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to start withdrawing his nation's troops from Iraq, which CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric paired with Denmark's decision to withdraw its 400 soldiers to form her lead story Wednesday night about “the shrinking U.S.-led…
LA Times Still Has The Love For Obama
Sen. Barack Obama visited Los Angeles yesterday (Tuesday, February 20, 2007), and the Los Angeles Times wanted to make sure that everyone knew about it. Check out the huge, 38-square-inch, full-color, awash-in-red-white-and-blue, front-page photo on the cover of the Times today. (See it here; btw, I had to reduce the size to fit the page.) Good grief! Oh, yeah. There is yet another flattering…
A Real Outing of CIA Operatives Fighting Terrorists: 'Where's the Outr
So asked James Taranto in his Wednesday “Best of the Web Today” column for OpinionJournal.com. Taranto highlighted a Sunday Los Angeles Times story, “Pilots traced to CIA renditions: The Times identifies three fliers facing kidnapping charges in Germany related to a 2003 counter-terrorism mission,” which though it did not list their real names, identified the aliases and enough information about…
ABC’s Tapper: Hollywood is a Cash Cow for ‘08 Race; Doesn’t Ment
On the Wednesday edition of "Good Morning America," ABC correspondent Jake Tapper reported on the power of Hollywood in presidential politics and the pitfalls of accepting celebrity support. However, while GMA found the time to gush over Barack Obama’s celebrity status, going so far as to include a graphic of an Oscar statue with Obama’s head on it, Tapper didn’t mention that Hollywood’s fund-…
Tony Snow: Don’t Believe Your Opposition’s Blogs
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, NBC’s David Gregory, Newsweek’s Richard Wolffe, and others gathered on Tuesday at the National Press Club to discuss a variety of issues including media reporting of political events (video available here).As the conversation ensued, Gregory made the following observations:Because it- it's the Internet, and the blogs, that have really used this White House…