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Huh? Actor Richard Dreyfuss Writes Rational Article for PJ Media
Which is weirder: building a flat topped mountain out of mashed potatoes or an actor who until about four years ago was a left wing lunatic but is now writing a rational article for the conservative PJ Media? When you humble correspondent saw the name "Richard Dreyfuss" as the author of an article in PJ Media, he immediately thought it must be a writer with the same name as the actor. However,…
May 11th, 2015 4:21 PM
Bob Woodward: Yes, Media's 'Sleeping,' Lost Its 'Investigative Zeal'
Mike Allen at Politico offered a snippet of Washington Post Nixon-trashing legend Bob Woodward’s commencement address at the Superdome for Loyola University in New Orleans. In addressing the intersection of money and politics, Woodward said “there is some truth” to the notion that the media has recently “lost its investigative zeal.”
May 11th, 2015 3:56 PM
Pro-Choice Actresses Celebrate Mother's Day
Pro-choice celebrities took to Twitter this Mother’s Day to (ironically?) celebrate life.
While they often bash attempts to defund Planned Parenthood or restrict abortion, pro-choice actresses acknowledged the value of their mothers – mothers that gave them life – this Mother’s Day.
May 11th, 2015 3:55 PM
Marc Lamont Hill: Terror Not an ‘Islamic Issue,' Some 'Are Christians'
Presbyterians chanting “Death to America!” Methodists beheading people on video, and those hateful Episcopalian fundamentalists stoning women to death for being raped. The world is clearly in the grip of a Christian terror crisis. Well, no. But Marc Lamont Hill would have CNN viewers believe Christians are as terror-prone as Islamists.
A CNN panel with host Don Lemon, CNN conservative…
May 11th, 2015 3:42 PM
The Guardian Engages in Climate Activism, Ignores Journalism Ethics
Not content to promote climate alarmism solely through biased journalism, The Guardian (UK) moved into full-fledged activist territory with an anti-fossil fuels petition campaign called #KeepItInTheGround.
The Guardian’s editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger publicized the paper’s campaign with a video he was in as well as a write up, on April 30. He said The Guardian started the “Keep it in the…
May 11th, 2015 2:59 PM
Marc Lamont Hill: Terror Attacks Not ‘Islamic Issue’ – ‘Some a
Christians, Police are terrorists according
to frequent CNN commentator.
May 11th, 2015 2:52 PM
Cummings: Baltimore Schools Are Awful; Others Have to Pay to Fix Them
With Camden Yards set to hold its first fan-attended Baltimore Orioles game in over two weeks tonight, it's a good time to go back to a May 2 item by Meredith Shiner at Yahoo Politics.
Readers may remember the Duke-"educated" Shiner as the person who was flabbergasted that GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz cited "God-given rights" when he announced his candidacy on March 23, tweeting in part…
May 11th, 2015 2:37 PM
Bill Nye Compares Combating Climate Change to Winning World War II
Overcoming climate change is a challenge for those "coming of age," much like World War II was for the Greatest Generation, Bill Nye "The Science Guy" asserted.
Nye claimed that climate change was "certainly the most serious problem facing humankind right now" while on HuffPost Live May 7 with host Josh Zepps.
May 11th, 2015 1:36 PM
Chuck Todd, Maria Shriver Push U.S. to Mandate Paid Maternity Leave
On Mother’s Day, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd and NBC contributor Maria Shriver, former First Lady of California, bemoaned that the United States ranked far behind Norway in government mandated services, such as paid maternity leave, for all women. Todd: "Among 193 member states of the United Nations, the United States and seven other countries have no paid maternity leave. Five of those…
May 11th, 2015 12:59 PM
'Today' Hosts Eager to Buy Fiorina Web Address After She Schools NBC
After being pressed by NBC's Late Night host Seth Myers and Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd about failing to purchase the domain name CarlyFiorina.org, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina cleverly hit back by buying SethMeyers.org and ChuckTodd.org. On Monday's Today, trying to deflect from the GOP contender outsmarting their colleagues, the hosts searched for another unclaimed…
May 11th, 2015 12:39 PM
Black Journo: Keep Lester Holt or 'It's Going to Get Ugly'
All of NBC’s bleeding-heart coverage of tattered American race relations – including the racial struggles of Michelle Obama – might sound awfully tinny if they don’t keep black anchorman Lester Holt in the Nightly News anchor chair.
In a new Brian Williams story at the Daily Beast, “a prominent black broadcast journalist who knows Holt” told them: “If Brian does not come back and Lester does not…
May 11th, 2015 12:26 PM
Only CBS Notices Clintons Attempting to Intimidate Watchdog Group
As the controversy swirling around the Clinton Foundation continued to grow, Monday, only CBS This Morning covered the revelation that the Clintons attempted to pressure a well-known charity watchdog into withdrawing its objections. Despite a combined six hours of air-time, ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today ignored the story.
May 11th, 2015 11:45 AM
Nets Hail Michelle Obama's 'Deeply Personal' Graduation Speech
On Monday morning, the “Big Three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) networks rushed to promote Michelle Obama’s commencement speech at Tuskegee University in Alabama over the weekend. On CBS This Morning, Co-host Gayle declared “First Lady Michelle Obama’s receiving praise this morning for a commencement address at Tuskegee University. Her speech on Saturday offered some of her most candid remarks on how she’…
May 11th, 2015 10:30 AM
WashPost Critic Confesses Liberals Can't Enjoy Play About Scalia
On Sunday Washington Post drama critic Peter Marks underlined how liberals can’t stand even to sit in the presence of conservatives, even when actors are playing them. At Washington's Arena Stage, the play The Originalist about Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, a liberal audience member couldn’t hack five minutes before leaving:
May 11th, 2015 6:43 AM