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AP, MSNBC Trying to Downplay Terrorism in Reporting on Okla. Beheading
The establishment press, and now apparently the FBI, have a problem on their hands: an alleged killer who converted to Islam; expressed sentiments favored by terrorists; killed a woman by employing terrorists' favored method, i.e., beheading; shouted Islamic slogans while carrying out his evil deed; and was trying to kill someone else when another armed person shot and wounded him.
Their problem…
September 27th, 2014 9:31 AM
Bozell & Graham Column: Jay Carney's Pinocchio Problem
By now, everyone knows that there’s a revolving door between Democratic politics and the “objective” news media. But does it have to spin so fast? On September 10, CNN announced it hired former White House press secretary Jay Carney as a commentator, citing his “invaluable voice for the network” after his five years inside the Obama administration.
By that afternoon and in heavy rotation in the…
September 27th, 2014 8:47 AM
DNC Chair Also Used 'Back of the Hand' Barb Last Month on Fla.'s Scott
Debbie has been caught doing it again.
Early this month, Democratic National Committe Chairmwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz went after Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, claiming that he "has given women the back of his hand," and that "Republican tea party extremists like Scott Walker are ... grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back." I wrote at the time that Wasserman-Schultz's supposed "…
September 26th, 2014 11:30 PM
Pro-Lifers at Michigan College Get 'Who Let These F---ers on Campus?'
Kelli Kopetz at JillStanek.com reported on the kind of guff that pro-life protesters get on campus.
Students for Life set up an informative Planned Parenthood Project display at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. The display features statistics about Planned Parenthood from the organization’s own annual reports. An unhappy feminist student asked as she passed by (several times), “Who let…
September 26th, 2014 10:50 PM
HealthCare.gov Cost Surpasses the $2 Billion Mark; Press Mostly Yawns
It wasn't that long ago that Obamacare defenders were ridiculing those of us who pointed out that the fully loaded cost of HealthCare.gov would surely top the $1 billion mark.
Well, we were wrong — to be so conservative. The real number is "about" $2.1 billion and counting, according to a Bloomberg report which is mostly being kept out of the non-business press.
September 26th, 2014 10:05 PM
The Hill Avoids Mention of Early Warnings of Children Virus Outbreak
The Hill published a story about a mysterious virus outbreak which particularly affects children. The most notable thing about the article is how the author failed to note the many warnings about the possible cause of the outbreak.
September 26th, 2014 6:41 PM
MSNBC's Sharpton Keynoting Dinner For Group Linked to Hamas
MSNBC host Al Sharpton will be the keynote speaker at the Council on American-Islamic Relations's (CAIR) 20th anniversary banquet on Saturday. Sharpton, who is President Obama's "go-to man on race," and who claims to be helping the White House pick outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder's successor, will be a guest of honor of the group, which was listed as a co-conspirator in a criminal case…
September 26th, 2014 5:57 PM
MRC Gala: Martin Bashir Wins 'Damn Those Conservatives' DisHonor
It was no contest really. For the 2014 "Damn Those Conservatives to Hell" DisHonor, the winner hands down was former MSNBCer Martin Bashir, who infamously wished on national television -- if MSNBC can count as that -- that former Gov. Sarah Palin might be subject to someone defecating down her mouth.
September 26th, 2014 5:05 PM
Daily Beast: Workplace Beheading a 'Tragedy'; No Mention of Islamism
UPDATED (18:10 Eastern): Daily Beast now describing attack as "Like ISIS"
Yesterday in Moore, Oklahoma, a woman was brutally murdered and decapitated by a former coworker, Alton Nolen, who reportedly had repeatedly proselytized folks in the company, urging them to convert to Islam.
But when the liberal Daily Beast picked up the story and teased it in their Cheat Sheet digest, they tagged the…
September 26th, 2014 3:27 PM
Attkisson Reports Latest on Fast & Furious; Nets Omit Holder's Role
Mere hours before President Obama announced Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation, Sharyl Attkisson reported on Thursday that U.S. District Court Judge John Bates ordered the Justice Department to "turn over a list of withheld Fast and Furious documents by Oct. 22 [2014]." CBS Evening News mentioned Fast and Furious in their coverage of the Holder announcement that evening, but NBC Nightly…
September 26th, 2014 2:58 PM
Bam! TV Chef Emeril Lagasse Slams 'Obama Nonsense' In Restaurant Biz
Star TV chef Emeril Lagasse was promoting his forthcoming TNT show about cooking and restaurant chains by discussing the state of the restaurant business.
What raised eybrows was the anti-Obama argument that unfolded.
September 26th, 2014 2:07 PM
Charlie Rose: Where is the 'Resistance' to Fighting Climate Change?!
An adamant Charlie Rose, on Thursday night, was astounded that there could be any opposition to the fight against climate change as he blurted: “Where is the resistance?! What stands in the way of something that clearly threatens the planet?”
September 26th, 2014 2:06 PM
Holder Gets Mostly Gushing Sendoff at USA Today
USA Today, gave the equivalent of almost a full page to Eric Holder's resignation in Friday's print edition.
The paper's primary story by Gregory Korte, at the top right of the front page, described him as having "championed gay, civil, voting rights." The item's continuation on Page 8A included a quote from Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, which calls itself "America's…
September 26th, 2014 1:22 PM
Only CBS Provides Full Coverage of Eric Holder Controversies
Of the three broadcast evening newscasts Thursday night, only the CBS Evening News offered a full report on the resignation of controversial Attorney General Eric Holder. NBC Nightly News only offered a news brief on the topic, while ABC's World News amazingly skipped the news completely – though it did find the time to provide a full segment on Yankees captain Derek Jeter retiring.
On Friday'…
September 26th, 2014 1:13 PM