Editor Involved in Interactive Gun Owner Maps, 25 Others Laid Off at J

Just before Christmas last year, the Journal News in New York's Westchester County north of New York City published maps containing "the addresses (and names) of all pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties," and announced their intention to add Putnam County. A firestorm of outrage ensued, but the stubborn paper's operators held out for almost four weeks before finally…
Tom Blumer
August 11th, 2013 2:06 PM

Ted Koppel: 'Terrorists Achieved More With One Phone Call Than We Achi

Ted Koppel made a fascinating observation about terrorism and the recent embassy evacuations that certainly won't please President Obama or his supporters in the media. Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press, Koppel said, "With a conference call, Al Qaeda has effectively shut down 20 U.S. embassies around north Africa and the Middle East...The terrorists have achieved more with one phone call than…
Noel Sheppard
August 11th, 2013 1:24 PM

Conrad Black: 'Why Rush Limbaugh Has 30 Million Listeners and Network

Former newspaper publisher Conrad Black made some interesting observations about the media Sunday. After telling CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, “I don't think the majority of Americans would be quite as enthused about this administration as you are,” he proceeded to offer his opinion as to "why Rush Limbaugh has 30 million listeners and the network newscasts have declined” (video follows with…
Noel Sheppard
August 11th, 2013 12:01 PM

McCain: Young Americans Believe Snowden Is ‘Some Kind of Jason Bourn

Senator John McCain made an interesting observation Sunday about National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, McCain said, “There's a young generation that believe that he is some kind of Jason Bourne.”
Noel Sheppard
August 11th, 2013 10:45 AM

Reverse 'Tweetment': AP Tweet Asserts That Jobless Claims Rise 'Signal

On Thursday, the Department of Labor announced that initial unemployment claims during the week ended August 3 rose to a seasonally adjusted 333,000, up from a revised 328,000 the previous week. A "breaking" tweet from the Associated Press issued just a few minutes after the report's 8:30 a.m. (5:30 PT) release read as follows: "U.S. unemployment aid applications up only 5,000 to 333,000 - a…
Tom Blumer
August 11th, 2013 10:34 AM

WashPost Reporter Slams 'Astonishingly Absurd' Fox Questions to Muslim

Friday’s Washington Post carried a large article with color photographs of  Jesus-bashing author Reza Aslan called “The Book of Reza.” Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia mocked “the astonishingly absurd questions lobbed at him” by Fox News religion correspondent Lauren Green, asking why a Muslim would write about Jesus. Aslan told the Post he held Fox in low esteem (like almost every leftist…
Tim Graham
August 11th, 2013 8:24 AM

Michael Steele: Hillary Had 'Many Fawning Fans from the Right' in Sena

The review of Andrea Mitchell's long, biased NBC News career reminds us that her ardor for Hillary Clinton caused here to pitch the former First Lady as "the most admired woman in America, beating Oprah in a landslide," and characterizing the Clinton years as "the good old days."  Apparently, this kind of fawning is catching on with former RNC chairman Michael Steele, who strangely proclaimed…
Tim Graham
August 11th, 2013 7:50 AM

'Elysium' Star Jodie Foster Admits Film Is Political

Matt Damon, the star of the movie "Elysium" and its director, Neill Blomkamp, have both vociferously denied that their film is political. Well, perhaps they might want to consult with Jodie Foster who also stars in this movie to get their stories in proper alignment because she expressed a very different opinion. First let us read the not very convincing denial by Blomkamp of any political…
P.J. Gladnick
August 10th, 2013 7:55 PM

Ex-Top Aide to Al Gore Mocks Priebus Debate Strategy: It's 'Disastrous

Former Al Gore chief of staff Ron Klain -- the man played by Kevin Spacey in the very tilted 2000-Tallahassle HBO film "Recount" -- wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post lambasting RNC chairman Reince Priebus with warning CNN and NBC they'd avoid debates on their networks if they aired promotional Hillary Clinton films. The Post headline was "The RNC debate 'threat' is either a bluff or a…
Tim Graham
August 10th, 2013 7:49 PM

Surprise, Surprise: Daily Kos Founder Says On Primary Debates, Reince

Quite a few Kossacks have weighed in on RNC chair Reince Priebus's pledge to withhold 2016 GOP presidential-primary debates from CNN and NBC if those networks don't scrub their planned Hillary Clinton projects.   The most noteworthy DKos post on the topic came on Wednesday from none other than site founder and publisher Markos Moulitsas, who approves in principle of Priebus's efforts.
Tom Johnson
August 10th, 2013 3:30 PM

Attention Media: Almost Half the 30 Million Newly Insured Under ObamaC

When President Obama said during his press conference Friday, "The one unifying principle in the Republican Party at the moment is making sure that 30 million people don't have health care," the liberal media predictably echoed his sentiments. Yet if they did a little research, such folks would find that almost half of that 30 million are those being forced to buy health insurance against…
Noel Sheppard
August 10th, 2013 1:59 PM

Spiked! Chicago Sun-Times Removes Drama Critic's 'Political' Point on

The Chicago Sun-Times wanted readers to know it censored the political opinion of one of its drama critics – when critic Hedy Weiss suggested that tougher profiling of Muslims might have prevented the Boston Marathon bombing. Leftists see “Muslim profiling” as exactly the same as “racial profiling,” despite the race of the Tsarnaev brothers. Via JimRomenesko.com, here was the scrubbed “too…
Tim Graham
August 10th, 2013 1:52 PM

Leno: Obama Discussing Economy With Greek Prime Minister Is ‘The Bli

After throwing nothing but softballs at Barack Obama Tuesday, NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno got back to humorously attacking the President Friday. “President Obama talking to prime minister of Greece about the economy," Leno said during his opening monologue. "It's the blind leading the blind.”
Noel Sheppard
August 10th, 2013 12:27 PM

Keith Olbermann Booed for Making Fun of Al Gore

Keith Olbermann on Friday was booed for making fun of Al Gore. Potentially even funnier, this happened moments after CBS’s Craig Ferguson mocked Olbermann for owning “a little dog that fits in your purse as you go around to your outspoken liberal meetings” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 10th, 2013 11:42 AM