Daily Kos Explodes, Says Bob Woodward Went 'Full Breitbart' On Sequest

Hold the presses! The far-left blog Daily Kos is insisting that liberal reporter Bob Woodard, in doing his job as a journalist, has gone “full Breitbart” with his coverage of sequestration. Just a few short years ago, the Kossacks loved when reporters "spoke truth to power" in confronting Republicans in the White House. But now that Woodward has gone on record saying that he received…
Matt Vespa
February 28th, 2013 4:45 PM

Bizarro World: Wash Post Mocks Politico's Fawning Interview With Bob W

The implied threat from the White House to Bob Woodward has thrown the liberal media for a loop. On Wednesday night, Politico published a fawning interview with Woodward. Writers Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei gushed over the "calm, instantly recognizable voice" of the journalist. On Wednesday, the Washington Post, which Woodward famously works for, mocked the Politico piece as nothing different…
Scott Whitlock
February 28th, 2013 4:37 PM

ABC: Pope Is ‘King, Attending His Own Funeral

Although the first pope to resign in 600 years, Pope Benedict XVI might as well be dead to the media as cardinals elect a new pope. On the day of the Roman Catholic pope’s resignation, February 28, ABC’s “Good Morning America” offered repulsive input and likened the monumental event to Pope Benedict XVI participating in his own funeral. A voiceover described how Pope Benedict XVI bade…
Katie Yoder
February 28th, 2013 4:20 PM

Politico’s Evan Thomas: Ted Cruz a ‘Potentially Dangerous’ Demag

The liberal media’s effort to demonize Sen. Ted Cruz continues. On last Friday’s episode of PBS’s Inside Washington, the mostly left-leaning panel of journalists piled on the criticism of the junior senator from Texas. The attacks were focused on Cruz’s questioning of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during Hagel’s confirmation battle. Moderator Gordon Peterson presented the topic like this: “The…
Paul Bremmer
February 28th, 2013 4:00 PM

NPR’s Farewell To Pope Benedict XVI Hypes ‘A Church Mired In Crise

In what NPR thought was a fitting tribute to the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the February 28 edition of Morning Edition sought to diminish the legacy of the pontiff emeritus by sharply criticizing his time in the chair of St. Peter.  Correspondent Sylvia Poggioli claimed that “while the cardinals publicly praise Benedict for his courageous act, privately many are reassessing his legacy…
Jeffrey Meyer
February 28th, 2013 3:43 PM

Jay Leno Presents 'Les Miserables' Style Sequester Negotiations

NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno presented a great interpretation of the sequester negotiations Wednesday. In a mock video, many of our political leaders sang their views as if characters in the hit musical "Les Miserables."
Noel Sheppard
February 28th, 2013 3:16 PM

Jezebel Praises UK’s Rise in Abortions

Abortion is often a polarizing issue, but even the average pro-choicer would agree that it is a morally difficult issue to deal with. Not the “Shiny Happy Ladies” of Jezebel.
Kristine Marsh
February 28th, 2013 2:54 PM

As Cuts Loom and Public Shrugs, NY Times Suddenly Spins Other Way on S

Spinning the sequester in the New York Times. After weeks of cringing over the supposedly damaging federal cuts due to take effect tomorrow (even as the public shrugs them off) Jonathan Weisman made an 180-degree turn on the front of Thursday's paper: "Parties Focus On the Positive As Cuts Near." The text box: "An onerous possibility turns out to be not quite so onerous." Suddenly the Times…
Clay Waters
February 28th, 2013 2:45 PM

WashPost's Farhi Laments Newspapers Caving in to Pressure, Backing Awa

In a 19-paragraph story today, Washington Post staff writer Paul Farhi took a look at how various newspapers around the country are backing away from their initial requests for public records of gun owners. "For the third time in as many months, a newspaper has faced an angry backlash, including threats of violence, after it sought government data on local gun permit holders," Farhi noted. "In…
Ken Shepherd
February 28th, 2013 1:30 PM

NBC Allows 16 Seconds to White House Battle With Bob Woodward, Avoids

The Today show on Thursday allowed a scant 16 seconds, out of a possible four hours, to the claim by veteran journalist Bob Woodward that the Obama White House is trying to intimidate him and attack his coverage of the sequester cuts. The NBC program also avoided using the word "threat." ABC's Good Morning America gave the most coverage to the battle, offering a full report and a news brief…
Scott Whitlock
February 28th, 2013 12:10 PM

Andrew Sullivan Smears Pope Again

Former Time and Newsweek blogger Andrew Sullivan accuses the pope of being a homosexual. His evidence? The pope’s “handsome male companion [Archbishop Georg Ganswein] will continue to live with him, while working for the other Pope during the day.” Sullivan asks, “Are we supposed to think that’s, well, a normal arrangement?”   Speaking about what is normal is hardly normal for Sullivan. To be…
Bill Donohue
February 28th, 2013 11:04 AM

Bashing Benedict: Networks Make Pope Butt of Jokes, Center of Scandal

A frail, ailing 85-year-old man announces he doesn’t have the strength to continue as the spiritual leader of 1.2 billion people. With the humility of one whose entire life has been in service to God and his Church, he says he will retire to quietly live out his remaining years. Cue the laugh track and gin up the scandal rumors. It was three weeks full of journalistic contempt for the Pope…
Katie Yoder
February 28th, 2013 10:15 AM

Longtime Dem Lanny Davis Also Reports White House Threat

I assume no one expected that Bob Woodward would be found to be the first and only ordinarily Democrat-friendly recipient of threats from White House officials over what he has written and said. Another such person has come forward in the name of Lanny Davis, who among other things was a completely insufferable defender of the indefensible during the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky-impeachment…
Tom Blumer
February 28th, 2013 10:04 AM

Mika Mocks Woodward Over White House Threat: 'Is He Really Afraid Of A

How do you go from being a gutsy hero of the MSM to a wuss in one minute? Take on a Democrat president instead of a Republican.  Using her most sarcastic scared-little-child voice, on today's Morning Joe Mika Brzezinski mocked Bob Woodward for saying the White House threatened him over his reporting on the sequester. Mocked Mika:  "is he really afraid of a little aide who said that to him?…
Mark Finkelstein
February 28th, 2013 9:08 AM