
ABC Newscasts Mum on Editing Out Michelle Obama's Reference to 'Automa
Good Morning America on Tuesday edited out an inaccurate assertion by First Lady Michelle Obama that the gunman in a Chicago killing used an "automatic weapon." Regarding the death of teenager Hadiya Pendelton, Mrs. Obama claimed, "And she was caught in the line of fire because some kids had some automatic weapons they didn't need." This quote appeared online, but not on the February 26…
February 27th, 2013 1:01 PM

Pelley Lectures Boehner: 'Those Don't Sound Like The Words of A Man Se
Scott Pelley chided House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday's CBS Evening News, indicating the Republican leader was largely to blame for the imminent sequester: "You said that the President didn't have the guts to do what needed to be done on the budget. Today, you said the Senate has to get off its ass. Those don't sound like the words of a man seeking to bring people together to compromise…
February 27th, 2013 12:47 PM

WashPost's Horowitz Mars Otherwise Decent Item on Pope Benedict XVI wi
Washington Post staff writer Jason Horowitz marred an otherwise decent Style section feature item on Pope Benedict's resignation in his lead paragraph, which made a crack about the pontiff's retirement by hoping it goes off better than that of Pope Celestine V, whom Dante supposedly envisioned in Hell:
VATICAN CITY — On an April 2009 visit to the Italian mountain town of Sulmona, Pope…
February 27th, 2013 12:44 PM

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Gleefully Admits To Using Edited Video To Smea
MSNBC’s propensity to selectively edit video to smear conservatives has reached a new low. Speaking on her self-titled show on February 21, host Rachel Maddow openly admitted to playing edited footage of Senator John McCain to smear the Arizona Republican.
Speaking last week, Maddow aired footage of McCain addressing a constituent whose son was killed last year at a movie theater in Aurora,…
February 27th, 2013 12:27 PM

NBC Touts Michelle Obama's Oscar Appearance as 'Part of a Carefully Cr
In a report on Tuesday's NBC Today that only briefly mentioned criticism of First Lady Michelle Obama's appearance during Sunday's Academy Awards, White House correspondent Kristen Welker gushed that people were "still buzzing" over the "Oscar finale that no one saw coming."
Welker described Obama's recent "media blitz": "The First Lady has been popping up all over the place lately, on Jimmy…
February 27th, 2013 12:08 PM

Hyperbolic ABC: 'Massive Spending Cuts' to Cause 'Meat Shortages
The reporters of Good Morning America, who on Monday briefly questioned Barack Obama's hyperbolic talk about the sequester cuts, have returned to promoting dire warnings of meat shortages and children losing vaccines. Guest co-host Elizabeth Vargas on Wednesday hyped "the grim countdown to the massive spending cuts that will kick in on Friday."
To underline the point, an ABC graphic…
February 27th, 2013 11:48 AM
NBC: Christie in 'Battle' With 'Right Wing' After CPAC 'Snub,' Won't
Reacting to Chris Christie not being invited to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer melodramatically announced: "...another battle for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today. But this time, he's at odds with the right wing of his own party." The headline on screen throughout the segment read: "Cold Shoulder for Christie;…
February 27th, 2013 11:20 AM
So Long, Pope Benedict: CNN Hosts Radical Nun Calling Papal Election
After CNN's initial report on Pope Benedict's final papal audience, the first guest to appear on CNN Newsroom on Wednesday was a radical leftist nun who believes the upcoming papal election is "invalid" because no women are involved.
Sister Donna Quinn lashed out: "We women are calling this papal election invalid. It has to be declared fraudulent because it has no women included in the…
February 27th, 2013 11:19 AM
Woodward: Obama Exhibiting 'A Kind of Madness I Haven't Seen in a Long
The Washington Post's Bob Woodward continues to break ranks with his Obama-loving colleagues by holding the President's feet to the fire concerning the looming budget sequester.
Just days after he wrote a piece in the Post exposing the inconvenient truth that it was indeed the White House that initially proposed sequestration during the 2011 debt ceiling debate, Woodward appeared on MSNBC's…
February 27th, 2013 11:15 AM
A Vast NY Times Mag Cover Story on the Evils of Addictive Junk Food
New York Times investigative reporter Michael Moss's huge cover story, "The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food is a super-sized 9,400 words long, eclisped perhaps only by Matt Bai's slanted magazine cover story on the debt fight in last April. A. Barton Hinkle saved everyone some time with a succinct sarcastic summary column.
A recent cover story in The New York Times Magazine…
February 27th, 2013 9:45 AM

AP: Obama Rejects GOP Plan For Sequestration Flexibility Because It Wo
We don't need to speculate about the feelings of Josh Lederman at the Associated Press about who has the high ground in the ongoing sequestration discussions in Washington.
What President Obama actually said about the idea of having more flexibiliity in deciding where to reduce projected spending, followed by how Lederman spun it, both follow the jump.
February 27th, 2013 9:39 AM

NFL Prospect Asked At Combine 'Do You Like Girls
It was reported Monday that at this week's NFL Scouting Combine, teams are trying to determine if Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o is gay.
On Tuesday, University of Colorado tight end Nick Kasa told ESPN Radio Denver that he was asked at the combine if he likes girls.
February 27th, 2013 9:00 AM

Press-Enabled EPA Issues New Rules Mandating Use of Fuels Which Don't
The rogue collection of bureaucrats known as the Environmental Protection Agency continues its lawless ways. The establishment press continues to serve as enablers.
In January, a federal court vacated the EPA's regulations mandating the use of cellulosic biofuels which weren't produced at all until last year, and barely exist now. In response, the agency, directly defying the court, increased…
February 27th, 2013 8:35 AM

Randi Rhodes: Republicans Are 'Meth Heads' Who Want to 'Tank Our Econo
On her radio show Monday, liberal host Randi Rhodes had an extended rant against Republicans and their policy advice of tax reductions for job creators.
“I mean, we're going crazy with this thing about corporations are more important than humans. Corporations more important than educating a kid. Corporations are more important than border security. Corporations are more important than, you…
February 27th, 2013 7:36 AM