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ABC Hypes Class Warfare: 'Billionaires Blocking the Beach'; 'Super Ric
Good Morning America's David Wright on Wednesday touted a new phone app to fight the "super rich" and combat "billionaires blocking the beach." The journalist toured some of California beaches, which are public, but are in front of wealthy homes. Wright lectured, "The app is free like the beach is supposed to be." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
The ABC graphic warned, "Billionaires…
May 29th, 2013 12:59 PM

NBC Hypes Bachmann's 'Bombshell' Retirement Amid 'Swirl of Controversy
At the top of Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer seized on Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's decision not to seek re-election in 2014: "Breaking news. A bombshell announcement from Michele Bachmann. The Tea Party favorite says she won't seek another term in Congress....But with a swirl of controversy surrounding her, will that future include politics?" [Listen to the audio or watch the…
May 29th, 2013 12:23 PM

CNN Takes Jab at Retiring Bachmann; 'Butt of a Thousand Jokes
CNN couldn't hold back a parting shot at Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) when the Congresswoman announced on Wednesday that she would be retiring after 2014.
On Wednesday morning's Newsroom, anchor Carol Costello said Bachmann became "the butt of a thousand jokes" and CNN dug up a 2012 Saturday Night Live mockery of her, as well as Newsweek's unflattering 2011 cover of the Congresswoman as…
May 29th, 2013 12:08 PM
New York Magazine: 'Michele Bachmann Retires As President of Crazyland
With the announcement that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) will not seek re-election next year, the liberal media are out in force trashing this woman Wednesday.
New York magazine's Jonathan Chait quickly did his part with a piece intelligently titled "Michele Bachmann Retires As President of Crazyland":
May 29th, 2013 10:39 AM
Dan Savage on Bachmann Not Seeking Re-election: 'Good Riddance to Bats
Dan Savage - you know, the anti-bullying advocate! - had what one could only call a predictable response to waking up Wednesday morning and reading in the New York Times that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Mn.) will not be seeking re-election next year.
He took to his computer and tweeted, "Good riddance to bats--t rubbish":
May 29th, 2013 10:10 AM
Open Thread Wednesday
Today's starter topic: Michele Bachmann, former GOP presidential candidate and long-time member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota has announced that she will not stand for reelection to her seat. What do you think will be next for Bachmann? What would you like to see her do?
May 29th, 2013 9:13 AM
New York's Top PBS Snobs Raise Money by Mocking Commercial TV for 'Rea
The top PBS station in New York is marketing itself to potential new donors in the most natural way: by snobbishly mocking commercial TV as “a sea of madness.” Sadly, commercial TV stations probably won’t fight back by mocking prissy British period dramas like “Downton Abbey.” (I might suggest a mop-topped Muppet that looks like Ken Burns that constantly boasts of his own importance as a…
May 29th, 2013 8:09 AM

Martin Bashir: 'Paul Krugman Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize'...For Adv
Martin Bashir on Tuesday said New York Times columnist Paul Krugman "deserves the Nobel Peace Prize."
Yes, the MSNBC host said Peace Prize - not one for economics - all because the perilously liberal economist has advocated more deficit spending and even more federal debt to stimulate the economy (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):
May 29th, 2013 1:07 AM

WashPost Refuted: New Republic Notes 'Healing' Dan Savage Book Include
The New Republic has easily demonstrated just how ridiculous The Washington Post's book review of the new Dan Savage is to claim that “reconciliation is at the heart of everything Savage writes and says.”
In "The Waning Power of Dan Savage," Daniel D'Addario dismisses the new book as "a very public act of self-love." Later, he explained "The nadir of American Savage comes when Savage prints…
May 28th, 2013 11:44 PM

Chris Matthews: Obama Scandals Aren't Scandals - They're ‘Kerfuffles
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is no longer willing to call the White House troubles involving Benghazi, the Internal Revenue Service, and the leaks investigation "scandals."
No, on Tuesday’s Hardball, the host called them “kerfuffles,” once even correcting himself after accidentally referring to what happened at the IRS as a scandal (video follows with transcript and commentary):
May 28th, 2013 11:34 PM

Bozell Column: One Man's Fascination With Hitler
Here’s a story you probably haven’t heard, unless you read Drudge or Breitbart. The Independent (U.K.) has published a story (from which I pull freely), as have a couple of Jewish outlets. That’s all I can find. You tell me if it qualifies as “news” that the “news “ media should be covering.
It involves a young man who would someday become one of the best-known and most powerful men in the…
May 28th, 2013 11:11 PM

NBC’s Brian Williams Trumpets Bob Dole’s Criticism of GOP as Too C
Once again demonstrating the NBC Nightly News is the broadcast arm of MSNBC, anchor Brian Williams – matching what has animated MSNBC hosts – devoted a segment to former Senator Bob Dole railing against the modern Republican Party; ie: conservatives.
With “Fighting Words” on screen, Williams on Tuesday night highlighted comments neither the ABC nor CBS evening newscasts found newsworthy, how…
May 28th, 2013 8:51 PM

Krauthammer: Holder Not Sensing Gravity of Scandal ‘Makes You Wonder
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer had some harsh words for Attorney General Eric Holder’s handling of the leak investigation scandal.
Appearing on Fox News’s Special Report, Krauthammer said, “The fact that he says that the gravity of the situation didn't sink in until yesterday makes you wonder if he was anesthetized.”
May 28th, 2013 7:35 PM

PBS's Bellantoni Sees 'Very Conservative' Cuccinelli, 'Fighting Agains
Appearing as a guest on Sunday's Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC, PBS's Christina Bellantoni labeled Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli as "very conservative," but, when discussing presumptive Democratic nominee and former DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe, the PBS NewsHour political editor did not include a liberal ideological label.
Additionally, as she recounted…
May 28th, 2013 7:03 PM