The Secrets of Soros, Obama, Occupiers and the MSM (Part

In Part 1, I discussed how the mainstream media, billionaire progressives such as George Soros, the White House and even the Occupy movement are in cahoots with one another. In Part 2, I discussed the MSM's maneuvering to coronate their choice for the GOP presidential nomination, Soros' covert investments in the 2012 presidential election, and Agenda 21's relation to progressivism and the…
Chuck Norris
November 29th, 2011 12:30 PM

WaPo Offers Not One But Two Puffy Stories on Barney Frank Retirement

The Washington Post responded to yesterday's retirement announcement by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) today with not one but two well-placed positive stories. "Longtime lawmaker brokered critical deals as skilled negotiator," gushed the subheader to Paul Kane's 20-paragraph page A1 article. "Fearlessly, Frank made his mark," blared the below-the-fold Style section front page article by Robert…
Ken Shepherd
November 29th, 2011 12:07 PM

Open Thread: Does Obama Want to Be Re-elected

Even President Obama's supporters would agree that enthusiasm for his 2012 campaign pales in comparison to the energy generated by his 2008 campaign. The stammering of his campaign has led some to question whether his heart is even in it for re-election, especially after his recent comments on American voters, who he said have "fallen behind" and gotten "lazy." Do you think Obama is hoping to…
NB Staff
November 29th, 2011 11:44 AM

Networks Predict 'Death Blow' and 'Doom' for Cain, CBS Skips Accuser's

All three morning shows on Tuesday trumpeted the latest woman to make accusations against Herman Cain, hyping this as a possible "death blow" and sign of coming "doom" for the "Sixth Sense" campaign. [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Ginger White insisted that she and Cain had engaged in a 13-year affair.  CBS, unlike NBC and ABC, made no mention of the woman's past legal problems, which…
Scott Whitlock
November 29th, 2011 11:14 AM

NYT Laugh-Line Headline of the Day: 'Barney Frank, Moderate

New York Times editorial board member, and former Times reporter, David Firestone is filling in for Andrew Rosenthal this week at the paper’s opinion blog The Loyal Opposition. He has apparently been tasked to make Rosenthal seem balanced by comparison, judging by his Monday posting with the laugh-line headline “Barney Frank, Moderate.” Firestone was paying tribute to liberal Democrat Rep.…
Clay Waters
November 29th, 2011 10:56 AM

Networks Trumpet Barney Frank’s Legacy, Ignore Role in Housing Crisi

“The first line in Barney Frank’s political epitaph,” The Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes predicted on Monday’s FNC Special Report upon news the longtime liberal Democratic Congressman won’t seek re-election, will “be the housing crisis.” But that isn’t what those who decide the first draft of history considered relevant. ABC, CBS and NBC didn’t mention Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac as they…
Brent Baker
November 29th, 2011 9:11 AM

Classy: Frequent NYT Book Reviewer Compares Tea Party to KKK

Kevin Boyle reviewed two new books on the Ku Klux Klan for the Sunday Times Book Review under the heading “The Not-So-Invisible Empire.” Boyle, an Ohio State University history professor and frequent contributor to the Times Book Review, compared the Tea Party to the Ku Klux Klan. Boyle's review started and ended offensively:
Clay Waters
November 29th, 2011 8:35 AM

Barnicle Barely Blinks As Coulter Calls Ted Kennedy 'Human Pestilence

Can you imagine the holy hell Ann Coulter would have unleashed if Ronald Reagan had been described in similarly scathing terms? But when the irrepressible Ann called Ted Kennedy "human pestilence," long-term Kennedy clan retainer Mike Barnicle barely blinked. It happened on Morning Joe today. Coulter, who has called on conservatives to rally around Mitt Romney, was defending Romney's…
Mark Finkelstein
November 29th, 2011 7:56 AM

Network TV Ad Cops Sleeping as Obama's DNC Mangles Romney Clips Out of

Last week, the Democrats screamed that a Mitt Romney ad took Barack Obama’s 2008 words out of context. All three networks leaped on that complaint. This week, the Democratic National Committee put out an ad that shamelessly takes Mitt Romney out of context. None of the network’s context cops are noticing. This is not an encouraging sign of fairness and balance on the ad watch. Last week, ABC…
Tim Graham
November 29th, 2011 6:51 AM

MSNBC's Schultz: Scott Walker 'Sucks

With penetrating political analysis like this, no wonder Ed Schultz has been named one of the least influential people alive . . . On his MSNBC show this evening, discussing the recall effort in Wisconsin, Schultz said that Republican Governor Scott Walker "sucks." Video after the jump.
Mark Finkelstein
November 28th, 2011 9:31 PM

Alec Baldwin Goes Nuts On Twitter Again: Attacks Bush, Cheney, Mark Le

Actor Alec Baldwin for the second time in as many months went nuts on Twitter. His targets Monday were George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Mark Levin, readers of the website Free Republic, and what he referred to as "right wing trash":
Noel Sheppard
November 28th, 2011 9:28 PM

AP's Kravitz Creates False 'Hope,' Commits Flat-Out Falsehood in Oct

This morning, the Census Bureau told us that 25,000 new homes were sold in October, which, after seasonal adjustment, works out to an annual rate of 307,000. This was up from a seasonally adjusted and downwardly revised (from 313,000) 303,000 in September. According to the first sentence of Derek Kravitz's related report at the Associated Press, this constitutes a "hopeful sign," even though…
Tom Blumer
November 28th, 2011 8:41 PM

AP Reporter's Item on Israel Reads Like a Leftist Political Stump Spee

In an item at the Associated Press datelined early Monday morning not labeled as "analysis" or otherwise characterized as the reporter's point of view, the wire service's Amy Teibel went on the attack against current developments in Israeli politics and society in extraordinarily harsh terms, to the point where her report could easily have been mistaken for a leftist's political stump speech…
Tom Blumer
November 28th, 2011 7:58 PM

Ron Christie Schools Chris Matthews: 'The Facts Get in the Way of a Go

MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Monday perfectly demonstrated that he is willing to contentiously debate issues with conservative guests without regard for the truth. In the middle of a Hardball segment about the Democrat proposal to extend the payroll tax holiday, Matthews ignorantly accused the far more knowledgeable Ron Christie of "complicating" the discussion leading his guest to marvelously…
Noel Sheppard
November 28th, 2011 7:44 PM