University Provost in Charge of Diversity Suspended for Signing Gay Ma
Imagine if an employee at a college or university was suspended from her duties for signing a ballot petition that is for same sex marriage, the media outrage would be predictable and the person would become a household name. And the media would have good reason for doing so: no one should suffer employment consequences for their political convictions. But you probably haven't heard of Dr.…
October 12th, 2012 3:06 PM
NYT Found Ryan 'Misleading' on Medicare, But Its 15-Plus Fact Checkers
The Biden-Ryan vice-presidential debate Thursday night brought out the media's "fact check" squads, including the New York Times, which had a squad of reporters evaluating the statements of Joe Biden and Paul Ryan online during the debate. Still, with perhaps 15 reporters on the job Thursday night, the paper still had to out-source a crucial Biden misstatement on Libya to the one-man fact-check…
October 12th, 2012 2:55 PM
ABC's Raddatz Attended Women's Event at Biden's House -- With Other Fe
Daniel Halper of The Weekly Standard reported that White House records show ABC’s Martha Raddatz “visited the VPR (or, the vice president's residence) for a "Women's History Month Reception." That record was released on June 29, 2012.
The White House Blog relayed that “The Bidens hosted their first Women’s History Month reception to celebrate the history, accomplishments, and contributions…
October 12th, 2012 1:49 PM
Morning Joe's Debate Recap: Mika Brzezinski Colorfully Pronounces Bide
In her analysis of the vice presidential debate on the October 12 edition of Morning Joe, co-host Mika Brzezinski showed disdain for Paul Ryan and utter adulation for Joe Biden's performance. She was alone in her wildly pro-Joe assessment.
As far as she was concerned, Biden utterly thrashed Ryan, and the liberal MSNBC co-host loved every minute of it: [ video below, MP3 audio available here…
October 12th, 2012 1:27 PM
Newt Gingrich Bulldozes Democratic Libya Spin on CBS
While CBS This Morning asked only one tough question on the Obama administration and Libya on Friday, guest Newt Gingrich came out swinging and dismantled Democratic guest Jennifer Granholm's defense of the administration. CBS has at times been friendly to the administration over the fiasco.
"I think with regard to the debate and the election, I don't think people are going to be voting on…
October 12th, 2012 12:51 PM
ABC's Karl Hypes Biden for Not Letting Paul Ryan Get Away With 'Infamo
Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Friday touted Joe Biden's performance at the vice presidential debate, hyping that the Vice President brought up Mitt Romney's "infamous" comments about the 47 percent who don't pay income taxes. Karl concluded that Biden was "often dominant," but "maybe a little too dominant." Contrasting Barack Obama's weak performance with the tone of the VP, Karl marveled…
October 12th, 2012 12:30 PM
Martha Raddatz Was Decently Balanced on Foreign Policy, Skewed Leftwar
Martha Raddatz’s friends in the media are swooning over her performance in last night’s Vice Presidential debate. And certainly she deserves a good deal of credit for taking Joe Biden to task for the Obama administration’s failures in Benghazi. She asked the hard, pointed questions that the administration has managed to dodge for weeks. Her conduct during the opening segment was refreshing and…
October 12th, 2012 12:04 PM
Debate Moderator Favors Biden; ABC Colleagues Cheer: 'Martha Raddatz f
Reviewing the questions posed at Thursday night's vice presidential debate, ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz clearly favored Team Obama. Out of 48 discrete questions and follow-ups, a plurality (19, or 40%) incorporated a pro-Obama/Biden or anti-Romney/Ryan agenda, vs. 25% (12 questions) that skewed in the other direction and 35% (17 questions) that were neutral or purely information-seeking.…
October 12th, 2012 11:21 AM
NBC Brings on MSNBC's Maddow to Declare a 'Great Night' for Joe Biden
While admitting at the top of Friday's NBC Today that there was "no clear winner" in Thursday's vice presidential debate, minutes later, co-hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie brought on left-wing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow to declare Joe Biden the victor: "Democrats are psyched that Joe Biden had such a great night....most Democrats watching last night probably think that Joe Biden clearly…
October 12th, 2012 11:16 AM
Politico Doubles Down on Liberalism, Hires Disgraced David Chalian of
Veteran liberal journalist David Chalian was fired by Yahoo after he was caught on an open mic at this year's Republican convention in Tampa saying that GOP officials were "happy to have a party with black people drowning," a story first exposed by NewsBusters. Politico’s Dylan Byers reports that didn’t stop him from being picked up off liberal waivers by....Politico.
Politico editor-in-…
October 12th, 2012 11:05 AM
Kid Rock Tells Sean Penn 'F--king Suck It, Commie' in Ad to Not Let Po
The odd couple of Kid Rock and Sean Penn have teamed up to create a public service announcement to not let politics divide us.
After the pair trade caustic barbs that include Rock telling Penn "F--king suck it, commie," and Penn referring to Rock as a troglodyte, they finally bury the hatchet, and present a positive image of what America is supposed to be (video follows with transcribed…
October 12th, 2012 10:11 AM
Smug WashPost TV Reviewer: Raddatz Favored Biden, Ryan Was Juvenile An
Washington Post writer Dan Zak penned a "TV Review" of the debates in the A section which bragged "only Vice President Biden acted as though he could sit at the desk in the Oval Office and have his feet touch the ground." In the paper, he began " A pro debated a novice," but on Twitter, Zak previewed he would write "A man debated a boy Thursday night." He also insulted Ryan on Twitter as a…
October 12th, 2012 7:42 AM
Chris Wallace: Biden’s Constant Interruptions, Smirking ‘Unprecede
Those who watched Thursday night's vice presidential debate couldn't help but notice that current veep Joe Biden was hard-pressed to contain his contempt and disrespect for his erstwhile opponent, GOPer Paul Ryan. Biden's continual interruptions and smirking were "unprecedented" according to Fox News anchor and former ABC correspondent Chris Wallace. "I don't believe I’ve ever seen a debate in…
October 12th, 2012 2:38 AM
Stephanopoulos Initially Hedges on Biden-Ryan Clash, But Later Claims
Former Clinton administration flack and current ABC personality George Stephanopoulos slanted towards Joe Biden after Thursday night's vice presidential debate between the incumbent and challenger Paul Ryan. However, unlike his definitive pro-Democratic track record with debates, he initially wouldn't give a clear answer as to who won the match-up. Stephanopoulos trumpeted how "Joe Biden came…
October 12th, 2012 2:27 AM
