Open Thread: Earmarks as Means of Personal Enrichment
The publishing of Peter Schweizer's Throw Them All Out seems to have inspired some of the editors and writers at the Washington Post who published this week an exposé on how many members of Congress are directing money in federal earmarks to projects that have some direct connection to themselves. It's not necessarily indicative of corruption but the data is fascinating to take a look at. From…
February 7th, 2012 9:30 AM

MSNBC's O'Donnell: Planned Parenthood Head Should Be Ambassador to U.N
During a syrupy interview with Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards on Monday's The Last Word, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell was so impressed with her that he concluded the segment by declaring that she is worthy to be ambassador to the United Nations. O'Donnell:
February 7th, 2012 8:46 AM

How Dare Romney Say Obama Made Economy Worse: NYTimes Reporters Rush t
New York Times reporters Trip Gabriel (pictured right) and Ashley Parker, who follow Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, respectively, teamed up for Saturday’s report from Las Vegas, “Republican Candidates Wrangle Over Nevada," rushing to Obama’s aide after a mild attack by Mitt Romney, and accused conservatives of carrying a “caricature” image of lefty donor George Soros.
February 7th, 2012 8:02 AM

Democrat: Fox News Is 'The Enemy,' Hates 'Working Men and Women
Ask Americans who the "enemy" is, and they might say Iran, or they might worry about communist China. But typically, liberals see the enemy in America. Congressman Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi, told the Communications Workers of America on February 1 they should watch the enemy in action (for 30 seconds) on Fox News Channel. (Well, he said "Fox TV," as if he doesn't know the…
February 7th, 2012 7:19 AM

Virginia Bishops: 'We Cannot -- We Will Not -- Comply' with Obamacare
The Arlington Catholic Herald published on its front page this week the letter read on Sunday in Virginia churches from Paul Loverde, the Bishop of Arlington, and Francis DiLorenzo, the Bishop of Richmond. They urged Virginia’s Catholics to resist: “The federal government, which claims to be ‘of, by, and for the people,’ has just dealt a heavy blow to almost a quarter of those people — the…
February 7th, 2012 6:43 AM

Matt Lauer Lets Obama Claim He Didn't Run Negative Ad Campaign in
As NewsBusters has been reporting, NBC's Matt Lauer had an interview with President Obama on Super Bowl Sunday that was as soft as cream cheese that's been sitting in the sun for hours.
One such sickeningly squishy moment was when the Today show host let his guest get away with claiming he "ran an affirmative campaign" in 2008 without negative attack ads (video follows with transcript and…
February 7th, 2012 12:10 AM

CBS News D.C. Station Slams Voter ID Bill in Va. As '"Jim Crow" Voting
Update (18:46 EST): CBS has since changed the headline to "Controversial Voting Legislation Passes In Virginia Senate."
"'Jim Crow' Voting Legislation Passes in Virginia Senate," a CBS news headline on a Washington D.C. CBS news website alarmed readers tonight.
The AP/CBSDC story, filed at 10:33 p.m. Eastern on the website for CBS Radio's new all-news station WNEW, reports on the passage of…
February 6th, 2012 11:21 PM

Thrice-Married NPR Snob Garrison Keillor Mocks Newt Gingrich as a 'Pol
Hypocrisy knows no bounds on the airwaves of National Public Radio, as their Minnesota-based star Garrison Keillor led off his latest edition of “A Prairie Home Companion” by mocking the GOP frontrunners as “the Mormon running against the polygamist.” This is a rich dig coming from Keillor, since he has been married three times – just as many times as Newt Gingrich.
This was within three…
February 6th, 2012 10:52 PM

Ed Schultz: 'Will Voters Hold GOP Accountable for Trying to Kill Ameri
Despite Clint Eastwood's pronouncement Monday that he is "certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama," the President's fans in the media are doing a victory lap over Super Bowl Sunday's Chrysler commercial featuring the Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker.
So excited by this ad was MSNBC's Ed Schultz Monday that he disgustingly asked his audience, "Will voters hold Republicans…
February 6th, 2012 9:17 PM

NBC Nightly News Finally Mentions Obama Mandate Imposition on Catholic
NBC Nightly News on Monday lifted its two-plus week blackout of the Obama administration’s decision to force religious institutions, such as Catholic hospitals and charities, to provide birth control coverage in health insurance provided to employees, but ABC’s World News and the CBS Evening News have still yet to utter a syllable about what has enraged people across the political spectrum…
February 6th, 2012 8:35 PM

Clint Eastwood: 'I Am Certainly Not Politically Affiliated With Mr. Ob
Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood has come under some heat for appearing in a Chrysler commercial on Super Bowl Sunday that some feel was pro-Obama.
Eastwood spoke with Ron Mitchell, the producer of Fox's O'Reilly Factor, Monday to set the record straight:
February 6th, 2012 7:29 PM

CNN Quickly Reported Liberal Backlash Against Komen, But Sat on Religi
CNN's blatant double-standard in covering religious and social issues was manifested in its lopsided coverage of two different stories over the past few weeks.
When prominent religious leaders condemned an Obama administration mandate as an attack on religious freedom, the network gave the controversy one brief mention in ten days. But when liberal outrage ensued over a cancer charity…
February 6th, 2012 6:54 PM

Chris Matthews: Obama's Smile 'Worth Five to Ten Points' on Election D
To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, there he goes again.
On MSNBC's Hardball Monday, host Chris Matthews said Barack Obama's smile "is worth five to ten points" on Election Day (video follows with transcript and commentary):
February 6th, 2012 6:05 PM

Nets Hype Social Media 'Torrent' in Komen Reversal, Keep Slant Toward
ABC, CBS, and NBC spotlighted the Komen foundation's about-face on funding Planned Parenthood on their Friday evening newscasts, and played up the apparent role of social media in getting the charity to reverse its earlier decision. On World News, ABC's Diane Sawyer trumpeted the "dramatic day for people power," while on Nightly News, NBC's Lester Holt concluded, "score one for the power of…
February 6th, 2012 5:45 PM