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McCain Complains About Stephanopoulos 'Gotcha Question' on Contracepti
Appearing as a guest on Thursday's Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, Arizona Senator John McCain complained about ABC's George Stephanopoulos because the ABC host asked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney if states have the constitutional power to ban contraceptives.
January 13th, 2012 3:15 AM

Leftist Radio Host Mike Malloy: Romney and Sons All on 'Hardcore LSD
On Wednesday night, leftist talk radio host Mike Malloy was in his usualy ugly rut, insisting Mitt Romney must be on drugs. "I think he's doing black acid, Malloy insisted. "I don't give a rat's ass about Romney. The voters in South Carolina are going to carve him a new body orifice. They don't like Mitt Romney in South Carolina." (Romney currently has the lead in the polls.)
Then he insisted…
January 12th, 2012 10:57 PM

Matthews Preposterously Claims Obama Added 'Only 13 People' to Federal
On Thursday's Hardball, Chris Matthews preposterously insisted that Barack Obama added "only 13 people" to the federal workforce in 2009 and that the total number of individuals working for the U.S. government (as of 2010) was 4,443.
[UPDATE, 8:55 PM EST: Two hours later, in the otherwise identical 7 PM EST re-play, MSNBC inserted a new graphic and a new audio overlay in which Matthews…
January 12th, 2012 6:44 PM

CBS's King Goes Gaga Over Obama Family; No Questions About Lavish Expe
Gayle King made it clear that she is in the tank for the Obama campaign on Thursday's CBS This Morning, specifically vouching that Michelle Obama apparently is "passionate," and that the First Lady is "looking forward to returning for another four years. They're going to work very hard to make that happen."
King continued tossing softballs at her admitted friend, at one point gushing, "Do…
January 12th, 2012 6:29 PM

Occupy Wall Street, Still Seeping Into the NYT's Consciousness
New York Times reporter Sabrina Tavernise highlighted a Pew Research Center survey in Thursday's “Survey Finds Rising Strain Between Rich And the Poor,” and quickly suggested it meant “the message of income inequality brandished by the Occupy Wall Street movement and pressed by Democrats may be seeping into the national consciousness.”
Tavernise also used a convenient source to credit the…
January 12th, 2012 5:56 PM

CNN Gives Positive Look Into Fringe Group of Hackers and Thieves
The group "Anonymous" claims to be an arm of the Occupy movement and has made headlines for stealing credit card numbers and publishing personal information of police officers. A report by CNN's Amber Lyon might have made audiences think twice about their dubious reputation with her sneak-peek of an upcoming CNN Presents story "Anonymous" that airs Saturday night at 8 p.m.
Explaining the…
January 12th, 2012 5:40 PM

Thom Hartmann Doesn't Want Any President Guided By Religion. Except, o
President Obama is pursuing policies that "define all the world's major religions," Thom Hartmann gushes. Which no president should ever do, Thom Hartmann warns.
The liberal radio host tried to pass off this apparent contradiction during conversations with callers to his show on Jan. 5 (audio clips after page break)
January 12th, 2012 5:25 PM

NBC Cheers: Michelle Obama 'Chose to Fight Back' Against 'Controversia
On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams proclaimed to viewers: "A new book you may have heard about written by a reporter for the New York Times about life in the Obama White House paints what is at times a not-so-flattering picture of First Lady Michelle Obama and today she chose to fight back."
In the report that followed, correspondent Andrea Mitchell gushed over the First…
January 12th, 2012 5:16 PM

NYT's Jodi Kantor 'Labored and Labored' to Make Her Jeremiah Wright Re
On Wednesday afternoon, New York Times political reporter Jodi Kantor hosted a live Facebook discussion on her new book on the Obamas and especially First Lady Michelle Obama. If this Facebook session is any indication, the book matches Kantor’s previous promotional coverage of the First Couple. On Facebook Kantor describes the First Lady as someone “with important ideas of her own about…
January 12th, 2012 5:13 PM
It's Time to Run a 'Tebow' Option Play on the Liberal Media
Even fair-minded liberals, of which there must be a few, should acknowledge that the Saturday-Sunday "blitz" of the Republican presidential candidates by ABC and NBC correspondents looked like a play designed by the left wing of the Democratic Party.
Clearly the questions by ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Diane Sawyer about contraception and same-sex marriage were asked to trap the GOP…
January 12th, 2012 4:44 PM

WashPost Columnist Examines the Plight of 'Occuparents
If you didn't think the Washington Post coverage of the Occupy D.C. protests jumped the shark with the Sunday paper's coverage of Occupy lust at first blight, maybe Petula Dvorak's online column "Occupy squalor: the ultimate test for helicopter parents," will do the trick.
"Occuparenting isn’t easy," Dvorak began. "Your precious children? The ones who had violin lessons and SAT tutors and…
January 12th, 2012 4:17 PM
NBC Touts Gordon Gekko Impersonator Greeting Romney in South Carolina
In a report for Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander promoted attacks on Mitt Romney: "There's been no let-up in the barrage of criticism over Romney's record as the former head of Bain Capital." Alexander pointed out: "This Gordon Gekko impersonator greeted Romney's arrival in South Carolina."
A scene from the movie "Wall Street" was played with actor Michael Douglas…
January 12th, 2012 3:30 PM
PBS Host Singles Out GOP Candidates for Hostility to Poor, 'We're In a
PBS host and leftist activist Tavis Smiley called out Republican candidates for their hostility to the poor in America, on Thursday morning on MSNBC. Appearing during the 7 a.m. hour of Morning Joe, he singled out four candidates by name and warned that "we're in a world of trouble" due to their campaign trail rhetoric.
As a PBS host, Smiley benefits from public funding. That has not stopped…
January 12th, 2012 3:26 PM
Who Wouldn't Enjoy Firing These People
Earlier this week, Mitt Romney got into trouble for saying, "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me." To comprehend why the political class reacted as if Romney had just praised Hitler, you must understand that his critics live in a world in which no one can ever be fired -- a world known as "the government."
(And a tip for you Washington types: Just because a person…
January 12th, 2012 3:13 PM