Left-Wing Newspaper, SuperPAC Use 'Crazy Rumor' to Attack GOP Governor

The Portland, Maine, Press Herald and the American Bridge 21st Century SuperPAC are accusing Maine Governor Paul LePage of Operating a vehicle Under the Influence (OUI) even though the GOP official never drives since a state trooper always transports him in a state vehicle. According to the Maine Wire website, liberal hedge-fund billionaire S. Donald Sussman recently spent $4 million to…
Randy Hall
March 18th, 2012 6:42 PM

WashPost Ombudsman Rules: Columnist Was Wrong on Rush Limbaugh, But He

Washington Post columnist (and occasional humorist) Alexandra Petri had to apologize this week for wrongly reporting disreputable advertisers like Ashley Madison (who recruit people to cheat on their spouses) advertised on the Rush Limbaugh show. Still, she said, “the whole point of the piece was that the people most eager to be associated with Rush Limbaugh’s show are — well, advertisers…
Tim Graham
March 18th, 2012 6:41 PM

On Solyndra and Obama's 2011 SOTU Avoidance, Politico's Samuelsohn Mis

On Friday, Darren Samuelsohn at the Politico (HT Hot Air), the place where it seems that inconvenient stories go so the Associated Press, the New York Times and the rest of the establishment press can claim they have an excuse not to cover them (respective proofs as of about 3:30 p.m. in the current instance are here and here), covering -- or I should say attempting to cover -- the latest of…
Tom Blumer
March 18th, 2012 4:45 PM

Clueless Bob Schieffer Befuddled by Idea Team Obama Wants Higher Gas P

Another example of how out of touch the Washington press corps is with what is common knowledge amongst conservatives. On Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer was flummoxed by Mitt Romney’s contention that Obama officials desire high gas prices:  Mitt Romney said...that the President actually wanted gas prices to go up when he was running for President. He also said the President should…
Brent Baker
March 18th, 2012 4:33 PM

Eleanor Clift: Obama Gets Along With Britain's Conservative Prime Mini

There was a truly delicious moment on PBS's McLaughlin Group this weekend. After Newsweek's Eleanor Clift gushed over how well President Obama gets along with British Prime Minister David Cameron describing him as "not like the conservatives we have in this country," syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan marvelously responded, "He's a RINO!" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 18th, 2012 3:52 PM

Elizabeth Warren, a Bigger Star Than George Clooney or Angelina Jolie

In the Sunday Washington Post, film critic Ann Hornaday puts on her left-wing political beret to honor a documentary called “Maxed Out” now playing on the Showtime channel -- and its star, Elizabeth Warren, currently running as a Democrat  against Republican Sen. Scott Brown for “Ted Kennedy’s seat” in the Senate. James Scurlock, the director of “Maxed Out,” is all gush to the Post. “You…
Tim Graham
March 18th, 2012 1:08 PM

PHONY 2012: Fiction Trumps Fact in Many Media Reports

"We have different languages for what the truth means." ---Mike Daisey, fantasy monologist. KONY 2012. This American Life. These are just the lastest incarnations of fiction trumping fact in both the mainstream media as well as in alternate news outlets. In the latest outbreaks of this condition, we found out that the emperor, or rather KONY 2012 producer, wears no clothes in more ways…
P.J. Gladnick
March 18th, 2012 12:53 PM

Alec Baldwin: 'Oil Whore' James Inhofe Should 'Retire to a Solar-Power

Actor Alec Baldwin went on another Twitter tirade Saturday evening. This time his target was Sen. James Inhofe (R-Ok.) whom he called an "oil whore" and said should "retire to a solar-powered gay bar":
Noel Sheppard
March 18th, 2012 9:50 AM

Bill Press: Celibate Catholic Bishops Wage War on Women, They've 'Got

On Friday's Bill Press radio show, the former Catholic seminarian ripped into his own church again. He says the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are "outrageous and wrong" to join the Republicans in their "War on Women." "Boy, this has me really burned up," he began. "There is a war on women going on. It’s a war on women that’s being conducted by Republicans in the House, you expect that.…
Tim Graham
March 18th, 2012 7:47 AM

WashPost's Lisa Miller Weirdly Writes Santorum Has 'Zero Experience' t

Newsweek religion editor Lisa Miller is trashing Rick Santorum again in her Saturday Washington Post “On Faith” column. Her loathing is so intense she is bizarrely claiming he has “zero qualifications” to match his “prehistoric” views. Well, for starters, Santorum has 16 years in Congress (12 in the Senate) compared to Obama having two years in the Senate before he started running. Apparently,…
Tim Graham
March 17th, 2012 9:51 PM

Not News: Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Calls For 'Destruction of All Ch

Maybe it's due to budget cutbacks at major establishment news sources, but I doubt it. Maybe it's because they believe nobody cares about news out of the Middle East. No, that can't be it. Or maybe it's because they think that people already know and understand the Muslim mindset. Well, after several decades of press attempts to keep it from us, that doesn't make any sense either. Whatever…
Tom Blumer
March 17th, 2012 9:17 PM

Protest Tilt: One George Clooney Gets Better WashPost Coverage Than Te

In January, many thousands of Americans coming in on planes, trains, and automobiles to protest abortion for the "March for Life" were relegated to the bottom of the front page of the Metro section (and about 11 pro-abortion activists got equal billing). But just one protester was awarded a huge splash across most of Saturday's Style section. That would be one George Clooney, going through the…
Tim Graham
March 17th, 2012 9:13 PM

Supermodel Elle Macpherson Loves Obama: 'I’m Socialist - What Do You

Supermodel Elle Macpherson told shock jock Howard Stern Tuesday that she's pulling for Barack Obama to be reelected. "I’m living in London and I’m socialist," she told her host. "What do you expect?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 17th, 2012 6:02 PM

Rosie O'Donnell: 'Maybe I'll Record a Country Album With Rush Limbaugh

Okay, she didn't mean it seriously, but at the end of CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight Thursday, substitute host Rosie O'Donnell pondered recording a country album with Rush Limbaugh. "Then we'll hit the road to promote it, the Rush and Rosie Show. Giddy up" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 17th, 2012 4:39 PM