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In Rush to Slam 'War on Women,' MSNBC Ignores Story of Immigrant Woman
All last week the knights in shining armor at MSNBC did their level best to rescue the fair damsels of the realm from the vile "War on Women" waged by the vicious ogres of the Right, you know, like Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santorum. But in the midst of hyping Women's History Month and International Women's Day (March 8), the liberal network failed to highlight a real story of women's oppression:…
March 12th, 2012 3:15 PM

NYT Claims 'Centrist Women' (With Planned Parenthood Signs?) Are Fleei
The New York Times went all-out Sunday to prove that "centrist women" were fleeing the GOP in droves. Reporter Susan Saulny and six other reporters from across the country filed "Centrist Women Tell of Disenchantment With G.O.P.," for Sunday's paper.
Quick question: Is the Times counting the woman featured in the story's top photograph at a "Rally for Women's Rights," holding a Planned…
March 12th, 2012 2:11 PM

Doonesbury Ultrasound 'Rape' Cartoon Series Stirs Controversy; Newspap
The last time newspapers spiked leftist Garry Trudeau’s political cartoon series Doonesbury was in 1985 when he parodied the pro-life film documentary, The Silent Scream, which showed an actual abortion. Now that one must have been a hoot.
But Trudeau maintains passing up the transvaginal ultrasound = rape meme “would have been comedy malpractice,” as quoted by UPI. Again, more abortion humor…
March 12th, 2012 1:25 PM

Top Daily Show Producer Agrees: ‘Political Comedy Is Inherently Left
Brandon Griggs of CNN.com reported from the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, that a panel of leftist comedians and comedy writers said yes to his question “Is political comedy inherently leftist?”
“Comedy has a recklessness that doesn't lend itself to the conservative lifestyle,” said Rory Albanese, an executive producer and writer for The Daily Show on Comedy Central. “It's the…
March 12th, 2012 1:09 PM

NYTimes Finds Race, Gender Bias in Mitt's Music: 'On Romney Song List
As the presidential campaign heats up, partisan double standards infect even seemingly innocuous New York Times stories, like the music playlists of Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. Friday's online "Caucus" post by music critic Jon Pareles, accusing Romney's song choice of leaving out blacks and women.
March 12th, 2012 12:29 PM

NBC's Gregory Lectures on Civility: 'Racism' Toward Obama 'Brings Out
In a panel discussion on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press that included left-wing bomb-thrower Al Sharpton, host David Gregory worried: "Where has civility gone in politics?" He declared the source of incivility: "I talked to John Lewis, the civil rights leader, recently, who said he does think there's something particular, if it's racism or something else, about Obama that brings out a level of…
March 12th, 2012 12:02 PM

Chicago Sun-Times's 'The Rise and Fall of Rod Blagojevich' Ignores Oba
Posted on the Chicago Sun-Times's Web site today is "The rise and fall of Rod Blagojevich," written by Carol Marin, the newspaper's political columnist. Illinois's former Democratic governor is heading to the Federal pen this week, and Marin writes "he had surrounded himself with con men and creeps." She names a few, most notably convicted influence peddler Tony Rezko. She ignores a man who…
March 12th, 2012 11:59 AM

WashPost Notes Louis C.K. Dropping Out of RTCA Dinner, Omits Foul 'Ret
In their March 12 gossip column The Reliable Source, the Washington Post's Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts noted how comedian Louis C.K. on Friday evening canceled his scheduled gig at the Radio & TV Correspondents' Association dinner slated for June 8. Yet in covering the controversy for their article headlined "Too edgy for D.C.'s media," Argetsinger and Roberts tiptoed around the…
March 12th, 2012 11:56 AM

Religion of Liberalism: Washington Post's 'On Faith' Blog
The Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog network bills itself as “a conversation on religion and politics.” But the conversation of “On Faith” more accurately resembles a diatribe justifying liberal politics with religious imagery.
During this past week, Becky Garrison claimed that Christian actor Kirk Cameron was not a Christian because he opposes homosexual marriage, and Lisa Miller…
March 12th, 2012 11:31 AM

Game Change's Backstabbing Failure Steve Schmidt Idolized on Morning J
As NewsBusters reported Sunday, despite his failure as the McCain-Palin campaign’s senior adviser, and his subsequent backstabbing of the candidates he represented, HBO’s “Game Change” made him the hero of its Palin-bashing film that premiered Saturday.
The crew on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, with Schmidt as its guest, continued with this pathetic idol worship Monday (video follows with transcribed…
March 12th, 2012 10:28 AM
Open Thread: For Gov't Unions, Nothing Is Enough
Of all political groups, government employee unions have perhaps the greatest interest in growing government and staving off any political reforms. Many Republicans are unaware of this truth, but now it is New York Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo who is finding this out first-hand as he tries to restructure the awful mess that is the state's employee pension liability system. There are several…
March 12th, 2012 9:30 AM
The Real 'Entitlement Mentality' That Is Bankrupting America
Many Republicans talk of an entitlement mentality that threatens the character and finances of the United States. In their view, the problem is that too many voters feel entitled to goodies provided by the government and financed by taxpayers.
It is true that so-called entitlement programs are growing as a share of the federal budget and the national economy. Along with spending on national…
March 12th, 2012 8:51 AM

The CNN Slam That Paul Begala Was Spared
On his Mullings blog Sunday, Rich Galen recalled being on CNN’s Situation Room to discuss the difference between Rush Limbaugh’s Sandra Fluke comments and Bill Maher on Sarah Palin, and Begala “said that the difference was the law school student was defenseless. Sarah Palin is a major political figure and can defend herself.”
Galen confessed “I wasn't quick enough on my feet to ask Paul, ‘So…
March 12th, 2012 8:22 AM

WashPost Buries Most of the Numbers Off Page One on Bad Obama Poll
Monday's Washington Post announces their new poll with ABC News with the headline "As gasoline prices rise, president's ratings fall." Reporters Dan Balz and Jon Cohen announce the bad news upfront that "a record number of Americans now give the president 'strongly' negative reviews" on the economy. But you'd have to turn inside for the real numbers, as the reporters clear their throats about…
March 12th, 2012 7:07 AM