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NBC News President Insists Zimmerman Edit 'Not a Deliberate Act to Mis
Following a series of anonymous leaks, NBC has released its first on-the-record statements regarding the internal investigation into its misleading audio clip of George Zimmerman's 9-1-1 call.
According to NBC, the controversial clip, which appeared during its "Today" morning news show, was edited deliberately by the producer to fit within time constraints and not for some other reason.…
April 8th, 2012 2:12 AM
Survey: Media Does a 'Poor Job' of Explaining Religion, and Especiall
A new survey on religion and journalism released on Thursday by two collegiate study groups -- the Knight Program in Media and Religion at USC and the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron -- found a majority of both the public and reporters agree the news media “does a poor job of explaining religion in society,” with 57.1 percent and 51.8 percent agreeing,…
April 7th, 2012 11:55 PM
CBS News Analyst Blasts ‘Smug’ Scalia as ‘Bully’ for Daring to
Catching up with what The Weekly Standard dubbed “the prize for unhinged emotionalism” in reaction from within the liberal bubble to the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on ObamaCare, back on Friday, March 30, Andrew Cohen, the “chief analyst and legal editor for CBS Radio News,” wrote on The Atlantic’s Web site:
“The arguments in the Care Act cases may be funny to Justice Antonin Scalia, the…
April 7th, 2012 10:18 PM
Planned Parenthood Won't Take Big Money from Author of 'A--holes Finis
What happens when Planned Parenthood won't take a half-million-dollar donation because of negative publicity? You get a really upset publicist, in this case for the snarky humorist Tucker Max, the author of books with titles including "A--holes Finish First" and "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell" and "Sloppy Seconds: The Tucker Max Leftovers." (The money's now going to an even more shameless left…
April 7th, 2012 6:11 PM
Obama Praises Mika Brzezinski: 'Better Half' of Morning Joe
The Obama administration has never been shy about showing its appreciation for the deplorably liberal so-called "news" network MSNBC.
Speaking at a White House economic forum Friday, the President expressed additional adoration as he praised Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski for proving "women really are the better half. Joe's not denying it" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
April 7th, 2012 5:19 PM
How Many Americans Blur Sarah Palin and Tina Fey Into a Non-Factual Bl
Recently, Politico writers Dylan Byers and Mackenzie Weinger wrote that Sarah Palin told Katie Couric on CBS that she could "see Russia from [her] house." This despite the fact that Tina Fey, portraying Palin, was the only one who ever uttered those words. That's doubly wrong. This kind of malignant confusion has unfairly discredited Palin in the public mind.
Check out what happened when…
April 7th, 2012 4:42 PM
AP, UPI Finally Note NBC's Firing of Producer Over Zimmerman 911 Call
Breitbart.com has noted that it took about 17 hours before the dam broke, but now the Associated Press and United Press International both have stories on NBC's decision to fire a Miami-based producer over the editing of George Zimmerman's 911 call.
The AP story, which has a time stamp of 12:03 p.m. at the Wall Street Journal, plays it pretty straight (posted in full because of it relative…
April 7th, 2012 2:36 PM
All Purpose Weekend Open Thread
Lots to talk about politically this holiday weekend. Of course, the start of the baseball season and the Masters are likely garnering much of your attention.
Happy Easter and Happy Pesach.
April 7th, 2012 1:54 PM
Nasty Joy Behar Mocks Sarah Palin: 'Shouldn't She Be Turning Letters o
A nasty Joy Behar on Wednesday appeared on MSNBC's Last Word to attack conservative women such as Sarah Palin and Nikki Haley. Talking to the ultra-liberal Lawrence O'Donnell, Behar mocked, "Shouldn't [Palin] be turning letters somewhere on some game show at this point? Why is she still involved in the conversation politically?"
Palin's sin, according to Behar? Daring to opine on who Mitt…
April 7th, 2012 1:34 PM
Nina Totenberg Falsely Claims People Making Between $60K and $125K Pay
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Friday said President Obama wins the budget debate if the electorate is as gullible as people like NPR's Nina Totenberg.
Just three minutes later on PBS's Inside Washington, as if on cue, Totenberg said people making between $60,000 and $125,000 pay the most in taxes (video follows with transcript and commentary):
April 7th, 2012 1:31 PM
AP Headline After Disappointing March Jobs Report: 'US job market take
Did you know that the economy was on a "hiring binge" until February? Gosh, neither did I until the headline to Paul Wiseman's report at the Associated Press yesterday afternoon informed of that.
I also didn't know that economies took breaks, but that's what the AP's headline said the economy did in March. And don't worry -- "few economists expect hiring to fizzle in spring and summer, as it…
April 7th, 2012 12:46 PM
Krauthammer: Obama Wins Budget Debate if Electorate's as Gullible as N
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer made a point about today's media that should make everyone think twice about the state of American journalism.
In a discussion about the Ryan budget proposal on PBS's Inside Washington Friday, Krauthammer observed, "Obama will win the argument if the electorate is as gullible as Nina [Totenberg] and Mark [Shields] and Evan [Thomas] in accepting what…
April 7th, 2012 12:32 PM
CNN's Banfield Falsely Claims Trayvon Martin Eyewitness Told Her Attac
You'd think on the very day an NBC News producer was fired for editing George Zimmerman's 911 call to make it appear he was racist media members would be extra careful to be as factually accurate as possible when reporting on the Trayvon Martin shooting.
CNN's Ashleigh Banfield clearly didn't get this memo for while substitute-hosting on Anderson Cooper 360 Friday night, she twice falsely…
April 7th, 2012 10:45 AM
NYT's Brooks Slams Obama: 'Every Once in a While' He 'Puts On His Keit
New York Times' so-called "conservative" columnist David Brooks had some surprisingly harsh words Friday for the objective of his affection currently residing in the White House.
"President Obama is an intelligent, judicious man who can see all sides of an issue. But every once in a while he tries to get politically cute, and he puts on his Keith Olbermann mask."
April 7th, 2012 8:58 AM