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Tina Brown: Cheney's Foreign Policy Has Been 'Validated By Obama
Tina Brown seems to be very conflicted about her opinion of Dick Cheney.
After telling the "Morning Joe" panel the former Vice President is a "wrecking ball" who "seems to be totally in denial still about Iraq," the Daily Beast-Newsweek editor said moments later, "He's been validated by Obama" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
August 30th, 2011 11:51 AM
MRC's Graham Hits Media Over-Hype of 'Hurricane' Irene
Tim Graham, the Media Research Center's Director of Media Analysis, appeared on the Fox Business Channel, Monday, to discuss the media's hyperbolic coverage of "Hurricane" Irene.
Graham asserted, "Well, I don't think there's any doubt that the media are interested in trying to cover this 24/7 and it's a little hard to sell it as tropical storm coverage for hours and hours." Speaking of Al…
August 30th, 2011 11:30 AM
CNN's Don Lemon Compares Libya 'Atrocities' With LGBT Discrimination
In a Thursday NPR interview, CNN's openly-gay anchor Don Lemon lumped discrimination against gays and lesbians in with atrocities committed in Libya.
When asked why audiences should be interested in gay and lesbian issues, Lemon answered that "people are glued to what's happening in Libya, because it affects us. Any atrocity that's committed against one person affects us all and we are…
August 30th, 2011 11:00 AM
NYT Editor Finds Issa's Retraction Demands 'Troubling' - But Hit Piece
The New York Times so far has issued three corrections to reporter Eric Lichtblau’s August 15 front-page hit piece on conservative California Rep. Darrell Issa of California, but the paper won't consider a retraction because, as the Times's Washingtion bureau chief says: “The article was carefully reported, written, and edited, and we stand by the story both in its broad thrust and, except as…
August 30th, 2011 10:44 AM
Open Thread: Republicans Unveiling Bill to Bring Major Changes to the
House Republicans are introducing a bill today with hopes to force major changes on the United Nations. The bill would require the UN to allow member countries to fund the UN agencies of their choosing rather than according to a formula, end funding for Palestinian refugees, limit U.S. funding to be used only for purposes specifically outlined by Congress, and end contributions to peacekeeping…
August 30th, 2011 10:11 AM
NBC's Lauer to Cheney: You're the 'Most Divisive Political Figure in T
On Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer began a hostile interview with Dick Cheney by running through various derisive labels for the former Vice President: "You've been called 'controversial' and 'divisive.' Some people have called you the most divisive political figure in this country in a century." Cheney simply quipped: "You left out Darth Vader."
August 30th, 2011 9:06 AM
WaPo Editor Trashes Cheney Book, and 'Hapless' Team Bush 'Messes
The Washington Post published its player-hating book review of Dick Cheney's memoir In My Time on the front page of Tuesday's Style section, by Robert G. Kaiser, the former number-two editor of the paper. The liberal media elitism sneers at Cheney and "one of the most hapless administrations of modern times." Cheney failed to explain "this pugnacious administration and the world-changing messes…
August 30th, 2011 9:06 AM
NPR Hails New Obama Economic Appointee With Just Praise from One (Left
National Public Radio has a bad habit of reporting from the White House like they're taking handouts from the press office. Take Monday night's All Things Considered, where the newest economic appointee only drew praise from experts. That's because White House correspondent Scott Horsley only quoted one expert: left-wing economist Dean Baker, who's written on economics for the radical-left…
August 30th, 2011 6:37 AM
The Tide and Marco Rubio
In my high school days before sex and environmental education and the general dumbing down of the population, memorization of some Shakespeare was expected in Miss Kauffman's 12th-grade English class. A favorite I still recall is this line spoken by Brutus in "Julius Caesar": "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their…
August 30th, 2011 12:05 AM
LiveAction.org Calls Out NYT's Charles Blow For Now-Corrected Obvious
In his Friday column ("Failing Forward"), published in Saturday's print edition, the New York Times's Charles Blow really blew it in attempting to relay an abortion-related statistic from the abortion-supportive Alan Guttmacher Institute. Blow wrote (shown here) that "the unintended pregnancy rate has jumped 50 percent since 1994."
The Times has since corrected the column to reflect what the…
August 29th, 2011 9:31 PM
CNN Questions Whether Paul and Bachmann Are Even Ready for Presidency
CNN anchor Kyra Phillips asked her "Political Buzz" panel Monday if GOP candidates Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann are "ready for the big office" given their unusual views.
"Ron Paul saying that we should get rid of FEMA. Michele Bachmann says the storm and earthquake are signs from God," stated Phillips. "Okay guys, are these candidates ready for the big office?"
[Video below the break.]
August 29th, 2011 6:32 PM
NBC: Dick Cheney 'A Conservative Hero to His Fans, Darth Vader to His
Monday's NBC Today featured another preview of the upcoming Dateline interview with Dick Cheney about his new memoir, with correspondent Jamie Gangel declaring the former Vice President to be "A conservative hero to his fans, Darth Vader to his critics." On Thursday, Gangel also appeared on the NBC morning show to promote the interview, with co-host Ann Curry proclaiming…
August 29th, 2011 6:01 PM
Warren Buffett's Company Hasn't Paid All Taxes Owed In Years, Media Mu
Two weeks ago, when billionaire Warren Buffett called for higher taxes on rich people like him, the liberal media predictably gushed and fawned.
Yet when Americans for Limited Government revealed last week that Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway has been in an almost decade-long dispute with the IRS over how much taxes it owes, these same press members couldn't care less:
August 29th, 2011 5:28 PM
Irene and Climate Change: Liberal Media Won't Let a Good Crisis Go to
In the days leading up to Hurricane Irene's march through the Northeast, journalists repeatedly suggested that the storm was yet more evidence of climate change.
"The scale of Hurricane Irene, which could cause more extensive damage along the Eastern Seaboard than any storm in decades, is reviving an old question: are hurricanes getting worse because of human-induced climate change?" asked…
August 29th, 2011 5:24 PM