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MIA: AP Coverage of Dour Consumer Sentiment Report
Yesterday, Joe Weisenthal at Business Insider reacted to the mixed economic news of the day by observing: "Lots of folks are scratching their head about today's dismal UMich/Reuters consumer sentiment number coming in so ugly, just as retail sales for September came in so strong."
It seems that the folks at the Associated Press were not among the head-scratchers. From all appearances, the…
October 15th, 2011 10:23 AM

Ann Coulter: Media 'Will Lie About the Economy' To Get Obama Reelected
Just how far are the media willing to go to get Barack Obama reelected?
As conservative author Ann Coulter told Fox News's Sean Hannity Friday evening, "He will have the entire mainstream media bucking for him and they will lie about the economy. 'Oh, it's a turnaround, don't stop him now'" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
October 15th, 2011 10:13 AM

NYT Poster Boy of OWS Protests Reveals Self as Bizarre Drama Queen
"I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille."
New York Times writer, Corey Kilgannon, chose Occupy Wall Street protester, Edward T. Hall III, as a representative of the OWS protests in an article about an arranged discussion between Hall and Wall Street worker Jimmy Vivona. Although the very thin patina of rationality presented by Hall might have fooled some liberals such as Brian Williams who…
October 15th, 2011 8:27 AM

Maher Bets $1 Million 'Token Black Guy' Cain Loses GOP Nod, GOPers Wan
During the monologue of Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, host Maher referred to GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain as a "token black guy" as he asserted that establishment Republicans are "freaking out" because they never expected him to be competitive.
Alluding to the tendency of guest characters in Star Trek television episodes to be killed off, he cracked:
October 15th, 2011 5:03 AM

Sean Penn Calls Tea Party the ‘Get the N-Word Out of the White House
Left-wing actor Sean Penn slimed the Tea Party as motivated by racism, charging on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight on Friday evening that an impediment to President Obama’s success is “what I call the ‘Get the N-word out of the White House party,’ the Tea Party.”
At a time when Herman Cain tops polls of Republican primary voters, Penn proceeded to allege, without citing any evidence, that “there…
October 15th, 2011 1:39 AM
As 'Occupy' Continues, Evening News Ratings Slide a Bit
Earlier today, Matthew Balan at NewsBusters noted how the "Big Three Nets Trumpet Wall Street Protesters 'Proclaiming Victory.'" HIs report concentrated on the morning shows, but a Media Research Center Reality Check showed the that the fawning has also been present in evening news coverage.
Evening show network executives, however, may be less than thrilled about the "Occupy Wall Street"…
October 14th, 2011 11:27 PM

Williams Hypes Protests ‘Still Growing, Changing and Spreading,’ C
The broadcast networks continued their enthusiastic coverage Friday night on behalf of the far-left Wall Street protesters, with NBC’s Brian Williams, again, the most excited while CBS anchor Scott Pelley, who has until now refrained from the hype delivered by ABC and NBC, jumped in by promising “a series of reports on the growing protests around the country.”
Williams led by touting how the…
October 14th, 2011 8:51 PM

Emilio Estevez Rips Hollywood: 'I Go To So Many Films and I'm Embarras
Emilio Estevez took a surprising shot at Hollywood during his interview with Laura Ingraham Friday.
"I go to so many films and I'm embarrassed by what I see" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
October 14th, 2011 6:58 PM
Giuliani to 'Occupy Wall Street': 'Streets Are Not for Sleeping
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani told Sean Hannity on his talk show yesterday that, if he was still mayor, he would have told the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters, “You are not allowed to sleep on the streets.”
On his show, Hannity asked Giuliani how he would have dealt with the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement if he was still mayor of New York City - to which Giuliani replied, “Well I…
October 14th, 2011 6:46 PM
Could Mitt Romney be 2012's Al Smith
It was said of Al Smith, a Roman Catholic, that if he won the 1928 presidential election he would take orders from the Vatican and not uphold the Constitution.
John F. Kennedy famously confronted that anti-Catholic prejudice in a 1960 speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. Kennedy said in part, "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute;…
October 14th, 2011 6:30 PM

MSNBC's Matthews, O'Donnell, Schultz and Sharpton Have Totally Ignored
Wednesday marked the six week anniversary of solar company Solyndra declaring bankruptcy.
Despite this, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ed Schultz, and Al Sharpton have yet to report one single word about this growing scandal on their respective prime time programs.
October 14th, 2011 6:24 PM

MSNBC's Bashir Again Gives Platform to Columnist Slamming Herman Cain
If it's Friday, it must be Call Herman Cain an Oreo Day.
While neither the terms Uncle Tom nor Oreo were deployed, for the second Friday in a row MSNBC's Martin Bashir brought theGrio.com columnist Goldie Taylor on his eponymous program to slam GOP presidential candidate for essentially being a self-hating black man.
October 14th, 2011 4:36 PM

NYT's Paul Krugman: Occupy Wall Street Protest 'a Wonderful Thing
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman appeared on Charlie Rose’s talk show on PBS Wednesday night to discuss the leftist-anarchist Occupy Wall Street movement against inequality. Krugman’s encomium to the movement (he recently turned down urgings by his lefty fans to speak at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan) begins around the 6 minute 45 second mark of the segment:
October 14th, 2011 4:06 PM