New York Times Leads With Dems 'Pressuring G.O.P.' with Medicare Vote

Thursday’s lead New York Times story by Jennifer Steinhauer on the aftermath of the special election in New York State, "Democrats Force A Medicare Vote, Pressuring G.O.P. - Seeking Political Edge - 5 Republicans in Senate Oppose House Bill to Reshape Program," took up the Times’s mantra that the Republican loss in the special election spells trouble for the Republican Party overall in 2012 and…
Clay Waters
May 26th, 2011 4:10 PM

Ingraham Accepts Schultz's Apology, Asks Him to Return to Conservatism

As NewsBusters has been reporting, MSNBC's Ed Schultz apologized Wednesday for his disgraceful comments concerning talk radio host Laura Ingraham. On Thursday, Ingraham accepted Schultz's apology on her radio show, and after noting how her antagonist was once a conservative said, "Please come back lost sheep...We’ll welcome you back with open arms" (audio follows with partial transcript and…
Noel Sheppard
May 26th, 2011 4:01 PM

President Obama's Top 10 Insults Against Britain

British subject and Heritage Foundation staffer Nile Gardiner has been so struck by President Obama's snubs against its longtime ally Great Britain that he's compiled a list of the top 10 insults. Gardiner, who serves as Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at Heritage, appeared on Washington talk station WMAL's "Morning Majority" today to discuss his list:
Ken Shepherd
May 26th, 2011 2:48 PM

CNN: No Children? No Problem

Web article latest arguing that children decrease parental happiness.
Paul Wilson
May 26th, 2011 2:42 PM

NBC Correspondent's Shorthand for SB-1070: Arizona's Nazi Law

Borrowing the phraseology of left-wing bloggers, NBC Justice correspondent Pete Williams has (so far) thrice invoked Nazi terminology to describe SB-1070, the Arizona immigration law that continues to be the object of liberal scorn. The first reference occurred today during the 10 a.m. EDT hour of "Jansing & Co.," when Williams called the state measure the "show us your papers law."…
Alex Fitzsimmons
May 26th, 2011 2:22 PM

$500 Million Obama Administration Program Will Help Kids 'Sit Still' i

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that the administration's new $500 million early learning initiative is designed to deal with children from birth onward to prevent such problems as 5-year olds who "can't sit still" in a kindergarten classroom. “You really need to look at the range of issues, because if a 5-year-old can’t sit still, it is…
James Zilenziger
May 26th, 2011 2:08 PM

Boston Herald: Rep. Frank Admits to Helping ‘Ex-Lover’ Get ‘Lucr

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., has admitted that he “helped his ex-lover land a lucrative post with Fannie Mae in the early 1990s while the Newton Democrat was on a committee that regulated the lending giant,” the Boston Herald reported on May 26. Frank dismissed questions about the “potential ethical conflict,” of regulating Fannie Mae while Herb Moses, whom Frank has called his “spouse,”…
Julia A. Seymour
May 26th, 2011 2:07 PM

Video: DC Liberals Sign Petition to Ban Conservative Websites

After hearing news the other day that the Obama administration had appointed a new position to monitor and push back against negative online press we thought some liberals in DC might think it wasn't enough. So we sent Joe Schoffstall out to see just how far liberals would go to silence conservative speech.
Stephen Gutowski
May 26th, 2011 1:58 PM

ABC's The View Makes Light of Ed Schultz's 'Slut' Reference for Laura

Instead of focusing on the vileness of Ed Schultz twice calling conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham a "slut" on his radio show, ABC's The View co-hosts gabbed back and forth Thursday about co-host Joy Behar's catty use of the term for her colleagues. Behar apparently calls her colleagues sluts on the ABC daytime show, and so the co-hosts chatted about the nature of her "insults" and…
Matt Hadro
May 26th, 2011 1:26 PM

'The Blingriches': NBC Continues to Hit Gingrich and Wife Over Tiffany

On Thursday's NBC Today, senior investigative correspondent Lisa Myers kept up the attack on Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich for having a line of credit with the jeweler Tiffany's five years ago: "Gingrich has always described himself as frugal and fiscally conservative, which is why this story about a huge line of credit at Tiffany's just won't go away." Myers touted the…
Kyle Drennen
May 26th, 2011 1:05 PM

Audit Report: $24 Billion in Stimulus Money to Tax Cheats

Lawmakers from both parties are calling for a fix to prevent tax cheating companies from getting federal contracts in light of a government investigation that found $24 billion in stimulus act funds went to companies owing $757 million in unpaid taxes. “Average Americans are likely wondering why we gave such a huge amount of federal money to tax cheats when our national debt is more than $14…
Fred Lucas
May 26th, 2011 12:44 PM

New York Times's Ethan Bronner Dead Wrong on 'Failure' of Netanyahu's

New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner inaccurately portrayed on Thursday how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was greeted on his return to Israel after a lively visit to America, which included a tense meeting with President Obama and a triumphant speech to Congress. Examining the trip solely from the angle of Netanyahu's refusal to offer territorty concessions in the…
Clay Waters
May 26th, 2011 12:36 PM

MRC’s Dan Gainor on Lou Dobbs Discussing Soros 'Buying a Political A

“Frankly, $48 Million is just scratching the surface,” MRC’s Gainor said of left-wing billionaire George Soros’ funding of liberal media outlets and organizations. “We found 180 liberal outlets that he’s funding, we came out with that today, an astonishing reach,” he told Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs on May 25. “They talk on the Left about this echo chamber, and that’s exactly what they’…
Erin R. Brown
May 26th, 2011 12:35 PM

Networks Skip Ed Schultz's Smearing of Laura Ingraham as a 'Right-Wing

The network evening news programs on Wednesday and morning shows on Thursday skipped covering the suspension of MSNBC host Ed Shultz for trashing Laura Ingraham as a "right-wing slut." Yet, these same networks eagerly jumped all over the story of Don Imus referring to college basketball players as "hos." On Wednesday, ABC's World News, CBS's Evening News and NBC's Nightly News avoided…
Scott Whitlock
May 26th, 2011 12:09 PM