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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?"
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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
Time's Grunwald: Rick Perry Divorced From Reality
In "Ben Bernanke Embraces Obama's Reality-Based Presidency," Time's Michael Grunwald posited that Republican presidential contender Rick Perry is divorced from reality, especially when it comes to the best policies to fix the economy.
Grunwald opened with snark...
August 29th, 2011 3:59 PM
NY Times Asks: Gee, Why Is 'Civil Rights Activist' Al Sharpton So Quie
The New York Times, once again, feigned ignorance regarding “civil rights activist” Al Sharpton’s racially incendiary past. The front of the New York section on Saturday, N.R. Kleinfield questioned why “the provocative civil rights activist” has been silent on the case of International Monetary Fund bigwig Dominique Strauss-Kahn, accused of raping a hotel maid in Manhattan. (The charges were…
August 29th, 2011 3:31 PM
Newsweek Reporter's Weird Complaint: Cheney Memoir Doesn't 'Look Forwa
Newsweek journalist Dan Stone appeared on MSNBC's News Live, Monday, to offer a bizarre complaint about Dick Cheney's new memoir. He lamented, "This book is very focused on rehashing. It's very based on the past, from what I can tell."
Responding to a question about whether the book could cause problems for Obama, the White House correspondent added, "Not many people are taking it to look…
August 29th, 2011 3:18 PM
Sex Ed, for Both Good and Ill
Just like that, most of America can move on from any concern about the very existence of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The former head of the International Monetary Fund is a free man, proclaiming his innocence. But what about our innocence? It still seems to be missing.
In May, the once-potential French presidential candidate was accused of sexually assaulting a luxury-hotel maid, and arrested in…
August 29th, 2011 3:03 PM
AP's Pace, Covering Krueger Nomination: Obama Struggles With 'Percepti
Maybe AP stands for "Alternative Planet."
In an early version of Julie Pace's coverage of President Obama's selection of Alan Krueger to be the next head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the following paragraph appeared (bolds are mine):
August 29th, 2011 2:17 PM