
Ken Burns: A CPB Cut is 'Purely a Show Trial, and We Don't Do That In
AP reports something that's not very shocking: hallowed liberal PBS filmmaker Ken Burns (in between his Kennedy tribute films for Democrat conventions and the tens of thousands in donations to Barack Obama and other Democrats) is decrying Republicans for a "show trial" atmosphere in proposing cuts to public broadcasting subsidies:
"I just don't think they have fully thought through what they'…
April 10th, 2011 9:16 AM

Not So Much in the News: Our 'Bizarro World Military Operation' in Lib
If you haven't seen Gen. Barry McCaffrey on NBC trashing the president for a military action, it's probably because the president isn't named Bush. On Monday's Diane Rehm show on NPR, McCaffrey didn't hold back on Libya: "And then the rebellion, of course, doesn't know how they're going to break into Tripoli if NATO has announced, for God's sakes, that they intend to bomb the rebels also if…
April 10th, 2011 7:10 AM

Bret Baier's Panel Tilts? NPR's Brooks-and-Dionne Friday Night Chat Is
While he skewered the "Fox News All-Stars" panel as tilted -- just conservatives and reporters from the "non-ideological" media elite -- NPR's David Folkenflik failed to consider just how his own network's All Things Considered manages with its regular Friday night political panel -- liberal E.J. Dionne of the apparently non-ideological Washington Post, and surrogate conservative David Brooks…
April 9th, 2011 4:32 PM

Seattle School Renames Easter Eggs as 'Spring Spheres
Seattle, Washington sounds like a town competing for the most ACLU-friendly city in America. A public school teacher there told a teenage volunteer she could hand out Easter eggs with candy....as long as she called them "Spring Spheres."
Jessica, 16, told KIRO Radio's Dori Monson Show that a week before spring break, the students commit to a week-long community service project. She decided to…
April 9th, 2011 3:06 PM

Lawrence O'Donnell Literally Cries On Air Over Possible Defunding of P
Reading almost directly from Democrat talking points, the so-called "news" network MSNBC spent most of its prime time programming Friday claiming that if the federal government was shut down as a result of a budget impasse, it was because Republicans wanted to defund Planned Parenthood.
Lawrence O'Donnell dutifully did his part in advancing this hysterical nonsense Friday, so much so that…
April 9th, 2011 1:43 PM

Mark Levin Challenges David Gregory To Report Recent Violent Rhetoric
Despite it being only three months since Democrats and their media minions sharply criticized "violent rhetoric" and imagery in the wake of the tragic shootings in Tucson, left-leaning elected officials have been regularly using such language in regards to the budget battle without the slightest outrage from America's so-called journalists.
On Friday, conservative talk radio host Mark Levin…
April 9th, 2011 12:08 PM
Weekend Open Thread
For general discussion and debate about politics, the economy, sports (i.e The Masters) and whatever else tickles your fancy.
April 9th, 2011 10:27 AM

Touting Study, Cenk Claims Conservatives Like To 'Campaign on Fear
It's a favorite liberal parlor game: basking in the belief that they are smarter and more sophisticated than conservatives. Cenk Uygur couldn't have chosen a more inapt moment to play the game than last night. But like a moose to a flame . . .
On his MSNBC show last evening, Uygur had on a co-host of his Young Turks radio show to tout a study claiming to find anatomical differences between…
April 9th, 2011 9:02 AM
Bozell Column: NBC's Naked Ambitions
As the network TV barons peruse through a menu of pilots for new fall shows, some just jump out of the pile. Some Tinseltown pundits have already pegged it as “likely” that NBC will pick up a show for fall called “The Playboy Club.” Just like it sounds, the show is based in Hugh Hefner’s original Playboy Club in Chicago in swinging 1963. If that doesn’t sound porn-friendly enough, the pilot’s…
April 9th, 2011 8:03 AM

NPR's Media Reporter Studies Months of Bret Baier Show to Expose Fox's
You would think after the Juan Williams debacle, NPR would keep away from bashing Fox News again. But even as NPR's liberal bias remains controversial in Congress, NPR is still waging war on Fox. It's apparently the only national news outlet worth questioning. On Thursday night's All Things Considered, NPR media reporter David Folkenflik profiled Bret Baier, but delighted liberals by announcing…
April 9th, 2011 7:45 AM

Andrew Sullivan Schools Maher and Spitzer on Budget, ObamaCare and Pau
Bill Maher and Eliot Spitzer on Friday's "Real Time" not surprisingly attacked Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) for his 2012 budget proposal.
Showing glimpses of the conservative that used to occupy his body many years ago, the Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan not only defended the Republican as deserving a lot of credit for his bold plan, but also exposed Maher and Spitzer as ignorant hypocrites when it…
April 9th, 2011 2:11 AM
Overnight Spin Cycle: AP Trims Initial 8-Graf Report on Shutdown Avoid
And while we sleep, it will probably be spun around in quite a variety of ways.
What appears to have been the very first Associated Press report at 11:05 p.m. on the final-hour deal that averted a threatened government shutdown came from David Espo at the Associated Press (Espo's byline appeared at the AP's main site, but that report was supplanted by a second one to be discussed shortly;…
April 9th, 2011 12:11 AM

Bill Maher: 'Obama is a Terrible Negotiator - Does He Not Even Know a
HBO's Bill Maher is very unhappy with how President Obama is dealing with Republicans on the current budget impasse.
On Friday's "Real Time," the host said, "He is a terrible negotiator - does he not even know a Jew?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
April 9th, 2011 12:09 AM

Time's Mark Halperin: Obama Has Been Brilliant On 2011 Budget
Although Barack Obama never proposed a 2011 budget, the folks on MSNBC think he's done an absolutely marvelous job in this regard.
After "Hardball's" Chris Matthews began a Friday segment about the looming shutdown saying, "[Obama's] the adult in the room and this is sort of a Washington fight among the Washington types," Time magazine's Mark Halperin put the cherry on top adding, "The White…
April 8th, 2011 9:27 PM