WaPo Columnist Hates the Press? Finds It 'Unseemly' for Fed to 'Kiss U

Isn't it weird when journalists come about against press conferences? But that's what Washington Post columnist Allan Sloan did on Thursday. He claimed to be in favor of "plain old citizens" getting news from the Federal Reserve System. "But I’ve got a really bad feeling about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s plan to make the Fed more “transparent” by holding four news conferences a…
Tim Graham
April 1st, 2011 6:40 AM

Sestak Flip-flops: Obama Must Remove Gaddafi Even If Troops Are Needed

Admiral and former Democrat Congressman Joe Sestak (D-Penn.) has been an outspoken critic of President Obama's attack on Libya since the operation began almost two weeks ago. For some reason on MSNBC's "Ed Show" Thursday, Sestak radically changed his view (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
April 1st, 2011 1:34 AM

Drug Laws: By Cenk's Logic, We Could Decriminalize Murder

When it comes to marijuana, I'm a libertarian. That said, Cenk Uygur has made possibly the worst argument ever in favor of legalizing it.  On his MSNBC show this evening, Uygur advocated the decriminalization of marijuana since, 74 years after the feds made loco weed illegal, people continue to smoke it, or as Cenk put it, the War on Drugs is unwinnable. Yo, Cenk: Cain killed Abel more than…
Mark Finkelstein
March 31st, 2011 10:24 PM

NPR Toes the Line for President Obama's Energy Policy

On Wednesday's All Things Considered, NPR's Ari Shapiro acted as a stenographer for the Obama administration's energy proposals. Shapiro played four clips from the President's recent speech on the issue, and another from a sympathetic environmentalist. Even the lone clip from an oil industry representative came from someone who "supports the move to invest in biofuels and clean energy." At…
Matthew Balan
March 31st, 2011 7:23 PM

Former CIA Agent Scolds CNN Anchor: 'You're Just Carrying Water For Ob

Michael Scheuer, a former counter-terrorism analyst for the CIA, scolded CNN's Christine Romans Thursday for letting her support for the current President show. Toward the end of a lengthy interview on "American Morning" about the situation in Libya, Romans took issue with her guest saying America is "nearly bankrupt" leading Scheuer to respond, "You're just carrying the water for Mr. Obama…
Noel Sheppard
March 31st, 2011 7:17 PM

Major Nets' Evening Newscasts All Ignore Poll Showing Lowest Obama Ap

The latest presidential approval poll shows Barack Obama's ratings at his lowest point of his tenure: 42 percent. But the three major broadcast networks took no notice whatsoever on their Wednesday evening newscasts. Neither CBS, NBC, nor ABC reported the Quinnipiac poll results on their respective evening news broadcasts. The results, released Wednesday, recorded 42 percent of respondents…
Matt Hadro
March 31st, 2011 6:30 PM

I Stand with Max

Monday night, I attended a public policy discussion sponsored, not surprisingly, by The American Spectator; I say not surprisingly because I have been attending these meetings for roughly 30 years and always come away with fresh ideas. They are meant to ventilate ideas, and now that a presidential election is drawing near, we are inviting presidential candidates as our special guests to float…
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
March 31st, 2011 5:45 PM

Reich Touts FDR's Mid-1930s Depression-Era Growth; He and the Press Ig

Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich, in a column appearing at Business Insider, says that we're heading in the direction of a "double-dip" -- and though he doesn't follow it with the word "recession," it's obvious he's not talking about an ice-cream cone. It's also obvious that he's less than pleased with the media spin that things are really okay. Along the way, Reich had to go back…
Tom Blumer
March 31st, 2011 5:09 PM

All 47 Senate Republicans Co-sponsor Balanced Budget Amendment

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced moments ago that all 47 Senate Republicans co-sponsored a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. As Human Events reported Thursday:
Noel Sheppard
March 31st, 2011 4:54 PM

Hollywood's Current 'Romantic Comedies' Heavy on Hook Ups, Light on Ro

With R-rated romantic comedies featuring such wholesome themes as casual sex among acquaintances, marital infidelity, oral sex jokes, friends with benefits, and random hooking up, the Hollywood assault on America's traditional values is alive and well. 2011 is the unofficial year of the raunchy Hollywood movie in which loyalty, sexual self-control, and marital commitment are fodder for comedy…
Erin R. Brown
March 31st, 2011 4:24 PM

MSNBC Passes Off Environmental Alarmist, Anti-Nuclear Activist As Expe

Filling in for Martin Bashir on his eponymous program on Thursday, MSNBC's Richard Lui treated viewers to an alarmist environmentalist's take on news of trace amounts of radioactive iodine being detected in milk from cows in two West Coast states. It's believed the radiation is linked to the failed Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan. After noting that the Environmental Protection Agency has…
Ken Shepherd
March 31st, 2011 4:23 PM

Another Day, Another Front-Page Expose of a Tea Party Group From the N

Thursday’s front-page story by New York Times investigative reporter Mike McIntire, “Odd Alliance: Business Lobby And Tea Party.” accused a Tea Party group, the Institute for Liberty, of pushing the agenda of Asia Pulp & Paper, an Indonesian corporation fighting U.S. tariffs. Whatever the merits of this particular complaint, this sort of prominently placed, hostile investigation of a…
Clay Waters
March 31st, 2011 4:23 PM

More Violence in Syria, Networks Still Refuse to Mention Clinton 'Refo

As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defiantly refused to implement democratic reforms and his security forces fired on protesters on Wednesday, the networks continued to ignore Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Sunday comments labeling the dictator as a "reformer." On Wednesday's CBS Evening News fill-in anchor Erica Hill read a news brief on the latest crackdown by the Syrian government…
Kyle Drennen
March 31st, 2011 3:51 PM

Wealthy Americans Don't Actually Earn Their Money, Merely 'Receive' or

A Wednesday post by economics reporter Catherine Rampell on the paper's Economix blog hits hard at the common liberal target of "extreme" and "stark" income inequality in America: “Inequality Is Most Extreme in Wealth, Not Income.” Rampell’s word choice sent the message (perhaps unconsciously) that income isn’t earned through hard work or talent but is instead passively and undeservedly “…
Clay Waters
March 31st, 2011 3:33 PM