Living in Tomorrowland

President Obama's foolish lack of urgency.
Dan Kennedy
March 10th, 2011 3:02 PM

NPR Correspondent Dons Headscarf in Sting to Expose Border Guard Bias

An NPR correspondent recently went incognito for a sting operation aimed at exposing U.S. border agents who target Muslims for "interrogation" at the Canadian border. Employing the same tactics used by James O'Keefe to bring down top NPR executives, counterterrorism correspondent Dina Temple-Raston draped herself in a headscarf, drove to the northern border, and recorded her encounter with a…
Alex Fitzsimmons
March 10th, 2011 2:20 PM

More Front-Page NY Times Sniping at Gov. Chris Christie 'Misstatements

On the front page of Thursday's New York Times, reporter Richard Perez-Pena again goes after Republican Gov. Chris Christie, making waves for his town hall appearances going after teachers unions and public pension plans, “Christie’s Talk Is Blunt, but Not Always Straight.” The Times has escalated its anti-Christie sniping, and some of Perez-Pena’s “inaccuracies” are pretty pro forma and nit…
Clay Waters
March 10th, 2011 1:45 PM

NPR: The PR Doesnt Stand for Public Relations

Latest gotcha moment shows public media elite, liberal like conservatives have always claimed.
Dan Gainor
March 10th, 2011 1:36 PM

MSNBC's Roberts Teams Up with Gay Activist in Segment About Defense of

So MSNBC's Thomas Roberts actually gave air time this morning to a conservative to defend the Defense of Marriage Act and congressional Republican efforts to defend it in court. But alas, the openly gay anchor tag-teamed with gay activist Evan Wolfson, putting Family Research Council's Peter Sprigg on the defensive during the entire segment. With the screen behind him labeled "The Case for…
Ken Shepherd
March 10th, 2011 1:01 PM

CBS Gives Zero Coverage to NPR Scandal

Since an undercover sting video was released on Tuesday showing National Public Radio executive Ron Schiller calling conservatives "seriously racist people" – for which he resigned – CBS News has failed to utter a single word about the controversy on its broadcasts. That despite NPR President and CEO Vivian Schiller (no relation to Ron) also being forced out on Wednesday. In contrast, ABC…
Kyle Drennen
March 10th, 2011 12:10 PM

NPR Exec Stung by Muslims

It is a bloodbath over at National Public Radio. First the pinhead Ron Schiller resigns after initially being defended by NPR and then, by the end of the day Tuesday, being given the Shuffalo to Buffalo. Then Vivian Schiller, no relation to Ron Schiller, resigns the next day as chief executive officer and president of NPR. Ron Schiller was caught on tape saying NPR did not need its subsidy from…
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
March 10th, 2011 11:24 AM

Stephen King Bashes Reagan and Republicans For Making His Taxes Too Lo

Horror writer Stephen King on Tuesday bashed Ronald Reagan and a number of Republicans at a Wake the State rally in Sarasota, Florida. His main beef with conservatives is they allow him to pay too little in taxes (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 10th, 2011 11:21 AM

Is Obama Really in Good Shape for Reelection

The media tend to be filled with many items that are either untrue or obvious. Last week — from Politico to cable television, from Karl Rove to Mike Huckabee — was a moment for the obvious to be stated and restated: "The GOP should not underestimate how hard it will be to defeat President Obama next November; indeed, he has to be considered the favorite to win the next presidential election."…
Tony Blankley
March 10th, 2011 11:20 AM

What If Tea Partier Had Said It: Wis. GOP Given Detailed Death Threat

Picture this scenario: hours after the vote on Obamacare a Tea Party protester sent an email to leading congressional Democrats with a detailed description of plans to murder both those legislators and their families. The sender claimed to know where those Democrats lived, and said he had planted bombs in various places, including the capitol building. What do you suppose the media reaction…
Lachlan Markay
March 10th, 2011 11:18 AM

Today Show Calls GOP 'Surprise' Vote in Wisconsin an 'Outrage

NBC's Meredith Vieira opened Thursday's Today show alerting viewers that Republicans in Wisconsin had caused a "capitol chaos" with a "surprise maneuver" to pass a "controversial budget proposal without Democrats" and her colleague Ann Curry, in teasing a John Yang story, did her one better calling the vote an "outrage." In the ensuing Yang piece, headlined: "Outrage In Wisconsin, Senate…
Geoffrey Dickens
March 10th, 2011 10:51 AM

Jon Stewart Calls NPR Wussies - Or a Word Like That - For Not Fighting

It certainly wasn't at all surprising that comedian Jon Stewart was displeased about NPR getting exposed by James O'Keefe as the liberal shills most Americans knew this supposed news organization was. But during Wednesday's "Daily Show," the host used the occasion to slam Fox News while calling the disgraced radio network "p--sies" for not fighting back (video follows with partial transcript…
Noel Sheppard
March 10th, 2011 9:56 AM

NY Times Issues Hostile Profile of Conservative Fla. Gov. Rick Scott

Florida’s new Republican Gov. Rick Scott is moving to cut state bureaucracy, reduce regulation and make the state a more business-friendly environment, and is meeting resistance among the old political guard in Florida. But instead of hailing the governor’s fresh blood and independence (as it had done previously with liberal Republican Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida), the New York Times does its…
Clay Waters
March 10th, 2011 9:34 AM

ABC and NBC Resort to Using ‘Bert and Ernie’ and ‘Big Bird’ to

Demonstrating how the mainstream media are an obstacle to any efforts to make any cuts to any federal spending, NBC and ABC on Wednesday night resorted to citing Sesame Street characters as potential “casualties in a war over culture and spending cuts,” without any regard for how the Children’s Television Workshop is a huge generator of revenue from corporate donations and product sales, as NBC…
Brent Baker
March 10th, 2011 9:15 AM