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Is Illegal Immigration Raising Arizona's Crime Rate? NY Times Says No
On Sunday, New York Times reporter Randal Archibold offered up more of his slanted reporting on Arizona's pending new immigration enforcement law, suggesting that supporters of tough immigration enforcement are fostering fear by exaggerating the problem of violent crime on the border with Mexico: "On Border Violence, Truth Pales Compared to Ideas." But does his evidence stand up? Two conservative…
June 22nd, 2010 4:04 PM
Obama’s Leadership Deficit
Editor's Note: The following originally appeared at Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood. Appearing on CNN with Anderson Cooper, film director Spike Lee implored President Obama to infuse his handling of the Gulf oil spill with more emotion. Demonstrating the astute analysis we have come to expect from the director, Lee implored Obama to “one time, go off.” Perhaps he is of the same mind as Bill…
June 22nd, 2010 4:00 PM
Behar: Prayer 'Takes the Place of Thinking
Oh, Joy of little faith. On the June 22 episode of "The View," co-host Joy Behar criticized prayer, saying it "takes the place of logical thinking, then I think that's dangerous." Behar's attack on prayer came as she defended comedian Janeane Garofalo, who during a June 16 appearance on Behar's Headline News show called prayer "anti-intellectual" in criticizing President Obama's reference to…
June 22nd, 2010 3:23 PM
Breaking: Federal Judge Blocks Obama Admin Drilling Moratorium (A Win
Via the Associated Press (link may be dynamic and subject to change): A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill. The White House says President Barack Obama's administration will appeal. Several companies that ferry people and supplies and provide other services to offshore…
June 22nd, 2010 2:57 PM
Flashback: Media Promoted Military Criticism of President Bush
No general should criticize his or her commander, and Gen. Stanley McChrystal is no exception. But the mainstream media is primarily concerned with the political fallout of McChrystal's apparent insubordination as revealed by a piece in Rolling Stone. They are not concerned with whether his critiques are accurate, in stark contrast to other military officers' critiques of war policy under the…
June 22nd, 2010 2:03 PM
After Only Six Days, Olbermann Kisses and Makes Up with Daily Kos Blo
Keith Olbermann just couldn't stay mad at the radical leftists at the Daily Kos. Six days after walking away in a huff, the MSNBC host returned to his spot on the blog on Tuesday morning, with the headline "So, uh, this looks like a nice site." He began: "OK, I'm back." I've always liked to invent backstories behind cliches and one of my oldest ones is the idea that the first guy who said "You…
June 22nd, 2010 1:48 PM
Col. Jack Jacobs: Most In Military Will Say McChrystal 'Was Right
Contessa Brewer got a lot more than she was likely looking for when she interviewed Col. Jack Jacobs [ret.] this afternoon about the McChrystal situation. The MSNBC host wanted to focus on the impropriety of McChrystal publicly airing his criticisms of Pres. Obama and others in the chain of command. But while the Medal of Honor recipient readily agreed that McChrystal was out of line, and…
June 22nd, 2010 1:40 PM
Dem Leader Hoyer: Middle Class Tax Cuts Aren't 'Sacrosanct'; WaPo Buri
In a recent interview, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that the Bush tax cuts that affect the middle class should not be considered "totally sacrosanct." The number two Democrat in the House of Representatives "acknowledg[ed] that it would be difficult to reduce long-term deficits without breaking President Obama's pledge to protect families earning less than $250,000 a year,"…
June 22nd, 2010 1:18 PM
Zoinks! Media Shocked by Study Showing Kids Prefer Cartoon-Endorsed Pr
CNN, USA Today report 'little research' done about character-based marketing, call for regulation and omit parental responsibility
June 22nd, 2010 12:57 PM
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Dismisses 'Fake' 'Platitudes' of Conservative Mo
Liberal MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Monday mocked the Mount Vernon Statement, a conservative declaration of principles as "a grandiose fake-parchmenty-looking thing." The anchor first described the document as endorsing "the rule of law, and individual liberty, and opposing tyranny in the world, and the defense of family, neighborhood, community and faith." [Audio available here.]Maddow then…
June 22nd, 2010 12:35 PM
While Networks Ignore Obama Golf Outing, CNN Humorist Gets Story Right
CNN correspondent Jeanne Moos has a penchant for quirky, off-beat reporting, but what happens when the eccentric newswoman gives a more accurate picture of important events than the serious journalists?While media outlets relentlessly denounced BP CEO Tony Hayward for taking Saturday off to participate in a yacht race, they mostly glossed over or completely ignored President Barack Obama's…
June 22nd, 2010 12:20 PM
Revolutionary Rot, But News It's Not: AP Ignores Venezuela's 'Battle f
Late last year, a story carried by the wire service AFP reported on an announcement by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez that his government would launch "a new chain of government-run, cut-rate retail stores that will sell everything from food to cars to clothing." Chavez reportedly said that these "discount socialist stores" would show people "what a real market is all about, not those speculative, money…
June 22nd, 2010 12:15 PM
Zoinks! CNN, USA Today Shocked Kids Prefer Cartoon-Endorsed Products
It didn't take Velma, Shaggy or Scooby to uncover this mystery. In a June 21 study published in the medical journal Pediatrics, researchers from Yale University "discovered" that food products with characters on them affect children's taste preferences, which may explain why food companies have been advertising with cartoons since at least the 1960's. CNN.com and USA Today used the study to…
June 22nd, 2010 12:03 PM
Newsweek Wonders if Utah Republicans Will 'Play Dirty' by Voting for L
Liberals in the media frequently paint conservatives and Tea Party activists as pushing the GOP too far to the right to be electable in general elections. But the same complaint isn't repeated on an endless loop when it comes to leftist activists challenging more centrist Democratic incumbents in primary contests. In fact, in some of those occasions, the media find a way to cast aspersions on…
June 22nd, 2010 11:30 AM