Lack of Proof Not a Problem as MSNBC Touts Affair Claims Against S.C

MSNBC on Friday didn't let lack of proof stand in the way of interviewing a man claiming he had an affair with a conservative favorite, South Carolina gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Haley. Tamron Hall talked to lobbyist Larry Marchant and announced, "Her campaign is, again, denying a second allegation that Haley, a married mother of two, cheated on her husband." Hall did conduct a tough interview…
Scott Whitlock
June 4th, 2010 4:04 PM

CBS's Schieffer: If Oil Leak Plugged, White House Job Scandals Will 'G

On Friday's CBS Early Show, Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer argued that if the Gulf oil spill could be stopped, the scandal of the Obama administration offering jobs to Democratic senate candidates would suddenly disappear: "...all of this business about offering jobs to candidates if it they won't run, all of that, all of that stuff is going to go away if you can get this thing capped..."…
Kyle Drennen
June 4th, 2010 4:01 PM

MSNBC's Scarborough: 'Morning Joe' Critics 'Dumb,' 'Stupid,' Should 'S

On his Friday program, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough lashed out at critics who have chastised his show, “Morning Joe,” for covering the political angle of the BP oil spill. Referring specifically to Twitter users, the MSNBC anchor called them “stupid” and “dumb,” and instructed them to “shut up.”“The people on Twitter who are whining about us covering a very important part of this story are whiners and…
Alex Fitzsimmons
June 4th, 2010 3:31 PM

NYT's Timothy Egan to 'Grumpy...Cranky...Bitter' Tea Party Movement: J

Timothy Egan, liberal New York Times reporter turned very liberal Times online columnist, thinks that Americans will be better off when the old, tired, hypertensive Tea Partiers depart the scene for good and let the lively youth take over saving the world, in "Save Us, Millennials," also featured in Friday's print edition.When an electorate is red-faced and fist-clenched, when the collective…
Clay Waters
June 4th, 2010 3:26 PM

Liberal Heads Explode Over Prospect of Newsweek Acquisition by NewsMax

Be on the alert for exploding liberal heads.And the reason for these impending explosions? Michael Calderon at Yahoo! News reports: It's been almost a month since the Washington Post Co. put Newsweek on the market, and by 5 p.m. today the initial bids are due. Despite skepticism  over whether there will be bidders, Yahoo! News can confirm there's at least one: Newsmax Media."Newsmax Media Inc.…
P.J. Gladnick
June 4th, 2010 2:56 PM

CNN's Obama Interview: LeBron, McCartney In; Sestak, Economy Out

CNN's Larry King completely left out the major topic of the White House's continuing obfuscation on the Sestak and Romanoff controversies and barely mentioned the economy during his interview of President Obama on Thursday. While King did ask extensively on the Gulf oil leak and touched on the Middle East and immigration, he also tossed softballs on LeBron James and the President singing with…
Matthew Balan
June 4th, 2010 2:54 PM

Essay: Bible Belt Texas Should be More Like Godless Denmark, Post Reli

It seems when John Lennon sang "Imagine" (aka. The Worst Song of All Time) he was talking about ... Denmark. That must be the point of a curious piece on The Washington Post's ever-more ironically named "On Faith" blog. In an article titled "One nation Under God and a lot of stress," Alyce M. McKenzie, professor of homiletics at the Perkins School of Theology, was quite taken with her son's…
Matt Philbin
June 4th, 2010 2:45 PM

Stunner! Liberal Journalists Compare Obama to...Jimmy Carter

Things must really be going bad for Barack Obama if the likes of longtime liberal journalists Mark Halperin and Jonathan Alter are comparing him to that glorious failure of a president - Jimmy Carter. Appearing on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Friday to discuss the President's handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Halperin initially defended the President against his colleagues,…
Geoffrey Dickens
June 4th, 2010 2:23 PM

Helen Thomas: Jews Should Go Back to 'Germany' or 'Poland' and 'Get th

Ken Shepherd
June 4th, 2010 2:22 PM

USA Today Cheers on Wild 'Cougar' Cruise

Cougars and cubs playing on a ship? What may sound like a floating zoo was really the lusty subject of a USA Today feature story about the second International Cougar Cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas that set sail May 16. The article, "What really happens aboard a 'cougar cruise'?" (titled "'Cougars' prowl the seas aboard The Lust Boat" in the print version), not only…
Melissa Afable
June 4th, 2010 2:12 PM

Textbook Example: How the Media Propagates the Mercury-Contaminated Fi

National Fisheries Institute debunks 'Dr. Oz' talking points that exaggerate the dangers of mercury in seafood.
Jeff Poor
June 4th, 2010 2:12 PM

ABC News Deputy Political Director Takes Communications Gig With Far-l

The revolving door of political journalism underscores the brazen liberalism of today's newsrooms -- 15 former journalists now populate the Obama administration. And though taking a job in such a far left administration demonstrates journalists' overwhelming liberal politics, ABC News's deputy political director Teddy Davis has managed to raise the bar.Davis announced yesterday his intention to…
Lachlan Markay
June 4th, 2010 11:25 AM

WaPo Lets Anonymous Obama Officials Claim Obama's 'Much More' Aggressi

The Washington Post played up Barack Obama’s war-on-terror credentials at the top of Friday’s front page. (Or to use Team Obama lingo, their war on "man-caused disasters.") The Post used to be upset by secret terror attacks, but now they like them, if they help Obama look strong to voters. "U.S. ‘secret war’ expands globally," boasted the Post headline, "Terror groups are targets." News that…
Tim Graham
June 4th, 2010 11:17 AM

Olbermann Lobs Softballs to Anti-Israel Activist Who Once Compared Hez

On Wednesday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was "honored" to give former Ambassador Edward Peck, who has a history of making controversial statements in his pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activism, an unchallenged forum to give "witness testimony" and complain about the Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla of ships, one of which carried Peck as a passenger. The former ambassador,…
Brad Wilmouth
June 4th, 2010 11:05 AM