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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,…
June 4th, 2010 2:23 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…
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.
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…
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…
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,…
June 4th, 2010 11:05 AM
Private Hiring 'Weak,' 411,000 Jobs Out of 431,000 Temp Census Positio
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report on June 4, showing only 41,000 new private-sector jobs. But those jobs were overshadowed by the enormous number of temporary census jobs in the May data. According to the report, "employment grew by 431,000 in May, reflecting the hiring of 411,000 temporary employees to work on Census 2010." Those Census jobs made up 95…
June 4th, 2010 10:45 AM
Shrill Baby Shrill: Maddow Still Spewing Nonsense About Oil Industry
After falsely claiming that oil companies pay no federal royalties for offshore drilling, an assertion later undermined by one of her own guests, Rachel Maddow rewrites the history of the oil industry's last 40 years. "We've had a lot of response to the NBC News archival footage that we played this week showing just how much hasn't changed in the past 30 years of oil drilling disasters," told…
June 4th, 2010 10:15 AM
The Flotilla Choir Presents: We Con the World
What do you do when you're a radical Hamas sympathizer who wants to wage a public relations campaign against Israel? You arm yourself with knives and attack Israel Defense Force officers who stop your boat at an Israeli maritime blockade - but don't worry, as long as you call yourself a "peace activist," the network news stations will take your word for it! Watch the "Flotilla Choir" sing about…
June 4th, 2010 9:59 AM
Open Thread: N.J. Gov. Christie Takes on Teachers Union
"If you don't think this is a screwy system, I don't know what is!"
June 4th, 2010 9:56 AM
Former USA Today Editor Says Media Bias Is a 'Myth
Former USA Today editor Kenneth Paulson attacked what he called "The myth of 'media bias'" in an article on Thursday. He just described the claims of media bias as untrue, without offering any evidence or considering any criticism: Despite the perception of news media bias, the truth is that most traditional news organizations — primarily newspapers, their Web sites and local TV and radio —…
June 4th, 2010 7:53 AM
Teen Acceptance of Single Parenthood on the Rise
Approval of out-of-wedlock motherhood could spell disaster for future families.
June 4th, 2010 12:00 AM