CBS Highlights Negative Impact of Federal Regulations on Small Busines

 Wednesday’s CBS Evening News took a sympathetic look at the plight of small businesses that wrestle with expensive federal regulations as the show announced President Obama’s announcement that he would push for reform. Host Katie Couric referred to federal rules as a "huge pain in the neck and the bottom line," as she introduced the piece. Correspondent Dean Reynolds relayed the pessimistic…
Brad Wilmouth
January 20th, 2011 9:28 AM

ABC Trumpets Beneficiaries of ‘Popular’ ObamaCare Provisions for W

“The health care law may not be popular, but many of the provisions now in effect are,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl asserted in his Thursday night look at the House vote to repeal ObamaCare as he highlighted one beneficiary of it without a balancing opponent or list of detrimental provisions: “To Kris Cambra, whose four-year-old son has a heart condition, the law is a life changer, and repeal would be…
Brent Baker
January 20th, 2011 9:15 AM

NPR Celebrates Pakistani Lesbians -- Courtesy of CPB and the NEA

On Monday's Morning Edition, National Public Radio offered the latest entry in its year-long series "The Hidden World of Girls," which is subsidized by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. Naturally, any series with this title might disappoint if it didn't explore lesbians in Islamic countries, in this case, Pakistan. Apparently, though, the…
Tim Graham
January 20th, 2011 8:48 AM

Arianna To Lieberman: 'For Sake Of Country, I Hope You Don't Become Se

Just when Joe-mentum was building for Lieberman-Huffington '12! Say this for Arianna Huffington: she didn't stab Joe Lieberman in the back.  On Morning Joe today, the HuffPo founder went for the full frontal assault, telling the outgoing senator to his face "I sincerely hope for the sake of the country that you do not become Secretary of Defense." Lieberman was not defenseless, at one…
Mark Finkelstein
January 20th, 2011 8:00 AM

CBS Highlights Story of Philadelphia Abortion Doctor Charged with Murd

 On Wednesday the CBS Evening News gave attention to the story of an abortion doctor in Philadelphia whose practices were so horrific that he is being charged with murder. Anchor Katie Couric set up the piece: Now, this next story comes with a strong word of caution. The details are gruesome. You won't want young children to watch. A Philadelphia doctor who made millions performing late-term…
Brad Wilmouth
January 20th, 2011 12:30 AM

Books for the Winter Cold

The other day, I received a call from a very agreeable lady at C-SPAN, asking me to do a show with them called "In Depth." It will take a lot of time, as they want to interview me on all the books I have written. Also, it will last three hours! That is a marathon. I can hardly listen for three hours, much less talk. Yet I have been a fan of C-SPAN for years, so I could hardly say no. Also, I am…
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
January 20th, 2011 12:01 AM

Pathetic December New Building Permits Result Described as 'Surge' in

The folks in the establishment press are looking for any sign of upward movement in the housing market, especially in new home construction, that they can portray positively as the beginning of a general recovery. That desperate search explains the content of the following e-mail alert from CNN which arrived in my inbox this morning:
Tom Blumer
January 19th, 2011 11:56 PM

Olbermann: ‘Good Riddance’ to ‘Delusional Liar’ Lieberman Who

 On Wednesday’s Countdown show, as he plugged a segment on former Democratic-turned independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman’s retirement, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann referred to Lieberman as a "delusional liar," and suggested that he had experienced a "departure from reality" for describing himself as a "moderate Democrat" after endorsing John McCain over Barack Obama for President. At the…
Brad Wilmouth
January 19th, 2011 11:27 PM

Palm Beach Post Columnist Slams Parents of Rep. Giffords Doctor for Su

Michael Lemole is a neurosurgeon who has been treating Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. However, that noble work wasn't enough to keep Palm Beach Post Page 2 Live columnist Jose Lambiet (photo) from dragging his parents through the mud for the "high crime" of supporting Tea Party candidates. Somehow Lambiet thinks it ironic that while the son has worked to save the life of Giffords, his parents are…
P.J. Gladnick
January 19th, 2011 10:16 PM

Skins: A New Low, Even for MTV

The new scripted reality type show is an orgy of disturbing teenage behavior.
Erin Brown
January 19th, 2011 7:48 PM

Race Card: Schultz Claims Republicans Have 'Pre-Civil Rights Attitude

If Barack Obama is going to win re-election, he's going to have to count on massive, overwhelming, support from his base.  And what better way to gin up that base than by accusing Republicans of Jim Crow racism? Rush Limbaugh played an amazing montage today of a series of Dems using the "discrimination" talking point in describing Republican opposition to ObamaCare.  Ed Schultz took the…
Mark Finkelstein
January 19th, 2011 7:29 PM

Sheriff Civility AKA Chris Matthews Calls Michele Bachmann a 'Nut Case

Ever since the Tucson shooting, MSNBC's Chris Matthews has been on a tirade accusing conservatives of creating a climate of hate that led to an attempt on Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' life. Yet on Wednesday's Hardball, Matthews himself insulted GOP Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, as he blared that she was: "a screamer, and in many cases pretty close to a nut case." What was…
Geoffrey Dickens
January 19th, 2011 6:38 PM

Avoid GOP Timidity in

What should the congressional GOP's policy objectives be for the next two years regarding federal deficits and prosperity? Two very different strategies are being considered by authentic conservatives: 1) attempt to govern from their majority in the House and actually try to start the process of reducing the costs of entitlements (most conspicuously Social Security and Medicare) as a path…
Tony Blankley
January 19th, 2011 6:26 PM

The Hate Speech Inquisition

There isn't a shred of evidence that deranged Tucson massacre suspect Jared Loughner ever listened to talk radio or cared about illegal immigration. Indeed, after 300 exhaustive interviews, the feds "remain stumped" about his motives, according to Tuesday's Washington Post. But that hasn't stopped a coalition of power-grabbing politicians, progressive activists and open-borders lobbyists from…
Michelle Malkin
January 19th, 2011 6:20 PM