
Mark Halperin Claims Conservative Pundits Are Hoping Obama Fails In Hi
Time magazine's Mark Halperin scolded "media voices on the Right" on MSNBC Wednesday, for hoping President Obama fails in his Wednesday night speech in Tucson, Arizona. He railed against conservative media pundits for wishing such a thing during a national tragedy.
"It should be about the victims, and...it shouldn't be about the media," said Halperin on "Morning Joe" Wednesday. "There are…
January 12th, 2011 5:27 PM

Left, Media Again Shooting Off Their Mouths About Guns
Media reload against a favorite enemy: the 2nd Amendment.
January 12th, 2011 4:54 PM

Never Let a Tragedy Go to Waste
If discourse is to blame for violence, ask why everyone is so mad.
January 12th, 2011 4:52 PM

Media Quiet Over Cancellation of JFK Drama, Cried Censorship Over Remo
While journalists such as Brian Williams railed about "extortion" when CBS pulled a historically inaccurate 2003 miniseries about Ronald Reagan, there has been very little outcry over the news that the History Channel has withdrawn a (reportedly) hard-hitting drama about the Kennedys.
The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday explained the behind the scenes role Caroline Kennedy and Maria Shriver…
January 12th, 2011 4:37 PM
Making the World Safe for Targets of Lunatics
In the aftermath of the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and others, it is predictable that some self-centered politicians and political commentators quickly assumed the killer must have been provoked by political comments.
Following on that conclusion, they naturally argue (notwithstanding their exposure last week in the House to the reading of the Constitution, including the First…
January 12th, 2011 4:20 PM

On Unanimously Liberal PBS Show, Ex-Newsweek Editor Hypes Conservative
On the late-night PBS talk show Charlie Rose on Monday night, the debate about who to blame for the Tucson shootings was a unanimously liberal media panel. NBC anchor Brian Williams and Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein tried to be careful, but recently departed Newsweek editor Jon Meacham wanted to push blame on “hot talk.” As Rose interviewed Williams (from a remote in Tucscon), Meacham…
January 12th, 2011 2:59 PM

Ed Schultz Boasts 'I Ain't Backing Down' On Fiery Rhetoric. I'll Be 'M
Whatever you feel is needed to save face, Ed.
Here's Schultz right out the gate on his radio show yesterday --
Folks, let me tell you something, I'm making this announcement right away. We are not changing "The Ed Show" on MSNBC. As long as they open their mouths over there on the right, we will continue to have the segment called Psycho Talk. Because that's exactly what it is. And as…
January 12th, 2011 2:56 PM

Wikileaks: We're Just Like Gabrielle Giffords
Wikileaks likes to say it's concerned with truth. Its media cheerleaders like to take that claim at face value. So we have to ask, why is Wikileaks lying about the Tucson massacre?
And it is lying. In a press release today, the organization claimed that Saturday's shooting was the result of "incitement" akin to threats against Julian Assange and other Wikileaks staffers from American…
January 12th, 2011 2:56 PM

Bill Maher Heckled by 'Tonight Show' Crowd for Saying Conservatives Wa
Comedian Bill Maher had a tough evening on the "Tonight Show" Tuesday.
As he spewed his typical vitriol at conservatives and Republicans, he continued to get negative feedback from the audience (video follows with transcript and commentary):
January 12th, 2011 2:51 PM

Clarence Dupnik: the Media's Favorite Sheriff
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik knows exactly what he’s doing. He has become a media darling because he is telling them exactly what they want to hear. Facts be damned, he’ll keep enforcing their template until this foolishness takes hold.
Hey Sheriff, tone down the rhetoric, will ya?
January 12th, 2011 2:37 PM

Americans Reject Role of Politics in Shooting, CBS's Couric Still Fret
Introducing a segment on Tuesday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric acknowledged the latest CBS News poll showing that 57% of Americans do not believe heated political rhetoric had anything to do with the Tucson shooting. Even so, she added: "Just the same, nearly half say the discourse has become less civil than it was ten years ago."
The poll numbers that appeared on screen showed…
January 12th, 2011 1:37 PM

Video: MRC's Bozell Addresses Left's History of Politicizing Tragedies
Jared Loughner was in no way a conservative or inspired by alleged conservative talk show "hate," yet the media have been quick to blame conservative talk radio and Sarah Palin for his assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona), all in an effort to delegitimize and demonize the conservative movement.
This stands in stark contrast to how the media have been silent on the real…
January 12th, 2011 1:13 PM

Wash Post's Jonathan Capehart Smears Sarah Palin for 'Anti-Semitic Phr
MSNBC's Chris Jansing featured the liberal Jonathan Capehart on Wednesday to attack a newly released Sarah Palin video as "anti-Semitic." The Washington Post editorial page writer berated Palin for complaining about the media's attempts to link conservative speech to last week's shooting in Arizona.
In the video, the former Alaska governor rejected this as a "blood libel." Capehart smeared…
January 12th, 2011 12:24 PM

On Today: Spike Lee Attacks NRA, Calls USA 'Most Violent Country In H
Director Spike Lee, along with his wife Tonya, came on Wednesday's Today show to promote their new children's book, but he couldn't leave without blaming the NRA for the Gabrielle Giffords shooting and slamming the United States of America for being "the most violent country in the history of civilization."
Initially both Lees just talked about their new book, Giant Steps to Change the World…
January 12th, 2011 11:36 AM