Tony Blankley Schools Ed Schultz and Bill Press on Which Side Uses Vio

Two of the most toxic political commentators in the nation tried to make the case Monday that violent political rhetoric emanates far more from conservatives than liberals. Fortunately for the small number of viewers watching MSNBC's "The Ed Show," Tony Blankley was present to set Ed Schultz and Bill Press straight (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 11th, 2011 11:26 AM

NBC's Mitchell: 'There's No Direct Link' to Palin in Giffords Shooting

NBC's Andrea Mitchell just can't let go of the media spin that political rhetoric, specially from conservatives like Sarah Palin, is somehow partly to blame for the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords as on Tuesday's Today show, she questioned if Palin's use of crosshairs on her Web site to target Democratic districts was "inflammatory?" Mitchell couldn't even report that "There is no direct link"…
Geoffrey Dickens
January 11th, 2011 11:12 AM

Open Thread: Public Rejecting Media's Spin on Giffords Shooting, Poll

Over at Hot Air, Ed Morrissey links to a CBS poll showing that 57 percent of Americans believe that American politics is not responsible for Saturday's tragic shooting in Tucson. In other words, most Americans are clued into reality, despite the best efforts of the news media. Nearly six in 10 Americans say the country’s heated political rhetoric is not to blame for the Tucson shooting…
NB Staff
January 11th, 2011 9:55 AM

Ed Schultz Last Wednesday: 'This Is An Ideological War...I Will Fight

While folks in the media blame conservatives for violent rhetoric they dishonestly claim led to Saturday's massacre in Tucson, they continue to hypocritically ignore their own toxicity. No finer or timely example occurred just three days before the shootings when Ed Schultz on the program bearing his name angrily said, "This is an ideological war. I say it on camera tonight here on MSNBC - I…
Noel Sheppard
January 11th, 2011 9:42 AM

DU Fraudster Blames Conservatives for AZ Shooting, Has History of Post

Of all the utter hypocrisy currently being displayed by many of those on the left over the tragic Arizona shooting, it would be hard to exceed that of the notorious fraudster of the Democratic Underground best known to the outside world as the perpetrator of the 2006 Karl Rove indictment hoax.. William Rivers Pitt of TruthOut, with enormous chip on his shoulder, has climbed up on his DU soap…
P.J. Gladnick
January 11th, 2011 9:07 AM

WaPo Favors the 'Undocumented' Alien

Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander uncorked a surprising sentence in his Sunday column on his newspaper's terminology in immigration-policy stories: A review of Post terminology in stories during the second half of 2010 shows that "undocumented immigrant" was used about six times more frequently than "illegal immigrant." Most journalists use "illegal immigrant" despite pressure from…
Tim Graham
January 11th, 2011 8:33 AM

AZ Aftermath: Halperin Condemns Conservatives for Not 'Turning Other C

NewsBusters has exhaustively documented the ways in which the liberal media and Dem politicians have sought to exploit the Arizona shootings, seeking to pin blame on a range of Republicans and conservative media figures. It was thus nothing short of surreal to listen to MSNBC analyst Mark Halperin this morning.  Surveying the situation, Halperin praised the media and politicians for their…
Mark Finkelstein
January 11th, 2011 7:29 AM

NBC’s Mitchell Digs Back to 2005 to Locate Beck’s Hate Speech, But

There’s no evidence political vitriol of any kind drove Jared Loughner’s murderous rampage, ABC, CBS and NBC all acknowledged, but that didn’t deter them on Monday night from taking up the left-wing line holding conservatives culpable as NBC, incredibly, managed to castigate Sarah Palin and go back more than five years to find an incendiary quote from Glenn Beck – but couldn’t find anything…
Brent Baker
January 11th, 2011 2:27 AM

ObamaCare's Baby Death Panels

My wife, Gena, and I mourn with the rest of the nation over the murder and maiming of innocent citizens and lawmakers in Arizona this past Saturday morning. We, too, pray for the victims and survivors. It makes us even more passionate in our fight for human life and reminding the world that from the womb to the tomb, human life is precious and should be prized. Last week, two questions…
Chuck Norris
January 11th, 2011 12:01 AM

Explaining Evil in Light of the Giffords Shooting

In the aftermath of the senseless wounding of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat of Arizona, and the murder of six others, including U.S. District Judge John Roll and 9-year-old Christina Green, there will be many who will use this tragedy to advance their own political agendas. Explanations will be sought and blame assigned. Necessary questions will be asked: Did the clerk at the…
Cal Thomas
January 11th, 2011 12:01 AM

CNN Goes After Arizona's Gun Laws as Major Factor in Shooting

On Monday's Newsroom, CNN treated Arizona's gun laws as a significant contributor to the shootings in Tucson. Correspondent Jessica Yellin prompted the local prosecutor to spout her pro-gun control views. Anchor Brooke Baldwin highlighted a local Republican's gun-toting ad and the infamous clip of an anti-Obama protester carrying a semi-automatic rifle outside a 2009 presidential event in…
Matthew Balan
January 10th, 2011 7:32 PM

Matthews Links Palin&Bachmann to Giffords Shooting, Portrays U.S. as G

Chris Matthews, on Monday's Hardball, used the attempt on Gabrielle Giffords' life, to not only portray America as some sort of gun crazed country, but also to blame the likes of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann for political violence as he blurted: "Sarah Palin using gun play language. What is she talking about crosshairs and reloading...and Bachmann out there with her kind of talk. I mean it…
Geoffrey Dickens
January 10th, 2011 7:26 PM

Schultz Suggests Fox News Foments Violence

The photo shows Ed Schultz literally pointing the finger at Fox News.   On his MSNBC show this evening, Schultz suggested that Fox incites political violence and justified his own heated rhetoric as necessary to combat Fox's supposed dishonesty. Schultz levelled his accusation in the course of rambling, show-opening, remarks on the Arizona shootings. Schultz also denied that there has been…
Mark Finkelstein
January 10th, 2011 6:57 PM

Tom Brokaw Praises Sheriff Dupnik For Remarks Against Violent Rhetoric

Appearing on Monday's "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw praised Sheriff Dupnik of Pima County, Ariz. for condemning political vitriol, and wished more officials would follow suit. Dupnik, a Democrat, blamed violent political rhetoric in part for the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), and singled out conservatives Sarah Palin and Sharron Angle for…
Matt Hadro
January 10th, 2011 6:45 PM