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Cartoonist Calling For 'Draw Mohammed Day' Switches to 'Draw Al Gore D
The Seattle cartoonist that created "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" has changed her request to "Everybody Draw Al Gore Day."As readers are likely aware, Molly Norris last week published a cartoon calling for a nationwide protest over Comedy Central's decision to censor its two-part episode involving the prophet Mohammed:Do your part to both water down the pool of targets and, oh yeah, defend a…
April 30th, 2010 1:20 PM
Behar Compares Arizona Immigration Law to 'Gay Bashing' and 'Fascism
Joy Behar, along with three guests, continued to crusade against the new Arizona immigration law on April 29. Guests included Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon, actress Rosie Perez and singer Jon Secada who all joined Behar in bashing the law. Liberal Behar attempted to link immigration reform to attacks on gays saying, “You know I was thinking of how it's similar to gay bashing in a way. Because, you…
April 30th, 2010 11:39 AM
George Stephanopoulos Grills Axelrod From the Left: How Will Obama Fig
Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Friday repeatedly pressed White House advisor David Axelrod on just how the President plans on fighting Arizona's new immigration law. Yet, he failed to ask any questions on what Barack Obama will do to end the flow of illegals into America. Hitting Axelrod from the left, Stephanopoulos noted that the President called the bill "misguided" and then…
April 30th, 2010 11:33 AM
Baltimore Sun Omits Democratic Affiliation of Politician Who Staged 'P
Last August, Maryland state delegate Jon Cardin (D-Baltimore County), nephew of the state's junior U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin (D), proposed marriage to his girlfriend. But unlike normal folks who might propose via the jumbotron at the ball park or by having a waiter slip the diamond ring in a champagne flute, Del. Cardin decided to get the local cops to help arrest his woman's heart -- by…
April 30th, 2010 11:33 AM
Unlike CBS 'Evening News,' 'Early Show' Report Fails to Cite Any Suppo
On Friday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Bill Whitaker reported on protests against Arizona's new immigration law, citing several opponents of the new measure, but failing to feature a single supporter. On Thursday's Evening News, Whitaker filed a nearly identical report that included a clip of at least one proponent of the legislation.In the Early Show report, footage was show of an immigration…
April 30th, 2010 11:31 AM
Vieira to Rubio: Are You Being 'Manipulated' By the Tea Party
Both Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist appeared live on Friday's Today show, and both received the same question by NBC's Meredith Vieira, was Crist's departure from the GOP just another example of the Republicans being "intolerant" to moderates? In addition to advancing that liberal view of the Florida Senate race, Vieira also questioned if Rubio was being "manipulated" by the Tea Party, as seen in…
April 30th, 2010 10:48 AM
Paul Krugman's Sarcastic Headline: 'The Oil Spill Is Obama's Fault
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman Friday posted a sarcastic piece at his "Conscience of a Liberal" blog with the headline, "The Oil Spill Is Obama's Fault.""No, I haven’t lost my mind — that’s not what I believe," he wrote."But you know that’s what the talk-show hosts will be saying soon, if they haven’t already started."He continued:
April 30th, 2010 9:46 AM
Norah Defends Napolitano
How should MSNBC supplement its income? Have the DNC underwrite part of Norah O'Donnell's salary. She's certainly earning it . . . Yesterday, as noted here, a giddy Norah enthused that Charlie Crist's vote-splitting independent run gives the Dems "a real shot" to win the Florida Senate seat.O'Donnell was back on the Dem ramparts this morning on Morning Joe, defending Janet Napolitano's…
April 30th, 2010 8:23 AM
Laura Bush Tags 'Adversarial, Offensive' Reporters at WaPo, N.Y. Times
First Lady Laura Bush is "settling scores" in her new memoir, reported Washington Post writer Ann Gerhart on Thursday, and several reporters from the New York Times and The Washington Post are called out: The New York Times' Jason DeParle interviewed her "in a tone that was adversarial and more than a touch offensive." [DeParle is the Times reporter whose wife currently works for Obama.]Jim…
April 30th, 2010 6:55 AM
Cafferty: Obama's Threat to Challenge Arizona's Immigration Law 'Utter
For the second time in three days CNN's Jack Cafferty went after the White House for its response to Arizona's new anti-illegal immigration law."The Obama administration says it might challenge Arizona's new law in court," Cafferty said during Wednesday's "Situation Room.""They're apparently concerned the law would take away resources needed to target criminals," he continued."How utterly absurd…
April 30th, 2010 1:48 AM
CBS Trumpets Opposition to ‘Notorious’ Arizona Law from One Cop an
CBS won’t let go of liberal efforts against the new immigration enforcement law in Arizona. A night after Katie Couric focused on “the backlash against Arizona's new immigration law. San Francisco bans official travel to that state,” she teased Thursday’s CBS Evening News by trumpeting a lawsuit against it from a lone police officer: “The latest response to Arizona's new immigration law? Sue the…
April 29th, 2010 11:36 PM
Joe Scarborough Says His Radio Show's a Wild Success; Don Imus Says No
Citadel Media abruptly pulled Joe Scarborough's radio show from its lineup on Monday, describing it as a “brief hiatus” while they develop a new three-hour version of the show. Brian Maloney at the Radio Equalizer blog has tape of Joe and his sidekick Mika Brzezinski denouncing conservative talk radio for being simple-minded, one-sided, and “afraid of hearing other viewpoints.” Scarborough…
April 29th, 2010 10:48 PM