Early Show Echoes White House, Dismisses Debt Downgrade As 'Political

Should anything happen to the Obamas' Portugese water dog Bo, perhaps the First Family could adopt Jeff Glor as a pet parrot.  The weekend Early Show weekend co-host proved the perfect White House mimic this morning.  Glor dutifully echoed the Obama admin line, dismissing as "political" Standard & Poor's downgrade of the US government's credit rating. In support of his point, Glor twice…
Mark Finkelstein
August 6th, 2011 4:05 PM

Know What Else Obama Inherited From Bush? A 'AAA' Rating

This marvelously comes from the Republican Party of Sarasota:
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 2:17 PM

Hollywood Mogul Katzenberg Rails Against Tea Party’s ‘Extremism

A reminder this week Hollywood moguls aren’t just enthralled with Barack Obama. They are also ideological liberals who have disgust for conservatives and are especially enraged by the Tea Party’s success. Explaining his $2 million donation to a left-wing political action committee, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg told USA Today he was motivated by how “outside Republican spending…
Brent Baker
August 6th, 2011 1:56 PM

Rachel Maddow Apologizes to Rush Limbaugh by Calling Him a Racist

As NewsBusters reported Friday, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh caught MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in a bald-faced lie about him. Later that evening, Maddow apologized for her error but blamed it on- wait for it! - the conservative website World Net Daily and then accused Limbaugh of racism (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 1:14 PM

Yahoo: 'America's Credit Rating Was Intentionally Sabotaged By Congres

"[I]t's difficult to escape the conclusion that America's credit rating was intentionally sabotaged by Congressional Republicans." So wrote Yahoo Finance economics editor Daniel Gross Friday evening:
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 12:09 PM

NYT Downplays Downgrade: 'Experts Say the Fallout Could be Modest

Ever the dutiful Obama shills, the New York Times on Saturday downplayed the seriousness of the announcement by Standard and Poor's that it had downgraded America's debt rating to AA+. As you read this, imagine how this front page article would have differed if a Republican was in the White House:
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 11:09 AM

NYT's Nocera Apologizes for Calling Tea Partiers 'Terrorists

New York Times columnist Joe Nocera took a lot of heat this week for writing an article calling Tea Party members "terrorists" wearing "suicide vests." On Saturday, he apologized:
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 10:30 AM

Krugman Blames Downgrade On 'The Extremism of Anti-Tax Republicans

Early Saturday morning, NewsBusters asked how Obama-loving media would spin America's debt downgrade in order to blame it on the GOP. True to form, New York Times columnist Paul wrote at his blog:
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 9:56 AM

Bozell Column: NBC Leans on Playboy

NBC has placed a new drama called "The Playboy Club" on its fall schedule to capitalize on the scandalous sound of America's most famous pornography empire. If this network had any shame at all, it wouldn't be so desperate to associate itself with female exploitation. So far, one brave NBC affiliate, KSL in Salt Lake City, has refused to join in this porn-promoting parade.  "The Playboy brand…
Brent Bozell
August 6th, 2011 7:44 AM

Former Obama Economic Adviser on Downgrade: We're 'Pretty Darn F--ked

Christina Romer, the former chair of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers on Friday offered a rather strong opinion concerning the announcement by Standard & Poor's that the credit rating agency downgraded America's debt to AA+. Appearing on HBO's "Real Time," Romer said we're "pretty darn f--ked" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 12:01 AM

S&P Lowers America's Bond Rating, Will Media Mention Spending as a Cau

As has been expected, despite the recently reached debt deal, America's debt got downgraded tonight by credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's. In an analysis posted on its website, S&P explicitly stated that it "takes no position on the mix of spending and revenue measures," however that is a fact that will likely be glossed over by the self-described mainstream media. There is much…
Matthew Sheffield
August 5th, 2011 10:31 PM

Rush Limbaugh Catches Rachel Maddow In Bald-Faced Lie About Him

Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh on Friday exposed Rachel Maddow for lying about him on her MSNBC program. On Thursday, during a lengthy segment about Barack Obama's birth certificate, Maddow said (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 5th, 2011 7:02 PM

Schooling Matt Damon

Actor Matt Damon is a walking, talking public service reminder to immunize your children early and often against La-La-Land disease. In Damon's world, all public school teachers are selfless angels. Government workers and Hollywood entertainers are impervious to economic incentives. And anyone who disagrees is a know-nothing, "corporate reformer" ingrate who hates education.
Michelle Malkin
August 5th, 2011 6:13 PM

Charles Krauthammer Smacks Down Margaret Carlson's Call for More Stimu

For the second week in a row, Bloomberg's Margaret Carlson got a much-needed education from Charles Krauthammer on PBS's "Inside Washington." After Carlson gave the typical Keynesian response to Friday's unemployment report - "We’re cutting spending at a time when we should be adding spending to stimulate the economy and jobs" - Krauthammer without skipping a beat quipped, "The way it worked…
Noel Sheppard
August 5th, 2011 6:01 PM