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Olbermann's Absurd Defense Of Banning Dissenting Voices From Show
Looks like thin-skinned Keith Olbermann is getting defensive about his policy of banning show guests who disagree with him. An MSNBC Countdown promo features Olbermann advancing an absurd non sequitur to justify his echo-chamber approach.Claiming to be "misunderstood" over his guest policy, Olbermann says he asks questions "to find out if I'm wildly incorrect" about something. Olbermann thereby…
May 6th, 2010 7:52 AM
NPR Touts 'Reverse Neighborhood Watches' That Alert Illegals That the
NPR's All Things Considered devoted an entire one-sided story Tuesday night to the apparently heart-breaking news that illegal aliens are considering moving out of Arizona to more illegal-friendly states.Reporter Ted Robbins spent his whole story talking to illegal aliens and their defenders about how they're misunderstood, and even touted how community organizers are "flexing their political…
May 6th, 2010 6:40 AM
Unmarried Births at All-Time High
Pew Research Center cites softened American disapproval as reason for increased out-of-wedlock births.
May 6th, 2010 12:00 AM
Nashville Flood 2010: The Disaster You May Not Have Heard About
A great American city is currently buried under a sea of water, but you may not know much about it given all the attention media have given to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the failed car bomb attempt in New York's Times Square.The rain totals are almost unimaginable as is the flooding.Damage estimates at this point have already surpassed a billion dollars, and are likely to go higher.…
May 5th, 2010 11:09 PM
Newsweek Hysterically Accuses Media of Helping Tea Party in Indiana
On Wednesday, Newsweek's Andrew Romano celebrated news out of Indiana that "establishment" Republican Dan Coats fended off two conservative opponents in the Senate primary. Romano's obvious delight came through loud and clear starting with the headline, "The Tea Party is Now Irrelevant in Indiana." You see, one loss in a Senate primary was enough to declare the movement DOA - and Romano was…
May 5th, 2010 10:33 PM
Shahzad's Motive 'Unclear' to CBS, Cites Money Pressure Since He 'Hasn
Botched bomber Faisal Shahzad's failure to achieve the “American dream” may have been an important motive for his terrorist act, CBS's Bob Orr contended Wednesday night in a story in which he declared: “Shahzad's motive also remains unclear.” After noting how Shahzad “told interrogators he's upset with U.S. policies which he feels unfairly target Muslims and he's angry over Predator strikes that…
May 5th, 2010 9:53 PM
AP Downplays Large GOP Turnout Advantage in Early Primaries
The Associated Press managed to report on yesterday's primaries in North Carolina, Indiana, and Ohio while muddling the incontrovertibly disastrous results for Democrats in those states. Even while touting the races as harbingers for November, the AP failed to extrapolate the trends right before their eyes.In short, turnout for Republican primaries in all three states was up almost across the…
May 5th, 2010 6:49 PM
CNN's Sanchez on Tuesday's Primaries: 'Turnout Was Way, Way Underwhelm
On today's Rick's List, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez brandished those reportorial skills for which he's so famous. He and national political correspondent Jessica Yellin discussed Tuesday's primaries and the "Sarah Palin and the Tea Party influences." Not surprisingly, they agreed they had little impact:JESSICA YELLIN, CNN NATIONAL POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Yesterday's elections showed that there was…
May 5th, 2010 6:42 PM
CBS Affiliate Threatens GOP Candidate for Mentioning Giannoulias Bank
CBS's local affiliate in Chicago today threatened to stop covering the Illinois Senate race if the Republican candidate continues to harp on an issue extremely damaging to his Democratic opponent.If a candidate for the United States Senate was a senior loan officer for a bank that made over $20 million in loans to convicted bookies and pimps (while he was employed as a loan officer), is that…
May 5th, 2010 6:27 PM
Matthews Tracks Down True Culprit in Oil Spill Mess – Dick Cheney
The Dick Cheney obsessed Chris Matthews, on Wednesday's Hardball, served up a softball to liberal Democratic Congressman Ed Markey as he pondered if the former vice president could, in any way, be blamed for the BP oil spill. Matthews, who it seems can't go a week without mentioning Cheney, even though he's no longer in office, questioned Markey if the oil spill occurred because of lax oversight…
May 5th, 2010 6:22 PM
WaPo Book Reviewer Cheers Atheist Novelist's Spin on Life of Jesus
"[F]or all its satanic fanfare and heretical rejiggering, 'The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ' is -- God forbid -- kind of inspiring," Washington Post book reviewer Ron Charles proclaimed in today's review of the latest novel by avowed atheist Philip Pullman.Charles began by suggesting that Pullman's publication was a veritable act of courage -- "if you fiddle with Jesus, people begin…
May 5th, 2010 5:40 PM
MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Gives 'Kudos' to Arizona Basketball Team for Pro
MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan on Wednesday gave "kudos" to the Phoenix Suns basketball team for protesting Arizona's tough new policy on illegal immigration. The host touted, "The team is set to wear Los Suns jerseys tonight on Cinco de Mayo in response to Arizona's controversial [law]."Ratigan enthused that congratulations were in order and added, "Around here we call that a slam dunk." The cable anchor…
May 5th, 2010 5:32 PM
Did Media's Bush Derangement Syndrome Drive Times Square Bomber To Vio
There's a cynical theme growing in the media that Faisal Shahzad, the man accused of attempting to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square Saturday, was driven to violence by the loss of his job, the loss of his house, and his anger towards former President George W. Bush.In all of this theorizing -- or what some might call psychobabble -- those making the assertion have yet to ponder if…
May 5th, 2010 4:43 PM
AP Humanizes Times Square Terror Suspect, Cites 'Unraveled' Life
John Christoffersen's article for the Associated Press on Tuesday night highlighted the life woes of Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the failed Times Square bombing plot, citing how "his life seemed to unravel." Christoffersen also noted Shazad's "outspokenness about [former] President George W. Bush and the Iraq war."The AP writer's article, titled "Times Square bombing suspect's life had…
May 5th, 2010 4:25 PM