CNN Lets Two Illegal Immigrants Vouch For the Passage of the DREAM Act

CNN's Kiran Chetry helped two illegal immigrants lobby for the passage of the DREAM Act on Wednesday's American Morning, which would grant amnesty to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant youth. Chetry encouraged them to express their concerns for the legislation, as many Republicans in Congress don't support it, and tossed softball questions, which gave them ample time to vouch for the…
Matthew Balan
December 8th, 2010 10:17 PM

Schultz and Sharpton Take Limbaugh's MSNBC-is-Racist Joke Seriously

Can two grown men really be this dumb, or is their hatred for conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh so blinding they wouldn't know sarcasm if it punched them in the face? As tough as it might be to believe, Ed Schultz and Al Sharpton actually took seriously Limbaugh's joke that media outlets criticizing President Obama's tax compromise plan did so because they are racist (video follows…
Noel Sheppard
December 8th, 2010 9:02 PM

Media Can't Decide Whether Espionage is Journalism

Clueless journalists seem more concerned about own careers than America's best interests.
Dan Gainor
December 8th, 2010 7:23 PM

Surprise, Surprise: Private Sector Media Better Bulwark Against Islami

Reporter Devin Dwyer has a post at ABCNews.com today noting that a "confidential cable published by WikiLeaks" reveals that "American television shows broadcast across the Middle East are proving to be effective 'agents of influence' in the ongoing battle over hearts and minds of ordinary Muslims pondering jihad":
Ken Shepherd
December 8th, 2010 6:20 PM

Same Media That Fretted Over 'No Compromise' GOP, Now Distressed Obama

In the wake of November's election results there was much discussion in the press over whether or not the newly strengthened Republican Party would be willing to compromise with Democrats. However, since Monday's announcement of a deal on extending current tax rates, many in the media have been critical of President Obama for giving in to the GOP. Before the votes had even been cast in the…
Kyle Drennen
December 8th, 2010 5:09 PM

Happy Talk: WaPo Asks In Online Tax-Deal Poll 'What's the Greatest Ben

Web pollsters at The Washington Post only want to discuss the various positives of Obama's new deal on tax rates and unemployment benefits. Their poll question was "What's the greatest benefit for Obama in extending the Bush tax cuts?" These are the happy-talk choices:  -- Fulfilled promise of compromise with Republicans -- Exchange for jobless benefits -- Increased support from…
Tim Graham
December 8th, 2010 5:00 PM

Helen Thomas: Revoking Honorary Degrees a Violation of 'Freedom of Spe

Someone should inform Helen Thomas that the First Amendment does not protect one's right to honorary degrees. The disgraced former White House correspondent lashed out at her critics Tuesday, and stood by her vicious anti-Semitic remarks - both her most recent claims that "Congress, the White House, and Hollywood, Wall Street, are owned by the Zionists" and the remarks that led to her…
Lachlan Markay
December 8th, 2010 4:53 PM

Time.com Highlights 'Ultra-Gay Hotel' Trend

With a brief 8-paragraph article, Time.com's David Kaufman today approvingly explored the trend of 'ultra-gay hotels":
Ken Shepherd
December 8th, 2010 4:13 PM

The Times Finally Slips in Some Unflattering Facts About 'Dream Act' A

Wait: I thought this was just about high school students? Julia Preston belatedly reports some of the actual features of the "Dream Act" amnesty program: "The lead sponsor of the Senate bill, Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, made changes to it in an effort to attract more votes, lowering the maximum age for eligibility to 29 from 35, and tightening the exclusion of immigrants with…
Clay Waters
December 8th, 2010 3:55 PM

Islamophobia-obsessed Media Silent on Anti-Semitic 'Hate Crimes' at In

Most Americans are probably unaware that Jews were the victims of more than eight times as many anti-religion hate crimes last year as were Muslims. And the reason is simple: anti-Muslim crimes receive far more media attention. Case in point: the media has been all but silent on a slew of anti-Semitic acts of vandalism at Indiana University, coinciding with the beginning of the celebration of…
Lachlan Markay
December 8th, 2010 1:24 PM

On NPR, N.Y. Times Editor Bill Keller Defends the 'Value' of WikiLeaks

On NPR's weekend show On The Media (produced by radio station WNYC), New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller reacted badly to NPR's Bob Garfield suggesting Julian Assange of WikiLeaks was a "looter" or a smasher of windows. Keller insisted the document dump has "more value" than that metaphor, that the dump is "absolutely fascinating...like a graduate seminar" on international relations. …
Tim Graham
December 8th, 2010 1:15 PM

Unhappy With Tax Compromise, George Stephanopoulos Scolds David Axelro

Apparently unhappy at the idea of a compromise with Republicans over taxes, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday attacked the deal from the left, wondering if the "White House [is] open to renegotiating" portions that have made liberals in Congress unhappy. Stephanopoulos, a former aide to Democrat Dick Gephardt, highlighted Nancy Pelosi's opposition to a high exemption…
Scott Whitlock
December 8th, 2010 12:19 PM

Vieira to Axelrod on Tax Cut Deal: 'Why Shouldn't Americans Look At Th

NBC's Meredith Vieira, on Wednesday's Today show, hit David Axelrod repeatedly from the left as she lectured the White House senior adviser that the left is "furious" at Barack Obama for making a deal with the GOP on tax cuts as she pressed: "Why shouldn't Americans look at this as a disaster in the making?" During a segment headlined: "Tax Cut Compromise: Did President Go Too Far In…
Geoffrey Dickens
December 8th, 2010 11:40 AM

Maureen Dowd: The Caribou Palin Shot on TLC is Obama

Watching liberal media members agonize over the former governor shooting and eating a caribou on Sunday's "Sarah Palin's Alaska" is becoming a spectator sport. Consider New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd who is so angered by this hunting display she's actually seeing it as a political allegory with Palin's felled prey being the current White House resident:
Noel Sheppard
December 8th, 2010 11:14 AM