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MSNBC Blogger: Is Hacker Who Took on WikiLeaks, Jihadist Websites 'A V
A hacker who styles him "th3 j35t3r" -- The Jester in plain English -- has made quite a name for himself disabling jihadist websites and, more recently, the U.S. national security-threatening site WikiLeaks.
While his methods are technically illegal, The Jester's motivations are patriotic, aimed at saving American lives on the battlefield.
Yet in telling his story, MSNBC's Red Tape…
On Today: If It Weren't for this Tax Cut Deal We Could've Had Universa
Invited on Tuesday's Today show to discuss the tax cut compromise in Congress, CNBC's Erin Burnett initially whined that "We can't afford it" but then went on to tell viewers that if Congress were to forego tax cuts we could afford "universal pre-school for free and provide free college tuition for half of the college students."
When asked by Today co-host Meredith Vieira about the "price…
Book Editor Sam Tanenhaus 'Weasels' Out of Reviewing Book Critical of
Author William McGowan and New York Times Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus had a revealing email exchange recently over the prospects of the New York Times reviewing McGowan’s new book “Gray Lady Down – What the Decline and Fall of The New York Times Means for America,” an exchange that McGowan's publisher, Roger Kimball of Encounter Books, describes as a prime example of Tanenhaus "in weasel…
Open Thread: 69 Years Since the Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Today marks the anniversary of "a day that will live in infamy," as President Franklin Roosevelt famously dubbed it. The attack on Pearl Harbor sparked U.S. involvement in World War II, and led to a brutal American campaign against Japan that ended with the only use of an atomic weapon in history.
But today we remember the 2,459 Americans who were killed in the attack on December 7, 1941.…
WaPo Devotes Another Supportive Article to Angry Leftist Curator and P
Tuesday's Washington Post Style section carried this front-page headline "Pesky ant video refuses to die." But the only new developments on the National Portrait Gallery story were security officers removing two (left-wing) protesters on Saturday and the laments of a radical curator on Monday. No one in Jacqueline Trescott's article spoke for the conservatives. An award for unintentional…
New York Times Style Mag 'T' Treats Wikileaker Julian Assange As Pop I
This Christmas, give the gift of...secret diplomatic cables?
There were several surprisingly slanted articles in the Holiday edition of “T,” the New York Times style magazine published 15 Sundays a year and put together by writers and reporters from outside the paper. Most newsworthy (if almost as shallow as the other pieces) was British writer Misha Glenny’s profile of Wikileaks founder…
‘Lost Revenue’ for Government in Tax Rate Deal Distresses NBC's Wi
Brian Williams adopted a liberal framework as he opened Monday's NBC Nightly News by declaring “it’s a fair question to ask and for a while now Americans have been wondering how lawmakers in Washington could possibly extend tax breaks for wealthy Americans while allowing benefits for jobless Americans to be cut off.”
Then, after Chuck Todd outlined the Obama-GOP compromise to maintain income…
Samuelson's Home Run: 'What the Bowles-Simpson Plan Left Out
The Washington Post's Robert J. Samuelson in his Monday column scolded President Obama's deficit commission in a fashion that should be must-reading for every American, especially liberal media members.
At issue for Samuelson wasn't the cost-saving or revenue-generating ideas in the plan. Instead, he accurately pointed out that it lacked a coherent message as to why our social programs are…
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Care
People who take polls for a living will tell you that depending on the methodology, the sample, how a question is asked and the understanding of the ones being polled, the outcome can pretty much be predetermined.
If you are dependent on a superior for your job and that superior tells you he wants a certain conclusion reached about a policy he wishes to implement, that, too, can affect the…
The Left-leaning Media's Myth-Making about Julian Assange
WikiLeaks founder hailed by journalists as folk hero, renegade.
Matthews: Has GOP Sounded Dog Whistle Declaring Open Season On Sarah P
It appears Republicans need to be read their conservative Miranda rights: anything negative you say about Sarah Palin can and will be used against her by the liberal media.
Such was made infinitely clear on Monday's "Hardball" when the host first teased, "Has someone sounded the dog whistle," and later opened a segment, "Are Republicans putting out the word that it's time to stop Sarah Palin…
Obvious: Randi Rhodes Insists Limbaugh and Hannity Favor Tax Cut Exten
As if this line of attack weren't perfectly obvious, liberal radio host Randi Rhodes attacked Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh on Friday afternoon for favoring the extension of the Bush tax cuts just so they can selfishly keep their own millions of dollars:
Tell Sean Hannity that the only reason that Sean Hannity is advocating for holding out for 98 percent of the American people and holding…
Krauthammer on Obama's Televised Tax Announcement: He Was Addressing D
Charles Krauthammer on Monday said that when Barack Obama spoke to the nation hours ago to announce a tax extension compromise just reached with Republicans, "It was actually a speech addressed at Daily Kos, the New York Times, and MoveOn."
In Krauthammer's view expressed on Fox's "Special Report," "This was a speech aimed at appeasing the Left which is extremely angry over this" (video…
A Review of Sarah Palin's 'America by Heart
Over Thanksgiving, I read Sarah Palin’s new book, America by Heart : Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag. My first thought after finishing it? Wow, that was good. My second thought? If someone gripes about her from now on, I’m going to respond,”Have you read her book?” When the opinionated person says, “No.” I’m going to say back, “Talk to me after you’ve read her book.”
Before getting to…