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'Meet the Press' Katrina Special: All Bush and Federal Government's Fa
As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina slamming New Orleans nears, the folks at NBC offered viewers a "Meet the Press" special edition with a sadly predictable conclusion: the disaster was all George W. Bush and the federal government's fault.The New Orleans mayor at the time was almost entirely ignored in this hour-long examination. The only mention of the state's former governor was…
Howard Kurtz Smacks Down Bill Press for Comparing Glenn Beck to Al Qae
Howard Kurtz on Sunday smacked down liberal talk radio host Bill Press for saying the Park Service allowing Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" event at the Lincoln Memorial was like "granting al Qaeda permission to hold a rally on September 11th at Ground Zero."Towards the end of the opening segment of CNN's "Reliable Sources," Kurtz surprisingly brought up last Friday's disgraceful editing job by…
CBS’s Schieffer Hits Miller for ‘Extreme Positions,’ Ridicules G
Republicans are “exotic” and “extreme,” and against science too, CBS’s Bob Schieffer contended on Sunday’s Face the Nation. “You have also taken some fairly controversial, some would say very extreme, positions,” Schieffer lectured Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller, citing “you want to phase out Medicare, you want to privatize Social Security.” Miller countered: “I would suggest to…
George Will and Entire This Week Panel Smack Down Donna Brazile's Call
An amazing thing happened on the set of ABC's "This Week" Sunday: a liberal tried to extol the benefits of President Obama's unrestrained federal spending only to get completely smacked down by the entire panel.Host Christiane Amanpour began the Roundtable segment of the program by showing some of last week's horrendous economic numbers, and opened the debate about what can be done to improve the…
Joe Klein & Matthews Link Anti-Muslim ‘Attitude’ to ‘Deranged Mu
On Sunday’s syndicated Chris Matthews show, during a discussion of a poll reporting that a majority of self-described Republicans expressed a negative view of Islam, as Time magazine’s Joe Klein recounted incidents of recent violence in America by Muslim extremists, host Matthews asked if "this [anti-Muslim] attitude against them" was to blame for "stirring them up," leading Klein to agree that…
Will Media Notice How Clean Beck Rally Participants Left National Mall
There was a huge "Restoring Honor" rally at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial Saturday, but you couldn't tell hours later given how clean the National Mall was: Compare that to how this area looked after Inauguration Day on January 20, 2009:
A Revealing AP Slip? A Strange Stray Question Mark Appears in Report o
An interesting character made an appearance in a Saturday evening Associated Press report by Cristian Salazar on Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf: It's not a one-time accident. The same paragraph carried at Google's version of the story has the same extra character: The question mark is actually well-placed, as the following paragraphs from Salazar's report demonstrate (bolds are mine throughout this…
Amanpour Offers Bitter-Clinger Variation To Explain Beck Rally Success
Christiane Amanpour just sealed her victory as recipient of my Obama Parrot of the Week Award . . That's the dubious prize I give out to on my local TV show to the media member most ardently echoing the Obama party line. The moderator of This Week sewed up the win with her remarks on GMA this morning, as she sought to explain the big turnout at Glenn Beck's rally yesterday.Readers will…
Sharpton To Beck: Come On Fox News and Debate Ground Zero Mosque
Just moments after the conclusion of the Aug. 28 "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C., an olive branch, albeit a potentially double-edged one, was tossed between an unlikely couple very much on opposite sides of the political aisle.
To the surprise of those in attendance, the Rev. Al Sharpton has challenged Glenn Beck to come on Geraldo Rivera's Fox News program and support the…
CBS to Black Beck Rally Attendees: ‘I'm Noticing that There Aren't a
CBS and the rest of the MSM have decided the Tea Party movement is racist and hostile to non-whites, and it’s a mantra they’re going to illustrate whenever they see an opportunity. Reporter Nancy Cordes saw a “nearly all-white crowd” at Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, DC, as she (at least an off-camera female voice) demanded of two black women who weren't afraid to attend: “I…
Glenn Beck Rally Picture Guaranteed to Drive Media Crazy
This picture of the crowd that attended Saturday's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C., is guaranteed to drive liberal media members crazy (h/t NBer BKeyser): Fuller size photo follows along with more from other media outlets and link to Sarah Palin's remarks:
Judith Miller Smacks Down Time and Ellis Henican Over American Islamop
Judith Miller on Saturday marvelously smacked down Time magazine and Ellis Henican over the contention that America is Islamophobic.As the discussion on "Fox News Watch" turned to Time's cover story about the nation's view of Muslims, Henican said that he attended the protests in New York last week and "there were some views expressed that I think everyone at this table would find a little…