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WaPo: Bristol Palin Is Fair Game for Insults, Since Her Mother Lives I
The "Spirited Atheist" of The Washington Post, Susan Jacoby, predictably trashed Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston as not only "poster children for the dumbing down of America" and as "most middle-class American parents' worst nightmare," but proof of what happens when religious people show off their contempt for book learning: Although the children of politicians are generally off-limits, Bristol…
HuffPo Brings You Scriptural Commentary From the Blog that Hates Chris
Lefty blog announces religion series to parse the sacred words of the faiths it hates.
Media Ignore Oliver Stone's Anti-Jewish Rant, Bashed Mel Gibson for Hi
Networks, liberal writers, Hollywood mum about director's anti-Semitism.
Paul Ryan Schools Chris Matthews on Tax Hikes, Budgets and Economics
Chris Matthews on Monday got a much-needed lesson from Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) on how tax hikes impact the budget as well as the economy."Congressman Ryan, is there any tax role for reducing our $1.4 trillion to $1.7 trillion debt this year -- deficit this year?" Matthews asked during the 5PM installment of MSNBC's "Hardball." "Is there any role in tax increasing to help do that job?"When Ryan…
Coverage Focuses on U.S.-Caused Civilian Deaths When Taliban Responsib
CBS's Lara Logan may be in Uganda, but she recognized the skew of media coverage of the WikiLeaks war documents on the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan as she contended “the coverage would indicate that it's more of an issue for the U.S. to kill Afghan civilians than it is for the Taliban to do so.” CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric asked her about how the documents cite “the number of Afghan…
Townhall August Cover - 'Keith Olbermann: Worst Person in the World
Townhall magazine previewed the cover of its August issue Monday, and it's a doozy (larger version and commentary after the break):
MSNBC's Contessa Brewer Simply Echoes Democrat Talking Points on Tax C
Newsbusters reported earlier on the double standard of MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer on reporters appearing at fundraisers. During the same news hour, Brewer simply couldn't understand the Republican position on extending the Bush tax cuts for all taxpayers, and jokingly wondered if the Republicans are even human."What I don't get is a lot of the people who are shouting about letting these tax…
Matthews' Muddled Logic: GOP Candidate Heard Criticizing Birthers Is
Damned if you do, damned if you don't . . . Imagine if a Republican candidate had been caught on tape praising birthers. Chris Matthews would have been all over him. So what happens when a Republican candidate is caught on tape criticizing birthers? Why, Chris Matthews is . . . all over him, of course. Bizarrely, the Hardball host actually labelled the matter "Macaca 2.0," invoking the…
Santelli: Tea Party More a 'Philosophy' Than a Party
Like a dog chasing its tail, the left has spent a great amount of time trying to determine who the leader of the Tea Party movement is. And often, there are accusations of prevalent racism among its members. But according to CNBC's Rick Santelli, the Tea Party is more of a philosophy than a group, which has nothing to do with racism. In an appearance on NBC's July 25 "Meet the Press," Santelli…
President Obama To Appear On 'The View' Thursday
Barack Obama will make history this week when he becomes the first sitting president to appear on ABC's daytime ladies talk show "The View."I guess when you're likely the most liberal Commander in Chief the nation has ever seen with poll numbers plummeting faster than a coin tossed off the Empire State Building there isn't a better place to have your ego massaged than on a couch surrounded by…
CBS's Axelrod: 'All Better Informed' By 'Legendary' Left-Wing Journali
On Saturday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Jim Axelrod reported on the death of former CBS correspondent Daniel Schorr, declaring that he "was an old-school broadcast journalist, he was the last working reporter who'd been one of Edward R. Morrow's boys." An on-screen headline read: "Celebrating Daniel Schorr; Legendary Journalist Dead at 93."Axelrod touted Schorr's reporting from CBS's…
Funny Stuff: NYT Writers Accuse Other Media of 'Tilting the Field,' Pr
The New York Times went to town on Andrew Breitbart and Fox News on Sunday and Monday, rehashing the racial controversy over the Shirley Sherrod tape and suggesting conservative media outlets were guilty of "tilting the field," blowing "obscure or misleading stories...out of proportion" and presenting "political opposition research" as news. Hmm. Isn't that what the New York Times has been doing…
While Interviewing Dem Congressman, ABC, CBS Keep the Focus Off Obama
Democratic Congressman Ed Markey appeared on ABC and CBS's morning shows on Monday to talk about the Gulf Coast oil spill and didn't face a single question about the government's handling of the disaster. Instead, Good Morning America and the Early Show both kept the heat on BP. Discussing the likely departure of BP's CEO Tony Hayword, GMA's Robin Roberts pressed, "And that when [Haywood] gave…
CNN's Don Lemon Plays Softball With Discharged Homosexual Soldier
On Sunday's Newsroom, CNN's Don Lemon tossed softball questions at homosexual activist Dan Choi, who was discharged earlier in July from the U.S. Army under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Lemon asked Choi, "Was it worth the prize for speaking out?" The anchor also brought on Michelangelo Signorile, another homosexual activist, without bringing on anyone from the opposing side of…