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Jon Stewart Rips Rick Sanchez For 'Nine Meters In English Is
Comedian Jon Stewart tore apart CNN's Rick Sanchez Monday leading one to believe the "Daily Show" host might be a NewsBusters reader.On Saturday, we noticed a pathetic performance by Sanchez during that afternoon's coverage of the tsunamis predicted to hit Hawaii after the massive earthquake in Chile."By the way, nine meters in English is?" the manic CNNer actually asked a scientist brought on to…
Lauer to Romney: 'Aren't We Better Off' With Obama
Matt Lauer pressed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney mostly from the left, on Tuesday's Today, as he made the case that the economy is doing better thanks to the President as he posited "Aren't we better off?" and even questioned the relevance of a possible Romney 2012 presidential campaign. MATT LAUER: In your new book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, you say that, "The…
Open Thread
Today's open thread. Have at it.Here's something interesting:Barack Obama should not only try harder to kick his smoking habit, his team of doctors warned, but they also recommended 'moderation of alcohol intake'.It would seem the pressure of the U.S. presidency - and all those White House receptions - are taking their toll after the 48-year-old's first medical checkup since winning the race to…
Behar Panel Celebrates First Year of Tea Parties with Racist and Viole
Alice Roosevelt famously said, "If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me." With Roosevelt long gone, you can do the next best thing - get booked on HLN's "The Joy Behar Show." On the March 1 broadcast of her program, host Joy Behar featured a panel to discuss the tea party movement on its one-year anniversary. But rather than including tea party backers or even…
N.Y. Times Puts Black 'Abortion Foes' and Their 'Conspiracy Theory' on
Like ABC and CNN before them, the front page of Saturday’s New York Times brought a new visibility to the black pro-life movement. The headline was "To Court Blacks, Foes of Abortion Make Racial Case." The subtitles were "High Rates Are Cited: Message Ties Procedure to Slavery, Genocide and Lynchings."The story by reporter Shaila Dewan began by focusing on Georgia Right to Life hiring a black…
ABC's Sam Champion Nixes Idea That Cold Winter Discounts Global Warmin
Liberal weatherman Sam Champion appeared on Friday's Nightline to attack the idea that global warming could be dismissed because of the snowy winter suffered by much of the country. He complained, "There's really no way you can connect it to climate change or global warming. This is a seasonal pattern that we're in." [Audio available here.]And yet, on the June 9, 2008 edition of Good Morning…
Dear WTOP: 'Swipe Fees' Don't Rip off Consumers
Despite economist's assertion, building in costs like transaction fees to a price is not wrong.
Bunning’s Spending Hold Makes Him a Cad to TV Nets, Focus on His Sup
A retiring Senator not facing re-election stood up last week for principle, insisting new federal spending be covered by a matching reduction elsewhere, but instead of hailing Senator Jim Bunning as a “maverick” making sure the ruling party adheres to its promise new spending will be “paid for,” television network journalists on Monday night painted him as an ogre, focusing on the presumed…
Jack Cafferty Again Rips Pelosi, This Time Over Handling of Rangel
CNN's Jack Cafferty again criticized Nancy Pelosi on Monday's Situation Room, knocking her inaction in removing Congressman Charlie Rangel as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Cafferty highlighted how Pelosi "vowed to 'drain the swamp' in Washington when she became speaker," but at the same time "refuses to force him [Rangel] out as chairman."The CNN commentator devoted his…
CBS Promotes Arianna Huffington Bashing 'Dastardly' Banks
In a segment on the banking industry on CBS's Sunday Morning, fill-in anchor Anthony Mason cited the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" and wondered: "Who would you say is today's equivalent of the movie's villain, the dastardly Mister Potter?" His answer: "If you ask the Huffington Post's web mistress Arianna Huffington, it's these guys." Footage rolled of big bank CEOs. Mason touted Huffington's…
Matthews: Obama Must Summon All His 'Music and Magic' to Pass Health C
These must be really desperate times for the Democrats, if the syndicated Chris Matthews Show that was aired over the weekend is any indication, as both the host and one of the guests claimed Barack Obama would need to tap into military, musical and even mystical powers to get a health care reform bill passed. During the intro of his show, Matthews declared that Obama "must now lead the band with…
George Soros Declares a 'Bankruptcy' of Free-Market Capitalism
You'd think the money man behind an array of left wing organizations wouldn't need CNN to get out his message about the death and "bankruptcy" of free-market capitalism, but there was left-wing billionaire and financier George Soros on "GPS" Feb.18 Interviewed by Fareed Zakaria, Soros said he disagreed with President Obama's decision to bail out the banks. Soros would have nationalized them.…
Warren Buffett Give Obama 'High Marks,' Mocks Palin in CNBC Interview
It's not a secret that billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) CEO Warren Buffett is a supporter of President Barack Obama - having endorsed and raised money for him. But has Buffett's approval of the president mirrored the declining marks he's getting from the rest of America? No, according to Buffett, Obama's earned "high marks." Buffett appeared on CNBC's March 1 "Squawk…