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Politico Gets Own Set of Leaked Toyota Docs, Also Pretends They Are Co
I guess we could call it the congressional leakers' version of "spreading the wealth." As noted in a post late Sunday evening (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), the Detroit News received a "10-page document" from what had been a Toyota internal presentation that more than likely came from someone who is either a member of or working in Congress, or is involved with the Department of Transportation…
CNN's Don Lemon Calls Young Conservative At CPAC 'Progressive
UPDATE AT END OF POST: Young conservative in question responds to Lemon. Just how out of touch must you be as a so-called journalist to think someone attending a conservative conference is liberal all because he or she is young?Such a question should be asked of Don Lemon who on Saturday interviewed a couple of under-aged conservatives at CPAC and actually called one of them progressive.Although…
Numerically-Challenged, Mind-Reading, Culturally Tone-Deaf Detroit New
UPDATES: (New NB posts) The Politico gets its own slightly different set of Toyota documents; The False Toyota ‘Brag’ and ‘Win’ Memes Turn Into a SwarmHow coincidental. A Detroit News item by David Shepardson supposedly indicating that Toyota is more concerned about saving money than driver safety surfaces less than 48 hours before congressional hearings are to begin. His story's basis is a…
Matthews: We're Learning Obama Can't Change Things With Just The Power
Chris Matthews is beginning to realize that Barack Obama can't change things with just the power of his personality.Such was amazingly discussed during the syndicated talk show bearing his name this weekend as two White House correspondents made some astonishing claims about the current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. "He feels that he has some ability to bring people together," noted NBC's…
Kurtz: Should Fox Personalities Like Glenn Beck Speak At CPAC
Howard Kurtz asked an interesting question on Sunday's "Reliable Sources": Is it appropriate for Fox News hosts and contributors to be making political speeches at events like this weekend's CPAC?Given Saturday's extremely successful keynote address by Glenn Beck, as well as the controversial nature of the rising star, such a question seemed inevitable. But there was still something peculiar…
NPR's Daniel Schorr Finds It 'Menacing' That ObamaCare Can't Get Passe
In his weekly interview on Weekend Edition Saturday, National Public Radio "senior news analyst" (read: unrebutted liberal commentator) Daniel Schorr saw something "menacing" in Capitol Hill’s failure to pass a big ultraliberal agenda. It’s "more menacing than simply whether one or another winds a couple of seats in the Congress."That’s an easy thing for a 93-year-old government-paid commentator…
Howard Kurtz Thinks The Press Is Too Soft On Republicans
When this arrived at my e-mail inbox Sunday, I thought a usually reliable tipster was playing a joke on me.But after reviewing the video and transcript of this morning's "Reliable Sources" on CNN, it's become apparent that Howard Kurtz really did ask two of his guests if the press is currently going soft on the Republican Party."Every day, every week the media -- and that includes this program…
George Will Challenges Donna Brazile's GOP 'Party of No' Nonsense
George Will on Sunday took on Donna Brazile's claim that the Republicans are the Party of No.After fill-in host Terry Moran on ABC's "This Week" asked Brazile if President Obama is guilty of not challenging dissenting members of his own Party, the Democrat strategist went into the predictable talking point about the gridlock in Washington all being the fault of Republicans."I think President…
Bill Maher: Tea Party Protesters Just a Bunch of Stupid Cultists
The left's comedic mud-slingers have been working overtime lately. Bill Maher injected his latest bit of invective Friday when he labeled the Tea Party movement a "cult" and hurled epithets at major conservative figures.Angry that Americans would dare object to his particular brand of ultra-liberal politics, Maher has recieved a bit of press lately for his unending stream of hatred for anyone who…
Will: Government's Only 'Broken' When Left Can't Enact Its Agenda
George Will said Sunday that people only talk about the government being broken when the Left is having trouble enacting its agenda.During the Roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week," "Nightline" host Terry Moran brought up the recent announcement by Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) that he would not seek reelection in November because "Congress is not operating as it should."When the baton was tossed to…
Is There NB Commenter-Inspired Journalistic Improvement in Latest AP I
Between its January 31 and February 20 reports on developments in the "interrogation memos" saga, the Associated Press may have learned a lesson in basic journalism from a NewsBusters commenter. I'll describe; readers can decide. The wire service's unbylined report three weeks ago opened with this paragraph: NB commenter "TE" took justifiable umbrage at that opening:
Huffington Repeats Charge of ‘Disturbing’ & ‘Violent Imagery
Appearing during the "Roundtable" segment on Sunday’s This Week on ABC, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington continued her campaign to portray conservatives as promoters of violence as she recounted what she referred to as the "violent imagery" of Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty’s speech at CPAC in which he, alluding to Tiger Woods’ troubles, suggested that a golf club should be used to "…
Elton John Blames Parade Mag For His 'Jesus Was Gay' Remark
Pop singer Elton John is blaming Parade magazine for his remark in Sunday's edition that Jesus Christ was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man."Parade magazine did a kind of a sneaky thing and put it on their website that I said this," John told Chicago's WGN-TV.According to John, he made the comment "as part of the conversation during the interview," but he apparently didn't think this was…
