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Tina Brown: Limbaugh 'Like the Bad Fairy at Sleeping Beauty's Christen
The Daily Beast’s Tina Brown targeted Rush Limbaugh for ruining 2009, particularly after Obama’s inauguration, on Thursday’s Today show on NBC, blaming him for the “big discord and toxic atmosphere in politics,” and likened him to the “the bad fairy at Sleeping Beauty’s christening” for uttering his famous words about the President, “I hope he fails” [audio clip available here].Brown slammed the…
Kossacks Display Hate by Rejoicing in Rush Limbaugh Hospitalization
For some strange reason, the Daily Kos has gained the reputation in the mainstream media for somehow being composed of "reasonable progressives" in stark contrast to their Democratic Underground cousins whom even many in the MSM will admit are flat out loons. However, certain events prove that the Kossacks are every bit as crazed and full of hate as the DUers. And one such event that has proved…
Politico's Calderone Compiles a Quality 2009 Media Blunder List -- And
Michael Calderone,Doing it Right UPDATE #2 - ALSO BELOW THE FOLD. UPDATE BELOW THE FOLD - THE ESTEEMED MR. CALDERONE RESPONDS. ------------- CORRECTION: I said the Washington Post was on the hook twice on Calderone's list. H/t to NBer Dean who pointed out it's three - #s 2, 7 & 10. A thousand apologies, and thanks to The Man from the People's Republic of…
Open Thread
Do you think journalists should be banned from purchasing photos and interviews, so-called "checkbook journalism" (a la Jasper Schuringa)? Why or why not?
WaPo's Liberal Decade: 'We' Went from 'Hell' to 'Hope
Style writer cheered the tantalizing evolution into the Obama era.
Ouch! Putin Answer About Terrorism Stuns Press Conference to Silence
Ouch!This video of Russian ex-President (now Prime Minister) Vladimir Putin's response to a question about terrorism at a G-8 summit press conference was posted in early 2008. However, his answer is worth noting now in light of Barack Obama's rather dispassionate first response to the Nigerian Christmas Day bomb plot terrorist which came off as sounding like a tepid legalistic statement from a…
Honolulu TV: Rush Limbaugh Hospitalized After Chest Pains
From KITV, the ABC affiliate on channel 4 in Honolulu. UPDATED with 6:53 PM HST posting (11:53 PM EST) Wednesday:Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh [Limbaugh's site] was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, sources told KITV.Paramedics responded to the call at 2:41 p.m. at the Kahala Hotel and Resort.Limbaugh, 58, suffered from chest pains, sources said…
Has the Media Finally Figured Out that Anwar Al-Awlaki is More than Ju
Representative Pete Hoekstra recently indicated that the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 should be a clue that helps the Obama Administration ‘connect the dots' on terrorism.While that remains unlikely with an administration more obsessed with right-wing extremists, man-caused disasters, and the impeccable success of our counterterrorism systems, perhaps it's time to start…
ABC's Wright Offers Sarcasm in Story on Conservative Criticism of Obam
Unlike CBS and NBC, ABC on Wednesday night reported on criticism from the right of how President Barack Obama is addressing terrorism, but correspondent David Wright tried to discredit the critics' points by reacting with astonishment and sarcastic snipes. Astonishment: “Do you really feel like President Obama has made the country less safe?” Sarcasm: Rebutting former Bush speech writer Marc…
Flight 253: Media Ignoring Two-Day Gap Between Preliminary AQ Linkage
UPDATE, Jan. 1, 2010: This post at BizzyBlog shows that the there was recognition of likely Al Qaeda involvement in two separate press reports based on sources in a position to know on Christmas evening. Thus, the administration's delay in acknowledging that reality was actually three full days.In their initial December 26 report ("Passengers’ Quick Action Halted Attack") on the attempted…
MSNBC.com Analyst: Palin's 'Reality Show' Life Not Good for Grandson
MSNBC.com’s Steve Adubato went so far to compare Sarah Palin’s notoriety to a reality show during a segment on Wednesday’s Today show on NBC. Adubato acted as an apologist for Levi Johnston’s move to open his child custody dispute with Bristol Palin: “Sarah Palin’s reality show that she’s been on for the past couple years...It has an impact on this baby as well....and it’s not good for the kid…
Maddow's Peculiar Logic: Rove Shouldn't Oppose Same-Sex Marriage Due t
MSNBC, "the place for politics" strikes again, this time with character assassination in the name of same-sex marriage. On the Dec. 29 broadcast of "The Rachel Maddow Show," Maddow took aim at former Bush administration Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, now a Fox News contributor. She noted his prior opposition to same-sex marriage, which according to Maddow's citation of The Atlantic magazine,…