Latest Blogs
MRC Announces Awards for the Worst Media Performance of
The Media Research Center today announced its Best Notable Quotables of 2009: The 22nd Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting, and Discover magazine’s Melissa Lafsky has won the dis-honor of “Quote of the Year.” On August 27, a few days after Senator Edward Kennedy's death, Lafsky posted the following on the Huffington Post blog:Mary Jo wasn’t a right-wing talking point or a negative…
Scarborough: Rahm Fired as White House Chief of Staff 'Over the Next Y
What politicians say to get elected can come back to haunt them and vilifying the lobbyist profession to score campaign points is going to do that to President Barack Obama, according to MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-anchor Joe Scarborough. Scarborough appeared on BBC Radio 4's Dec. 20 broadcast of "Americana" with host Matt Frei and explained how Obama's 2007 pledge to not hire lobbyists isn't…
BREAKING: Key Healthcare Vote Scheduled For 1:00 AM Monday
In less than two hours, the Senate will vote on healthcare reform cloture.What this means is that if the Democrats get 60 votes, debate will end, and the current iteration of healthcare reform will be voted on some time next week.With Saturday's sellout of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) -- or buyout, depending on how you look at it -- the Democrat leadership feels it has the 60 votes necessary to send…
Ed Schultz Admits MSNBC Serves as Mouthpiece for White House
Never let it be said that radio libtalker and MSNBC action hero Ed Schultz isn't capable of occasional candor.Here's Schultz on his radio show Dec. 15 talking about Vice President Joe Biden appearing on "Morning Joe" earlier that day in anticipation of disclosure that the public option and Medicare buy-in were stripped from the Senate health bill (click here for audio) -- SCHULTZ: And I find it…
NBC’s Holt Suggests ‘A Lot More Needs to Be Done’ to Curb Global
On Saturday, NBC News host Lester Holt seemed to lament the fact that the climate change conference in Copenhagen did not result in greater regulation of carbon emissions as, on the NBC Nightly News, Holt passed on that "many" called the agreement that was reached "weak and disappointing," and he seemed to accept the premise that more regulations would affect the climate as he relayed that…
CNN: Sarah Palin's 'Death Panel' Comment Wins 'Lie of the Year
If President Obama or any Democrat had actually won the dubious honor of committing PolitiFact's "Lie of the Year," do you think CNN would have reported it?Fat chance, right? Before you answer, consider the glee exhibited by CNN's Josh Levs Sunday when he announced Sarah Palin had "won" for her Facebook comment concerning a "death panel" in healthcare reform legislation (video embedded below the…
ABC's Roberts: People Will Be Thrilled by Health Bill Once They 'Under
“There's a lot in” the health care bill as it now stands -- even without the “public option” or expanded Medicare -- “that people are going to like” and a “lot of people are going to like a whole lot once they see what's in it,” ABC News veteran Cokie Roberts contended on Sunday's This Week as she blamed Democratic messaging, not the substance, for declining support: “I think the Democrats lost…
David Gregory: Healthcare Bill Is Not What Obama Campaigned On
A rather shocking thing happened on Sunday's "Meet the Press": host David Gregory complained to Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod that the healthcare reform bill ready to pass the Senate is not what Barack Obama campaigned on last year.Maybe just as surprising, Gregory showed recent polls to Axelrod reflecting the public's disinterest in this bill."I've got a few of the bullet points of…
Stossel & Mackey Blame Govt for High Health Care Prices, People Die Wa
On Thursday’s Stossel show on Fox Business Network, host John Stossel got to do the kind of show he was not able to do earlier this year when he was at ABC, as he devoted an entire show to the debate over access to health care, and gave attention to the market-based plan utilized by most employees of Whole Foods, which uses health savings accounts and encourages employees to shop around for…
Chris Matthews Ties Palin, Limbaugh to ‘White Tribalism,’ Heileman
On the Sunday, December 20, syndicated Chris Matthews Show – during which the panel weighed in on who should be granted various dishonors for the year – Matthews seemed to lump conservatives like Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh in with what Matthews saw as "white tribalism" as he also fretted over the "birthers" who promote the fringe conspiracy theory that President Obama was not born in America.…
Sam Donaldson: Passing Healthcare 'Terrible Mistake' For Democrats
Sam Donaldson said Sunday that if the Democrats pass the current version of the Senate's healthcare reform bill, it probably would be a terrible mistake.Such was surprisingly said during the Roundtable segment of Sunday's "This Week."After George Will shared polling numbers indicating how few people are actually in favor of what's currently on the table in Congress, Donaldson agreed saying, "[Y]…
Rock The Vote Encourages Youth To Use Sex To Pass ObamaCare
The political advocacy group "Rock the Vote" has a new video out encouraging young people to abstain from having sex with folks opposed to healthcare reform.Sadly, this isn't your run of the mill call for celebacy, for the video also instructs youth to use sex to get people to change their minds on this issue.The group's YouTube posting asks: "What would you withhold from someone who opposes…