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Media Amnesiacs Suddenly Appalled at Hitler Comparisons
A liberal Washington Post columnist laments today of the loss of civility in the public discourse. Strange that he is suddenly outraged that Americans would dare call Obama a socialist or a fascist, given that Bush-Hitler comparisons were widespread during the previous administration.Liberals in the media spent the summer and early fall bemoaning signs at town hall protests and tea party rallies…
Stein Raises ClimateGate on CNN; Carville Retorts, 'Pollution Lobby Is
Ben Stein made an indirect reference to the ClimateGate e-mail scandal during a face-off with Democratic strategist James Carville on Wednesday’s Situation Room: “The truth is, we’ve now got a lot of data coming out that the scientific community who are on the side of anthropogenic global warming were cooking the data and were suppressing data to those requesting their data.”Stein and Carville…
Reviewing NYT's Food Stamp Report, Part 2 of 3: Paper Ignores Stimulus
The New York Times’s Jason DeParle and Robert Gebeloff published a long Saturday report on the Food Stamp program that went into print on Sunday. This is the second of three posts on their coverage; the first went up earlier today at NewsBusters and BizzyBlog. It addressed the pair's seeming happiness with the massive increase in program participation, their apparent unhappiness that 15-16…
60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll Asks If Obama Should Be Added to Mt. Rushm
The first question in a poll conducted by CBS’s 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair magazine asked Americans to nominate a fifth face for Mt. Rushmore and included Barack Obama among the contenders. While President Kennedy took the lead with 29%, Obama came in fourth with 16%, just behind Franklin Roosevelt at 18% and Ronald Reagan at 20%.On Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-hosts Harry Smith and Maggie…
In Poll on the State of the GOP, WaPo Buries Anger Over Liberal Bias i
In a 10,500 word story on the state of the Republican Party, Washington Post staff writers on Monday waited until paragraph 36 of a 37 paragraph article to highlight the overwhelming belief that the press is biased against Republicans. Jon Cohen and Dan Balz belatedly noted, "One rallying point for the GOP, though, is a broad perception among moderates, conservatives, and younger and older…
Prior to Release, 'Brothers' Director Blames American People For Anti
The budget for "Brothers," per director Jim Sheridan, is $25 million, which probably doesn’t include marketing for promotion and … well, tell me again how Hollywood is driven by profit and not ideology? We’re a month away from 2010 so it’s hard to argue “Brothers” went into production before everyone was well aware that every single war film flopped miserably. But who does the snob Sheridan…
ABC News: 'Unemployed, Underemployed Look to Jobs Summit for Help
"Unemployed, Underemployed Look to Jobs Summit for Help" is posted on ABC News's Web site today. Authored by senior Washington correspondent John Cochran, the piece is notable in that nothing in it supports the headline. Cochran writes:Boosting confidence is at the top of President Obama's list at the Jobs Summit he is scheduled to host on Thursday. The invitation list includes business leaders…
Gallup: 'Obama Gets Poor Marks on Healthcare
Obama Gets Poor Marks on HealthcareSo ominously read a heading in a Gallup poll released Monday about America's opinion of pending healthcare reform legislation.The news was not good for Democrats and the Obama administration hoping to pass something before the Christmas break.Quite the contrary, despite all the efforts of press members to sway the public concerning this matter, Gallup found…
Reviewing NYT's Food Stamp Report, Part 1 of 3: Paper Cheers Growth, L
In a long Saturday report on the Food Stamp program that went into print on Sunday, the New York Times's Jason DeParle and Robert Gebeloff: Almost seemed to celebrate the program's explosive growth. Bemoaned the fact that many who could participate do not. Both in their title ("Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades") and text, cheered the loss of stigma that has long been associated with the…
'Family Guy' Mocks Chris Matthews' Overly Inflated Ego
Fox cartoon hit "Family Guy" on Sunday took a nice swipe at Chris Matthews marvelously mocking the MSNBCer's overly inflated ego.As the opening credits rolled, Stewie Griffin noticed that pet dog Brian has been Googling himself.After Brian explained why, Stewie remarked, "Take it easy. You're getting a bigger head than Chris Matthews."This set up a brief vignette of a large-foreheaded Matthews,…
CBS's Face the Nation Worries 'Moderates' Excluded from GOP in 'Suicid
CBS devoted half of Sunday's Face the Nation to the pressing question of “divisions within the Republican Party: Is there room for moderates?” Fill-in host Harry Smith of the Early Show allowed guests Dick Armey and Ed Gillespie plenty of time to reject his premise, but he forwarded the media's widely-held presumption in a series of statements as he simply cued up Dede Scozzafava, the Republican…