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60 Minutes Chief: Dan Rather’s Work ‘Not Even Close to the Standar
Sunday’s Los Angeles Times had an update on Dan Rather’s continuing lawsuit against CBS News over what Dan might call the “forged-memos-to-torpedo-Bush’s-re-election-in-2004 scandal.” Rather scalded CBS with language he used to save exclusively for conservatives: “Their strategy is to string it out, wear me out, suck the will from me, and make it so painful on the pocketbook that I want to give…
CNN Finally Reports Affiliation of Leftist Health Care 'Insider;' ABC
On Saturday’s House Call program, CNN’s Sanjay Gupta finally reported the left-wing affiliation of a “health insurance insider” glowingly featured on his network. Gupta noted that Wendell Potter was a “senior fellow at the Center for Media and Democracy” and that the former Cigna spokesman was now “pro- a public insurance option.” He didn’t label Potter’s organization or position as leftist.The…
Media Obits Whitewash Eunice Kennedy Shriver's Uncompromising Pro-Life
If you only read the Associated Press, New York Times, and Washington Post obituaries of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died last Tuesday at age 88, you would have no idea that she was one of the last of the old Guard, pro-life Democrats who went down fighting in 1992. That was when the party's presidential nomination of Bill Clinton moved the party firmly into the pro-abort camp, a position from…
CBS Hails ObamaCare; Calls French Health Care ‘Best in the World
On CBS’s Sunday Morning correspondent Martha Teichner touted President Obama’s latest PR blitz to promote health care reform: "For the third time in five days, Barack Obama used the presidential bully pulpit on behalf of what he’s now calling health insurance reform. No more letting the angry opposition control the agenda."Teichner dismissed that "angry opposition" by declaring: "Here’s a…
Sen Grassley's Letter to FCC Chair- Questions Media Should Ask About F
"Diversity Czar" Lloyd: Regulating Conservative Stations Within an Inch of Their Lives Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has publicly released a letter he penned to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski regarding the July 29th announced appointment of new FCC Associate General Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd.In the…
CNN's 'Explainer' on Health Care Makes a Big Mistake
Whether on TV or the Web, network can't get number of uninsured correct.
Shocking Op-ed: 'We Don't Spend Enough on Health Care
As President Obama and his media minions try to convince the public we're spending too much on healthcare in this nation thereby necessitating draconian reform, a seemingly more logical yet elusive view is that we're not spending enough.After all, once you provide food and shelter for you and your family, what else should be more important than physical well-being?Given how well the healthcare…
Fox Business Finds Doctor Who Cut Costs 70 Percent, Without Government
Dr. Kent Holtorf argues insurance should be only for catastrophic care, urges cash payments for medical services.
Worried Lauer Pushes Howard Dean from the Left on Health Care Reform
NBC's Matt Lauer opened Monday's "Today" show worrying about the possible loss of a public option in Barack Obama's health care reform as he teased viewers at the start of the show: "Reining it in. As President Obama and his family tour the wild west, signs he may drop a key part of his health plan. Is he bowing to pressure from the Republicans and those shouters at town hall meetings?" Later on…
WaPo Ignores Itself, Prods McDonnell to Be More Vocally Pro-Life
The Washington Post editorial page threw itself today into quite an odd political position.The Post seems to think that Bob McDonnell, the GOP candidate for Virginia governor, should be more vocal about his opposition to abortion. His opponent, Creigh Deeds, recently attempted to make a campaign issue out of his (somewhat newfound) support for abortion rights – a strategy that the Post called “…
ABC Gives Credibility to View ObamaCare Will Include Taxpayer Funding
During Thursday's World News with Charles Gibson, ABC correspondent Kate Snow held open the possibility that some ObamaCare opponents are correct in their belief that universal health care will include taxpayer funding of abortion, although she characterized the truth as "unclear," during a "Reality Check" during which she brought up the likelihood that taxpayer funding would be used to purchase…
Maddow and Armey Squabble Over 'Bush Is Hitler' Ad
On Sunday's "Meet the Press," a bit of a squabble happened when panelists Dick Armey and Rachel Maddow bickered over whether or not MoveOn.org once ran an ad equating former President George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler. Regardless of who was right, someone should instruct Maddow as to the difference between being a guest and a host, for her continual interruptions when Armey was speaking, though…
CNN'S Lemon: 'At Least the President Is Trying to Reform Health Care
On Saturday's CNN Newsroom, anchor Don Lemon played a clip of his interview with Allen Hardage, identified as the director of America's Town Hall:LEMON: Where was the outrage five years ago, ten years ago, 15 years ago? Why all of a sudden this outrage now? At least the president is trying to reform health care, so where did the outrage suddenly come from?ALLEN HARDAGE, DIRECTOR, AMERICA'S TOWN…