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Reflecting on "How Ted Kennedy Found Himself," Time's Joe Klein today let readers in on an encounter with the Massachusetts senator in the 1970s when he was stoned and Kennedy drunk. The occasion, Klein receiving an "honorable mention" journalism award from the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial foundation in 1974.Klein explained how their conversation at the reception centered around an earlier incident…

Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy, who passed away late Tuesday night, had the news media as an ally and champion of his liberal causes. Below are a few examples, culled from the MRC's archive, of how journalists admired his policy efforts and treated him as their hero.  Eighteen years ago a New York Times reporter declared “his achievements as a Senator have towered over his time, changing the lives…

As Barack Obama and a Democrat-controlled Congress try to force radical healthcare reform down the throats of the American people, wouldn't it be nice if the news media disclosed the truth about what's happening in countries whose government's already provide such services?Take for example Great Britain where the strains on the system are such that an increasing number of mothers are giving…

The administration arbitrarily and unaccountably closed auto dealerships, and the media quickly lost interest.

Remember the shock generated when the Obama Office of Management and Budget recently announced that the projected 10 year deficit was increased from $7 trillion to $9 trillion? Guess what? That lastest projection is based on "make believe" economics. Although most media outlets have failed to report on it, stories from both Reuters and Forbes reveal that the true 10 year budget deficit will…

For general discussion. Possible talking point: tax hikes as far as the eye can see! The Treasury reports that our country's federal debt has doubled in nine years, rising steadily, year by year, to $10.72 trillion from $5.67 trillion in 2000. Our deficit for the current year fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, is expected to total $1.8 trillion, four times last year's figure, leaving us with a…

Try to keep a straight face when you hear this: President Barack Obama isn't getting enough media love. That's the world view of MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews - at least when it comes to the economy. According to Matthews, there has been a plethora of positive economic news - from a stock market that has shrugged off the threat of bad liberal policy, i.e. cap-and-trade or ObamaCare, to…

Chris Matthews has used the passing of Ted Kennedy to paint opponents of Pres. Obama as a pool of potential assassins.Participating in a panel discussion on Morning Joe today, Matthews asserted that there was a hateful environment in the Dallas of 1963 in which President Kennedy was assassinated that is "like the mood we're in now."Matthews made his remark in the course of painting a picture of…

Our night owl Brent Baker stayed up into the middle of the night watching the early news of Ted Kennedy's death. His first report is that Brian Williams proclaimed in a parting shot at 3:16 AM that Kennedy was the "last unabashed liberal" in the Senate. Bernie Sanders might need to e-mail.Expect many, many kind words about the "royal family" and so on to come. It's clear that Kennedy was a…

"...democracy must be more than what the majority insists upon." Barack Obama, The Audacity of HopeLet me take this opportunity to look into something the media won't touch. All moonbat hands are unloading every cannon on the deck at Glenn Beck right now. According to the media, Glenn walks down the sidewalk with half a baby hanging out of his mouth pushing old ladies into traffic. Well, as my…

Did you know that Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" on MSNBC is the highest rated news program on cable?You didn't?Well, it is according to Keith Olbermann.Honestly. Even worse, in his view, folks that watch Fox News are "tin foil hatters, conspiracy theorists, paranoids and racists." He said so Tuesday evening, so it must be true (video embedded below the fold, relevant section at 0:52, h/t NBer…