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Maddow Omits Chunk of Floor Speech, Uses Bad Analogy to Attack Sen. Ji
On a Friday night, where can you look to find a little anti-religious media bias? No other than MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show." In her "Ms. Information" segment, Maddow engaged in a rant about Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., opposition to language in the stimulus bill that could forbid the practice of religion in institutions of higher learning where stimulus funds are used, as a Feb. 3 story by the…
Time's Sullivan: Obama, 'Pro-Life President
It would be funny if the subject matter wasn't the destruction of unborn children in the womb. Time magazine's Amy Sullivan asked in a Swampland blog post headline from February 4: "Barack Obama, Pro-Life President?"Sullivan's evidence? Well, the president has picked a Pentecostal preacher -- who once worked for a New Jersey Congressman with a 100% score by NARAL Pro-Choice America -- to head his…
MSNBC Host to Senator on 'No' Vote: Will You Take Blame When People Ha
Say goodbye to hope and change. It's time to embrace the politics of doom and gloom. MSNBC host Contessa Brewer, in an interview that seemed a lot like a lobbying campaign for the stimulus set for a vote in the U.S. Senate, quizzed Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., about the possibility that his vote against a stimulus bill could send the country spiraling into a Depression - and endanger the public's…
NBC Thrills Over 'Brand Obama': 'The Messiah of Madison Avenue
On a day when Barack Obama was struggling to push through a stimulus bill in Congress, journalists on Friday's "Today" show decided to fawn over the branding of the new President, even referring to the Commander in Chief as the "messiah of Madison Avenue." NBC correspondent Jamie Gangel highlighted a batch of new Obama merchandise and enthused, "And the whole world is apparently going Obama."…
Brewer Embraces Fear Tactics in Stimulus Interview with Senator
MSNBC host asks Barrasso if he'll take the blame on failed stimulus if 'economy implodes and we see ourselves stuffing cardboard back in our shoes.'
‘Today Show’ Suggests Single Moms Only Need Dad’s Money
The morning show hosts reduce role of octuplets’ father to monetary supplier.It’s a battle of materialism vs. morality on NBC’s Today show, and materialism is the clear winner. Apparently, the single mother of octuplets only needs their father for financial support.In a February 6 preview of an exclusive interview with the Nadya Suleman, single mother of octuplets, the Today Show hosts mention…
Finding an 'Upside To The Downturn
NBC 'Nightly News' and Marie Claire find silver linings to economic trouble.
CBS Defends Guantanamo Closing; Dismisses Cheney Criticism
Offering a defense of President Obama’s decision to close Guantanamo Bay within the year, on Thursday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent David Martin argued: "During his final years in office, President Bush said repeatedly he wanted to close the prison at Guantanamo, where suspected terrorists were being held indefinitely without trial. Turns out it was his own vice president who stood in the way…
Weekend Captionfest
President Obama and Vice-President Obama in the Oval Office, February 3, 2009. Photo Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg News.
Critic Ben Brantley's Anti-Bush Theatrics
I must have been out sick those days: "The days when criticism of Mr. Bush could be censured as unpatriotic may be long gone..."
Not This Again: Pimco's Gross Calls for Trillions to Be Spent to Avoid
He might be on the Forbes list of billionaires with a net worth of $1.3 billion and he may appear frequently in the financial media, but Pimco's Bill Gross doesn't have a grasp of how much "trillions" are. Gross recently called for a massive government intervention or face certain catastrophe. "This economy requires support from the government, a check from the government in some form or…