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'Today' Teaches History, Shows Light at End of Recession Tunnel
NBC morning show assumes economy is in recession, compares current conditions to 1973, 1987 and 2001.
Time Editor: As Cardinal, Pope Benedict Was 'Hatchet Man
Appearing on Morning Joe a couple weeks ago, Time editor Rick Stengel was quick to blame the controversy over Rev. Wright's past remarks on "the incredible ignorance of white Americans" about what goes on in black churches.But the Time editor wasn't quite so forgiving when it came to the past of the current pontiff. Appearing on today's Morning Joe to discuss Time's cover story on Pope Benedict…
Newt Gingrich and Al Gore to Co-host Remodeled 'Face the Nation
Here's an interesting idea: instead of replacing the soon to retire Bob Schieffer with another liberal shill, CBS should "tweak the format" of its Sunday stalwart "Face the Nation" by having two hosts with opposing viewpoints...let's say former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Global Warmingist-in-Chief Al Gore.Now THAT would be entertainment.Before you get all excited about this possibility,…
WaPo: Abstinence, Shown Working, 'Controversial' Anti-AIDS Tool
On the House floor, yesterday, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) relayed this news, as reported by the Catholic News Agency (CNA):"No generalized HIV epidemic has ever been rolled back by a prevention strategy primarily based on condoms.” No major Old Media outlet has, as far as I can tell, reported Smith's relay of that powerful finding. But the Washington Post's David Brown did find space in his…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Civil War in the leftwing blogosphere over Obama and Clinton?Some say acrimony is rampant among liberal and progressive bloggers who debate the merits of the Democratic presidential candidates almost nonstop — the divisiveness potentially exacting a toll on the party itself..."We are seeing the major blogs splitting into pro-Obama and pro…
Absolut Vodka Ad Campaign Reconquers U.S. for Mexico
Taking the Reconquista concept all the way to the end, Absolut Vodka launched an ad campaign that appears on billboards and at least one magazine that features a map of the western U.S. and Mexico with nearly the entire west coast appearing as a part of Mexico. This ad appears in Quien Magazine, which is owned by Time Warner and also appears on billboards in Mexico. Quien claims a "total audience…
Mika Thought This Would Help Obama on Rev. Wright Mess
As excuses go, it was right up there with "but oshifer, I was too drunk to see that stop sign." That's the league in which I'd put the defense of Barack Obama over the Rev. Wright mess that Mika Brzezinski offered this morning.Responding to Chris Matthews' question on yesterday's Hardball as to why he never left Rev. Wright's church, Obama claimed "I never heard [Rev. Wright] say those things…
NYT, CBS & The Independent All Mislead on Record Food Stamp Use
Many media outlets have hyped projected 2008 food stamp usage as a “record high,” but as FNC's Brit Hume pointed out Wednesday night in showcasing a particularly misleading take in The Independent in London, a higher percent of Americans were on food stamps “back in the Clinton years.” Hume showcased the London paper's Tuesday front page headline, “United States of America 2008: The Great…
Here We Kyoto Again: AP Lets Chelsea's Claim That Bush 'Pulled Out' St
In a post earlier this evening, Lynn Davidson at NewsBusters chronicled the myriad errors in a March 31 Reuters "Factbox" relating to the Kyoto Protocol. Among the errors Davidson noted was the wire service's claim that "The United States ..... came out against the pact in 2001" -- implying, but not actually stating, that the US government was perfectly happy with Kyoto until mean old George W.…
Reuters Whitewashes Kyoto's Inconvenient Truth in Factbox
What does it say about Reuters' environmental coverage when the news organization can't even get a basic “factbox” correct? This March 31 Reuters “factbox” was supposed to explain “What is the Kyoto Protocol?” Instead, the media conglomerate pushed a biased eco-agenda and omitted anything that cast a negative light on the treaty or revealed problems. There was no mention of Kyoto participants…
Matthews to Obama: Are You 'Tough Enough' to 'Take the Heat' from 'Rig
Chris Matthews got Barack Obama one-on-one on Wednesday night as part of "Hardball's College Tour," but didn't admit to getting a "thrill" up his leg from the Illinois senator's appearance. However, Matthews did ask Obama questions mostly from the left, like if he was "tough enough to take the heat," from "right wing radio," and warned him the "Republicans will bring [Jeremiah Wright] back." On…
Alterman on Colbert: Liberals Ignore God, But Jesus Is a Liberal
Eric Alterman was the latest in a long conga line of liberal authors plugging their books on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report on Monday night. He began by confusing the audience about God. Liberals refuse to take orders from God (since he doesn’t exist, or isn’t important enough to take orders from) or the Fatherland (conservatives-are-Nazis jokes always work with the stilted studio audience…