Bozell Column: Chuck Schumer's Media
July 31st, 2007 9:34 PM
Senator Charles Schumer is a legendary pursuer of television cameras. But look at the way the national media are covering Schumer’s heavy-breathing pursuit to make Attorney General Alberto Gonzales cry uncle and resign. It makes you wonder just how hard Schumer has to work to get press attention. The media look Schumer-owned and operated. One interview really captures how the press looks more…
Is ABC Committing Sexual Discrimination With All Female ‘View
July 27th, 2007 11:03 AM
Yale law professor Ian Ayres raised a very interesting question Tuesday: Is ABC possibly committing sexual discrimination by only hiring women as hosts on the daily coffee klatch "The View?"Great question, wouldn't you agree?In an article posted at Balkanization blog (h/t Ann Althouse via Glenn Reynolds), Ayres began his analysis of this issue by first looking at the recent announcement that…
Ann Coulter Suggests ABC Hire Hillary to Replace Rosie on 'The View
July 26th, 2007 2:32 PM
Put down your coffee mugs before you continue, sports fans, for conservative columnist Ann Coulter wrote a review of Monday's Democrat presidential debate, and your computer is in grave jeopardy if fluids are nearby. In a column entitled "Obama Hails a Unicorn," Coulter first skewered the junior senator from Illinois' claim that "he couldn't get a cab in New York because he's black" (emphasis…
Floods in China: Where's the Global Warming Connection
July 26th, 2007 1:49 PM
Is it just me, or is there something missing in the coverage of the terrible flooding happening in China? Let’s see: Destruction of life and property? Check.Daring rescues? Check.People fleeing their homes? Check.Floods a result of man-caused global warming? Er…In all the stories I’ve read from major news outlets about the devastating flooding in China, I have yet to see that the floods have…
Rosie O'Donnell's Crackpot Blog: 'Bush Outlaws All War Protest In Unit
July 25th, 2007 5:30 PM
She may no longer be spreading wild 9-11 conspiracy theories on ABC's The View, but Rosie O'Donnell's still using her blog to push wildly inaccurate theories, like this amazing one under the headline "scary plus": Bush Outlaws All War Protest In United StatesIn one of his most chilling moves to date against his own citizens, the American War Leader has issued a sweeping order this week outlawing…
Irene Cole: Professional Victim for MSM's Minimum Wage Stories
July 25th, 2007 1:07 PM
Do you ever wonder how "a single mother of two from Atlanta" who earns the minimum wage has the dough to plunk down for travel to Washington, D.C., lodging, and child care to attend a left-wing rally? I sure do. But then, it can't be that difficult when you're a professional victim for a left-wing group.Washington Post reporter Xinyun Yang quoted one Irene Cole of Atlanta, Ga., at the close of…
2007 Hurricane Forecast Reduced, Will Media Care
July 25th, 2007 10:59 AM
In May, when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted an above average hurricane season, the media reported the announcement with a vigor. Two months later, with no serious hurricanes yet hitting the mainland, a private forecaster has reduced its tropical storm expectations. Less hurricanes should be good news, especially for folks along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, right…
Home Protection, MSM Style: Killer Cacti But No Guns
July 25th, 2007 8:32 AM
No guns please, we're liberals . . . As soon as "Good Morning America" began to tease an upcoming how-to segment today on protecting against home invasion, I immediately suspected the show wouldn't discuss one obvious measure: obtaining fireams and learning to use them. And sure enough . . . GMA ran the segment in the wake of the horrific home-invasion in Connecticut in which the the wife and…
