Network Morning Shows Begin With Big Push On Foley, Potential Loss of
October 2nd, 2006 6:01 PM
In the wake of Rep. Mark Foley's sudden resignation over ABC finding his sexually charged electronic messages to teenage male House pages, Monday's broadcast network morning shows all began with Foley, and the networks presented doom-laden scenarios of a crumbling Republican majority and some demands for Speaker Dennis Hastert and other Republican House leaders to resign. "But this is more than…
'The View' Cheers on Chilean Socialist Leader; Shocked by Female Gun O
September 29th, 2006 5:08 PM
The feminist spirit was alive and well on Friday’s edition of "The View." The women were shocked by the concept of women with concealed weapons, and positively giddy over Ted Turner’s recent remarks that men should be banned from public office for a hundred years:Barbara Walters: "We particularly like this quote, because we have this remarkable woman on with us today...Ted Turner, when he was…
O'Donnell Makes Drunk Mel Gibson Joke, Behar Says 'The Priests Were Al
September 29th, 2006 2:22 PM
Just two weeks after Rosie O’Donnell made waves on ABC’s all-female chat show The View for proclaiming that "radical Christianity is just as dangerous as radical Islam," the Catholic League is protesting a conversation on Thursday’s show between O’Donnell and co-host Joy Behar about drunken priests and silly Eucharistic rules. (Don’t forget the obligatory Mel Gibson slam.) Sitting with glasses of…
The Bin Laden's-Still-Alive Blame Game
September 29th, 2006 9:28 AM
There is potentially no more deplorable aspect of politics in the new millennium than the backwards-looking blame game played by both Parties on a daily basis. Whether it’s the economy, taxes, budget deficits, or corruption, members on both sides of the aisle always have an extended finger ready to accuse the other for the problems in the world.In the past four weeks, a new category for…
Senator Pounds Media for Global Warming Bias
September 28th, 2006 9:44 PM
In a speech today on the floor of the Senate, James Inhofe (R-Okla.) blasted the news media for its bias on the subject of global warming. He also went after a completely one-sided report CNN aired on today's "American Morning" which portrayed him as a servant of the oil and gas companies with his out-of-the-mainstream views on the issue. Below is a transcript of the CNN piece, filed by "Morning…
Good Morning America - Advocates for Global Warming Alarmism
September 26th, 2006 10:55 AM
Yesterday, Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma took to the floor of the United States Senate and gave a passionate and informed speech about Global Warming and the American media's coverage of it. He noted that
During the past year, the American people have been served up an unprecedented parade of environmental alarmism by the media and entertainment industry, which link every possible weather…
Flashback: When Clinton Wagged His Finger at Peter Jennings; 'Don't Go
September 25th, 2006 2:57 PM
Bill Clinton’s diatribe against FNC’s Chris Wallace, who dared to question the ex-President about his failed efforts to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, reminded some of the last time Clinton exhibited such vitriol. Back on November 18, 2004, in the midst of a quite positive ABC News prime-time special, "Bill Clinton: A Place in History," about the dedication of the Clinton presidential library…