Newsweek's Fineman: Things Rogers Ailes 'Allowing on his Network Don't
September 15th, 2009 1:17 PM
So what if his network is drawing a larger audience than its combined competition? So what if one of his newest shows has drawn unprecedented numbers for a start-up that airs at 5 p.m.? According to Newsweek's Howard Fineman, Fox News President Roger Ailes is tarnishing his own personal reputation. It could just be sour grapes for Fineman, who is affiliated with rival network MSNBC and was…
WaPo's Kurtz Offers Weak Excuses for Van Jones Silence
September 14th, 2009 5:59 PM
When Glenn Beck reports that a top-level White House advisor has endorsed communism, accused 'white polluters' of poisoning minority communities, called his political opponents a**holes, and believes an American president was complicit in the slaughter of innocent civilians, Beck must have a hidden agenda. When the mainstream media fails to report these facts, it's all an honest mistake.Or so one…
MRC-TV: Bozell Discussed Joe Wilson, ACORN on Sept. 11 'Hannity
September 14th, 2009 12:11 PM
Video of Baltimore ACORN activists willing to help a pimp and prostitute work out a tax shelter for a brothel is a "devastating" indictment of the liberal activist group, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell pronounced on the September 11 "Hannity." [MP3 audio available here]"It shows the power of the Internet. It doesn't matter anymore that [Big Three broadcast networks] ABC and NBC and…
O’Reilly to George Stephanopoulos: ‘You're a Democrat; I’m an In
September 11th, 2009 5:00 PM
Former Clinton operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos appeared on Thursday’s O’Reilly Factor and received a declaration from Bill O'Reilly that, while obvious, probably wasn’t very welcome: "...You're a Democrat. I'm an Independent." This assertion resulted in no audible or visual protestations from Stephanopoulos. And although the comment is demonstrably true, one might think that a…
Gawker: 'Glenn Beck is an Actual Terrorist, and the People Attending h
September 11th, 2009 2:47 PM
Usually it is easy ignore the commentary from that great bastion of cultural insight, known as the gossip Web site Gawker. But every now and then, even Gawker steps over the line. In a Sept. 11 post by Alex Pareene that was allegedly meant to reflect on the passing of eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pareene launched into a hate-and-expletive-filled anti-President George W. Bush…
Tapper: Wilson Took To Conservative Media Limelight 'Like Moth To A Fl
September 11th, 2009 9:29 AM
Jake Tapper has distinguished himself within the White House press corps as someone consistently willing to pose probing questions to the president and his aides. But on today's Good Morning America, ABC's chief White House correspondent used a particularly unflattering metaphor for Rep. Joe Wilson and his decision to go on Fox News to defend himself. As a clip of Rep. Wilson on last night's…
TVNewser: Stossel Leaving ABC News, Joining Fox Business Network
September 10th, 2009 1:36 PM
TVNewser is reporting that "20/20" co-anchor John Stossel is leaving ABC News to join the Fox Business Network:TVNewser has learned Stossel will host a weekly, one-hour program for the 2-year-old business channel. He's expected to signed a multi-year deal with Fox which will include regular appearances on Fox News Channel during daytime and primetime. He'll also host four, hour-long specials on…
A Tale of Two Uninsureds: President Changes Number from 46-47 Million
September 10th, 2009 6:40 AM
What's 16-17 million uninsured among 300 million Americans? Apparently not much to President Barack Obama, who slipped a not-so-subtle change to a statistic he had cited previously different during his Sept. 9 address to a joint session of Congress. The president pointed out there are "more than 30 million American citizens" who are having difficulty obtaining health insurance (emphasis added…
Daily Kos Editor Posts Picture Depicting Glenn Beck As Racism's Leader
September 9th, 2009 10:56 AM
Last month, an MSNBC anchor claimed socialist was the new N-word.On Tuesday, a contributing editor of the liberal website Daily Kos took this insanity a step further by creating and posting a picture depicting Tea Partiers as racists and Fox News's Glenn Beck as their leader.Why are Beck and so many Americans deserving of this dishonor?Because they are "fond of calling the Obama Administration a…
Olbermann Flip-flops, Tells Kossacks NOT to Dig Up Dirt on Beck
September 8th, 2009 6:46 PM
Want to know just how unstable MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is?Within the course of 48 hours, he asked Daily Kos readers to send him everything they could dig up about Fox News host Glenn Beck, and then called off the dogs.That's right.The host of "Countdown," apparently worried about his image, posted a follow-up blog Tuesday telling his minions to stand down but remain ready to attack if he needs…
Economists Warn Obamanomics Could Create Depression; WSJ's Moore Respo
September 8th, 2009 11:27 AM
It's clear that President Barack Obama's $787-billion stimulus hasn't worked as advertised, but some economists are worried it could backfire and cause something much worse. According to a new study by economists Charles Rowley of George Mason University and Nathanael Smith of the Locke Institute and endorsed by Nobel laureate James Buchanan, the Keynesian tactics employed by Obama "will…
Don Imus: Obama's a 'Hypocrite and a Phony'; Biden's a 'Moron
September 7th, 2009 11:02 PM
Radio's Don Imus appeared on a special Labor Day edition of "Hannity" Monday evening, and really let President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have it.In a no holds barred discussion on Fox News, Imus said he thought Obama "was a hypocrite and a phony," and that Biden, in the 100 times he's interviewed him, has said "far worse things" than he's ever said on radio.In Imus's view, Biden's…
Glenn Beck KOs Van Jones: The Future of Media and Politics
September 7th, 2009 12:18 PM
For six weeks, while virtually every mainstream media outlet ignored "green jobs czar" Van Jones, Fox News's Glenn Beck exposed the radical background of President Obama's environment adviser.On Saturday, Jones resigned, and most of the same news outlets that ignored the shocking nature of this White House representative are coming to his defense predictably claiming that he was the victim of a…
FNC's Beckel: Obama Must Do With Jones What He Did With Wright -- Cut
September 5th, 2009 10:39 AM
"Obama has been accused during the campaign of associating with people who were radical, whether it be Bill Ayers or Reverend Wright. He has to do with Jones what he did with Wright, which is to cut his relationship off."So said liberal Fox News contributor Bob Beckel about the growing controversy surrounding President Obama's "green jobs czar" Van Jones.In this segment aired Friday evening…