Scarborough: Obama Admin Must Have Signed Off On Lockerbie Terrorist
If Joe Scarborough is right, this could be a game-changing blow to Barack Obama . . . On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough left no doubt that he believes the Obama administration acquiesced to the release by the British government of Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie murderer and terrorist.Scarborough was reacting to reports suggesting that, contrary to initial claims, the release was…
Beck Wins Cable Demo Again, Campbell Brown Beats Olbermann
For the second night in a row, Fox News's Glenn Beck attracted the most cable news viewers in the all important demographic of folks aged 25 to 54.As for MSNBC's Keith Olberman who arrogantly and errantly bragged Tuesday about having "the highest rated cable news program, period," he came in third in his time slot Thursday actually attracting fewer viewers than CNN's Campbell Brown.Though…
Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter: Rush Limbaugh Is the ‘Great Blowhard of
Newsweek columnist and editor Jonathan Alter appeared on Friday’s Hardball and slammed Rush Limbaugh as the "great blowhard of our time." Host Chris Matthews prompted the quote when he discussed how Limbaugh had criticized him on his radio show for calling Barack Obama the "last brother" of the Kennedy clan. Referring to Ted Kennedy's death, Matthews snarled, "What is the matter with these people…
MSNBC's Guthrie Contrasts Obama and Reagan, Revisionism Ensues
Savannah Guthrie is apparently very smart. Guthrie was a member of the prestigious Order of the Coif (which has nothing to do with promoting good scalp health, nor with seventeenth-century headwear) while earning a J.D. from Georgetown Law, highlight her ability to learn dull and boring things very quickly.Lost among the dusty tomes of Georgetown, however, was the fact that Ronald Reagan was a…
Andrea Mitchell Gratuitously Drags Up ‘88 Debate Slam During Quayle
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Friday used an interview with former Vice President Dan Quayle to gratuitously highlight Lloyd Bentsen’s famous 1988 slam, "You're no Jack Kennedy." Although Quayle appeared on "Andrea Mitchell Reports" to share his reflections on the passing of Ted Kennedy, the cable anchor sniped, "One of your toughest moments was during the debate with Lloyd Benson when you compared…
O'Reilly Slams Olbermann's Claim Fox Viewers Are Paranoids and Racists
On Tuesday, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann said Fox News is "serving propaganda to tin foil hatters, conspiracy theorists, paranoids and racists."On Wednesday, Fox's Bill O'Reilly struck back.Speaking during his "Pinheads & Patriots" segment during Wednesday's "O'Reilly Factor," the leading voice on cable news once again went after NBC (video and partial transcript embedded below the fold, h/t…
Schultz, Huffington: Obama Should Use Kennedy Death to Promote Left-Wi
The announcement of Sen. Ted Kennedy's death came at 2 a.m. Eastern on Aug. 26 and a little over 15 hours later, two prominent liberal voices were scheming as to how the president and other Democratic leaders could use his passing to advance a political agenda. Huffington Post editor Arianna Huffington appeared on MSNBC host Ed Schultz's Aug. 26 program and was asked by Schultz if it somehow…
Rush, Beck Warn Obama Administration Trying to Bring Country to Its Kn
They warned back in 2008 what might happen if Barack Obama was elected president, and according to conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh and Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck, a lot of bad stuff is unfolding right before our eyes. Limbaugh appeared on Beck's Aug. 26 program to discuss the threat of the federal government attempting to regulate the media. He explained the president's policy…
Shuster: Kennedy 'Didn't Dabble In Small Personal Attacks
"Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back alley abortions, blacks would sit in segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of government, and the doors of the federal courts would be shut on the fingers of million of…
Olbermann: Fox News Watchers Are Paranoids and Racists
Did you know that Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" on MSNBC is the highest rated news program on cable?You didn't?Well, it is according to Keith Olbermann.Honestly. Even worse, in his view, folks that watch Fox News are "tin foil hatters, conspiracy theorists, paranoids and racists." He said so Tuesday evening, so it must be true (video embedded below the fold, relevant section at 0:52, h/t NBer…
Maddow Provides Smokescreen to Hide Stealth Effort by Democrats to Cha
Those pesky wabbit Wepublicans, complained MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, always waising the bar on Democrats. During her show Aug. 20, Maddow recruited former WNBA player Sue Wicks to shoot baskets in studio to illustrate alleged machinations by the GOP. Here's what Maddow had to say after Wicks nailed one of her shots --MADDOW: Sinking a shot on a regulation, 10-foot hoop, yeah, it's not a sure thing…
MSNBC Cheerleads for 'Health Care Momentum Shift'; Could 'Tide' Be Tur
MSNBC News Live hosts David Shuster and Tamron Hall on Tuesday embraced a contrarian notion that the tide is shifting in favor of liberal health care reform. Interviewing a Democratic strategist-turned-left-wing columnist, whose political affiliations went unidentified, Shuster tried to be optimistic: "...If the anti, sort-of, reform crowd on the right owned the early part of August, you almost…
Media’s Pro-Choice Darling Called Humans ‘Ecotumors
To liberal media outlets, Warren Hern, one of the few late-term abortion providers in the country, has been worthy of praise as a doctor who boldly stands up for his beliefs in the face of intimidation - a lonely humanitarian braving violent death for the sake of his patients. That's the picture painted by TV and other media. What's missing from the portrait is Hern's belief that humans are "…
Satire Goes Over Chris Matthews' Head
Chris Matthews, on Monday's "Hardball," ridiculed Republican Congressman Wally Herger, for calling a townhaller a "Great American," because the questioner described himself as a "right wing terrorist." Since satire seems to be above Chris Matthews' head he failed to realize the townhaller was probably mocking those in the liberal media, like the Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein, who actually…
