Eleanor Clift: Coakley's Problem Was She Wasn't a 'Kennedy Person From
January 19th, 2010 5:52 PM
As a probable Coakley loss became apparent over the past few days, the liberal excuse machine has been gearing up to spin away as much as it can to dismiss a Scott Brown victory as inconsequential to the national political climate, despite the crucial nature of the seat to a Democratic super-majority.Not one to disappoint, liberal apologist-cum-journalist Eleanor Clift offers a fresh excuse at…
MSNBC's Brzezinski Talks Media Bias, Blames Lib Media for Starting Fox
January 19th, 2010 5:17 PM
TVNewser has a transcript par excellence, for your reading pleasure. In sum, Mika Brzezinski has gone off the Big Media reservation again, in a good way. Let’s just say she unwittingly (?) offers praise for a cable news network with much better ratings.In an interview for her new book, Brzezinski spoke with Julie Menin about the partisan nature of today’s American media:BRZEZINSKI: "I've worked…
When Bush Plummets in Polls, It's News--Obama, Not So Much
January 17th, 2010 2:17 PM
It is a strange paradigm among much of the mainstream media that plummeting poll numbers are of far greater import for Republicans than they are for Democrats. That, at least, is the logical conclusion of the relative silence of major media outlets on the steep decline in President Obama's poll numbers compared with the decline in President Bush's.According to an Allstate/National Journal poll…
Worst. 'Recovery.' Ever. Two Fed Charts Old Media Probably Won't Like
January 15th, 2010 11:53 PM
The Federal Reserve of Minneapolis has posted a series of charts (HT Ed Morrissey at Hot Air) comparing the current recession -- as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research, not as normal people define it, a point I'll get to later in this post -- to previous recessions dating back to the end of World War II. The charts definitely show how utterly wrong reporters like the Associated…
Murder, Schmurder: KY Census Worker Planned Suicide, per AP, Yet Old S
January 15th, 2010 8:29 PM
Today, Roger Alford and Bruce Schreiner of the Associated Press, reporting from Frankfort, KY, are giving leftist bloggers, columnists, journalists who assumed or gave the impression of assuming that the death of Census worker Bill Sparkman was some kind of right-wing hit job another chance to come clean with an unconditional "I was wrong, I amy sorry." The list of those needing to post…
Eleanor Clift: Pro-Choice Pelosi Is 'Unshaken... In Her Catholic Faith
January 15th, 2010 3:49 PM
Lamenting how Nancy Pelosi's archbishop has "slap[ped] her down," in an online statement addressing the House Speaker's excuse-making for her pro-abortion record, Newsweek's Eleanor Clift used a January 15 Gaggle blog post to praise Pelosi, no stranger to pastoral rebuke, as both a good pro-choice Democrat and a good Catholic: It's anybody's guess whether in the new world of Internet media the…
HuffPo Religion Editor, a Baptist Preacher, Tells Pat Robertson to 'Go
January 14th, 2010 4:27 PM
File this under "WWJD FAIL."It's one thing for a sainted icon of the secular Left like Keith Olbermann to wish perdition on a controversial American televangelist, but a Christian preacher?Yet that's exactly how Huffington Post religion editor and ordained American Baptist minister Paul Raushenbush went off on Pat Robertson for his controversial "pact with the devil" remarks about this week's…
Study: On Twitter, Republicans Dominate Dems
January 14th, 2010 2:18 PM
On Twitter, Republicans are absolutely dominant, according to a recent study by a prominent Washington policy analyst. The study found that Republican politicians have far more followers and influence on the micro-blogging site than do their Democratic counterparts.GOP prominence on online social networks heralds a markedly different trend from the technologically dominant Obama presidential…
Time's Karen Tumulty: Pat Robertson Akin to Terrorist-tied Muslim Cler
January 13th, 2010 7:09 PM
"Radical cleric" is a term many news outlets, including the Associated Press, have used to describe Islamic clerics who encourage and/or train radical Muslims for jihad against civilians in the West. Case in point: Anwar al Awlaki, who reportedly inspired Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan's shooting spree.But a commenter on Time magazine's Swampland blog seems to have convinced writer Karen…
Stewart Apologizes for Not Attacking Ex-Bush Official in Interview
January 13th, 2010 5:51 PM
Regular viewers of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart are accustomed by now to the verbal battles that ensue when Stewart brings conservative guests on his show. The guests usually leave with a bit of egg on their faces, and Stewart comes off as the hard hitting, divisive and sarcastic critic. But viewers were treated to a rare dose of sincerity and intelligent debate on Monday, when Stewart…
Politico Serves As Open Channel for UnID'd Liberal Groups To Do Damage
January 12th, 2010 5:34 PM
Ken Vogel, the Left Whisperer The Politico's Kenneth P. Vogel was today a poor excuse for a journalist. He was, however, an excellent excuse for a public relations flack for President Barack Obama and his Administration.Recall if you will the brouhaha that arose after C-Span Chief Executive Officer Brian Lamb publicly released a letter to House…
2.5 Cheers for Andrew Breitbart's Daily Caller Op-Ed
January 12th, 2010 8:54 AM
Andrew Take-No-Prisoners Breitbart of Big Hollywood, Big Government, and Big Journalism fame has an important column that appeared yesterday at Tucker Carlson's new enterprise, the Daily Caller. In it, he clearly delineates the difference between "the news" as establishment media outlets want it dispensed and the "market for information" that technology has created. Its only shortcoming is that…
