Press Ignores Admin's Invocation of Privilege in Immigration Lawsuit
May 6th, 2015 11:08 PM
Remember the cries of "Bush Lied" during the previous administration — even though he didn't? Or the obsession over the 16 words relating to Saddam Hussein's attempt to obtain nuclear materials from Niger, which George W. Bush's opponents tried to pretend were false but were really true? Good times. In federal court in February, the Obama administration seriously "misrepresented" the degree of…
Joan Walsh: On Race and Poverty, GOP Favors ‘Zombie Reaganism’
May 6th, 2015 11:25 AM
Some pundits have speculated that the Baltimore riots may benefit Republicans in next year’s elections. On the other hand, Walsh, of Salon and MSNBC, thinks that the unrest has yielded an opportunity for liberalism.
In a two-part series, Walsh argued that one lesson of Baltimore is that Democrats' Bill Clintonesque center-left “approach to race, crime and inequality” has proved inadequate, and…
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Letterman Gushes: ‘You Can Feel the Electricity’ When Obama's Here
May 6th, 2015 2:02 AM
During the opening monologue of Tuesday’s Late Show on CBS, David Letterman channeled his inner Chris Matthews in professing his admiration for President Barack Obama following his appearance on Monday’s program by declaring that “you can feel the electricity in the room” whenever he’s on the program.
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CBS Gushes Over Obama Saying Goodbye to ‘Comedy Legend’ Letterman
May 5th, 2015 9:13 AM
On Tuesday, CBS This Morning swooned over President Obama’s final appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman Monday night, with the hosts heaping praise on the liberal comedian’s tenure at CBS.
AP Ignored Indicators of Islamist Involvement in Texas Terror Attack
May 4th, 2015 10:53 AM
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Since news broke of the terrorist attack in Garland, Texas Sunday evening and continuing until early this morning, the Associated Press, perhaps best nicknamed Allah's Press in instances such as these, was determined not to reveal the nature of those behind it. Two attackers were killed by police after opening fire and wounding a security officer, who, according to AP, "was…
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MSNBC Panel: 'Offensive' to Label Rioters 'Thugs;' the 'New N-Word'
April 29th, 2015 8:44 PM
Alex Wagner and her two left-wing panelists on the Wednesday edition of her MSNBC program – Salon's Brittney Cooper and The Nation's Ari Berman – likened the use of the word "thug" to describe the rioters and looters in Baltimore, Maryland on Monday to a notorious racial slur against blacks. Wagner played up how "there are folks, like CNN's Erin Burnett, who don't understand why it's offensive;…
AP Omits Obama's 'Thugs' Mention, Carries Mayor's 'Thug' Use Apology
April 28th, 2015 7:12 PM
The language police came out in full force today, expressing outrage that President Barack Obama employed an accurate word — "thugs" — to describe many of those involved in Baltimore's three days of rioting. The PR flaks at a leftist media group went to a spokesperson for a Latino "organizing" group. He attacked Obama, not for using the word, but for having the temerity to apply it a "handful…
Inadvertent Truth? AP Headline: 'Obama Pledges Help to Riot'
April 27th, 2015 8:17 PM
The headline is already gone from the Associated Press's national site, but it's still present elsewhere.
In the context of events in Ferguson and elsewhere since August of last year, one could argue that it contains more truth than the wire service and the headline's accidental creators will ever admit.
Ezra Klein: Real, ‘Angry’ Obama Emerges at WHCD
April 27th, 2015 5:17 PM
Did President Obama do a standup comedy routine at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner? Not as much as he performed “a recital of brutal truths,” asserted Vox’s Klein in a Monday article.
For example, regarding Obama’s remark that his executive actions on climate change and immigration were “the right thing to do,” Klein noted, “That's not a joke. That's Obama's actual…
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NBC Covers 100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide; ABC, CBS Ignore
April 24th, 2015 10:04 PM
Friday's NBC Nightly News stood out for its coverage of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which began on April 24, 1915. Anchor Lester Holt gave a 27-second news brief on the "somber hundredth anniversary being marked around the world today – remembering what Pope Francis recently called the first genocide of the 20th century." ABC's World News Tonight and CBS Evening News both…
Let's Play Softball: Matthews Interview with Obama Plays It Safe
April 22nd, 2015 3:45 PM
While Chris Matthews's April 21 interview with President Obama was not brimming with obsequious fawning nor visible leg tingles, he nonetheless squandered an opportunity that a more assertive journalist might have taken to scrutinize President Obama, particularly on his handling of the Iranian nuclear negotiations.
Maureen Dowd Disses Obama: 'a Feminized Man'
April 18th, 2015 9:53 PM
Maureen Dowd's Sunday column ostensibly centers on the problem of Hillary's persona being alternatively too masculine or too Chipolte-granny feminine.
But in passing, Dowd discharges a major diss in the direction of President Obama. Analyzing lessons learned from 2008, Maureen writes [emphasis added] that "Hillary saw the foolishness of acting like a masculine woman defending the Iraq invasion…
Rubio's Age Is Problematic, But Post-Menopausal HIllary Is 'Perfect'?
April 18th, 2015 4:59 PM
Time.com's Zeke Miller tweeted yesterday that a "reporter" asked recently declared presidential candidate Marco Rubio of Florida the following question: "Is 43 old enough to be president?" Meanwhile, two weeks ago, a column at Time.com claimed that Hillary Clinton is "biologically primed to be a leader." Seriously.
Since he either can't or won't tell us who asked the question, we're unable to…
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On MSNBC, Donny Deutsch Mangles Facts In Oozing About Obama Success
April 15th, 2015 10:30 PM
Marco Rubio’s leap into the Republican presidential race has provoked a variety of reactions, but the most unhinged Rubio backlash goes to Donny Deutsch, who reduced himself to a mess of inconsistency by claiming Rubio isn’t qualified for job, while defending the even less experienced President Obama.
(This is the same Deutsch that infamously insulted Rubio as a "coconut" -- brown on the outside…
