L.A. Times Imagines Romney Attacks on Obama 'Play On Birther Fears
The Los Angeles Times freaked out Wednesday about Mitt Romney suggesting Obama’s socialist leanings are somehow un-American. Their tabloidish headline was “Romney campaign's attacks on Obama play on ‘birther’ fears: Mitt Romney says the Obama administration resembles foreign governments, and a chief surrogate for the GOP candidate says the president needs to ‘learn how to be an American.’”…
Bozell Column: CBS, Still Lazy With Obama After All These Years
Back in 2007 and 2008, it was remarkable watching Barack Obama treated to one puffball interview after another courtesy of Steve Kroft on “60 Minutes.” Kroft compared him to Abe Lincoln and oozed about his “political poetry.” But it’s simply irresponsible, after three and a half years of President Obama wrecking the economy, that CBS -- now with anchor Charlie Rose -- is still in Puffery Mode…
Roseanne Barr Warns Obama About Medical Pot: 'You’ll Get My Joint Wh
Comedienne Roseanne Barr had some strong words for Barack Obama concerning any crackdown on medical marijuana.
Appearing on CBS's Late Show, Barr said, "I'll tell you this Obama: you’ll get my joint when you pry it out of my cold dead fingers" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Charles Blow: Mitt Romney 'Is Not a Person' - 'Just a Robot' With 'Not
"This man does not have a soul. If you opened up, you know, his chest, there's probably a gold ticking watch in there and not even a heart. This is not a person. This is just a robot who will do whatever it takes, whatever he's told to do, to make it to the White House."
So said New York Times columnist Charles Blow about presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on MSNBC's The…
Matthews Counsels Obama: Talk To Americans As If They Were 'Two-Year O
Quite the MSNBC two-fer tonight. Wrapping up Hardball, Chris Matthews counseled President Obama to explain his accomplishments to the American people "as if he were talking to a two-year old."
Later, on Al Sharpton's MSNBC show, MSNBC contributor Richard Wolffe said he "might get into trouble" for saying that President George W. Bush has done a dignifed job of staying out of the limelight…
Chris Matthews: 'Obama Is the Perfect Father, the Perfect Husband, the
MSNBC's Chris Matthews got another thrill up his leg for Barack Obama Tuesday.
Without any regard for how pathetic it's become for him to regularly gush and fawn over the current White House resident like a school girl around a rock star, the Hardball host said of his beloved, "He’s the perfect father, the perfect husband, the perfect American" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
MSNBC's Mitchell Warns Voter ID Is 'Voter Suppression' of 'Minority Vo
Does MSNBC hype the bogeyman of racist "voter suppression" in a cynical ploy to alarm its liberal voter base? Only on days that end in "y."
Once again, network anchor Andrea Mitchell discarded any pretense of journalistic objective and played a game of softball with a liberal activist today, helping the Urban League's Marc Morial to denounce "voter suppression" laws -- that is voter ID laws…
All Three Networks Fawn Over Obama Kiss: 'Woohoo! Hot in Here
All three networks on Tuesday absolutely gushed over Barack Obama kissing his wife at a men's Olympic basketball game on Monday night. CBS This Morning guest anchor Norah O'Donnell thrilled, "Whoo-hoo-hoo! Hot in here!" Good Morning America news reader Josh Elliott cheered on the President's ability to kiss his wife in public: "[Obama] is showing the world he's got a little game off the court…
NBC's 'Today' Cheers: 'Crowd Went Wild' for Obamas Kissing at Basketba
Offering some pro-Obama fluff on Tuesday's NBC Today, news reader Natalie Morales gushed over the President and First Lady getting caught on the "Kiss Cam" at a basketball game during a "date night." After the First Couple initially just waved to the camera, Morales excitedly told viewers: "Not to worry, they got a second chance when the 'Kiss Cam' found them again. So this time he delivered,…
Mark Hamill AKA Luke Skywalker: Mitt Romney 'Not Actually Human
Mark Hamill, best known as Star Wars hero Luke Skywalker, said this weekend that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is "not actually human."
On The Red Carpet reported Monday (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary, relevant section one minute in):
Wishful Thinking at AP: 'Some Argue' That Jan. Tax Increases Won't Be
One useful interpretation of a journalist's use of "some people say that" or "some argue that" without an accompanying reference to or quote from a subject matters expert is that such phrases really mean "in my opinion."
This is the very likely case in a disingenuously headlined Associated Press story yesterday by Andrew Taylor concerning the standoff between the Republicans, who want the…
Lawrence O'Donnell: Limbaugh Racist for Saying Obama Smoked Weed and S
UPDATE AT END OF POST: O'Donnell responds.
It's really becoming difficult keeping track of all the things the liberal media claim are code for racism these days.
On MSNBC's The Last Word Monday, host Lawrence O'Donnell accused conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh of being racist for saying Barack Obama smoked weed and snorted coke (video follows with transcript and commentary):
YouTube Pulls Romney Ad With Obama Singing Al Green, Ignores Videos of
Matt Lewis over at the Daily Caller just reported that a Romney campaign ad featuring President Obama singing Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" has been pulled by YouTube for copyright reasons.
Oddly enough, videos like this one from the Associated Press of Obama singing the same song on January 20 are still available at YouTube:
NBC and NYT Employees Caught Contributing to Obama Campaign
Workers in news organizations ranging from the New York Times to NBC News are making donations to President Obama's re-election campaign even though many companies forbid employees to do so for fear that such contributions will raise questions about the staff's impartiality.
According to an article by Alex Pappas, the Daily Caller looked for donations to Democrat Barack Obama and Republican…
