R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. Column: Harry Reid's Cow and Joe Biden's Parrot

August 16th, 2012 4:18 PM
A week passes, and thus far, the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has yet to tell us whether he is or is not having sexual relations with a cow. As was reported in this column last week, based on sources in the field, Reid has been involved with the cow for at least three months, possibly more. My sources cannot be identified for obvious reasons. Even The New York Times would not reveal their…

CBS Evening News Mentions Anti-Romney Cancer Ad, Fails to ID Producer

August 16th, 2012 1:40 AM
Wednesday's CBS Evening News finally mentioned the controversial ad -- produced by an Obama super PAC -- which blames Mitt Romney for former steel worker Joe Soptic's wife dying of cancer, as CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes filed a report recounting negative campaigning from both the GOP and Democratic sides. But she only vaguely referred to the pro-Obama super PAC, Priorities USA, as an "…

Networks Ignore Bogus Obama Attack Ad Blaming Romney for Cancer Death

August 10th, 2012 4:26 PM
Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters might as well be located in a sewer. The content of the Priorities USA Obama Super PAC ad blaming a woman's death from cancer on Mitt Romney is almost impossible to believe. The only thing more impossible to believe is that the so-called “news” networks can go two full days pretending that it doesn’t exist. And even then, only ABC has mentioned it during…

CBS Downplays Obama Super PAC Cancer Death Ad As Part of 'Nasty' Blitz

August 10th, 2012 11:54 AM
Three days after CNN slammed the dishonest ad from the pro-Obama Priorities USA super PAC that blames Mitt Romney for a woman's cancer death, Friday's CBS This Morning finally got around to covering it. But correspondent Nancy Cordes downplayed the liberal group's spot by also targeting a Romney ad that was "panned" by unnamed fact checkers, and claimed that "other Romney ads have taken Mr.…

WashPost Buries Damning New Soptic Facts Under 'Democrats Call Joe the

August 9th, 2012 3:01 PM
The Washington Post seemed to honor Obama-commercial star Joe Soptic in the news section Thursday. Nia-Malika Henderson’s article was headlined “For anti-Romney ads, Democrats call Joe the Steelworker.” The subhead: "New spot seems to tie his wife's death to plant's closure after Bain took over." Online, the headline was "Forget Joe the Plumber -- Meet Joe the Steelworker." The Post couldn't…