Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin Comes Up Short in Retrial of NY Times Defamation Suit
On Tuesday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) lost the retrial of her defamation suit against The New York Times after she alleged the editorial board defamed her by linking her to the assassination attempt on Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. The retrial came after improper conduct by the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case affected the jury’s…
NPR Laments the Start of Palin v. NY Times Defamation Retrial
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and the left-wing New York Times were back in a New York courtroom on Monday for jury selection in the retrial of the former’s defamation suit against the latter. Palin scored a retrial after a biased judge inappropriately announced that he was going to rule against her no matter what the first jury found, with jurors subsequently finding out. The…
PBS Claim of GOP ‘Demonizing’ Dem Women Popped by Brooks in Two Words
Although he appears as the ostensible voice from the right on the PBS News Hour’s Friday evening political discussion, New York Times columnist David Brooks is no one’s idea of a hard-core conservative. He said “I love Joe Biden” before criticizing Biden’s angry speech on Night One of the Democratic National Convention, after previously stating “I do think Donald Trump is…
TIME Glorifies Kamala as Media Rallies
Ya gotta love it. Long after the 2024 campaign enters the dustbin of history, the Time magazine cover story on Kamala Harris will shine through as a perfect example of just how the liberal “mainstream” media rallies when one of their own is newly front and center.
Inciting Violence? NYT Dismisses Biden ‘Bullseye,’ Smeared Palin's Map
The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening reminded some news watchers of what President Joe Biden said to Democratic donors six days ago, as reported by the New York Times: “During a video call with top donors on Monday, Mr. Biden told them: “It’s time to put Trump in the bull’s-eye.” One may scoff at the idea that a…
FLASHBACK: 36 Years of Media Derision & Scorn for GOP Veeps
Expect the media elite to greet Donald Trump’s new running mate with derision and scorn, because that’s what has faced (nearly) all Republican VP candidates since the Media Research Center began tracking political coverage in the 1980s.
Couric: Obama Owes Me a 'Big-Ass Bouquet' for Palin Attack Interview
Fox News media reporter Joseph Wulfsohn reported on Friday that former CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric boasted about how she helped Barack Obama get elected in 2008 with her infamous attack interview on Republican Gov. Sarah Palin. "You're welcome, by the way," Couric told the audience, sparking laughter and applause. "I always thought that Barack Obama should have sent me a big…
Mother’s Day Flashback: How the Media Use Moms to Push Liberal Agenda
For years liberal reporters and celebrities have exploited moms and Mother’s Day in order to score rhetorical points and seek a rhetorical edge in pushing various causes. Republicans are trashed as terrible mothers, while Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama are heralded as super-moms.
After Attempt on Kavanaugh, NYT Won’t Give Schumer the Palin Treatment
The New York Times buried the horrible news of a confessed would-be assassin prowling outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home, intending to murder him for his opinions on gun control and abortion. If the Times truly treated both political parties the same, it would have criticized Sen. Chuck Schumer’s 2020 threat to Republican-appointed justices Neil Gorsuch and…
Scarborough Embraces Clinton's Big-Government Agenda: 'Hillary in '24'
On Friday's Morning Joe, self-described "small-government conservative" Joe Scarborough embraced Hillary Clinton's big-government agenda, saying, "Hillary's right." He even seemed to endorse the two-time loser running for president again: "Tan, rested and ready. Hillary in ’24....And I tell you, yesterday she laid it all out there a lot more clearly than Democrats have been able to do…
Editor’s Pick: Hot Air on Palin v. NYT Jury Being Tainted By Judge
On Wednesday, Hot Air Senior Editor Allahpundit reported: “Every lawyer I know on Twitter was stupefied at Judge Jed Rakoff’s decision a few days ago to toss Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against the New York Times....What the Twitter lawyers were shocked by was Rakoff’s timing.” He explained that “the jury wasn’t sequestered,” before citing NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik pointing…
NewsBusters Podcast: The Media on Palin Smears and Durham Fears
The media cheered a judge and jury dismissed Sarah Palin's lawsuit against The New York Times over their smears claiming she incited a mass shooting in Arizona. The media feared that John Durham's probe of the origins of the Trump-Russia obsession would ruin their narrative.
Kimmel Mocks Fox Viewers' 'Soft, Oatmeal-like Brains' on Durham Story
Unlike other late night talk show hosts, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel actually covered the latest news from Special Counsel John Durham on his Tuesday show, but he only did so to mock those who actually care about the allegations.
Politico Editor: Palin Trial Reveals NYT Publisher Is a Moral Coward
In the midst of all his fury hurled at Sarah Palin by Politico founding editor John F. Harris in his column on Monday, he made quite an interesting revelation. Namely that thanks to the discovery process made by Palin in her lawsuit against the New York Times, we now have documentation about the utter moral cowardice of the publisher of that periodical, A.G. Sulzberger.
