Cleveland Plain Dealer Hypes Letter Circulated Against 'Joe the Plumbe

June 22nd, 2012 12:22 PM
Update (June 25, 5:48 p.m. EDT): Wurzelbacher has responded in a blog post at RedState, linking to a Smart Girl Politics post which noted that "[o]f the thirty-one signatories [of the anti-Wurzelbacher letter], all but six are registered Democrats or have made financial contributions to Democratic candidates or PACs." "A viral campaign video in which Samuel 'Joe the Plumber' Wurzelbacher…

MSNBC's Shuster Thanks Joe the Plumber for 'Lesson in Tolerance

May 6th, 2009 4:53 PM
Hear all that shattering glass? That's David Shuster's house. The MSNBC host threw his latest rock when he snidely thanked Samuel Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber for a "lesson in tolerance" during the 11:00 hour of MSNBC's live news coverage on May 5. Shuster reported:  And now a lesson in tolerance from Joe the Plumber. In an interview with Christian [sic] Today, he says we're supposed to…

Interviews from NewsBusters at CPAC

March 5th, 2009 9:38 PM
There were many famous people at CPAC this year and I was lucky enough to run into some of them. And some of those I ran into even let me ask them a few questions about media bias. The resulting videos are embedded below the fold.The four interviews I was able to get where with Joe the Plumber, John Ziegler, George Phillips, and Roger Simon. Each have unique experiences with liberal media bias…

TIME Takes Swipe at Joe The Plumber (Now Joe The Reporter

January 15th, 2009 5:16 AM
TIME magazine got a twofer on a recent screed headlined "Is Israel Losing the Media War in Gaza?." Not only did TIME use its article to take a few swipes at Samuel Joe Wurzelbacher (known as Joe the Plumber) but it also took the opportunity to once again blame the Jews for everything going on in Gaza. Naturally, TIME's description of Joe the Plumber was more a cut at him than an accurate picture…