Obama Promoter Extraordinaire Matthews Slams Promotional Political Ads
Chris Matthews made a guest appearance Thursday on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation and showcased a hilarious lack of self-awareness regarding his network, especially his own show. The Hardball host sneered at the idea that a political campaign’s TV ads amount to free speech, insisting that they are no different than Coca-Cola commercials. [Video below. MP3 audio here.]
Matthews snarled:
Supine Press: WashPost Explains How Obama Dispenses With Tragedy Betwe
Inside Friday’s Washington Post, White House reporter David Nakamura wrote about life in the White House press pool when tragedy strikes. President Obama was in Chicago for fundraisers (ticket $32,400). But the reporters were moved from underground parking back to the fundraising venue when the new Fort Hood shooting broke.
One reporter wondered why Obama would scramble to make remarks (no…
CBS Hosts Thrilled By Prospect of 'Powerhouse Women' Like Hillary Clin
On Friday's CBS This Morning, co-host Norah O'Donnell touted Hillary Clinton attending the Women in the World summit alongside International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde: "One of the highlights, their reaction when moderator Thomas Friedman of the New York Times suggested that Lagarde would one day lead the European Union and Clinton could become President of the United States." […
USA Today Echoes Occupy Wall Street
No need for the “share the wealth” crowd to worry. USA Today is ready to step into the void and stoke class division in the absence of Occupy Wall Street.
On April 4, USA Today profiled “The $100 Million Club,” a group of wealthy corporate CEOs, and contrasted their pay with the US median wage of $40,872 in 2013. A subhead on the print edition complained: “CEOs get richer, workers get left…
Kudlow Blames Weak Recovery on ObamaCare’s ‘Incredible Uncertainty
While some argue an economic “upshift” is coming, former CNBC anchor and economist Larry Kudlow doesn’t see it.
Following the announcement that 192,000 jobs were added in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on April 4, Larry Kudlow, poured cold water on expectations of “this big surge this year.” Until his show ended a week earlier, Kudlow hosted CNBC’s “The Kudlow…
Colbert and Stewart Launch Tirades Against SCOTUS Campaign Finance Dec
Comedy Central launched a crusade against the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision on Thursday night, as both the Daily Show and Colbert Report spent a combined three segments and 20 minutes on a liberal diatribe against the decision.
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart aired a lengthy 10-minute rant against the Court striking down the limit on the amount of overall political donations. That…
Networks Refused to Give President Primetime Air for ObamaCare Victory
On Thursday, BuzzFeed reported that NBC, ABC, and CBS turned down a White House request for primetime coverage of a presidential address on Tuesday to spike the football on ObamaCare reaching the seven million enrollment mark. Instead, the President was forced to settle for an afternoon pep rally in the Rose Garden which only ABC and NBC covered live.
These were the same networks that…
Kickstarter Funded ‘After Tiller’ Abortionist Documentary, Rejecte
Talk about blatant bias. Although crowdfunded site Kickstarter refused the makers of the new Gosnell movie permission to fundraise, the same company hosted the recent “After Tiller” late-term abortionist documentary.
Filmmaker Phelim McAleer along with wife Ann McElhinney and Magdalena Segieda aimed to raise $2.1 million in 45 days via Kickstarter for their Gosnell project, a scripted drama…
Adam Carolla Defends O'Reilly, Calls Out Biased Press
Adam Carolla knows it's no accident entertainment scribes bring up his "right wing" politics at every turn.
The podcast king called out biased entertainment reports during a feisty Q&A with RollingStone.com. The interviewer stirred the pot by asking if Carolla got flak from his Hollywood pals for appearing on The O'Reilly Factor, the highly rated pundit show on Fox News.
ABC Uses Footage of Hateful Westboro Baptist to Slime CEO Who Opposes
According to Good Morning America's Linzie Janis, a CEO who made a donation in opposition to gay marriage is the same as the hateful members of the Westboro Baptist Church. On Friday, Janis reported on Brendan Eich, the former head of the tech company Mozilla. Eich was ousted after liberal groups found out that in 2008 he made a $1000 donation to support Proposition 8 in California.
As …
NBC Promotes Global Warming Special: 'Did Climate Change Just Hit Home
Teasing an upcoming special on global warming hosted by Ann Curry, on Friday's NBC Today, news anchor Natalie Morales hyped the danger: "The head of the World Bank is warning that climate change will lead to violent conflict over shortages of food and water. And this Sunday night, NBC's Ann Curry shows us how ordinary people are already witnessing the impact of rising global temperatures." […
'Vikings' Portrays Crucifixion as Normal Church Punishment for Apostat
Your humble correspondent is a fan of the History Channel show, "Vikings." However, its historical accuracy leaves something to be desired to the extent that a week ago I posted a thread at IMDB, Things I Learned While Watching 'Vikings', which humorously mocked such inaccuracies as well as anachronisms on the show. Along with noticing that Rollo wore L.A. Ink type tattoos, I also took note of…
Other Top Journalists Tell Jake Tapper That Hillary's 2008 Campaign Pl
On Friday morning, CNN host Jake Tapper tweeted “On Hillary Clinton's assertion of media double standard, strongest complaints by her campaign in 2008 were against pro-Obama male journos”.
MRC's Dan Gainor alerted me that the responses from other national journalists about Hillary Clinton’s treatment of the press in the ‘08 cycle were surprising. Perhaps this should be a segment on Tapper's…
Morning Joe Manages to Devote 12+ Minutes to Lauding Letterman Without
Today's Morning Joe devoted a seemingly endless opening segment to the lavish lauding of David Letterman, who yesterday announced that he would be retiring sometime next year. Not once, but twice, Joe Scarborough actually equated Letterman's importance with that of the Beatles. Gag me with a walrus.
But not once in the 12-plus minute love letter to Letterman did anyone find time to mention…
