CBS 'Early Show': Nearly Five Minutes on Gay Marriage Ruling, One Sent
In a report on Friday's CBS Early Show, correspondent John Blackstone described the fallout of a decision by California Judge Vaughn Walker to lift his stay on gay marriages after overturning Proposition 8: "Inside San Francisco City Hall dozens of same-sex couples lined up for marriage licenses, anticipating their wedding day." A headline on screen declared: "Save the Date." Blackstone…
Olbermann Cherry-picks Gingrich, Accuses GOP of Blaming Unemployed for
Keith Olbermann on Thursday cherry-picked an article by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to make a pathetic case that Republicans are targeting and blaming unemployed Americans for the country's economic woes.In his opening "Countdown" segment on MSNBC, the host began, "When it came time to invade, Republicans used cherry-picked intelligence to make the case for war in Iraq. Now, they`re…
Henry Rollins Knows What’s Wrong with American Education – and Gue
On the heels of a new College Board report that the United States is struggling to compete with other countries when it comes to college completion rates, Vanity Fair's resident straight talker, Henry Rollins, has figured out the problem. The education system isn't struggling because of possible factors contained within the report, such as: Inadequate funding of preschool programsPoor college…
Time Magazine: 'Is Rangel Simply Guilty of Business As Usual
But everybody's doing it!That excuse may not have gotten you out of hot water with your parents, but it seems to hold some sway with Time magazine, at least when it comes to ethically-challenged former House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.).Staffer Michael Scherer apparently drew the short straw for the August 13 assignment, in which he focused on just one of the numerous…
CMI’s Burchfiel Talks Media Double Standards on Fox & Friends
Culture and Media Institute Assistant Editor Nathan Burchfiel joined "Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy on Aug. 13 to discuss media coverage of Harry Reid and the media double standard on controversial statements made by liberals versus conservatives. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told supporters on Aug. 10 that he couldn't understand why "anyone with Hispanic heritage could be…
MSNBC’s Harris-Lacewell: 14th Amendment Debate about Eugenics, Xenop
Whenever Fox News host Glenn Beck raises the history of progressives and eugenics, or the possibility that eugenics is part of the motivation of a legitimate policy debate, the left-wing has a hissy fit. But when the left introduces it, we're supposed to accept it as high-minded and scholarly, especially in the case Princeton University's Melissa Harris-Lacewell. On MSNBC's Aug. 12 "Countdown…
Liberal HuffPoster Smacks Down Ed Schultz's GM Success Story
A liberal Huffington Post contributor and board member of the website's Investigative Fund rained on Ed Schultz's GM success story victory parade on Thursday.After the MSNBC host crowed about the positive earnings report from the government-owned car company, he clearly expected that left-leaning guest Leo Hindery was going to join him in the celebration.Quite to the contrary, the admittedly "…
How Crazy? Actress Boasts She'd Kick Limbaugh In His Lady Parts, Miche
After her ranting against Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday's Larry King Live, actress Aisha Tyler tried to sound high-minded after she was accused by Dana Loesch of playing the race card: "Look, I'm a progressive, but I have a lot of conservative friends. When we have a conversation, we're not screaming at each other about who is wrong and who is right. We trying to figure out how we're going to move the…
FNC Notices Americans More Positive Toward Tea Party Than Toward Pelos
In FNC’s “Grapevine” segment Thursday night, Shannon Bream highlighted a finding in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll which NBC’s Chuck Todd failed to point out in emphasizing the public’s disgust with Democrats, Republicans and the Tea Party. Bream observed: A new poll suggests Americans have more positive feelings for the Tea Party movement than for either of the Democratic leaders…
Prop 8 Shredding Spurs Newsweek Editor to Repeat: 'The Religious Case
Newsweek has aggressively demonstrated its utter impatience with any antiquated resistance to the promotion of homosexuality in America. The latest judicial decision overruling (for a second time) a popular vote in California against gay marriage is "a victory for liberty," according to an editorial by Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. The decision spurred Meacham to declare once again that "the…
Ed Schultz Blames Republicans For All The Unemployed People In America
Ed Schultz on Thursday blamed Republicans for all the unemployed people living in America today.As he began the most recent installment of the "Ed Show" on MSNBC, the host said, "The Republican Party has been on a crusade against the middle class and the poor for the last 30 years. We're now seeing the wreckage of that race to the bottom line culture."He disgracefully continued, "Today a…
