Lefty Blogger: ‘Whipped’ Christie a ‘Good Slave’ For Kochs
September 22nd, 2014 11:29 AM
D.R. Tucker alleges that Christie’s opposition to cap-and-trade shows he’s a "slave" of the Koch brothers and “no longer a man in any real sense of the word.”
What set Tucker off was Christie’s opposition to New Jersey’s rejoining a regional cap-and-trade program, supposedly because Christie doesn’t want to displease righty anti-cap-and-trade groups such as the Koch-backed Americans for…
Press Ignores Errors, Inaccuracies in Burke's Plagiarized 'Jobs Plan'
September 20th, 2014 9:37 PM
The real problem with Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke's "jobs plan," the detailed version of which appears to be no longer available at her campaign's web site, isn't its plagiarized material. It's the content. The presence of certain obviously wrong facts and patently pathetic assertions indicates that Ms. Burke, a successful entrepreneur who one would think should have…
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'The Five' Hosts Slam Maher for Attacking Fox News
September 20th, 2014 1:43 PM
During Thursday afternoon's edition of the Fox News Channel's The Five, the co-hosts took on Bill Maher, who claimed last Friday that “the reason the people are so polarized is Fox News.”
At first, Greg Gutfeld said he agreed with the host of the Friday night HBO series Real Time with Bill Maher, stating: “He's right! If it weren't for Fox, we'd all be in lock step because the rest of the media…
Amanda Marcotte: ‘Reality Itself’ a Barrier to Growth of Conservatism
September 19th, 2014 9:19 PM
The lefty writer says conservatives are at war with reality, and they want schoolkids in the Lone Star State and elsewhere to learn illusions about American history.
Marcotte’s peg was a report from the liberal Texas Freedom Network alleging, in Marcotte’s words, “that conservatives have been able to inject a shocking number of lies and disinformation into [Texas] public school history…
Scarborough, Brzezinski Call for Equal Coverage if Christie's Cleared
September 19th, 2014 6:14 PM
On Friday morning, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski joined the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein in calling for equal news coverage if Christie is officially exonerated in numerous investigations into his involvement of the scandal known as Bridgegate to the non-stop coverage when it broke in January.
During a discussion with their panel on Friday’s Morning Joe, they discussed news that a…
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MSNBC: 'Damage' to Christie 'Regardless' of Being 'Cleared' by Feds
September 19th, 2014 4:53 PM
On her 12 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Friday, host Andrea Mitchell noted that "Chris Christie has been cleared by the federal investigators of any allegations" in the George Washington Bridge closing scandal. However, MSNBC political reporter Kasie Hunt quickly dismissed the development: "But, there's a lot of damage that's been done in the interim. And there's going to be a lot of questions still…
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NBC Gives News Christie Cleared of Charges In Bridgegate Only 38 Secs
September 18th, 2014 9:09 PM
An enormous development in the Bridgegate scandal broke late Thursday afternoon when federal officials reported that they have cleared New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) of any wrong-doing relating to the closure of lanes on the George Washington Bridge in September 2013.
When it came to the major broadcast networks covering this huge development, ABC and CBS punted on the story and refused…
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Tapper to Jay Carney: Be 'Frank' About Middle East; Carney Blames Bush
September 18th, 2014 6:01 PM
On Wednesday's The Lead, CNN's Jake Tapper tried to pull former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney out of acting like an apologist for President Obama. Tapper turned to his guest, who had just spent an entire segment defending his former boss's ISIS policy, and asked, "What is the difficulty in getting Arab allies to kick in with military assistance? Jay, you don't work for the White House…
NYT Reports Dismal Poll Stats for Obama; CBS Still Ignores
September 18th, 2014 5:38 PM
On Thursday morning, CBS continued to ignore key results of the latest CBS News/New York Times poll, which show President Obama’s approval rating at 40 percent and his foreign policy approval rating at only 34 percent.
In contrast, the front-page New York Times article by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Dalia Sussman included dire statistics about the President’s low domestic approval rating: “The…
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Networks Black Out Coverage of Benghazi Hearing
September 17th, 2014 10:56 PM
The major broadcast networks on Wednesday refused to cover the first hearing held by the House Select Committee on Benghazi to begin assessing what happened in the 2012 attack that left U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, foreign service officer Sean Smith, and CIA contractors Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty dead.
Between their morning and evening newscasts, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and…
CBS/NYT Ignore Own Poll Showing Obama Job Approval at 40%
September 17th, 2014 9:13 PM
On Wednesday, CBS and The New York Times made the point of omitting results from their own poll which show President Obama’s job approval at 40 percent and his approval on foreign policy at only 34 percent from the newscasts and print newspaper, respectively.
CBS This Morning and the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley only mentioned the latest CBS News/New York Times poll in regards to how 57…
Slate Writer: Voter Fraud One of GOP’s Favorite ‘Fake Problems’
September 17th, 2014 9:12 PM
The GOP wildly exaggerates problems like voter fraud because its solutions would move the country to the right.
MSNBC, CNN Punt on Live Coverage of Benghazi Hearing; Fox News Covers
September 17th, 2014 5:42 PM
CNN and MSNBC viewers on Wednesday would have to switch channels if they wanted to watch the first hearing of the House Select Committee on Benghazi. CNN aired a 15-second news brief at the top of the 10 am Eastern hour, mere minutes before the nearly three-hour meeting began, but didn't cover the proceedings live. MSNBC set aside 12 minutes worth of segments to the event, and sometimes showed…
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‘Lord Of The Rings’ Star Attacks Right-Wing Media
September 17th, 2014 5:02 PM
Actor Viggo Mortensen hasn’t been in any big movies since he played Aragorn in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, but now he’s promoting his new movie with Kirsten Dunst called “The Two Faces of January.” He stopped by Huffington Post Live September 16, to talk about the movie, but if a Huffington Post reporter is interviewing, you can be sure they will find a way to bash conservative media any…