Uncle Sam's Collections Crunch and Record Deficits Continue; Press Cov
December 7th, 2009 12:19 PM
Blogger Doug Ross got to the news of the Congressional Budget Office's Monthly Budget Report (PDF) over the weekend, quite accurately observing that the establishment news coverage of its content barely existed. The results of searches at the Associated Press's raw feed page on "Congressional Budget Office" (not in quotes) and "CBO" confirm Doug's observation, as no result returned relates to…
CBS Host Grills GOP Senator On ObamaCare Opposition; Softballs to Demo
December 7th, 2009 12:06 PM
On Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez pressed Republican Senator Lamar Alexander on the GOP’s opposition to ObamaCare: “...there’s been a lot of criticism that Republicans have done nothing but oppose this bill, nothing to help pass it, just try to kill it....have you done more than say ‘no, no, no, no, no’?”At the top of the show, Rodriguez described a weekend visit by President…
ABC’s Roberts: Health Care Bill Would be ‘Historic Moment’; Bill
December 7th, 2009 11:51 AM
A defensive Robin Roberts on Monday lauded the potential passage of any kind of health care bill as a "historic moment," seeming to bristle at Bill O’Reilly’s grade of a D for the President’s performance on this issue. The Fox News host appeared on Good Morning America to award Barack Obama a D, C and B, overall. O’Reilly bluntly assessed, "Health care, I'd say D as in dog...But, you can't be…
Obama: We Want To Make Sure People Buying Health Care Don't Get 'Gyppe
December 4th, 2009 1:09 PM
gyp Slangvb gyps, gypping, gypped, gips gipping, gipped(tr) to swindle, cheat, or defraud[back formation from Gypsy]Someone call the PC police. At a town hall in Allentown, PA today, Pres. Obama said he is seeking to regulate health insurance companies to make sure that people don't get "gypped."Perhaps PBO thought the term would appeal to the crowd. This was Pennsylvania, after all, the state…
Malkin Annihilates Nicholas Kristof's Guilt-Tripping NY Times Column o
December 3rd, 2009 2:43 PM
Michelle Malkin absolutely ripped apart Nicholas Kristof's "crappy" Sunday New York Times column, "Are We Going to Let John Die?", a remorseless tear-jerker using a tragic story to guilt-trip recalcitrant Democrats like Sen. Joe Lieberman into supporting Obama-care. Kristof explained that John Brodniak, a sawmill worker in Oregon, has hemangioma (an abnormal growth of blood vessels, causing him…
On World AIDS Day, Media Won't Acknowledge Bush Successes
December 1st, 2009 12:34 PM
Today is World AIDS Day, on which we reflect on the global epidemic that has taken so many millions of lives and ponder ways in which we can improve world health by combating the terrible illness. In honoring the day, however, some news outlets have neglected to note the tremendous contributions to the AIDS effort undertaken by our last president.MSNBC noted on its website a recent U.N. report…
Bill Press: Beck a 'Ticking Time Bomb'; Warns Ailes Will 'Be Sorry' Th
November 29th, 2009 4:38 PM
Glenn Beck - he has one of the highest-rated shows on the top cable news network. He's had a number of bestselling books and he's called attention to some unsavory characters working in the Obama administration. Yet - he's somehow considered to be a risky business decision for the powers in charge at Fox News. On CNN's Nov. 29 "Reliable Sources," host Howard Kurtz pointed out Glenn Beck accusing…
Heritage Foundation's Ernest Istook Runs Circles Around Testy Ed Schul
November 28th, 2009 10:29 PM
If you aren't familiar with liberal radio host and MSNBC action hero Ed Schultz, you are about to encounter the quintessence of the man.Schultz made the mistake of allowing a guest on his radio show Tuesday who knew what he was talking about. And as the conversation proceeded between Schultz and former Republican congressman Ernest Istook of Oklahoma, now with the Heritage Foundation, it became…
WhiteHouse.gov Plays Media Critic: Calls Krauthammer’s Washington Po
November 28th, 2009 2:17 AM
Well, it's not quite as bad as Paul Krugman critiquing the Fox Business Network, but a little troubling because tax dollars are being spent to undertake such an effort. A Nov. 27 post by incoming White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer on the The White House Blog attempted to fact check a Nov. 27 column by Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, proving the left-wing noise…
Rom Houben: Culture of Death Is Not Impressed
November 28th, 2009 12:53 AM
It's nice that the story of Rom Houben has recently made the news. I carried it as one of my own "Positivity" posts earlier this week. A Google News Search on "Rom Houben Laureys" (not typed in quotes; Laureys is the last name of Houben's principal doctor) at about 11:30 p.m. ET came back with 1,528 results relating to the word of his amazing recovery and ability to communicate after 23 years of…
Olbermann Complains Media Focused on Beck Instead of His Astroturf Hea
November 24th, 2009 10:28 AM
Envy is a form of flattery, but don't tell MSNBC "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann. Olbermann, on his Nov. 23 broadcast, didn't stray from his usual shtick of character assaults and name-calling for his "Worst Person in the World" segment. But he did hint his feelings were hurt after he named Fox News host Glenn Beck the third place recipient in this "Worst Person" contest. "The bronze, to ‘…
