Olbermann Makes Victory Lap in Honor of Dobbs Resignation
Leave it to that bastion of grace and class that waxes poetically on a nightly basis about the wrongdoings of Republicans or conservatives ad nauseum known as MSNBC host Keith Olbermann to do Lou Dobbs resignation from CNN up just right. Olbermann on his Nov. 11 "Countdown" broadcast honored Dobbs 30-year CNN career by naming him his "third worst person in the world." "The bronze to Lou Dobbs…
Report: Dobbs to Resign from CNN; Last Show Tonight
Confirmed: Lou Dobbs announced his resignation from CNN on his Nov. 11 broadcast. Transcription at bottom.Has Lou Dobbs been forced out at CNN by the left-wing attack machine and other liberal forces? Quite possibly. According to New York Times reporters Brian Stelter and Bill Carter, CNN's Lou Dobbs will announce his resignation from CNN on his Nov. 11 show. "Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor…
'American Morning' Says Immigration Status Verification Would Drive Bu
Many industries rely on migrant labor, but that is no excuse for news networks to advocate a path to legalization for illegal aliens, or - worse - to excuse employers who simply look the other way. Yet, CNN's Jason Carroll did both in a segment for "American Morning" Nov. 5. "You hear it, not just in the farming industry, but in the restaurant industry as well and so many of these industries…
CNN's Lou Dobbs Claims Shot Fired at Home, Wife
Recently a lot of hubbub had been made about the possibility that the peaceful tea party protests and some conservative voices would stir up emotions that could lead to violence. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was even one of those sounding that alarm. But what has gone unsaid by those same voices has been the possibility of violence against those who might take a position antithetical to…
CNN Inadvertently Exposes Pro-Illegal Immigration Activist's Inconsist
CNN featured pro-illegal immigration activist Isabel Garcia of Tucson, Arizona on two programs on Wednesday night, and inadvertently caught her giving inconsistent answers regarding a 2008 protest where she participated in the beating and decapitation of a pinata effigy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona [audio clips from programs available here]. Correspondent Soledad O’Brien…
Video: CNN's Sanchez Also Hinted Arpaio Was Using Nazi Tactics
As Mike Bates documented on Monday night, CNN’s Rick Sanchez likened Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the segregationist “Bull” Connor during an interview on Monday’s Newsroom: “Like Bull Connor in 1960s, you’re going to sit there and tell the feds, you don’t care what they say, you’re going to do it your way and you're going to do it when you want to do it?” However, earlier in the…
CNN's Sanchez Likens Arpaio to Bull Connor
On his segment of today's CNN Newsroom, anchor Rick Sanchez went for the hat trick, likening Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the infamous Theophilus “Bull” Connor, Birmingham, Alabama’s late segregationist police commissioner who ruthlessly used police attack dogs and fire hoses to thwart 1963 civil rights demonstrators, no fewer than three times.[SEE also Matt Balan's related post, with…
NY Times: Fox Biz Flirting with CNN’s Lou Dobbs
Is Fox News Channel president Roger Ailes about to score another big name personality for his fledgling off-spin business channel? According to The New York Times television and digital media reporter Brian Stelter, News Corp's (NASDAQ:NWS) Fox Business Network is considering adding CNN "Lou Dobbs Tonight" host Lou Dobbs to its lineup. "The business channel is also keen on another administration…
Breitbart on ACORN: Big Media Would Have Worked to Kill Story, Attack
Much of the reaction in the blogosphere to Andrew Breitbart's column yesterday at the Washington Times has to do with the BigGovernment.com proprietor's promise that "It ain't over yet." Fair enough. But Breitbart asserted what I believe is a bigger point. It isn't just that the establishment media would have ignored the story if James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles had attempted to put it out there…
Rep. Steve King Explains How ObamaCare Could Cover Illegals, MSNBC's S
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) appeared on MSNBC around 3:40 p.m. EDT today to defend Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-S.C.) claim that President Obama was lying about Democratic health care reforms not ensuring "public option" coverage of illegal immigrants. [MP3 audio available here]King explained at length about Democrats voted down Republican amendments to put in place an enforcement mechanism to check the…
AP's Fouhy, In Analysis of 2010 Congressional Landscape, Calls GOP Bas
In a Sunday "uh-oh" review of 2010's electoral landscape as it applies to nationwide congressional races, the Associated Press's Beth Fouhy insulted GOP voters while effectively implying that they are the only ones who oppose ObamaCare, "reckless spending, and high debt." The foundation of Fouhy's piece is a fear that Democrats may be in peril of losing their House majority in 2010. Funny, when…
AP Story On ACORN Sting Video Firings Contains De Facto Commercial (Up
Thursday night, the Associated Press reported on the Baltimore ACORN sting carried out by James O'Keefe of Andrew Breitbart's new BigGovernment.com web site. A paragraph near the end of the report is virtually a de facto commercial for the controversial group. As to the sting itself, in case you missed it -- in two devastating videos originally posted here that you must see, O'Keefe and Hannah…
WaPo Uses Don Fowler to Slam Joe Wilson, Omits His Inappropriate
Noting how the Palmetto State "has a history of rowdy politics" and that Rep. Joe Wilson (R) has made himself "the latest in a legendary line of South Carolina politicians who appeared to revel in renegade behavior," the Washington Post's Philip Rucker and Ann Gerhart turned to South Carolina Democratic operatives Don and Carol Fowler to smear Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) in their September 11…
