WaPo's Milbank: 'And Al Gore Got in Trouble for Going to a Buddhist Te
The mainstream media are having a field day with the Republican National Committee spending contributor dollars for "meals" at a risqué Hollywood night spot. Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank joins in the fun with today's "RNC spends nearly $2,000 at sex-themed Voyeur nightclub." He provides titillating details of what transpires in that joint, and then attempts a quick rewrite of history…
MRC-Radio: Bozell on WMAL's 'Grandy & Andy' Discussing 'Fairness Doctr
Media Research Center President and NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell appeared by phone on this morning's "Grandy & Andy Morning Show" program on Washington, D.C.'s WMAL (630 AM).The whole chat lasted about seven minutes, with topics ranging from the media's bias against the Tea Party movement to liberals' affinity for resurrecting the free speech-abriding "Fairness Doctrine."Here's the…
Barnicle: 'Talk Radio' Allied With 'Most Vile' Right-Wing Fringe
Put up or shut up, Barnicle . . . Mike Barnicle has accused "talk radio" of serving as "allies" and a "megaphone" for the worst fringe elements on the right. That's how the former Boston Globe columnist justified the MSM's focus on the right-wing fringe while downplaying that of the left. [H/t reader Ray R.]Barnicle floated his defense of the MSM on today's Morning Joe. To their credit, Mika…
MSNBC's Matthews: Anti-Government Sentiment May Hurt Texas in Census H
MSNBC's Chris Matthews today jumped on a statistic regarding Census participation in Texas to argue that anti-government sentiment from TEA Parties is hurting the Lone Star State in the decennial head count and hence could shortchange the state in congressional reapportionment and redistricting:CHRIS MATTHEWS, "Hardball" host: Time for the "Big Number" tonight. It speaks to the unintended effects…
Book Review: Jason Mattera Tackles Liberal Media Bias in 'Obama Zombie
In Jason Mattera's new book "Obama Zombies" the Young America's Foundation media spokesman takes on, and takes down, the liberal machine that brainwashed a generation. As the biggest and most influential cog in the liberal propaganda machine, Mattera hits the media in the very first chapter, chronicling the most egregious instances of bias from the 2008 campaign and the impact they had on young…
CNN's Cooper Brings on Anti-Catholic Sinead O'Connor to Condemn the Po
CNN's Anderson Cooper brought on anti-Catholic singer Sinead O'Connor on his program on Friday to discuss the Church sex scandal. Unsurprisingly, O'Connor, who infamously tore up a picture of then-Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in 1992, has engaged in lesbian relationships, and went on to be "ordained" in a schismatic dissident church, spent much of the interview blasting Pope Benedict…
Liberal Journos Use End of '24' to Claim 'Torture,' Liken Intelligence
With the recently announced end of Fox's hit series "24," many liberal pundits are parading the show as a false depiction of the notion that "torture works." Contrary to their accusations, the Jack Bauer interrogation methods bear exactly zero resemblance to any actual interrogation techniques used by American military, law enforcement, or intelligence agents."On '24,' torture saves lives," the…
UVa. Paper Front-paged Perriello Gas Line Incident, Ignored Local GOP
The student newspaper of Katie Couric's alma mater was silent today about an incident of vandalism Thursday night or early Friday morning against a local Republican Party office, even though the same paper devoted a front-page story on Friday to a severed propane line believed to have been an act of vandalism targeting the Democratic congressman who represents Charlottesville, Va.The March 26…
MSNBC's Schultz: Obama 'Should Get a Big Wet Kiss' After 'All the Nega
Reacting to Haley Barbour's quip that the liberal media has given President Obama "the longest wet kiss in political history" after last week's passage of ObamaCare, Ed Schultz made clear on MSNBC this morning that he feels President Obama deserves it for all the fierce criticism he and Democrats faced during the months of debate over the legislation.The MSNBC host and liberal radio talker was…
Barbour on ABC: Media’s Given Obama ‘Longest Wet Kiss in Political
Reacting to a newly released ABC News/Washington Post poll which found 50 percent opposed to the just-passed health bill versus 46 percent in favor of it, on ABC’s This Week, Mississippi’s Republican Governor, Haley Barbour, quipped:I am surprised that the numbers in the Washington Post poll weren't better. I mean, since this thing passed last weekend, we've been seeing the longest wet kiss in…
Reid Goes Shooting While Palin In Town, But GMA Calls Him 'Man In The
This could do down as one of the more glaring MSM double-standards in recent times . . . Harry Reid chose the day Sarah Palin was in town to stage a photo-op of himself going shooting. But GMA called Reid the man "in the crosshairs" and as "doing his best not to seem threatened."Imagine if the tables were turned and on a day Reid visited Wasilla, Palin had publicly chosen to go shooting. Oh…
CNN Uses Misleading Headline to Further Smear James O’Keefe (Update
(March 27th, 10:06 a.m. -- Please see update at the end of the post.)What is the first step in the main stream media's handbook of liberal bias? Why, alter the headline to fit your agenda, of course.To say that CNN was misleading in their headline about James O'Keefe is to be kind: Feds punish ACORN filmmaker? Seems an odd choice of headline considering the article itself does not mention any…
Chicago Tribune Underplays Incidents Targeting Republican Officials
In both its print and Web editions today, the Chicago Tribune headlines "Republicans walk the line over healthcare outrage." It begins:In the days surrounding passage of healthcare overhaul legislation, Republican lawmakers have been left to strike a fine balance between harnessing voter outrage and fueling it.Examples of raw anger have piled up. A call to New York Democrat Louise M. Slaughter…
The Ignorant Seattle Times and the Rep. Driehaus Office Rock-Throw (UP
(March 26, 8:30 p.m. -- SEE THE UPDATE at the end of this post.)People in Cincinnati who follow politics reasonably closely will be scratching their heads wondering what's gotten into the people assembling news stories at the Seattle Times once they learn of what the Times reported in an item that originally went up Wednesday evening and was modified Thursday morning: A rock was thrown through…
