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Indications ObamaCare in Worse Shape than Broadcast Nets Telling Viewe
The broadcast networks have aired more than a few critical stories about the ObamaCare rollout -- from "glitches" with the HealthCare.gov website to the millions of individuals who are losing their health insurance in spite of the President's oft-repeated promise to the contrary (a lie that NBC's Chuck Todd naively argued was not "intentional.")
But an exchange on Monday night's The Kudlow…
November 12th, 2013 1:44 PM
How About That? AP Details the 'Secret, Dirty Cost of Obama's Green Po
So it appears the Associated Press has discovered what conservative and libertarian economic critics have been saying all along: top-down government regulation to promote "green energy" has numerous unintended consequences, including negative repercussions for the environment.
In their November 12 article, "The secret, dirty cost of Obama's green power push," AP writers Dina Cappiello and…
November 12th, 2013 1:30 PM
Joe Scarborough: Republicans Are ‘Too Obsessed On Hating Barack Obam
MSNBC’s quasi-conservative darling Joe Scarborough seemed right at home as he guest-hosted ABC’s The View on November 12, walking on set arm-in-arm with Barbara Walters before taking aim squarely at folks who dare to be further on the right than he.
Appearing on the show Tuesday, Scarborough lambasted Republicans who were unhappy with Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.) for hugging President…
November 12th, 2013 1:05 PM
CBS: Obama White House Knew of Website's 'Limitless' Security Risks Be
Sharyl Attkisson revealed on Monday's CBS Evening News that the Obama administration had prior knowledge of HealthCare.gov's numerous security flaws, but went ahead anyway with its October 1, 2013 launch. Attkisson spotlighted a government memo that outlined "important security risks discovered in the insurance system....The memo said, 'The threat and risk potential to the system is limitless…
November 12th, 2013 12:42 PM
Failed Radio Host Scarborough Takes to NBC to Bash Conservative Talk R
Appearing on Tuesday's NBC Today to hawk his new book, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough – whose own radio show was cancelled after a brief run in 2010 – proceeded to slam conservative talk radio hosts: "They make millions and millions of dollars....they start pushing their world view on Republicans across the country and start saying, 'You either have to run up to the barricades and fight to the…
November 12th, 2013 12:24 PM
Unhinged Matthews Sneers at 'So-Called Independent Media' Giving 'Raci
What world does Chris Matthews live in? The MSNBC anchor worked himself into a frenzy on Monday night, ranting that the "so-called independent media" are just too soft on all the "racist" elements within the Republican Party. Talking to his fellow liberals David Corn and Ed Rendell, the Hardball host balked, "I look at the free ride the media has been giving the Republican Party." [See video…
November 12th, 2013 12:04 PM
Bill Clinton Wants Obama to Honor His 'You Can Keep Your Plan' Pledge
"Honor Thy Commitment" is currently the featured headline at the Drudge Report underneath a picture of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama tensely staring at each other.
Despite this exposure, will the media report Clinton telling web magazine OZY, "[T]he President should honor the commitment the federal government made" that people who like their health insurance plans can keep them (video follows…
November 12th, 2013 11:41 AM
Networks Hype High Estimate of Shutdown Cost, Job Loss
The news media worried a lot about how awful the government shutdown would be and estimated it would take a huge toll on the economy as well. Now it looks like they were wrong about the size of the damage.
The networks touted a recent Standard & Poor’s (S&P) estimate that the shutdown would cost $24 billion. That figure was mentioned on the networks five times from Oct. 17 to Oct. 24. …
November 12th, 2013 11:18 AM
Sharpton, Baldwin So Bad on MSNBC, Even Randi Rhodes Holds Her Nose
Could it be, just maybe, that there's hope for Randi Rhodes yet?
Rhodes finds herself high on the list of prominent left-wing radio hosts (mainly because it's a very short list), but her rants as often documented here make it difficult to take her seriously. (Audio after the jump)
November 12th, 2013 11:10 AM
Spike Lee Sued For Erroneous George Zimmerman Tweet
As NewsBusters previously reported, film director Spike Lee last March retweeted a posting supposedly including the address of George Zimmerman.
Now the couple who actually reside at that address are suing Lee.
November 12th, 2013 10:02 AM
Media Celebrate ‘Shout Out For Birth Control Day
If you receive a tasteless e-postcard celebrating sex without consequences today, someone in your life really needs a new hobby.
Bedsider, an organization connected with Planned Parenthood, is sponsoring a media-backed “Shout Out for Birth Control Day.” As a thank-you for “Healthy Kids. Happy Parents. Stable Families,” the organization set aside November 12 to honor birth control. The website…
November 12th, 2013 9:48 AM
Actor Rob Lowe: People Should Be Less Dependent on Government, 'More R
Speaking to Meet the Press moderator David Gregory for NBC's web-based program Press Pass on Sunday, usually liberal actor Rob Lowe expressed a more conservative political perspective: "Just my own world view is that the individual needs to be more responsible for their own lives and that's not the conversation we're having right now, for whatever reason." [Listen to the audio or watch the…
November 12th, 2013 9:28 AM
Obama's Hometown Chicago Tribune Wonders If He Lied About Obamacare
The Chicago Tribune slammed its hometown hero in a Monday editorial: “The American public is having a credibility-shattering debate about the president: Did he not bother to learn the details of the law before he told us we could keep our doctors and our insurance, or did he know the truth and flat-out lie?”
Perhaps a better question: Why did this same Chicago Tribune editorial board endorse…
November 12th, 2013 7:29 AM