Pinkerton: Media Love Affair With Christie Ends If He Gets Nomination

In case you were wondering when all the gushing and fawning over Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will end, Fox News’s James Pinkerton has the answer. Appearing on MediaBuzz Sunday, Pinkerton said, “[I]f he gets the nomination against Hillary Clinton, they'll say, 'Okay, enough’” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2013 5:23 PM

Woodward: White House Blames Me for Starting Media Criticism of Obama

The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward made an interesting observation Sunday. Appearing on Fox News’s MediaBuzz, he claimed that the White House blames him for starting the media’s criticism of President Obama’s lack of leadership (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2013 4:06 PM

Support for Hillary Clinton 'Overflows' With 'Huge Energy,' Writes the

The Washington Pom-Pom Post is at it again on Sunday with the article “Support for Clinton overflowing in Calif.” The only thing missing was an exclamation point and hearts to dot the I’s. It was “another stage, another overflowing ballroom.” Post reporter Matea Gold – a recent transplant from the Los Angeles Times – features Hillary mugging in photos with rock star Lenny Kravitz and panel…
Tim Graham
November 10th, 2013 2:25 PM

George Will: Other Than Nixon ‘Has There Ever Been a Worse First Yea

Syndicated columnist George Will asked a marvelous question Sunday that few in the liberal media will. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Will said, “Has there ever – with the exception of Richard Nixon in 1973 - been a worse first year of a second term?” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2013 11:22 AM

After Updating, White House Website Still Says 'You Can Keep Your Plan

Saturday afternoon, Politico's Jason Millman, in an item incredibly headlined "Updated White House website keeps disputed Obamacare language," reported that "The Obama administration has updated a White House website that says its health care law allows people to keep their plans if they like them — but the website still maintains the language that Obamacare opponents have aggressively attacked…
Tom Blumer
November 10th, 2013 10:19 AM

Sarah Kliff: Hooray! D.C. Obamacare Enrollments Not as Pathetic as Tho

If you are a health policy reporter for the Washington Post and take upon yourself the role of cheerleader for Obamacare, the task can be quite challenging. Therefore one must admire the effort that Sarah Kliff displays into putting a positive spin on this bit of pathetically sad news: The District of Columbia's insurance marketplace has enrolled exactly five people in health plans, according…
P.J. Gladnick
November 10th, 2013 8:43 AM

WashPost Media Critic Honors MSNBC's Rachel Maddow As 'Clear Winner of

Washington Post media blogger Erik Wemple read through a stack of books by cable-news hosts for a Sunday Outlook piece, and declared “MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is the clear winner of the cable-news-host literary prize” for her book “Drift.” On Sunday’s front page, The Post called it a “blab lit review” and called it “A survey of the many cable big mouths who have stuffed it between hard covers…
Tim Graham
November 10th, 2013 8:27 AM

HuffPo, AP Report Obama Considering an Expansion of ObamaCare Subsidie

Sam Stein, who poses as a journalist while toiling at the Huffington Post (he lost any legitimate claim to the title when he wouldn't back away when caught red-handed pretending to know something he couldn't possibly know about John McCain's vetting or lack thereof of Sarah Palin in September 2008), wrote on Thursday (HT Hot Air) that "The Obama administration is considering a fix to the…
Tom Blumer
November 9th, 2013 11:43 PM

NBC Pushes Line That Death of 'Sacred' Yasser Arafat Was Poisoning, Ig

On Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News and Thursday’s Today, NBC hyped the notion that Palestinian guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat “may have” been assassinated by poisoning. They let Palestinians accuse Israel, and bizarrely suggested only Israel “considered” Arafat a terrorist (forgetting decades where the U.S. officially agreed). There was no NBC update Friday when NPR’s All Things Considered…
Tim Graham
November 9th, 2013 9:33 PM

Axelrod: Insurance Cos. Should Have Given Customers Advance Warning Ab

Assisting the Obama administration in its perpetual flight from responsibility for anything, former Obama campaign manager David Axelrod, who now campaigns from a paid propaganda perch at NBC and MSNBC, tweeted the following on Friday afternoon (HT Twitchy): "Wonder how many Insurance cos that sold junk policies after ACA was signed told customers at purchase that they'd have to eventually…
Tom Blumer
November 9th, 2013 6:24 PM

Buchanan: If ObamaCare Cancels 76 Million Plans ‘There’s Going to

“If there’s anything like 76 million healthcare plans voided, not only is ObamaCare dead, there’s going to be guillotines set up at Farragut Square.” So said syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan on PBS’s McLaughlin Group Friday.
Noel Sheppard
November 9th, 2013 5:38 PM

Seriously? 'Mommyish' Blog Uses 'Adorable Cats' to Illustrate Ten Reas

Abortion supporter Eve Vawter thought it would be cute to use "adorable cats" to describe "10 reasons to have an abortion." Her explanation: “I don't think the majority of women make the decision to have an abortion lightly.”
Jill Stanek
November 9th, 2013 5:16 PM

Chris Matthews Calls Rand Paul a 'Pissant' for Questioning Christie Pu

In May, ABCNews.com reported that Democrats were unhappy that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put his family into state tourism ads begging people to come back to beaches on the New Jersey shore. “That Gov. Christie would allow $25 million in federally-funded ads to feature him in the middle of an election year is both supremely arrogant and wildly inappropriate,” his opponent Barbara Buono said…
Tim Graham
November 9th, 2013 4:24 PM

NYT Puts Michael Shear's Pathetic Coverage of Obama's 'You Can Keep Yo

In a Thursday evening writeup (HT Twitchy) which appeared on Page A14 in its Friday morning print edition, Michael D. Shear at the New York Times reported on President Barack Obama's attempt to clean up the four-year mess he made (from June 6, 2009 through September 26, 2013) in over three dozen statements and published items. The mess was Obama's guarantee — not a promise, a guarantee — that "…
Tom Blumer
November 9th, 2013 2:51 PM