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AP Reluctantly 'Discovers' Trend Towards Part-Time and Lower-Paid Work
In this case, the old saying, "Better late than never" really shouldn't apply. In June, when the government's Household Survey used to determine the unemployment rate reported that there were 240,000 fewer full-time workers and 360,000 more part-time workers than there were in May, the establishment press, particularly the Associated Press, largely ignored or downplayed the result.
The AP's…
August 3rd, 2013 9:41 PM
MSNBC's Toure Neblett Deceptively Edits Magic Johnson Comments About F
As NewsBusters has often reported, the folks at MSNBC have a disturbing habit of deceptively editing videos to radically change their meaning.
Maybe that's where MSNBC's Toure Neblett learned this, for on Friday, he dramatically edited a Magic Johnson tweet about Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper:
August 3rd, 2013 4:25 PM
Leno on Congress's ObamaCare Exemption: Should Be the 'Do As We Say, N
Jay Leno took a comedic swipe at ObamaCare Friday.
After informing a somewhat stunned crowd about the exemption members of Congress were given from the Affordable Care Act, the NBC Tonight Show host said, "Why don't they call it what it really is - the 'Do As We Say, Not As We Do Act?'" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
August 3rd, 2013 2:53 PM
Meredith Vieira: ‘If My Husband Was Sexting I’d Cut It Off
Former NBC Today show host Meredith Vieira channeled her inner Lorena Bobbitt Friday night.
Appearing on NBC’s Tonight Show, in a discussion about embattled New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, Vieira said, “If my husband was sexting, I’d cut it off” (video follows with commentary):
August 3rd, 2013 2:22 PM
Bill Maher Asks 'Rich Liberals' Jay Z, Oprah and Spielberg to 'Buy a S
Bill Maher is very unhappy that rich conservatives are having an impact on politics.
With this in mind, HBO’s Real Time host on Friday encouraged "rich liberals" such as guest Jay Z, Oprah Winfrey, and Steven Spielberg to "get in the game," “pony up” and “buy a state” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
August 3rd, 2013 1:03 PM
Barney Frank on Chris Christie: ‘I Have an Interest in Rude Fat Guys
Former Congressman Barney Frank (D-Ma.) took a shot at Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.) Friday.
Appearing on HBO’s Real Time, Frank said, “I have a little bit of a soft spot for Christie because I have an interest in rude fat guys doing well in politics.”
August 3rd, 2013 12:00 PM
Boston Globe Sold by New York Times at Massive Loss
The Boston Globe newspaper has been sold by its owner, the New York Times Company, for $70 million in cash to investor John W. Henry. Included in the deal were the Times’s stakes in two other smaller papers, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette and Metro Boston, a free tabloid.
The Times had purchased the Globe company in 1993 for $1.1 billion. Adjusted for inflation, the New England Media…
August 3rd, 2013 11:35 AM
Obama's Picture Used as Target in Dart Game at County Fair in Upstate
President Obama's picture is being used as a target in a dart game at a county fair in upstate New York.
Fairgoer Abigail Czapsky provided the following pictures to the Huffington Post:
August 3rd, 2013 10:58 AM
AP Promotes 'Devout Gay Jew' Drag Queen
One of the most inaccurate things that secular reporters do in reporting on homosexuality and religion is in putting the words “devout” and “gay” right next to each other – even when it’s clear that the sympathetic gay characters in their stories are shedding their religious traditions in favor of their gay identity.
The New York Daily News carried a story with the headline “Shahar Hadar, 34…
August 3rd, 2013 9:57 AM
Story on Rappers of 'Chiraq' Leaves Out Chicago's Rahm and Barack
Washington Post music writer Chris Richards has a political edge. Who can forget his gooey tribute to Obama press secretary Jay Carney’s musical taste for the band Guided By Voices? He can also leave out Obama when it’s convenient.
On Thursday, Richards wrote a story dominating the front of the Style section on “The Firing Lines of Chiraq,” as Chicago's rappers respond to the “epidemic of gun…
August 3rd, 2013 8:20 AM
Bozell Column: Fox vs. The Islam-Boosting 'Mainstream
They may find it scandalous for someone to say so, but our secular liberal media are playing favorites with religion. They have a spoiled child, Islam. Journalists see Islam as a bullied, minority faith for brown people. Draw a cartoon of Mohammed with dynamite on his head, and you are the worst kind of trouble-making hater.
But write a book declaring that Jesus isn’t God? That’s not picking…
August 3rd, 2013 8:05 AM
Environmentalists Attack Reuters Journalist for Thoughtcrime of Doubti
As interest in the alleged warming of the planet wanes, the global warming inquisition is hoping to make an example of a heretical reporter whose only sin is healthy skepticism.
The enviro-Left is busy attempting to subject London-based Paul Ingrassia, an American journalist brought in by Reuters to beef up its worldwide news operation, to a digital auto-da-fé for insisting that the 2,800…
August 3rd, 2013 7:52 AM
Daily Kos: Fox News and Its Viewers Are Crazy, Mean, and Dumb
Kossacks have long been divided over which is more contemptible: Fox News, or the Fox News audience? Two DKos bloggers came down on marginally different sides of the question this past week.
In a Wednesday post, Jesse LaGreca of Occupy Wall Street fame, whose nom de blog is "MinistryOfTruth," played up the network's supposed role as enabler and mainstreamer of violent racism:
August 3rd, 2013 6:45 AM