A Vast NY Times Mag Cover Story on the Evils of Addictive Junk Food

New York Times investigative reporter Michael Moss's huge cover story, "The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food is a super-sized 9,400 words long, eclisped perhaps only by Matt Bai's slanted magazine cover story on the debt fight in last April. A. Barton Hinkle saved everyone some time with a succinct sarcastic summary column. A recent cover story in The New York Times Magazine…
Clay Waters
February 27th, 2013 9:45 AM

AP: Obama Rejects GOP Plan For Sequestration Flexibility Because It Wo

We don't need to speculate about the feelings of Josh Lederman at the Associated Press about who has the high ground in the ongoing sequestration discussions in Washington. What President Obama actually said about the idea of having more flexibiliity in deciding where to reduce projected spending, followed by how Lederman spun it, both follow the jump.
Tom Blumer
February 27th, 2013 9:39 AM

NFL Prospect Asked At Combine 'Do You Like Girls

It was reported Monday that at this week's NFL Scouting Combine, teams are trying to determine if Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o is gay. On Tuesday, University of Colorado tight end Nick Kasa told ESPN Radio Denver that he was asked at the combine if he likes girls.
Noel Sheppard
February 27th, 2013 9:00 AM

Press-Enabled EPA Issues New Rules Mandating Use of Fuels Which Don't

The rogue collection of bureaucrats known as the Environmental Protection Agency continues its lawless ways. The establishment press continues to serve as enablers. In January, a federal court vacated the EPA's regulations mandating the use of cellulosic biofuels which weren't produced at all until last year, and barely exist now. In response, the agency, directly defying the court, increased…
Tom Blumer
February 27th, 2013 8:35 AM

Randi Rhodes: Republicans Are 'Meth Heads' Who Want to 'Tank Our Econo

On her radio show Monday, liberal host Randi Rhodes had an extended rant against Republicans and their policy advice of tax reductions for job creators. “I mean, we're going crazy with this thing about corporations are more important than humans. Corporations more important than educating a kid. Corporations are more important than border security. Corporations are more important than, you…
Tim Graham
February 27th, 2013 7:36 AM

Rep. Ellison Calls Hannity 'Worst Excuse For a Journalist I've Ever Se

UPDATE: Hannity issues comment at end of post. Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) had an amazingly heated discussion with Fox News's Sean Hannity Tuesday evening. At the beginning of the six-minute slugfest, Ellison called his host "the worst excuse for a journalist I've ever seen" leading to a truly ugly encounter that culminated in Hannity ending the interview by saying to his guest, "…
Noel Sheppard
February 27th, 2013 12:09 AM

Out On Limb: Matthews's 'Rising Star' Says No Right To Gun Down Classr

Chris Matthews featured her as a "Rising Star," someone who with more seasoning might someday entertain a presidential run.  But newly-elected Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane came across as more of a not-ready-for-prime-time-deer-in-the-headlights. Appearing on today's Hardball, Kane came out with this mind-boggler: "I think the people of Pennsylvania would accept a limit on the…
Mark Finkelstein
February 26th, 2013 7:09 PM

Jeopardy! Mocks Romney With 'Binder Full of Women' Category

Alex Trebek for some reason on Monday decided to take a cheap shot at former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. On his game show Jeopardy!, one of the categories was "A Binder Full of Women" (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
February 26th, 2013 6:35 PM

WashPost Saves Democrats From Blame in Sequestration Poll

The Washington Post has been around for more than 150 years and is the largest newspaper in the nation's capital. So there's absolutely no excuse why the paper recently commissioned and published a poll related to the looming sequester which failed to account for the Democrats controlling the upper chamber, even though Republicans were noted as controlling the House.  As Ed Morrissey at Hot…
Matt Vespa
February 26th, 2013 6:15 PM

Video: CNSNews.com's Terry Jeffrey Discusses Origin of Sequestration o

Terry Jeffrey, the editor-in-chief of our sister site CNSNews.com appeared on Monday's edition of the Daily Rundown program on MSNBC. It's safe to say Terry was the only conservative on the set, with anchor Chuck Todd, USA Today's Susan Page, and MSNBC contributor -- and NARAL Pro-Choice America board member -- Karen Finney founding out the panel. Issues discussing included the March 1…
NB Staff
February 26th, 2013 6:12 PM

CNN Guest Derides 'Out-of-Town Reporters' Spewing WH Talking Points

On Sunday's Reliable Sources, guest David Zurawik mocked "out of town reporters" who met with the White House about sequestration and simply repeated the administration's talking points back to their local channels, "like an Obama commercial." However, CNN displayed that same uncritical journalism over and over on the sequester. Obama administration officials freaked out about looming budget…
Matt Hadro
February 26th, 2013 6:07 PM

Run For Your Lives! Sequester Slashes Spending by Nearly a Third, Warn

Ed Schultz's radio show is long overdue for a laugh track, seeing how the hilarity just keeps coming. Fresh on the heels of his delusional claim that a tax hike isn't actually a tax hike, Schultz on his radio show yesterday insisted that sequestration due to start March 1 will gut federal spending by "damn near a third" when in fact the impact is around ... 2 percent. (audio clip after page…
Jack Coleman
February 26th, 2013 5:50 PM

CBS Hounds House GOP Leader on Sequester; Plays Up Poll Laying Blame o

On Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell stayed true to form in conducting a tag team-style, confrontational interview of a conservative/Republican, this time House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers. The anchors pressed Rep. Rodgers about a recent Pew Research/Washington Post poll that, in their words, indicates "the public is going to blame Republicans"…
Matthew Balan
February 26th, 2013 4:35 PM

CNN's Borger Freaks: Sequestration a 'Man-Made Disaster

CNN's chief political analyst freaked out about the sequester cuts on Tuesday afternoon's Newsroom, calling them a "man-made disaster." "It is a man-made disaster. Not a natural one," Borger insisted. She compared them to the massive snow storm currently hitting the Midwestern states: "And just watching those pictures of Erin in the snowstorm, I was thinking, it's like we know this huge…
Matt Hadro
February 26th, 2013 4:22 PM