ABC Hypes 'Hypocrisy and Absurdity' of Lack of Hurricane Sandy Money
Good Morning America's Dan Harris on Sunday hyped "allegations of hypocrisy and absurdity" against House Republicans, complaining about the amount of money New Jersey and New York will get for Hurricane Sandy. Harris and reporter David Kerley skipped mentioning pork stuffed into such legislation, money that (for example) could go to a new roof for the Smithsonian in Washignton D.C.
Harris…
January 14th, 2013 12:46 PM
January 14 Presidential Press Conference Live Blog
Update: Full transcript of the press briefing available here. | Consider this your presidential press conference open thread. Managing Editor Ken Shepherd will live-blog the questions. This is a rush transcript. We will update it later with an accurate transcript.
Julie Pace, Associated Press: Today marks the one month anniversary of the shooting in Newtown.... How hard will you push for an…
January 14th, 2013 11:47 AM

NBC's Guthrie Frets Over Supreme Court Split: 'So-Called Liberals' vs
Interviewing Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor about her new memoir on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie worried that political division was undermining the high court: "Do you think that it's bad for the credibility of the Court as an institution if people have the perception that it is splitting along partisan or ideological lines?"
January 14th, 2013 10:57 AM
Criminals Apparently Targeted Gun Permit Holder Exposed in NY Newspape
A White Plains, New York home included in an interactive map of gun permit holders published by the Lower Hudson Valley's Journal News shortly before Christmas was burglarized on Saturday. According to a local CBS News report, in what was either about the oddest coincidence one can imagine or a direct result of that map's publication, "the burglars' target was the homeowner's gun safe."
The…
January 14th, 2013 10:44 AM
Julianne Moore Praises Tina Fey and Katie Couric for Making 'Significa
It certainly was no surprise that HBO's schlockudrama "Game Change" won best TV movie at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.
But when Julianne Moore accepted her award for best actress for her role in said piece of detritus, it was truly sick-making hearing her say, "I'd like to give a shoutout to two people who I think made a significant difference in 2008 election, Tina Fey and Katie Couric" (…
January 14th, 2013 9:57 AM
Bill Clinton Whopper: 'Half of All Mass Killings in the U.S. Have Occu
While it's not exactly news when former President Bill Clinton fails to tell the truth (after all, the first count on which he was impeached concerned his lying under oath in grand jury testimony), a whopper he hauled out at the Consumer Electronics show last Wednesday concerning gun violence was so over the top that it deserves far more notice than most of the establishment press will give it…
January 14th, 2013 9:43 AM

Senate Democrats' Letter Urging Obama to Unilaterally Raise Debt Limit
The self-described "essential global news network" known as the Associated Press, more aptly characterized as the Administration's Press, has from all appearances chosen to minimize the exposure given to Friday's letter from four Senate Democrats to President Obama encouraging him to unilaterally increase the nation's debt ceiling if Congress fails to do so.
A search on Harry Reid's last name…
January 14th, 2013 9:09 AM

Obama Czar Rattner: Colin Powell Feels 'Hostility' From GOP Because He
Oh those racist Republicans. Did you know that they're hostile to Colin Powell because he's black? Yup, just ask former Obama car czar Steve Rattner. The Morning Joe regular today claimed that poor Powell "feels this hostility toward him from the rest of the party in part because he's a minority."
Really? Colin Powell feels hostility from "the rest of the party" because he's a minority? …
January 14th, 2013 8:34 AM

NPR Anchor Swoons Over Slick Willie: 'Big Dog Is In The HOUSE
NPR All Things Considered anchor Melissa Block was clearly wowed when disgraced ex-president Bill Clinton appeared for Steven Spielberg at the Golden Globe Awards to promote his film "Lincoln." Block took to Twitter and cyber-shrieked "The big dog is in the HOUSE!"
This comes shortly after Block announced she was "Adding 'brand ambassador' to my NPR biz card." In the tank for corrupt…
January 14th, 2013 8:03 AM
Rasmussen Column: Republican Establishment Declares War on GOP Voters
Official Washington hailed the deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff as a significant bipartisan accomplishment. However, voters around the country viewed the deal in very partisan terms: Seven out of 10 Democrats approved of it, while seven out of 10 Republicans disapproved.
Just a few days after reaching that agreement, an inside-the-Beltway publication reported another area of…
January 13th, 2013 10:50 PM
Walter E. Williams Column: Dishonest Educators
Nearly two years ago, U.S. News & World Report came out with a story titled "Educators Implicated in Atlanta Cheating Scandal." It reported that "for 10 years, hundreds of Atlanta public school teachers and principals changed answers on state tests in one of the largest cheating scandals in U.S. history." More than three-quarters of the 56 Atlanta schools investigated had cheated on the…
January 13th, 2013 10:37 PM

Bill Clinton Introduces ‘Lincoln’ for Best Motion Picture at Golde
The Golden Globe Awards had a surprising guest presenter Sunday evening.
To a standing ovation, former President Bill Clinton walked onto the stage to introduce “Lincoln” for 2012's best motion picture in the drama category (video follows with transcript and commentary):
January 13th, 2013 9:28 PM
TV Critic Gail Shister Compares Joe Scarborough to Chris Matthews
TVNewser's Gail Shister had some harsh words for MSNBC's Joe Scarborough Sunday.
Appearing on CNN's Reliable Sources, the TV critic said, "Joe Scarborough talks when he inhales. I've never seen anybody this side of Chris Matthews who interrupts as much as he does" (video follows with CNN transcript and commentary):
January 13th, 2013 6:23 PM

Politico's Byers Churns Out Over 2,000 Words on 'Al Jazeera America: W
Before Current TV sold itself to Al Jazeera, allowing former Vice President Al Gore to walk away with a reported $100 million, making him (according to Forbes Magazine) richer than the left's designated archvillain Mitt Romney, the network's average audience was between 25,000 and 45,000.
The burning question on the mind of Dylan Byers Saturday afternoon at the Politico -- a question that…
January 13th, 2013 5:55 PM