
Poll: Republicans Overwhelmingly Support Time Warner Cable Dumping Cur
A new YouGov/HuffPost poll finds twice as many Americans support versus oppose Time Warner Cable's decision to cut Al Gore's Current TV network as a result of its sale to Al Jazeera.
Far more fascinating, an overwhelming majority of Republicans back TWC's move while Democrats narrowly disapprove of it.
January 8th, 2013 7:25 PM

CNN's Velshi Calls Out Rush Limbaugh, Lectures Him on Debt Ceiling
CNN's Ali Velshi struck back at talk radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday, lecturing him on the debt ceiling after Limbaugh had hit Velshi as a "low-information reporter."
Velshi maintained that the debt ceiling "had absolutely nothing to do with spending control or debt control" as Limbaugh claimed, and added that "Republicans seem to think the debt ceiling is a good tool to limit how much…
January 8th, 2013 6:35 PM
Chuck Norris Column: The Most Powerful Weapon We Possess
George Washington warned us in his Farewell Address about a time in America's future when we might be tempted to discard the pillars of civility: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these…
January 8th, 2013 6:19 PM

Martin Bashir: Maybe Donald Trump ‘Really Is the Son of a Big, Fat
As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, Bill Maher on NBC’s Tonight Show offered Donald Trump $5 million to prove that he wasn’t “the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.”
Later in the day, MSNBC’s Martin Bashir actually echoed Maher’s contention challenging Trump to come out and disprove it (video follows with transcript and commentary):
January 8th, 2013 5:07 PM

NBCer Okay With Publishing Gun Owner Addresses: 'We're Not Outing Chil
During a panel discussion on Tuesday's NBC Today, chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman voiced her support for a New York newspaper, The Journal News, publishing a list of addresses of local gun owners: "You have these sort of blind assumptions that when your child goes over to play with another kid, he or she is going to be safe. And I think that has been now negated. So I have no problem....we…
January 8th, 2013 4:48 PM
Geraldo Recounts Gore's Snotty Disdain After He Went to Fox News
Oh to have been a fly on the wall for this one.
In the wake of Al Gore's Current TV being sold to Al Jazeera, the Islamist world's equivalent of MSNBC, Geraldo Rivera was reminded of Gore's holier-than-thou attitude the last time they met. (audio clip after page break)
January 8th, 2013 4:20 PM

Daily Beast's Dimond Hints Police Report Will Dispel Myths Furthered b
Nearly one month after the Newtown, Conn., shooting, the official police report on the crime scenes is nearing completion, and a police spokesman tells the Daily Beast's Diane Dimond that there will be some shocking, eye-opening conclusions that counter much of the media' faulty initial reporting.
One such piece of misinformation was the early, egregious rumor that the shooter's mother,…
January 8th, 2013 3:57 PM
CNN Hypes Gabby Giffords' Push for New Gun Laws
CNN did its best to promote former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' push for stricter gun laws on Tuesday. Correspondent David Mattingly even highlighted the large "donate" button on the website of Giffords' new political action committee.
"And if you think about it, if Gabby Giffords came knocking on my door, office door on Capitol Hill, I would have to let her in," swooned anchor Carol…
January 8th, 2013 3:18 PM

NYT Double Standards on Race, Religion on Display in Contest to Fill J
Double standards on race and religion in the New York Times. The paper's liberal concerns about racism in voting patterns or separation of church and state, so prevalent when discussing white conservative voters in southern states, were markedly absent in Monday's report by Steven Yaccino from Chicago on candidates lining up for the congressional seat vacated by the resignation of Rep. Jesse…
January 8th, 2013 3:03 PM

Current TV Staffers Blast ‘Bulls---ter’ Al Gore for Selling Out to
Former vice president Al Gore, newly flush with cash from his sale of his Current TV to Al Qaeda's favorite TV channel, Al Jazeera, did not even bother to show up for the first meeting between the Current staff and the new ownership.
New York Post TV critic Linda Stasi has the story:
January 8th, 2013 2:27 PM
NYTimes Passionately Defends Obama Nominee, 'War Hero' Chuck Hagel Des
Former Republican senator Chuck Hagel was hailed as a brave Republican maverick and became a liberal media favorite during the George W. Bush years, for comparing the Iraq War to Vietnam and serving as a general thorn in the Republican president's side. Journalist Dave Weigel likened this 2006 Hagel profile in the New York Times Magazine by former Times executive editor Joseph Lelyveld to "a…
January 8th, 2013 2:06 PM

WashPost Airs Criticism of Obama, from the Left: 'Choice of White Men
The good news: President Obama is finally getting some scrutiny in the liberal media. The bad news: The scrutiny is usually from Obama's left and on absurd matters such as the diversity of the president's Cabinet, as judged by skin color and sex organs.
Take today's Washington Post, which devoted 21 paragraphs on page A7 to "Obama's bypassing of women for Defense, CIA posts." The "[c]hoice of…
January 8th, 2013 12:34 PM

ABC Uses Gabby Giffords for Massive Push to Fight 'Gun Warfare in Amer
ABC on Tuesday began a multi-show push to promote the gun control crusade of Gabby Giffords and her husband. Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos kicked off the program by trumpeting, " The most famous face affected by gun violence fights back. Gabby Giffords announcing direct action against gun warfare in America." (Gun warfare? As of 2012, crime is at a 20 year low in America. The…
January 8th, 2013 12:19 PM

Networks Celebrate Hillary Clinton's Return to Work and 'Prank Gift
All three network evening newscasts on Monday found time to tout Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's return to work after hospitalization for a blood clot, "clearly enjoying a prank gift" from her staff and being greeted by a "standing ovation."
NBC's Nightly News devoted a full report to the development, with anchor Brian Williams declaring: "...we got our first official look at Secretary…
January 8th, 2013 11:39 AM