Former NY Times Economics Reporter Mistrusts Free Market: 'Health Care

Can you imagine a columnist writing "Grocery Stores and Profits, a Poor Mix?" Eduardo Porter's "Economic Scene" column for Wednesday's New York Times Business Day was similarly titled: "Health Care And Profits, A Poor Mix." Porter, who previously covered economics as a reporter for the paper, showed his mistrust of the market to provide vital services like adequate health care and pensions,…
Clay Waters
January 9th, 2013 4:34 PM

Michael Moore Blasts Reagan and John Paul II Supporters as Bigots, Res

On Monday, far-left director Michael Moore went on an anti-Catholic bender at an awards presentation, and also targeted "those who would deify Reagan and Pope John Paul II" as somehow to blame for "the deaths of thousands of people...because of their bigotry." The New York Post's Page Six on Wednesday spotlighted how the Occupy Wall Street-supporting filmmaker served as a presenter at the…
Matthew Balan
January 9th, 2013 4:12 PM

New York Times Reporter Lays Out 'Far-Right Agenda' of Texas Tea Party

The New York Times's Manny Fernandez greeted the opening of the biannual Texas legislative session in Austin in Wednesday's paper: "Texas Budget Surplus Proves as Contentious As a Previous Shortfall." After explaining how Texas has become flush with cash over the last two years, going from a budget deficit to surplus, Fernandez couldn't help working in a cut against the "far-right" Tea Party.
Clay Waters
January 9th, 2013 3:51 PM

Chicago Has Plenty of Gun Laws, Ed Schultz Belatedly Learns

NewsBusters has performed an invaluable public service -- prompting a course correction from libtalker Ed Schultz after one of the dumbest things he's said in years. On his radio show Friday, Schultz actually made the ludicrous claim that gun laws in Chicago "don't even exist," thereby providing fodder for him to be justifiably ridiculed. (audio clips after page break)
Jack Coleman
January 9th, 2013 3:35 PM

Networks Eagerly Promote How Christie 'Blasted' and 'Spanked' House GO

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appeared on all three network morning shows on Wednesday and was greeted in each interview by the host seizing on his harsh words for congressional Republicans over a delayed vote on Hurricane Sandy relief. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] On NBC's Today, co-host Matt Lauer proclaimed: "You're not happy, it seems, with the course of…
Kyle Drennen
January 9th, 2013 12:58 PM

Joe Scarborough Taunts Freshman GOP Senator, Says Ted Cruz Afraid to

We don't know if Joe Scarborough resolved to lose any weight this year, but he seems to have no game plan for diminishing his bloated ego. On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, the pseudo-conservative ex-congressman suggested that Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was afraid to appear on his program. Speaking on the subject of gun control, Scarborough challenged Cruz’s belief that a ban on assault weapons was…
Jeffrey Meyer
January 9th, 2013 12:35 PM

ABC Hypes High Temperatures in U.S. to Push for Climate Change 'Action

All three evening newscasts on Tuesday hyped a report that 2012 was the hottest on record for the United States. NBC actually mislead viewers into thinking the data relates to the entire planet and not just one country.  On ABC, Dan Harris blamed the study's results on Congress for failing to take "action" over global warming. World News reporter Dan Harris lamented, "Many cities had record…
Scott Whitlock
January 9th, 2013 12:07 PM

DC Police Complete Investigation Into David Gregory’s Possession of

The police department of the District of Columbia has completed an investigation into NBC television host David Gregory’s possession and exhibition of a high-capacity gun magazine on the Dec. 23 edition of the show “Meet the Press.” Under DC law, it is illegal for anyone to possess a magazine able to hold 10 or more bullets, even if it is empty. Now that the investigation is complete, the…
Matthew Sheffield
January 9th, 2013 12:04 PM

WashPost Religion Reporter Notes National Cathedral to Allow Same-sex

She had 12 paragraphs to play with, but in none of them did Washington Post religion reporter Michelle Boorstein find any space for a conservative Episcopalian or Anglican to voice objection to the decision by Episcopal authorities to permit same-sex wedding ceremonies in the historic Washington National Cathedral in Northwest Washington, D.C. "In some ways, the announcement that is expected…
Ken Shepherd
January 9th, 2013 11:52 AM

‘Promised Land’ Continues Hollywood Anti-Fracking Campaign

Damon claims he wants to start conversation, but movie depicts gas company employees as liars.
Liz Thatcher
January 9th, 2013 11:25 AM

Lawrence O'Donnell: Make Me Massachusetts Senator, Give Barney Frank M

The arrogance of Lawrence O'Donnell knows no bounds. On Tuesday evening, the host of The Last Word actually offered his name to be interim senator of Massachusetts if John Kerry becomes the new Secretary of State while proposing that newly-retired Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) temporarily fill in for him on MSNBC (video follows with LexisNexis transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 9th, 2013 10:44 AM

Politico Lets Former Ohio Governor Strickland Whitewash His Disastrous

Ohioans can give thanks this week for at least one thing: Former Democratic Governor Ted Strickland has announced that won't be challenging incumbent John Kasich in 2014. During 2008 and 2009, Strickland's second and third years in office, the Buckeye State lost 420,000 jobs and saw its unemployment rate zoom from 5.7 percent to 10.6 percent, performances which were worse than nearly every…
Tom Blumer
January 9th, 2013 10:03 AM

ESPN Drops Racial Loudmouth Rob Parker

ESPN has parted ways with Rob Parker, a commentator for the sports network who caused a national controversy by saying that Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is “not one of us” and only “kind of black” because he is engaged to a white woman and is rumored to be a Republican. Parker made those comments on December 13 and was suspended by ESPN for 30 days. Parker apologized for…
Matthew Sheffield
January 9th, 2013 9:45 AM

Brian Williams: Al Roker's Accident 'Hasn't Happened in the West Wing

NBC's Al Roker revealed Sunday that back in 2002, he had an embarrassing accident in the White House as a result of getting his stomach stapled. On CBS's Late Show Tuesday, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams said, "That kind of thing that happened to Al hasn't happened in the West Wing since Nixon discovered the tapes” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 9th, 2013 9:17 AM