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Angry Keynesian: Krugman Threatens to 'Punch' Detractors 'In the Kisse
Paul Krugman is known for throwing a bomb or two from his platform in the New York Times, but it's really tough to take him for a violent fellow. In his July 2 blog post, "I'm Gonna Haul Out The Next Guy Who Calls Me ‘Crude' And Punch Him In the Kisser," Krugman lamented criticism of his support for more stimulus spending. A July 1 editorial in The Economist noted that the economy needs more…
CBS's Chip Reid Rails Against Failure to Extend Unemployment Benefits
CBS's Chip Reid on Thursday railed against the Senate for failing to extend unemployment benefits. The Evening News reporter opined, "So who's fault is that? On the surface, it appears Senate Republicans are to blame. Led by Mitch McConnell, they killed the bill with a filibuster." At no point did Reid or fill-in anchor Scott Pelley discuss whether unemployment benefits should be extended yet…
CBS 'Early Show' Follows ABC's Lead, Touts Kagan's SNL-Worthy Humor
During the 'Early Wrap' segment on Friday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith discussed the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan with a panel of media pundits: "The almost unknown, practically under the radar, the Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, before committees this week being funny. She was downright funny."GQ Magazine's Washington correspondent Ana Marie Cox…
USA Today Touts Atheist Summer Camp
USA Today recently gave free advertising in the form of a 900-word profile to a summer camp, Camp Quest. But unlike other summer camps, however, Camp Quest is for children of atheists and agnostics. In “Summer camp caters to kids of atheists, agnostics,” Meredith Heagney touted Camp Quest as being just like any other summer camp, but she admitted that, while there is an “emphasis on open-…
125,000 Jobs Lost in June, Media Still Ignore Failure of Stimulus
CNN cites Krugman's worries about ending stimulus, MSNBC asks how recovery can 'hold on' without spending.
Today Show Marks One Year Anniversary of Palin's Decision to 'Cash In
To mark the one year anniversary of Sarah Palin stepping down from her duties as governor of Alaska, NBC's Norah O'Donnell, on Friday's Today show, recounted for viewers what the former vice presidential candidate is doing, namely "cashing in." Accompanied by a "cha-ching" sound effect O'Donnell ran down Palin's various TV and book deals. And while O'Donnell also noted Palin has been very…
Biden Wrong So Far: June Data Shows 125,000 Lost Jobs, But Media Still
The June jobs report was released July 2 showing a tiny decline in the unemployment rate to 9.5 percent, but a depressing 125,000 overall non-farm payroll jobs lost. CNN's "American Morning" reacted with an appropriately downbeat report, but the onscreen chyron led with the better news -- showing the lower unemployment rate rather than the job losses. Christine Romans also pointed out that…
The NYT's Skewed View: Liberal Newsweek 'Strives to Be Apolitical," Fa
Two stories in Thursday's New York Times featured the paper avoiding pinning liberal labels on two media organs: the liberal newsmagazine Newsweek and the far-left political blog Daily Kos.Reporter Jeremy Peters insisted in Thursday's Business Day that the left-leaning magazine Newsweek was "apolitical," yet easily spotted a right tilt in two potential purchasers of the struggling weekly: "2…
Norah Specifies What Kind Of Butts Boehner Likes
The fall-out from Lazy-Gate continues. After rolling a clip of John Boehner rebutting Joe Scarborough's assertion that the GOP House leader is lazy, Norah O'Donnell got into the act, with some [presumably] unintentional humor.Seconding Scarborough's suggestion that Boehner is known to hang out in bars, O'Donnell declared on today's Morning Joe that:"There's been a reputation that John Boehner…
'Dying House' to Open in Oregon, ABC Worries About 'Taste
Network more concerned with tackiness of business than assisted suicide itself.
Dylan Ratigan Condemns 'Arizona's Anti-immigration Law,' Calls for Mob
You have to hand it to Dylan Ratigan.The MSNBC bloviator melded immigration reform, the military industrial complex, and congressional gridlock into a scatter-brained diatribe at the top of his eponymous program on Thursday.In the wake of President Barack Obama's speech on immigration reform earlier in the day, Ratigan railed against "Arizona's latest anti-immigration law" and praised Obama for "…
MSNBC's Ratigan: American's Don't 'Give A Damn' About Iraq and Afghan
On Thursday's The Dylan Ratigan Show, MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan went after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and complained about the lack opposition to the conflicts: "Why isn't there an alarm that we've been perpetrating this war?...there aren't enough people in this country that honestly give a damn. No one really cares." His solution to the supposed apathy? A draft. [Audio available here]…