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NYT: 56% Trust Weathercasters More Than Gore On Global Warming
"A study released this year by researchers at Yale and George Mason found that 56 percent of Americans trusted weathercasters to tell them about global warming far more than they trusted other news media or public figures like former Vice President Al Gore." So wrote the New York Times's Leslie Kaufman in a rather surprising piece published Tuesday. Shhh. Wait. It got better -- A LOT better:
Open Thread
A frighteningly broad talking point for today's OT:Health care. The auto industry. Real estate. Wall Street. As the Obama administration increases regulation and pumps up taxpayer aid in these sectors and beyond, critics say the president is expanding the federal government to unprecedented levels. And "critics" has become quite a large swath of Americans. What are your thoughts, NBers?
Barnicle: 'Talk Radio' Allied With 'Most Vile' Right-Wing Fringe
Put up or shut up, Barnicle . . . Mike Barnicle has accused "talk radio" of serving as "allies" and a "megaphone" for the worst fringe elements on the right. That's how the former Boston Globe columnist justified the MSM's focus on the right-wing fringe while downplaying that of the left. [H/t reader Ray R.]Barnicle floated his defense of the MSM on today's Morning Joe. To their credit, Mika…
Happy Easter, Newsweek Fans: Religion Editor Defines Jesus as 'Typical
Newsweek religion editor Lisa Miller has two big articles in this week's issue. "The Bad Shepherd" is another piece trashing Pope Benedict over the sex-abuse charges emerging in Europe. But Miller even trashed Jesus Christ as a "typically cranky" religious figure. This came in an excerpt from Miller's new book on Heaven, as she explained how implausible the religious concept of resurrection is:…
No Time for a Real Threat as ABC and CBS Skip Arrest of Man Targeting
NBC on Monday night squeezed in a few seconds for the arrest of “a Philadelphia man for threatening the life of the number two Republican in the House of Representatives, Eric Cantor of Virginia.” Yet after the networks led last week with less-immediate threats against Democrats, they weren’t so interested in a real case of a death threat against a Republican as neither CBS nor ABC aired a word…
Heritage's Ernest Istook Again Runs Circles Around Exasperated Ed Schu
Don't expect Ed Schultz to invite Ernest Istook back on his MSNBC show any time soon. As was the case back in November, the former congressman and distinguished fellow at the Heritage Foundation deftly engaged a hapless Schultz, to the point that Schultz this past Wednesday actually apologized to his audience because "this was not the way this interview was supposed to go." And Schultz had it all…
Chris Matthews Gets Schooled By Tea Partier
Pivoting off a New York Times column by Frank Rich that accused tea partiers of being more afraid of "a black president and a female Speaker of the House" than by oncoming big government, Chris Matthews, once again, accused tea partiers of sexism and racism, on Monday's Hardball, and even brought on a Princeton professor to buttress his charges. However conservative talk show host Dana Loesch was…
FNC's Hume: Value-Added Tax Passage During Congressional Lame-Duck Ses
So we have a health care reform entitlement now, along with various unfunded liabilities, courtesy of the federal government. The next question is - how are we going to pay for all of it? Last week following the passage of health care legislation, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer predicted a value-added tax (or VAT) could be in the works, which is a consumption tax that is placed on a…
MSNBC's Matthews: Anti-Government Sentiment May Hurt Texas in Census H
MSNBC's Chris Matthews today jumped on a statistic regarding Census participation in Texas to argue that anti-government sentiment from TEA Parties is hurting the Lone Star State in the decennial head count and hence could shortchange the state in congressional reapportionment and redistricting:CHRIS MATTHEWS, "Hardball" host: Time for the "Big Number" tonight. It speaks to the unintended effects…
Steve Forbes Looks at Hugo Chavez-the Dictatorial Dominator of All Inf
Two Useful Idiots and the Man Who's Using Them In light of our recent look at Venezuelan thug dictator Hugo Chavez and the FCC Diversity Czar Lloyds who love him, we now bring you this. The intrepid Steve Forbes took last Wednesday to FoxNews.com to analyze Chavez vis a vis a report by the Organization for the American States (OAS). Forbes writes about:(…
Curt Schilling Talks about Starting a Small Business in MA, 'Disappoin
Watch the latest business video at <a href="http://video.foxbusiness.com/">video.foxbusiness.com</a>Curt Schilling is finding out that starting a small business in the state of Massachusetts is more taxing than 50,000 heckling Yankee fans could ever be. Schilling and wife Shonda were interviewed on…
NYTimes: Post-Abortion Forum's Ad Campaign 'Propaganda Masquerading as
How dare pro-life activists have an unassuming Web site and advertising campaign that doesn't explicitly condemn abortion! That was the message Susan Dominus conveyed in her March 26 New York Times article, "In Subway Ads on Abortion, a Pretense of Neutrality." Dominus attacked recent ads for abortionchangesyou.com, a Web site in which anybody touched by abortion can anonymously…