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Guardian Columnist Wants to 'Cull' the Developed World to Stop Global
A columnist for the UK Guardian wants to save the Earth by thinning the ranks of humans that are a cruel blight upon it. By his account, population control is the only viable solution to the destruction of the planet."The worst thing you or I can so for the planet is to have children" writes the Guardian's Alex Renton, who advocated in a Sunday column an ambiguous system of system of carrots and…
Kurtz Points Out: Two Democrats Vie for GMA Slot
In the midst of all the elite upset over the Fox News Channel's supposedly over-the-top opposition to President Barack Obama, Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz pointed out in a Saturday story across the top of the “Style” section that the apparent two finalists to replace Diane Sawyer (who is moving to World News in January) on Good Morning America “have politics, but little else, in…
CBS’s Dickerson: Cheney A ‘Boogie Man;’ ‘Gift’ for White Hou
On Sunday’s CBS Evening News, political analyst John Dickerson brushed aside criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney that the Obama administration was “dithering” on Afghanistan: “...it puts Cheney out there as a kind of boogie man the administration can point to. He’s not terribly popular outside of conservative circles...in some ways, Dick Cheney is a gift for the White House.”…
‘Independent Newspaper’ WaPo Endorses Democrats in 22 of 26 VA Rac
The Washington Post, which features the motto "An independent newspaper" at the top of its editorial page, endorsed Democratic candidates in 22 of 26 races for the November 3 elections in Virginia. In addition to supporting the Democrats running for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, the paper on Friday, Saturday and Sunday weighed in on the state’s House of Delegates races and…
Journalism Students Mock Fox News and Hannity in Hip-Hop Song
People always ask why a liberal bias is so prevalent in the media when more Americans admit being conservative than left-leaning.One of the answers is that journalism schools at our nation's colleges and universities are hot-beds of liberalism.As a perfect example, the following song was created by graduate students at Columbia University's School of Journalism.Rapping over Jay-Z's "Empire State…
Dana Perino Compares White House Attack On Fox to Hugo Chavez
Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino on Sunday compared last week's attempt by the White House to exclude Fox News from of a pool interview to Hugo Chavez shutting down television stations in Venezuela. As NewsBuster Jeff Poor reported Thursday, the Obama administration earlier in the day tried to shut Fox News out of an interview with pay czar Kenneth Feinberg that was to be part of…
AP's Woodward Fact-Checks Health Insurance Company Profits, Finds Them
It would appear that the Associated Press has nominated Calvin Woodward to be their go-to guy for "Fact Check" pieces that blow up political arguments and assertions by the White House and partisan Democrats. In late April (covered at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), Woodward, in an item headlined "Obama disowns deficit he helped shape," blistered Barack Obama and his administration for its attempt…
Sean Penn Heading to Cuba to Interview Castro for Vanity Fair
If Fidel Castro and Sean Penn are in the same room, which one do you think hates America more?Such a question doesn't seem to concern Vanity Fair who according to the website TMZ has hired Penn to write an article about how Barack Obama and his administration have impacted Cuba.As reported by Agence France-Presse Sunday (h/t Big Hollywood):
'60 Minutes': Medicare Fraud Raises 'Troubling Questions About Our Gov
"60 Minutes" did a fabulous exposé Sunday on Medicare fraud that should be required viewing for all people who support a government run healthcare program in this country. The facts and figures presented by CBS's Steve Kroft were disturbing as were the details concerning how shysters bilk the system for an estimated $60 billion a year. As Kroft warned viewers in the segment's teaser, "We caution…
Scarborough and Smiley Agree: White House Attacks Driving People to Fo
Here's something you don't see every day: former Republican Congressman turned MSNBC personality Joe Scarborough and perilously liberal PBS host Tavis Smiley agreeing on something.Maybe even more shocking, this odd couple was also in lock-step with former Bush administration member and current Fox News contributor Dan Senor as well the New Yorker's Jane Mayer.Appearing together on NBC's "Meet…
RIP, Jack Nelson; Editor Didn't Always Favor Digging Out 'Hidden Facts
The Washington Post warmly remembered longtime Los Angeles Times reporter and Washington Bureau Chief Jack Nelson in a Thursday obituary headlined "L.A. Times reporter was driven by his conscience." Nelson was hailed by many for courageous reporting of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The Post’s Patricia Sullivan pulled this tribute from the Associated Press: "He maintained that the main…