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For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: how should the GOP handle serial tax-evader Charles Rangel?Convinced that Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is on the ropes because of a tangle of ethical issues, House GOP leaders are debating whether to aggressively press for his removal as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee or try to drag out the controversy as long as possible for…
Double Standard: Olbermann Given Pass on NFL Commissioner's 'Divisive
After conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was forced out of a consortium seeking to buy the National Football League's St. Louis Rams, there's evidence there is a double standard at play in the NFL. Last week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that people in "responsible positions" in his league are held to a "higher standard," reacting to the notion that Limbaugh could be a part-owner…
Mika: With One Exception, Every CBS Reporter, Director, Anchor A Liber
Give Mika Brzezinski credit for candor. She has stated that during her 10 years at CBS, every reporter, producer and anchor she knew, with one exception, was a liberal.The Morning Joe co-host made the disclosure today in the course of discussing with Joe Scarborough the White House's attack on Fox News.Will Mika's revelation trigger a frantic internal investigation at CBS to root out the…
Can the Cover of Newsweek Double As a Campaign Poster
Last week’s Newsweek starkly illustrated on its cover again just how much it’s rooting for the perpetual Obama-Biden campaign. Next to a picture of firm, smiling Vice President Biden were the words "WHY JOE IS NO JOKE: From Afghanistan to Health Care, a Vice President to be Reckoned With." It looked so much like a campaign sign, readers might have been unsure whether to read it or nail to a piece…
On 'View' Goldberg Holds up Cronkite as Paragon of Unbiased Reporting
Whoopi pines for the 'Cronkite generation.'
GMA Hypocrisy: Wants Apology from Balloon Boy Family; Doesn't Apologiz
A balloon hoax requires an apology, smearing a man with phoney racism charge doesn't.
Wilbon: Rush Limbaugh 'Universally Reviled by African-Americans
On Sunday, ESPN host and sportswriter Michael Wilbon said conservative talk radio personality Rush Limbaugh is "univerally reviled by African-Americans." As amazing as it may seem, this was at least the second time Wilbon made this statement on national television.Unfortunately, the person he said it to Sunday -- Howard Kurtz on CNN's "Reliable Sources" -- didn't bother challenging him about…
Axelrod Jumps on Anti-Fox News Bandwagon: 'They’re Not Really a News
If it's Sunday, it's beat up on Fox News day. Earlier today, my NewsBusters colleague Noel Sheppard posted the disparaging words White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had for the Fox News Channel, a sentiment that Obama Senior Advisor David Axelrod echoed on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Stephanopoulos pointed out comments made by Mao Tse Tung admirer and White House…
George Will: Sentences That Begin 'The President Says' Are Not As Impr
"Sentences that begin 'The president says' are not as impressive as they used to be." So marvelously stated ABC's George Will on Sunday's installment of "This Week."But Will wasn't the only "Roundtable" panelist to utter something clever and/or revealing.Quite the contrary, host George Stephanopoulos, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, and the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne also made…
Anita Dunn and Mao: Establishment Press Predictably Mostly Muzzled
This won't surprise anyone who reads this blog regularly, but it needs to get on the record nonetheless: The airing of a June video showing interim White House Communications Director Anita Dunn praising Mao and Mother Teresa as "two of my favorite philosophers" to a group of high school students is barely news in the establishment press. In an August 2008 report on the Obama campaign, Anne E.…
Andrew Breitbart on Battling the 'Democrat-Media Complex
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Friday, Andrew Breitbart, founder of such center-right online powerhouses as Big Government and Big Hollywood, blasted what he dubs the "Democrat-media complex." He spoke of his most recent exposes on the administration's political malfeasance and the mainstream media's refusal to cover those scandals.Breitbart rocketed into the national spotlight…
Disparate Coverage in NYT: Kevin Jennings vs. Catholic Priest
(HT: Catholic League.)Consider the following two stories. Pay attention. There will be a quiz.1. The Obama administration has appointed Kevin Jennings as a "czar" inside the Department of Education. In addition to being the founder of a group called the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Jennings once wrote a foreword to a book called Queering Elementary Education. In that…