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Media Stepping Up Attacks On Conservative Republicans
On Friday, NewsBusters reported the recent piece in the Wall Street Journal that lambasted TEA party protestors for demanding conservative Republicans to run in 2010. An article from the NY Times on October 15 echoed that sentiment, claiming that opposition to ObamaCare was "demanded" by the "narrowed conservative base." You see, Republicans don't oppose President Obama's agenda because they…
Anita Dunn Blames Lee Atwater for Quoting Mao
"Taken out of context!""You just didn't understand the irony!""Just kidding!" The incredibly lame excuses those on the left come up with to try to explain away statements they made that have come back to haunt them is growing more hilarious by the day. Robert Reich clearly stated at a 2007 Berkeley lecture what an honest candidate for president who didn't worry about getting elected would say to…
Rush Limbaugh Bad, Fergie and J-Lo 'Cool NFL Owners
If the National Football League is really concerned about the behavior of its owners away from the field, maybe it should take a close at the Miami Dolphins.As Big Hollywood reported Friday, pop artists Fergie and Jennifer Lopez both have minority interests in the NFL team in Southern Florida.Despite being labeled as "Cool NFL Owners" in a Kansas City Star piece Wednesday -- coincidentally the…
Rachel Maddow Calls Guest 'Parasite Who Gets Fat on Americans' Fears
Rachel Maddow on Thursday told one of her guests, "I personally think that you and the folks that do what you do are a parasite who gets fat on Americans` fears."
Maybe this is what led former President George H.W. Bush to call Maddow a sick puppy on Friday.
Abdicating all journalistic standards and ethics -- what a shock for an MSNBC employee!!! -- Maddow made it clear why she was…
Media Hyped ‘War Crime’ Accusations Against Israel, But Ignored Re
After months of investigation, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) released a report addressing accusations from some humanitarian groups that its use of white phosphorus (WP) munitions in the Gaza War was a violation of international law, as the report distinguishes between the use of WP as a weapon and the more common non-weapon purposes such as providing smoke screens to conceal troop movements.…
Saturday Sports Open Thread
Errors! Walked-in-winning-runs! Is this REALLY the best baseball has to offer? Sheesh. Really makes you want to watch BASEBALL, doesn't it?Thankfully, there's college football today for those interested in watching athletes actually TRYING (just a joke, folks. Please send angry e-mail messages elsewhere!!!). What games are on your radar today?Anything else?
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Sen. Orrin Hatch talks to bloggers about ObamaCare.On Friday, NewsBusters participated in a blogger conference call with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Ut.). Hatch, always a favorite of bloggers due to his frankness, discussed healthcare reform and the motives of Democrats in an honest and candid fashion that will likely shock listeners.Hatch was…
Former President George H.W. Bush: Olbermann, Maddow 'A Couple of Sick
Perhaps the 41st president still has it in him - at least when it comes to the left crying foul about the so-called uncivil political discourse on right, but being equally if not worse on the left - particularly on MSNBC, the "Place for Politics." In an interview on Oct. 16 with CBS Radio, former President George H.W. Bush took a very critical tact with MSNBC hosts Keith Olbermann and Rachel…
Robert Reich Invents Lame 'Out of Context' Excuse to Explain Away Brut
Robert Reich has finally responded to the audio of him telling "brutal truths" to an audience at Berkeley which your humble correspondent chronicled here in NewsBusters on Tuesday. Here are the gems delivered up by Reich as to what he claims an honest candidate for president would say about health care if he didn't worry about getting elected:"We're going to have to, if you're very old, we're…
In WSJ Limbaugh Blasts 'Contempt in News Business for Conservatives
Saturday's “Weekend Edition” of the Wall Street Journal will feature an op-ed from Rush Limbaugh, that went online earlier tonight, in which Limbaugh, echoing his on-air observations, outlines how “this spectacle is bigger” than left-wingers trying to keep him out of the NFL. After noting the leading roles of race-hustlers Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in smearing him as a racist, Limbaugh…
CNN’s Dobbs Interviews Producer of Film Debunking Gore’s Inconveni
Monday’s Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN gave attention to filmmaker Phelim McAleer – whose film Not Evil, Just Wrong premieres this Sunday and challenges Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth – in the aftermath of his recent attempt to get Gore to respond to the British High Court ruling that there are nine factual errors in An Inconvenient Truth. But McAleer’s microphone was cut off as he tried to get Gore to…
MSNBC's Hall Chastises Meghan McCain for Non-apology 15 Minutes After
Just minutes after her colleague David Shuster offered a tepid non-apology for the network running a fake Rush Limbaugh quote, MSNBC's Tamron Hall took Meghan McCain to task for posting a saucy picture of herself on Twitter and also for issuing to followers a non-apology apology for those offended by her doing so.As my colleague Kyle Drennen noted earlier, at 3:40 p.m. EDT today, Shuster issued a…