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CNBC's Macke: Obama Holding Dow Back 2,000 Points as Markets Sag
Finally after five straight down days for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), it rallied back 149 points to finish at 6,875 on March 4. But it picked right back up today and continued to fall. What's holding it back? CNBC "The Kudlow Report " host Larry Kudlow had Jeff Macke, founder and president of Macke Asset Management on his March 4 program and asked if the rally, along with other…
Obama's UN Ambassador Married to 'This Week' Executive Producer
The unholy alliance between the White House and ABC's George Stephanopoulos goes beyond mere conference calls with President Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.The executive producer of "This Week" is married to newly-confirmed United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice.Such was reported by Commentary magazine's Jennifer Rubin Thursday:
Media Absent on Prom and Politics
Don’t you dare go buy that $300 department store satin dress for your senior prom; a Captain Planet costume is more appropriate. Some high school students are entering an online video contest called Project Green Prom in which they promise to create a “zero waste event” for their high school prom.For the next 25 days, high school students have the opportunity to send in three minute videos…
Former NYT Reporter Calls 'Clown' Limbaugh a 'Sweaty, Swollen Man
Liberal New York Times reporter turned liberal nytimes.com blogger Timothy Egan's latest rant against conservative talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh, "Fears of a Clown," was propped up on the front page of nytimes.com on Thursday for the delight of the paper's liberal audience. Last February, Egan called Limbaugh "talk radio's leading gasbag." Today, after lamenting about the ubiquity of Limbaugh on…
CNN'S Rick Sanchez's 'Brand-New Statistic' Is Four Years Old
On Tuesday's CNN Newsroom, anchor Rick Sanchez, who's increasingly mimicking MSNBC's Keith Olbermann's off-the-chart liberalism, took a swipe at several Republican governors:First, let me try and set this up. You have heard the conversation on this newscast and on many other newscasts just a couple of weeks ago. There were many red state Southern governors who were on the record saying we're so…
David Shuster: GOP Members Who Don't Slam Rush 'Appear Unpatriotic
"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" host David Shuster on Wednesday stepped up his attacks on Rush Limbaugh and suggested that if congressional Republicans "align themselves with Rush's statements about wanting the President to fail, they appear unpatriotic." For the second day in a row, Shuster berated a conservative guest about the radio talk show host. He repeatedly encouraged former White House press…
Lib Talker: 'Maybe Limbaugh Should Be Executed For Treason
On Tuesday, liberal talk radio host Stephanie Miller called Rush Limbaugh's now well-publicized statement about wanting Barack Obama to fail "treasonous," and wondered if he should be executed for saying such a thing.Miller made this rather provocative comment on CNN's "Larry King Live," and oddly nobody batted an eye or seemed at all put off by it.Not surprisingly, the topic of discussion…
GM's Auditor Issues 'Going Concern' Warning; Press Ignores Post-Bailou
An early review of press coverage relating to this morning's warning by General Motors that "there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern" shows no coverage of the reason why, despite $13.4 billion in taxpayer money (NOT counting bailout money going to GMAC), things have gotten so much worse so quickly.The reason is that sales in the two full months since the Bush-…
CNBC's Macke: Not Buying 150-Point Rally, Obama Holding Dow Back
'Fast Money' co-host tells 'Kudlow Report' to stop listening to 'propeller-headed economists and dead British guys' and urges Obama to exhibit leadership.
'Daily Show' Mocks CNBC's Santelli 'Tea Party' Outburst After Canceled
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart attacks Chicago Merc. floor reporter with cherry-picked missed CNBC predictions.
Nickelodeon Broadcasts Cartoon Homage to 'Dear Leader' Obama
Does anyone here recall Nickelodeon presenting a cartoon homage to President George W. Bush? No? Of course not. "Wrong" politics. However, if you think your very young children are safe from being exposed to subtle political brainwashing while watching Nick Jr., which presents Nickelodeon cartoons for children 5 and under, you would be wrong. Check out this poetic cartoon homage to Barack Obama…
ABC Touts 'Huge Impact' of Spending and Credits Stock Up Tick to Housi
Two weeks after ABC championed how the “stimulus” would enable mayors to create many jobs, World News on Wednesday night trumpeted how “the government is now ready to start writing the checks to get people working again in states and cities across the land.” Reporter David Muir touted how “with hundreds of millions of dollars in the pipeline from Washington, contractors are hiring now” and so “in…