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AFP Criticizes Fox News for Obama-Critical Article -- Written by AP
Maybe it was just too easy to assume the worst of the news network most others in the press love to hate. Or perhaps it was deliberate.Whatever the reason, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) wire service's Wednesday story about reaction to Barack Obama's sort-of State of the Union Speech the previous evening spent four of its last five paragraphs pinning a report harshly critical of various claims in…
CBS Keeps Misleading Viewers on Millions of Uninsured
'Evening News' cites flawed data to promote President Obama's 'action' on health care.
Meredith Vieira Cites 'Conservative' David Brooks to Bash Bobby Jindal
On Thursday's "Today" show NBC's Meredith Vieira invited on former George W. Bush assistant Mary Matalin to discuss the excessive spending in Barack Obama's budget, and the interview got off to a promising start as Vieira actually asked Matalin, "Do you see it as a disaster in the making?" However the segment quickly turned sour when Vieira cited a critique of Bobby Jindal's post-Obama address…
Washington Post Dismisses Joe the Plumber as 'Leftover Artifact' From
Washington Post staff writer Paul Farhi penned a nasty little critique of Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher in Thursday's paper, deriding the conservative critic of Barack Obama as "a leftover artifact from a forgotten time." Grouping Wurzelbacher in with other "campaign distractions," Farhi panned, "He's Clara Peller, Willie Horton or Gennifer Flowers -- names that are the questions in a '…
CBS: Junk Food Ban/Tax Needed to Prevent Cancer
On Thursday’s CBS Early Show, correspondent Richard Roth reported on a new cancer study that found that obesity can increase the likelihood of getting cancer: "Aside from avoiding smoking, the report says that maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the most important thing you can do for cancer prevention. That means diet, physical activity, and weight management...The report recommends laws and…
NewsBusters @ CPAC and 'Targets of the Fairness Doctrine
Washington, D.C. -- The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) for 2009 is underway and NewsBusters is here to cover it at the lovely Omni Shoreham Hotel on Bloggers Row. We're not sure how much we'll blog per se, but you can also follow us on Twitter @TheMRC and @KenShepherd.You can watch a Web stream of the CPAC proceedings at Ustream here.You can watch the streaming video embedded…
MSNBC's David Shuster Touts Jindal as Beavis and Butt-head Insult
"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" host David Shuster on Wednesday delighted in a comparison of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal to the MTV characters Beavis and Butt-head. Shuster singled out the Republican, who gave the GOP response to Barack Obama's February 24 congressional address, for his "hypocrisy watch" segment. The MSNBC host slammed "Jindal's hypocrisy" for criticizing what he called wasteful…
UK Times Writer Slams Twitter: 'Rolling News Service of the Ego
If you are wondering why newspapers are failing at a spectacularly fast rate (the San Francisco Chronicle is the latest periodical on the brink of folding) then perhaps the attitude displayed in this UK Times article by Andy Pemberton helps to explain part of the reason. A Luddite attitude towards new technology. Just as many newspapers were (and still are) slow to incorporate other web tools…
Lib Prof in WaPo: Southerners are Slavery-Loving Racists
Remember how during the run up to the election, all the left pundits and talking heads and their compatriots in the Old Media said that no white person would vote for Barack Obama? Well, despite the singular fact that Barack Obama convincingly won the popular vote in a country that sees a majority of its voters are white, the Old Media is still insisting that all southerners are slavery-loving,…
Princeton Physicist Tells Congress Earth in 'CO2 Famine' -- Increase
Dr. Will Happer, once fired by Al Gore, challenges former vice president's much-published claim that warming debate over.
WaPo Gossip's Low Blow on Jindal: 'I Found His Manson Eyes Disturbing
Washington Post gossip columnist Amy Argetsinger didn’t bash Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal with some demeaning Indian stereotype. She overlooked ethnicity altogether and compared him to psychotic murder Charles Manson.
CNN Cites 'Conservative' David Brooks, Andrew Sullivan & Kathleen Park
On Wednesday’s Newsroom program, CNN’s Rick Sanchez referenced New York Times columnist David Brooks and The Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan as “conservatives” during a short segment about Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s response to President Obama’s address before a joint session of Congress. Both men are known for their less-than-conservative stance on social issues, particularly on the issue of…
Matthews: Obamas 'Hip', CPAC Like a 'Star Trek Convention
On Wednesday night's "Hardball," Chris Matthews cheered how "hip," "today," and "youthful," the Obamas looked at last night's address to Congress before immediately transitioning into offering this backhanded blurb for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC): "If you like Star Trek conventions, you'll love this baby!" While it is fair to say you won't be seeing Jay-Z performing at…