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MRC's Worst of the Week: Brian Williams's Liberal Double Standard
Both in January and in May, "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams conducted softball interviews with Barack Obama, holding up a favorable news magazine and asking how his loved ones, like his late mother, would feel about the slobbery covers. In January, he asked: "How does this feel, of all the honors that have come your way, all the publicity?" In May, it was: "Last time we were together, I…
PTC Files Amicus Brief in Support of FCC Authority Against Profanity
Prohibitions against profane and obscene language in television broadcasts will be at issue on November 4th when the U.S. Supreme Court reviews a legal challenge to the enforcement practices of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).The Parents Television Council (PTC) has filed an amicus brief in the case of FCC vs. Fox Television Stations asking the justices to reject a lower court ruling…
Spike Lee: Obama Is 'Pre-Deortained
B.C. and A.D? Get with it, old man. History is henceforth divided into the eras of B.B. and A.B.—Before and After Barack. And George W. might have been "misunderestimated" as he engaged in "strategery." But that's so, like, yesterday. Barack Obama is "pre-deortained." By whom? Spike Lee stopped short of saying God's hand is at work. But he was clearly speaking in quasi-religious terms in…
NY Times Dismisses Growth in Dire '08 Outlook; Says Bush in 'Denial' a
Other major newspapers are neutral or cautiously optimistic about economic predictions for 2008.
CNN: Raising Minimum Wage Leads to Job Growth
Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez sparks controversy with 'Your $$$$$' hosts by suggesting that minimum wage hikes hurt businesses.
Charles Barkley Predicts 'Reverse Bradley Effect
Former NBA star says race will play role on Election Day, but thinks some may look beyond because Obama presidency benefits them economically.
'Nightly News' Decries Wall Street Salaries, Hails FDR-Style Regulatio
NBC segment warns of 'villagers with torches,' features liberal Rep. Barney Frank in attack on executive compensation.
Larry King Live Barely Touches Obama 'Redistributive' Audio; Fixates o
Don't blink your eyes. If you do, you might miss the one very brief mention of Barack Obama's stunning 2001 radio interview on Larry King Live last night where he called for legislative means to redistribute the wealth. Are you ready? Okay, here it comes in this brief mention by former Republican congresswoman Susan Molinari:I think there's still a lot of fighting spirit in this campaign as we go…
Obama Camp Blasts Fox News, Drudge Report for Driving Socialism Compla
Democrat spokesman statement and appears on 'America's Election HQ' to accuse outlets of 'trumping up' charges about redistributing wealth.
Bernstein: McCain Hurt by Becoming a 'Captive of the Right Wing
An emerging preview of the post-election media spin that McCain lost because he moved too far to “the right,” with his pick of Sarah Palin as the smoking gun? On Monday night's Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, veteran journalist Carl Bernstein, now a political analyst for CNN, contended McCain is “in the difficulty he's in” because “he's really become a captive of the right wing of his party…
Time Magazine's Picture-Perfect Pitch of Obama
For all intents and purposes, the latest issue is a Barack campaign flyer.
CBS Evening News Spikes Newly Found Obama 'Redistributive' Audio
YouTube postings over the weekend divulged a 2001 radio interview in which Barack Obama regretted that “the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society,” but though John McCain on Monday cited this new evidence of Obama's long-standing advocacy of redistributing wealth, the CBS Evening…
Monday Night Fights: FNC's Megyn Kelly vs. Obama's Bill Burton
In response to the Sunday evening revelations concerning the socialist, wealth redistribution views expressed by Barack Obama in 2001, the Obama campaign issued a statement blaming "the all too common alliance of Fox News, the Drudge Report and John McCain."This didn't sit very well with Fox News's Megyn Kelly who on Monday invited Obama's national press secretary Bill Burton on "America's…