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Are Complaints About Liberal Media Bias Working
Last week was a fabulous one for all those fighting liberal media bias.On Wednesday, the crowd at the Republican National Convention spontaneously chanted "NBC, NBC" when vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin complained about how she was being portrayed by the press.Days later, while recording "The Chris Matthews Show" to be aired on Sunday, NBC's Andrea Mitchell changed her mind about the Palin…
Jon Voight: Hollywood Conservatives 'Thoughtful...Have Some Guts
Movie star Jon Voight described to "The View’s" Elisabeth Hasselbeck his thoughts on fellow Hollywood conservatives. On the September 8 "View," Hasselbeck offered a behind the scenes look at the Republican Convention. Whe show’s sole Republican asked one of the few outspoken Hollywood conservatives why many actors who "lean toward the right" remain in the closet, Voight replied that Hollywood…
Cramer: Fannie/Freddie Takeover a 'Home Run Plan
'Mad Money' host criticizes firms' Democratic connections, praises taxpayer-funded bailout.
Bozell to MSNBC: It's About Time
Spreading the WordNewsBusters.org's parent company, the Media Research Center, today released the following statement from President L. Brent Bozell, III.: Arch-liberal MSNBC has finally pulled the plug on the horrendous anchor tandem of Olbermann and Matthews. It's a good move, but it's about time. I wonder what it was that finally made them see the light?
Stop the Presses: Palin's Church Holds to Bible's Teaching on Homosexu
"Palin's Church Promotes Conversion of Gays," blares the headline for a September 7 Associated Press article noting that the Alaska governor's home church is supporting Focus on the Family's "Love Won Out" conference.Of course as with much of the media's reporting on religion, AP's article is weighed in the balance and found lacking. It's downright misleading and factually inaccurate, betraying a…
NYT's Tom Friedman on ABC: Slams McCain Energy Plan, Wants More Taxes
"Good Morning America" on Monday featured liberal New York Times columnist Tom Friedman as an energy expert to "fact check" John McCain's policies on the subject and advocate for higher taxes. GMA co-host Diane Sawyer never referred to Friedman's economic policies as liberal, despite the fact that he repeatedly made assertions such as this: "But, you know, there's really no effective plan to make…
CBS’s Schieffer: Higher Taxes & Rationing Needed for War Effort
On Sunday’s Face the Nation on CBS, host Bob Schieffer interviewed Republican presidential candidate John McCain and wondered why Americans weren’t sacrificing more during a time of war: "But we have one half of one percent of the American people who are making all of the sacrifice in this war. If the rest of us didn't watch television or looked at the newspaper, we might not know there's a war…
Slate's Weisberg: Abortion Essential to Family Values
Do you ever get the impression the liberal media disdain Gov. Sarah Palin not just because she's a strong conservative addition to the McCain ticket, but because she's a mother of five who practices the family values she preaches? I would submit that's a strong likelihood, at least in the case of Slate's Jacob Weisberg, who posits in the September 15 Newsweek that (emphases mine):Palin's pro-life…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Gotcha Politics.By now, you've likely read about or seen Barack Obama's Muslim faux pas on Sunday's "This Week." As I watched it in real time, I didn't think much about it, but began receiving e-mail and private messages from members and readers. Two of the editors conferred, and agreed that in the full context of the discussion Obama and…
Hell's Snowballs on Steroids: Mika Knocks 'Liberal Elite' Palin Critic
Thanks to Sarah Palin, the culture war has become a civil war—on the left. Mika Brzezinski bravely opened a new front in the conflict during today's "Morning Joe," repeatedly going after two female MSMers for suggesting Palin is taking the working-mom thing too far. And, mirabile dictu, Mika even admitted to sensing MSM unfairness to Republicans."This is an argument Joe and I have about fairness…