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The Networks ‘Lame’ ArgumentOn June 12, all three morning shows parroted DNC talking points and declared President Bush a "lame duck." "Good Morning America" solemnly noted that the phrase would likely follow Bush throughout his trip to Capitol Hill. (Apparently this is the theory that if the networks say something enough, everyone will believe it.) Please Don’t Be MadSpeaking of "Good Morning…
Dave Barry: A Dangerous Man at Marquette
Fred Thompson's latest ABC column comments on a situation that would be funny if it weren't so sad:
..... One of the strangest examples (of "political correctness has crept into the halls of academia") comes from Marquette University in Wisconsin -- where a Dave Barry quip was banned. Last fall, Ph.D. student Stuart Ditsler printed out a short blurb from one of Barry's humor columns and stuck…
Chris Matthews: 'This Country Was Built on Biased Reporting
Chris Matthews grew "verklempt," he said, on Wednesday night’s Hardball, as he pondered how a class reunion made plain for him that some people watch him every night, and trust him like people trusted Walter Cronkite. From there, Matthews and his guests took up the subject of objectivity in journalism: Ana Marie Cox, Time.com: "I also want to say that this idea about voice being very important to…
An Obscene Profit-Making Story the MSM Won't Cover: Planned Parenthood
The mainstream media often obsess about the profit margins of "Big Oil" companies. We at NewsBusters and our friends at the MRC's Business & Media Institute have frequently documented how the media view the petroleum industry in a particularly fiendish manner at the very worst and a highly skeptical light at best. So surely the MSM will have just as much outrage when there's a corporation…
Hillary Clinton 'Sexy,' Says Michael Moore
No, this is not a joke. Michael Moore really did call Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) "sexy" in his soon-to-be released movie "Sicko."According to a copy leaked via the Internet, Moore makes the point that poor Americans went without health care until Clinton came on the scene:"This went on for years until this man [Bill Clinton] rode into town, bringin' with him, his little lady."Then as…
Liberal Writer: U.S. Left Is America's Elite
One of the more persistent myths in this country is that lower income people are liberals. Anyone who's spent more than a weekend in the Midwest, South, or West can tell you that in many places, it's the richer neighborhoods that tend to vote Democrat.The fact that the left now has money (and lots of it) has significant benefits for it but there are downsides, especially if you're one of those…