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During the latter part of the Clinton admin, the left media often tossed around the phrase "scandal fatigue," a term of art to explain that certain portions of the public had become upset at the Republican party for going after then-president Clinton over trivial things. Politicians and their allies do have this tendency. But it's not just Republicans who have it. Democrats do as well. Since…

Alright movie fans, here’s the opportunity you’ve been waiting for since you first saw “Bullitt” and “The French Connection” when you were just a kid.The Knoxville News Sentinel’s Michael Silence posted a great question today (grateful h/t to Glenn Reynolds): What’s the Greatest Car Chase in Movie History?Silence has not only listed nine options, but has also included YouTube videos for all of…

Original caption: NBC's Brian Williams, left, looks into the camera as he begins to moderate the first Democratic presidential primary debate of the 2008 election hosted by South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C.

Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski got lots of attention earlier this week as he tried to show us how allegedly inadequate the Food Stamp program is (bold is mine): Ore. gov. starts week on food stamps By Julia Silverman, Associated Press Writer | April 25, 2007 SALEM, Ore. --If Gov. Ted Kulongoski seems a little sluggish this week, he's got an excuse: he couldn't afford coffee. In fact, the…

Despite being the lone Conservative on Friday’s “Real Time,” National Review contributor Lisa Schiffren might have had the best line of the evening when she accused comedian and actor Richard Belzer of emulating the “Rosie O’Donnell School of Foreign Policy.”As the discussion moved to Iraq, Belzer advanced the common liberal meme that the war was all about oil:And now the Democrats are…

On April 22, I praised Bill Maher for doing something right:Friday’s “Real Time” was actually a fabulous installment, as Maher’s panel for a change included two conservatives – National Review’s John O’Sullivan, and Republican strategist Amy Holmes, along with Montana’s Democrat Governor Brian Schweitzer. Maher ought to try this format of having two liberals (including himself) and two…

I have heard of journalists thinking they're gods of objectivity but this is a new one. Apparently, when you become an elite journalist, you also become a prophet. AP reporter Nedra Pickler (her real name) filed a story on the recent Democratic presidential debate 45 minutes before the event had even started. Mickey Kaus reports (h/t Small Dead Animals):Why have a debate? AP has already written…

Don’t you love it when childless, single, media elites offer opinions about how parents should raise their children?Such an obvious hypocrisy was on display Friday evening as HBO’s Bill Maher not only came to Alec Baldwin’s defense concerning the actor's disgraceful voicemail to his daughter, but actually said, “I think he’s going to be a hero for this.” I kid you not.As the discussion of this…

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As NewsBusters reported Wednesday, England’s fabulous paper the Financial Times has been doing an extraordinary job exposing the scam that is carbon credits, exhibiting an honesty which America’s media sorely lack.On Friday, FT published another article about this travesty (h/t Glenn Reynolds) which is also almost guaranteed to be ignored by U.S. press outlets far more concerned with glorifying…

MSNBC: Fair and BalancedAccording to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani committed "terrorism" when he suggested that the country would be "playing defense" if a Democrat was elected president in 2008. And this is the network that’s hosting a Republican presidential debate? Americans Making Lots of Money: Good or Bad? On Monday, an ABC graphic provided a shining example…

Better secure your computer from all combustibles, potables, and sharp objects, sports fans, for the Washington Post published a Letter to the Editor on Friday that is guaranteed to elicit uncontrollable fits of laughter.Are you ready? Good.In response to David Broder’s Thursday column about the horrible job Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) is doing as Majority Leader – a sentiment likely an…