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Alec Baldwin: Bush Let in "Hooligans" to “Rape” and "Plunder" the
Actor Alec Baldwin, on Thursday night's Too Late with Adam Corolla on Comedy Central, denigrated President Bush as "the little guy that snuck into the theater and he popped the window open so that all these other hooligans could come in and just rape and rip off and plunder the government." Baldwin's attack on Bush followed his explanation that the only reason he can't be President himself is…
NBC’s Brian Williams Misses Irony in His Own Comments
“NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams wrote an op-ed for the New York Times this morning. In a lot of respects, it praised former president Lyndon Baines Johnson, while certainly not flattering George W. Bush. In fact, the purpose of the piece appears to be to chastise president Bush for not going to Texas ahead of Rita by relaying what Johnson did forty years ago when Hurricane Betsy hit…
Totenberg Urges Tax Hike on Rich, Thomas Recalls How Reagan and 41 Rai
A week after NPR’s Nina Totenberg, on Inside Washington, urged imposition of a “Katrina tax,” on the same show this weekend she dismissed the idea of cancelling $24 billion of transportation bill earmarks as small change and suggested that “if you canceled the tax cuts, you'd get $225 billion." She rejected the contention that would hurt the economy and forwarded the standard liberal class…
New York Times STILL Silent on FBI Probe of Democratic Staffers
Two staffers from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), chaired by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), are under investigation by the FBI. The two are alleged to have illegally obtained the credit report of the Republican Lt. Governor of Maryland, Michael Steele, who may eventually run for Senate. The two were reportedly working on "opposition research." The Washington Times reported the…
New York Times Pushing For Higher Taxes
In its September 19 editorial entitled “Taking Full Responsibility” – an altogether too obvious reference to President Bush’s hurricane mea culpa - the New York Times continued what appears to be a full-court press on Congress to raise taxes in order to pay for the future costs of New Orleans reconstruction. In the view of the Times editorial staff, the economic health of the nation is at stake.…
Hollywood Sees ABC's President Geena Davis as Portending a Hillary Pre
At the premiere party Wednesday night in Beverly Hills for ABC's new drama debuting on Tuesday, Commander in Chief, in which Geena Davis plays the President of the United States, actress Sara Rue told USA Today reporter William Keck for a Friday article: "In my mind I'm pretending that Geena Davis is actually running the country because it makes me feel a lot more secure." Keck asserted that Rue…
Murdoch: Fox Moving Ahead w/Business Channel Plans
TV Week reports Fox chief Rupert Murdoch told investors that his company is moving forward with plans to launch a business cable news channel to compete with CNBC. The launch apparently has been delayed, though, as Fox News chairman Roger Ailes wonders whether or not the startup could so easily thrash the competition like FNC has.
Ex-ABC Reporter Says Network Dropped Him for Not Going to Iraq
From the AP:LONDON — A former ABC News correspondent accused the network of dropping his contract because he refused to go to Iraq and other war zones, and he sought $4.2 million in lost earnings at an employment tribunal Friday.ABC says war zone assignments are voluntary and argues that the decision not to renew Richard Gizbert's freelance contract was motivated by budget pressures.Mimi Gurbst…