Thom Hartmann: You Can't Be Catholic and a Republican

Caleb Howe at The Right Scoop posted video of leftist talker Thom Hartmann on his Russia Today TV program "The Big Picture" arguing with two conservatives that you can't love Jesus and be a Republican. As his authority, he cites the latest writings of Pope Francis. "The Pope has repeatedly spoken out against the greed and tyranny of capitalism, and urged his followers to care more for the…
Tim Graham
December 8th, 2013 8:21 AM

NewsBusters Interview: David Folkenflik on the Meaning of Rupert Murdo

As much as people on the left in this country and others rage against Rupert Murdoch and his many creations it is rather remarkable how most American conservatives, even professional political junkies, know or care very little about the man. Beyond missing out on understanding how Murdoch’s life is a textbook case of the power and influence of media on policy, people on the right who aren’t…
Matthew Sheffield
December 8th, 2013 2:30 AM

As Feds Say to Stop Using Paper Obamacare Apps, AP Again 'Forgets' Tha

So it's come to this. During the past week, the Associated Press reported today, "Federal health officials," meaning "the Obama administration," began "urging" (i.e., "telling") counselors and navigators around the country to stop using paper applications for Obamacare coverage, "because of concerns those applications would not be processed in time." It seems that either Team Obama or AP (my…
Tom Blumer
December 7th, 2013 10:47 PM

Rest In Whitewash: Networks Set to Ignore Mandela's Communist Party Ti

At the Daily Beast, Michael Moynihan attempted to overcome the tendency of journalists and celebrities to make Nelson Mandela a secular saint. Moynihan recalled that when Margaret Thatcher died, these same people denounced her for here "indulgence" of right-wing dictators like Agosto Pinochet in Chile, who allowed his country to become a democracy. ABC called her reign an “elective…
Tim Graham
December 7th, 2013 7:07 PM

IBD Poll: 65 Percent of Americans Oppose Bailing Out Insurers If Obama

The front page of Friday’s Investor’s Business Daily carried bad polling news for Obamacare. John Merline reported: “The public overwhelmingly opposes any ObamaCare bailout of the insurance industry, the latest IBD/TIPP Poll found, even as the Obama administration is paving the way to do just that.” You might not see this poll elsewhere, but it found that 65 percent oppose a federal bailout…
Tim Graham
December 7th, 2013 5:01 PM

Miley Cyrus Twerks Santa During Jingle Ball Concert in LA

Is nothing sacred? On Friday, performing at the Jingle Ball concert in Los Angeles, Miley Cyrus twerked a male dancer on stage dressed as Santa Claus (video follows with commentary, photo courtesy INFphoto.com):
Noel Sheppard
December 7th, 2013 3:53 PM

Cornel West: 'We Are Witnessing the Santa Clausification of Nelson Man

Since the announcement of Nelson Mandela's death Thursday, the media have been in a virtual wall to wall tribute to his life and legacy. Yet not everyone thinks they're painting an accurate picture of the man. Quite the contrary, Cornel West told CNN's Jake Tapper Friday, "We are witnessing the Santa Clausification of Nelson Mandela" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 7th, 2013 2:21 PM

Mark Levin Attacks Chris Matthews As 'Deranged Moron' for Comparing Ma

Mark Levin laid into Chris Matthews on his national radio show Friday night over the MSNBC host oozing on Now with Alex Wagner that South African F.W. deKlerk was more patriotic than Republicans because he "had treated Nelson Mandela so different than the way Mitch McConnell handled the election of Obama." Sharpton hailed the wisdom of Al Sharpton for saying the wisest thing in five years. "…
Tim Graham
December 7th, 2013 12:14 PM

Rashida Jones Slams Today's Pop Divas: '2013 Was the Year of the Very

Here's something you don't see every day: a popular actress slamming popular culture. On Friday, Parks and Recreaction star Rashida Jones took to Glamour magazine to call out pop divas such as Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and Rihanna for their crude public displays that in her view made 2013 "The Year of the Very Visible Vagina":
Noel Sheppard
December 7th, 2013 11:07 AM

Katie Couric Upsets Liberal Media By Questioning Cervical Cancer Vacci

Katie Couric put herself on the wrong side of liberals Wednesday with a show questioning the safety of the Gardasil vaccine to prevent the Human Papilloma Virus that causes cervical cancer. Liberals have pushed parents of junior-high girls to get the vaccine with the assumption that they’ll be sexually active at 12. The Los Angeles Times reported former Newsweek media reporter Seth Mnookin…
Tim Graham
December 7th, 2013 10:16 AM

Really, ABC? 'The Note' Highlights Critical Comments at Ted Cruz's Fac

The media's determination to pin anything negative on Texas Senator Ted Cruz apparently knows no bounds. Even as the establishment press, with Politico's Reid Epstein being one of the more recent examples, attempts to give President Obama the Mother of All Free Passes for the disastrous rollouts of HealthCare.gov and Obamacare in general, Cruz, currently perceived as a strong 2016…
Tom Blumer
December 7th, 2013 9:02 AM

Bozell Column: Kanye, Go Away

The rapper Kanye West is known as one of the Western world’s largest egotists, which is really saying something in the boastful world of rap. He’s appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in a crown of thorns, and if that wasn’t obvious enough, his last album was titled “Yeesus.” On one song, he said Jesus was “the most high,” but he was “a close high.” Now he’s offending the Jews. In a radio…
Brent Bozell
December 7th, 2013 8:09 AM

If Not Him, Then Who? Politico's Epstein Highlights President's Obamac

The ongoing effort to insulate President Barack Obama from the negative consequences of his "signature achievement," not only with the HealthCare.gov web site but also his false "If you like your plan-doctor-provider, you can keep your plan-doctor-provider" guarantees, is a sickening sight to behold. Reid Epstein at the Politico contributed one small chapter in that exercise. He decided to "…
Tom Blumer
December 7th, 2013 7:35 AM

Report: ABC Wouldn't Let Barbara Walters Name Traitor Edward Snowden a

“It’s a leak Barbara Walters doesn’t want you to know about,” the New York Daily News gossip column “Confidential” promised on Wednesday. “The ABC News doyenne pushed hard to have NSA leaker Edward Snowden at the top of her list of 10 most fascinating people of the year — but in the end was overruled by network brass,” said a source. Snowden did not cooperate. “She had a particular…
Tim Graham
December 7th, 2013 6:59 AM