Heilemann: President's Reelection Wasn't a Mandate for ObamaCare

A consistent talking point from Democrats and their media minions is that the 2012 election was about ObamaCare and that as a result of the President's win, the American people gave the program a mandate to be fully implemented. Surprisingly breaking with this trend Sunday was New York magazine's John Heilemann who said on ABC's This Week that because Mitt Romney was the Republican challenger…
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2013 10:12 PM

PolitiFact Once Again Shows It Judges Conservatives Far More Harshly T

For years NewsBusters has reported on how the so-called "fact-checking" website PolitiFact is far harsher with its analysis of conservatives than it is with liberals. Back to back postings this week at the organization's new PunditFact once again boldly demonstrate this.
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2013 8:18 PM

National Cathedral Dean Thinks Churches Will Be Obsolete in Ten Years

We know that liberals try to offer the cartoonish argument that conservatives should not be granted positions in government because they don’t believe in goverment. By that statement, why would you offer the job of Dean of Washington’s stately National Cathedral to a minister who believes the church as an institution is obsolete? Washington Post “On Faith” founder Sally Quinn interviewed Rev…
Tim Graham
November 10th, 2013 7:01 PM

Miley Cyrus Smokes Pot On Stage At MTV Europe Awards

Pop singer Miley Cyrus seems on a mission to do everything possible to shock people for attention. At Sunday's MTV Europe Awards in Amsterdam, Cyrus, after receiving the Best Video award for her hit "Wrecking Ball," pulled a joint out of her purse, lit it up, took a drag, and then thanked the crowd as she left the stage (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2013 6:05 PM

Pinkerton: Media Love Affair With Christie Ends If He Gets Nomination

In case you were wondering when all the gushing and fawning over Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will end, Fox News’s James Pinkerton has the answer. Appearing on MediaBuzz Sunday, Pinkerton said, “[I]f he gets the nomination against Hillary Clinton, they'll say, 'Okay, enough’” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2013 5:23 PM

Woodward: White House Blames Me for Starting Media Criticism of Obama

The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward made an interesting observation Sunday. Appearing on Fox News’s MediaBuzz, he claimed that the White House blames him for starting the media’s criticism of President Obama’s lack of leadership (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2013 4:06 PM

Support for Hillary Clinton 'Overflows' With 'Huge Energy,' Writes the

The Washington Pom-Pom Post is at it again on Sunday with the article “Support for Clinton overflowing in Calif.” The only thing missing was an exclamation point and hearts to dot the I’s. It was “another stage, another overflowing ballroom.” Post reporter Matea Gold – a recent transplant from the Los Angeles Times – features Hillary mugging in photos with rock star Lenny Kravitz and panel…
Tim Graham
November 10th, 2013 2:25 PM

George Will: Other Than Nixon ‘Has There Ever Been a Worse First Yea

Syndicated columnist George Will asked a marvelous question Sunday that few in the liberal media will. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Will said, “Has there ever – with the exception of Richard Nixon in 1973 - been a worse first year of a second term?” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2013 11:22 AM

After Updating, White House Website Still Says 'You Can Keep Your Plan

Saturday afternoon, Politico's Jason Millman, in an item incredibly headlined "Updated White House website keeps disputed Obamacare language," reported that "The Obama administration has updated a White House website that says its health care law allows people to keep their plans if they like them — but the website still maintains the language that Obamacare opponents have aggressively attacked…
Tom Blumer
November 10th, 2013 10:19 AM

Sarah Kliff: Hooray! D.C. Obamacare Enrollments Not as Pathetic as Tho

If you are a health policy reporter for the Washington Post and take upon yourself the role of cheerleader for Obamacare, the task can be quite challenging. Therefore one must admire the effort that Sarah Kliff displays into putting a positive spin on this bit of pathetically sad news: The District of Columbia's insurance marketplace has enrolled exactly five people in health plans, according…
P.J. Gladnick
November 10th, 2013 8:43 AM

WashPost Media Critic Honors MSNBC's Rachel Maddow As 'Clear Winner of

Washington Post media blogger Erik Wemple read through a stack of books by cable-news hosts for a Sunday Outlook piece, and declared “MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is the clear winner of the cable-news-host literary prize” for her book “Drift.” On Sunday’s front page, The Post called it a “blab lit review” and called it “A survey of the many cable big mouths who have stuffed it between hard covers…
Tim Graham
November 10th, 2013 8:27 AM

HuffPo, AP Report Obama Considering an Expansion of ObamaCare Subsidie

Sam Stein, who poses as a journalist while toiling at the Huffington Post (he lost any legitimate claim to the title when he wouldn't back away when caught red-handed pretending to know something he couldn't possibly know about John McCain's vetting or lack thereof of Sarah Palin in September 2008), wrote on Thursday (HT Hot Air) that "The Obama administration is considering a fix to the…
Tom Blumer
November 9th, 2013 11:43 PM

NBC Pushes Line That Death of 'Sacred' Yasser Arafat Was Poisoning, Ig

On Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News and Thursday’s Today, NBC hyped the notion that Palestinian guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat “may have” been assassinated by poisoning. They let Palestinians accuse Israel, and bizarrely suggested only Israel “considered” Arafat a terrorist (forgetting decades where the U.S. officially agreed). There was no NBC update Friday when NPR’s All Things Considered…
Tim Graham
November 9th, 2013 9:33 PM

Axelrod: Insurance Cos. Should Have Given Customers Advance Warning Ab

Assisting the Obama administration in its perpetual flight from responsibility for anything, former Obama campaign manager David Axelrod, who now campaigns from a paid propaganda perch at NBC and MSNBC, tweeted the following on Friday afternoon (HT Twitchy): "Wonder how many Insurance cos that sold junk policies after ACA was signed told customers at purchase that they'd have to eventually…
Tom Blumer
November 9th, 2013 6:24 PM