Cal Thomas Column | Sequesterville: We've Heard This Song and Dance Be

The Broadway musical "Annie" is enjoying another revival on Broadway. The show opened during the Carter administration when America was in need of some optimism. "The sun'll come out tomorrow," sang Annie, and with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, for a while, it did. Now we're back in "Hooverville," the name given to shanty towns that popped up during the Great Depression. It isn't…
Cal Thomas
March 8th, 2013 6:57 PM

Ed Schultz to Radio Show Caller: I Don't Shill for GE! I Shill for Oba

Ed Schultz touts his radio program as the place "where America comes to talk" -- providing that "America" agrees with Schultz. Good example of the habitually acerbic Schultz's response to criticism was heard on the show yesterday when a caller questioned the basis for Schultz's support of President Obama's use of drones to kill suspected terrorists. (audio clip after page break)
Jack Coleman
March 8th, 2013 5:53 PM

CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Embarrasses Herself Attacking Fox News Chief

While being ignorant of the facts is not as bad for a journalist as deliberately suppressing them, not knowing what you’re talking about can be far more embarrassing—and amusing. Soledad O’Brien, the soon-to-be-former host of CNN’s “Starting Point,” proved that point definitively yesterday when she revealed that she had basically no knowledge of the new favorite story among left-of-center…
Matthew Sheffield
March 8th, 2013 5:40 PM

Report: Elisabeth Hasselbeck Booted From ‘The View’ for Being ‘T

ABC might be getting rid of the lone conservative on its daytime talk show The View. So claimed Us magazine Friday in a piece titled "Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaving The View After Nine Years, Viewers Found Her Too Extreme and Right Wing'":
Noel Sheppard
March 8th, 2013 5:32 PM

CBS Fawns Over Caroline Kennedy; Rose Wonders If She Will Run For Pres

Charlie Rose, Norah O'Donnell, and Gayle King gushed over Caroline Kennedy on Friday's CBS This Morning. O'Donnell asked Kennedy is she supported a potential Hillary Clinton presidential run in 2016, which prompted Rose to wonder if the daughter of JFK might run herself for the highest elected office in the U.S. King hyped the potential nomination of Kennedy to be an ambassador to Japan: "…
Matthew Balan
March 8th, 2013 5:31 PM

Disney CEO Confronted Over Liberal Bias at ABC, ESPN by Shareholder

Liberal bias in journalism is not just bad for the profession as an abstract concept, it's bad for the bottom line of media companies and their shareholders. That was the argument of one Justin Danhof of the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) when he attended a Disney shareholders meeting and confronted the entertainment company's CEO Bob Iger about liberal bias at…
Ken Shepherd
March 8th, 2013 5:05 PM

NBC Proclaims 'Hero's Sendoff' for Chavez, 'A Harsh Critic of the U.S

Introducing a brief report on Friday's NBC Today about the funeral proceedings for socialist Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez, news reader Natalie Morales announced: "In Venezuela, a hero's send-off today for Hugo Chavez, a harsh critic of the U.S. who ruled for 14 years." The headline on screen during the segment read: "Saluting Chavez; World Leaders in Venezuela for President's Funeral."…
Kyle Drennen
March 8th, 2013 4:57 PM

'Clinton News Network': CNN Promotes Clinton's 'Surprising' Pro-Gay Ma

CNN couldn't stop talking about former President Clinton's op-ed on Friday. Every hour between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET, the network touted Clinton asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act that he signed as president, spending over a half hour of coverage on it. Anchor Don Lemon reported the op-ed four times between 9 and 11 a.m. ET. Anchor Ashleigh Banfield ran two…
Matt Hadro
March 8th, 2013 4:44 PM

Michelle Obama Scolds Obese Parents for Setting a Bad Example for Thei

Just how far is the nanny state going to go in telling people how to live their lives? On Friday, Michelle Obama, during her keynote speech at the Partnership for a Healthier America's childhood obesity conference in Washington, D.C., scolded obese parents for setting a bad example for their children.
Noel Sheppard
March 8th, 2013 4:06 PM

War on Women? Matthews, Olbermann Forced Pregnant Norah O’Donnell to

Being that March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Day, what better time to showcase a prominent female journalist being treated poorly by her male colleagues, particularly ones from the "war on women" network itself, MSNBC. Speaking with the liberal Huffington Post, CBS This Morning co-host Norah O’Donnell describes a not-so-pleasant experience with former NBC…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 8th, 2013 3:58 PM

Juan Williams Caught in Plagiarism Scandal

Lefty Fox News analyst Juan Williams is in hot water after it was discovered that a column he’d written for a political insider publication contained plagiarized material. According to a report by Salon.com, a Feb. 18 piece that Williams wrote for The Hill newspaper copied almost word-for-word from a study by the far-left Center for American Progress on the subject of immigration and Social…
Matthew Sheffield
March 8th, 2013 3:28 PM

Jesse Jackson at Chavez Funeral: 'He Lifted the Poor' and 'Helped Them

"Hugo fed the hungry. He lifted the poor. He raised their hopes. He helped them realize their dreams." So said Jesse Jackson at the funeral of Venezuelan despot Hugo Chavez Friday (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 8th, 2013 3:27 PM

SXSW: Liberals Gore, Maddow, Gays, Porn Highlight Media Festival

Editor’s Note: Some of the language and links might be offensive. Austin is known for its motto, “Keep Austin Weird.” This week, an estimated 27,000 people will come to South by Southwest (“SXSW”) to try and prove it.  The annual interactive media and technology festival will host big name liberals like former Vice President Al Gore, the Bush-hating band Green Day and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow,…
Kristine Marsh
March 8th, 2013 3:11 PM

PBS’s Judy Woodruff Helps Pelosi Blame Republicans for Sequester

The PBS NewsHour invited Nancy Pelosi on for an interview Thursday night, and the sparks were flying. Sparks of love, that is, between anchor Judy Woodruff and the House minority leader. Woodruff conducted a 10-minute interview of mostly softballs about the salient topics of the day. But one of today’s hottest topics, the sequester, only merited one question from Woodruff - and it wasn’t a…
Paul Bremmer
March 8th, 2013 3:03 PM