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Ed Schultz Manufactures McCain '08 Attack on Obama Over Rev. Wright
When it comes to his memory of the 2008 presidential campaign, Ed Schultz is either dishonest or ignorant, though he might well be both.
On his radio show Thursday, Schultz made a claim that was demonstrably false -- and refuted by the source he cited to bolster it, the HBO docudrama "Game Change." (video, audio clips after page break)
May 19th, 2012 11:30 PM
WaPo Waits 3 Paragraphs to Report NATO Protesters Facing Terrorism Cha
Three NATO protesters were in court Saturday facing terrorism charges for allegedly planning to bomb Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house.
The Washington Post published an article about this Saturday and mysteriously waited until the third paragraph to inform readers the trio were Occupy activists:
May 19th, 2012 11:12 PM
WashPost Devotes 22-Paragraph Story to D.C. Occupier's Petition Agains
We all know that the radical left has no sense of humor, but does the Washington Post have to encourage them by devoting stories that legitimize their absurd petitions? The Saturday Post's Style front-page devoted 22 paragraphs to two Occupy D.C. protesters who ginned up a petition effort against, of all things, Fojol Brothers, a popular D.C. street food truck whose employees don turbans and…
May 19th, 2012 9:49 PM
NYT’s Tom Friedman Bombs on ‘Jeopardy
Despite winning three Pulitzer Prizes, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman bombed on Jeopardy! Friday.
By the end of the show, he had amassed a pitiful $1,000 placing him third behind CNN’s Anderson Cooper and NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
May 19th, 2012 5:21 PM
David Letterman Mocks Romney's Wealth Despite Being Worth $400 Million
You want to see a perfect demonstration of almost unimaginable media hypocrisy?
On Friday, CBS Late Show host David Letterman mocked Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's wealth despite being worth $400 million (video follows with transcript and commentary, file photo):
May 19th, 2012 3:52 PM
Grad Student’s ‘Grand Old Party’ Butt Plugs Based on Polling Dat
Gay site calls inventor 'genius entrepreneur.'
May 19th, 2012 2:11 PM
Paul Krugman: Republicans Are 'Manchurian Candidates' Looking to 'Brin
"Sometimes you do wonder if [Republicans] are moles, Manchurian candidates for I don't know who, if their real job is to bring down America."
So said New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on MSNBC's Martin Bashir show Friday (video follows with transcript and commentary):
May 19th, 2012 1:53 PM
Nina Totenberg: Reverend Wright Is Irrelevant Because Obama Killed Bin
The Obama-loving media had quite a hissy fit this week when the President's America-hating Reverend Jeremiah Wright suddenly became a campaign issue despite all their efforts.
So opposed to the mere mention of Wright's name is NPR's Nina Totenberg that on PBS's Inside Washington Friday, she said he's irrelevant because the current White House resident - wait for it! - killed Osama bin Laden (…
May 19th, 2012 12:15 PM
Actress Eva Longoria Says She'll Be 'Very Busy' Campaigning For Obama
Talking to NBC Today co-host Ann Curry at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Friday, lefty actress Eva Longoria described her busy schedule: "I have a couple movies I'm filming, I have a couple movies coming out. And then I'm campaigning for Obama, so I'll be very busy with that." Curry replied: "Alright, sounds like you'll be very busy....it's pleasure to sit with you....You are just a…
May 19th, 2012 12:00 PM
WashPost Highlights (Sexist?) Sebelius Protesters by Gender: 'Nearly
A small group of conservative protesters greeted HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius – a woman whose own bishop excommunicated her – to speak at the Catholic Georgetown University. The group made the front page of Saturday’s Washington Post – and the caption highlighted “A small group of abortion foes, nearly all of them men” protested.
This is not the way the Post covered Occupy DC: “A group of…
May 19th, 2012 11:43 AM
All Purpose Weekend Open Thread
I'm sure there's nothing to talk about this weekend what with the Facebook IPO, the campaign, the economy, hockey playoffs, basketball playoffs, etc.
But try to discuss something, okay?
May 19th, 2012 11:39 AM
Question for Chris Matthews: How Many Lies Are You Willing to Tell to
I have a serious question for MSNBC's Chris Matthews: How many lies are you willing to tell on national television to get Barack Obama reelected?
On Friday's Hardball, the host gave viewers a plethora of falsehoods and half-truths to giving us an idea of just how far he's prepared to go this election cycle to make sure the objection of his affection remains in the White House (video follows…
May 19th, 2012 10:42 AM
ESPN to Manny Pacquiao: Stop Defending 'Cruel, Untrue' Catholic Church
ESPN's Grantland website jumped on the bash Manny Pacquiao bandwagon on Thursday by giving a platform to a homosexual activist, who predictably trashed the Catholic Church as she took the Filipino boxing sensation to task for defending traditional marriage.
Writer Laurel Fantauzzo ripped the "the Church's cruel, untrue dictates about me," and promised if he didn't "evolve" like President…
May 19th, 2012 10:04 AM
Russia Today 'American Spring' Documentary Features OWS Forger
It is ironic that one of the two guys who founded Google was originally from Russia because the Russia Today news channel producers should have checked that search engine before featuring a certain Justin Wedes in their "American Spring" documentary about the Occupy Wall Street protests. Had they done their homework they would have discovered that Wedes, described in their documentary as an "…
May 19th, 2012 8:51 AM