
Media Mash: CNN Helps Cover Up Obama's Race Speech, MSNBC Plays the Ra
MRC President and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell appeared on the October 4 edition of Hannity and exposed the hollowness of the media's argument against covering inflammatory quotes Barack Obama made in a 2007 speech on race, clips aired for the first time earlier this week on Hannity. [Watch the full video after the jump.]
Host Sean Hannity set up the newest "Media Mash" segment: "I…
October 5th, 2012 10:58 AM
Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Refuses Donations From Porn Site
Susan G. Komen For The Cure, the nation's leading breast cancer foundation, announced Thursday it is refusing to accept donations from a pornographic website.
Pornhub.com issued the following press release Wednesday (via The Cut, edited for content):
October 5th, 2012 10:04 AM

Santelli Smells A Rat: 'I Told You They'd Get It Under 8%—They Did
Rick Santelli, the man who helped launch the Tea Party with his impassioned comments from the trading floor in 2009, sees the hand of politics at work in today's announcement that the unemployment rate has dipped below 8%.
Speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box this morning just minutes after the number was announced, Santelli said: "I told you they'd get it under 8%--they did!" View the video after…
October 5th, 2012 8:57 AM
Total Employment Rises 873,000 To Highest Level Since December
The unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, a number certain to impact the presidential race.
Pundits have been saying for months this number had to drop below 8 percent for it not to be a hindrance to President Obama's reelection chances.
October 5th, 2012 8:45 AM
Laugh Track! MSNBC Boss Says We're Not Going to 'Lay Down' for an 'Eas
MSNBC folks never stop doing the unintentional comedy routine of saying their network is so much fairer and more balanced than Fox News. In an interview with Marisa Guthrie at The Hollywood Reporter, MSNBC president Phil Griffin started up the laugh track by proclaiming that while every Republican in trouble apparently goes crying to Fox, "We are not going to lay down, do an easy interview, and…
October 5th, 2012 8:41 AM

Roger Federer Receives Death Threat
Roger Federer, the world's number one tennis player, received a death threat in China Thursday.
As a result, the Shanghai Masters organizers have tightened security around him.
October 5th, 2012 8:18 AM
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October 5th, 2012 7:49 AM
Late Show Runs Cymbalta Depression Ad Parody of Obama
David Letterman is a Barack Obama sycophant (he once fawned over Obama’s “great courage and great intelligence”), but even he couldn’t deny Obama’s poor debate performance.
Thursday’s Late Show featured a clever parody of Lilly’s ad for their anti-depression drug, Cymbalta, a spoof with scenes of Obama during Wednesday’s presidential debate dropped into the real TV ad.
October 5th, 2012 2:03 AM

The Washington Post Co. Sinks Ever Deeper Into Reliance on Government
James Taranto at The Wall Street Journal smelled a conflict-of-interest problem when "The Washington Post Co. said Monday that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Celtic Healthcare, a provider of skilled home health-care and hospice services in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions.”
The Post has offset losses in its core journalism businesses with profits from its Kaplan…
October 4th, 2012 10:46 PM

Maddow Asks Plouffe If Debate Strategy Was For Obama to Be a Wimp
Give the woman credit, this would explain it.
After last night's debate in Denver, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow asked Obama adviser David Plouffe to be "candid" in explaining the president's lackluster performance (video after page break)
October 4th, 2012 7:16 PM

Busted: Hillary Clinton Caught Checking Out Christina Aguilera
One of the classic Hollywood pictures of all time is actress Sophia Loren staring at Jayne Mansfield's breasts at Romanoff's restaurant in 1957.
On Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared a similar moment with pop diva Christina Aguilera at Wednesday's George McGovern Leadership Award Ceremony in Washington D.C.
This was Clinton and Aguilera Wednesday (photo courtesy Getty):
October 4th, 2012 7:01 PM

Norah O'Donnell Jabs Romney on Big Bird Line: 'Silly Thing to Bring Up
On Thursday's CBS This Morning, just hours after Mitt Romney's "crisp" debate performance, Norah O'Donnell stuck to her fixation on playing up the Republican's supposed negatives. O'Donnell maligned how Romney phrased his opposition to the federal government's subsidization of PBS: "This may have been the first time in a presidential debate that Big Bird was mentioned. It seems kind of like a…
October 4th, 2012 5:47 PM

A Puzzled George Stephanopoulos Wonders: 'Where Was the President?' Wh
A puzzled George Stephanopoulos on Thursday wondered what happened to Barack Obama during the previous night's presidential debate. Talking to fellow Democrat Donna Brazile on Good Morning America, the host quizzed, "...A lot of the President's supporters, you see it on Twitter and in the blogs, you heard it on television last night, where was the president? Where was the fight?"
Brazile…
October 4th, 2012 5:12 PM

GOP Congressman Lays Into CNN for 'Doing a Disservice' to Struggling A
When CNN laughably focused on Mitt Romney cutting funding for "Big Bird" as a key debate moment, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) took CNN to task on Thursday for hyping such a frivolous detail.
"I think focusing on a light moment, which was clearly what it was, is doing a disservice to the people of America who are struggling," Diaz-Balart ripped into CNN. He also mocked anchor Carol…
October 4th, 2012 5:07 PM