Malkin Column: David Brooks Is the Eddie Haskell of the Fourth Estate

New York Times columnist David Brooks is the Eddie Haskell of the Fourth Estate. Like the two-faced sycophant in "Leave It to Beaver," Brooks indulges in excessive politeness while currying favor with political authority. He prides himself on an oily semblance of maturity and rational discourse. But the phony "conservative" back-stabber, who has spent the last four years slavering over Barack…
Michelle Malkin
September 21st, 2012 3:40 PM

MSNBC's Wagner, Politico's Haberman Downplay Obama's 'Can't Change Was

Yesterday in the midst of defending his record in a tough interview with Univision, President Barack Obama said that he learned in his term in the Oval Office that "you can't change Washington from the inside" but only from the outside and that "that's how [he] got elected," by appealing to a frustrated electorate to vote for change. At a campaign event later in the day, Mitt Romney seized on…
Ken Shepherd
September 21st, 2012 3:19 PM

Surprise: Stephanopoulos Tempers Piers Morgan's Liberal Spin

Of all people, former Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos was the one throwing water on Piers Morgan's liberal spin. On Thursday's Piers Morgan Tonight, the host hyped that Mitt Romney's 47 percent remarks "could be an election-ending moment." "Mitt Romney has clearly hit a bit of a buffer moment here. Could be a game-changing moment. Could be an election-ending moment," Morgan asserted…
Matt Hadro
September 21st, 2012 3:17 PM

CNN Anchor Tells David Bossie You Can't Judge OWS By 'Worst Members

With Occupy Unmasked being released today in select theaters, this morning’s edition of CNN’s Early Start with Zoraida Sambolin invited David Bossie, producer of the film and President of Citizens United to discuss the film.  However, things got hazy towards the end of the interview where Sombolin shamelessly tried to convey the narrative that Occupy is a “peaceful” movement.
Matt Vespa
September 21st, 2012 3:02 PM

WashPost Fact Checkers Rush to Provide 'Context' for Obama Clip: Exagg

It doesn't seem to matter what the president or vice president say on their re-election campaign trail. Even their most outrageous statements like Biden's "put y'all back in chains" remark are given the benefit of the doubt by the supposedly non-partisan media. More often than not, we're told by liberal media "fact checkers" that Republicans end up using them out of proper "context." Take…
Ryan Robertson
September 21st, 2012 2:36 PM

Does Ed Schultz Believe New Deal Emerged From US Experience in WWII

Sure sounds like it, but you be the judge. Here's Schultz on his radio show Wednesday, doing his part in the liberal media pile-on after Mitt Romney dared suggest considerable overlap between President Obama's supporters and those Americans most dependent on government (audio) --
Jack Coleman
September 21st, 2012 2:21 PM

Teachers, Teachers’ Unions and Truth

Facts are missing from the education discussion.
Dan Kennedy
September 21st, 2012 2:16 PM

Homer Simpson Votes Romney, Ends Up in Chinese Factory

Patrick Gavin at Politico reports that the new season of The Simpsons (Season 24!?) will show how Homer Simpson will vote: for Romney. It doesn't end well. "After voting for Romney, the touchscreen alerts Simpson that 'you can now see his tax returns,' in which Simpson learns that 'the government paid him taxes for five years.'” “I’ve got to tell the press!” yells Homer, and then he is…
Tim Graham
September 21st, 2012 1:27 PM

Networks Devote a Scant Seven Minutes to 'Blistering' Fast and Furious

The three networks devoted less than seven minutes to a "blistering" new report from the Justice Department on the Fast and Furious scandal. In comparison, the same programs deluged the public with coverage of Mitt Romney's "secret" tax tape, hyping it for 88 minutes. From Wednesday night through Friday morning, World News, the NBC Nightly News, CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, Today…
Scott Whitlock
September 21st, 2012 1:11 PM

Oversensitive NYTimes Editor Laments Success of GOP 'Deceit and Ridicu

New York Times reporter turned editorial writer David Firestone showed extreme sensitivity to the tender feelings of Democrats in his Wednesday afternoon post, "The ‘Redistribution’ of Wealth." In an editorial Sunday he dubiously claimed "Don't Tell Anyone, But the Stimulus Worked." Guided by pollsters like Frank Luntz, the Republican party upgraded all rich people into “job creators,” and…
Clay Waters
September 21st, 2012 12:41 PM

'Mainstream' Media Credibility Crisis: Gallup Finds 60 Percent Have Li

As the media report on the allegedly horrid polls for Mitt Romney, will they take the time to report the latest on their own poll ratings with Gallup? “Americans' distrust in the media hit a new high this year, with 60% saying they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly.” Can the media call themselves “mainstream” when Republicans and…
Tim Graham
September 21st, 2012 12:09 PM

NBC Punts on Obama 'Redistribution' Video, but Hammered Romney's '47 P

NBC failed to press Obama adviser David Axelrod over the President's remarks about redistribution on Friday, chucking the story out of its news cycle after two full days. In contrast, the networks hammered Mitt Romney for three days over his comments on 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income taxes. The Today show did find time, however,  to cover the "Honey Boo Boo" nickname generator…
Matt Hadro
September 21st, 2012 11:55 AM

Saturday Night Live Uses Thursday Night Special To Call Mitt Romney Ra

Saturday Night Live trashed Mitt Romney and gave President Obama a pass on their September 20 election special.  SNL, which is known for its unabashed liberalism, took to the air Thursday night to smear Romney as a racist politician.  In total, SNL spent over 6 minutes smearing Governor Romney but just 13 seconds gently poking fun at the president indirectly. The show opened with a skit…
Jeffrey Meyer
September 21st, 2012 11:35 AM

Bozell: Media Obama's 'Overeager Labrador Retriever' Biting Romney At

We’ve seen this play out over and over and over again. If it hurts Barack Obama’s chances of re-election, the media ignore it. If it hurts Mitt Romney, they obsess over it night after night. We saw it in July when Obama disparaged small business and at this point in the cycle the networks had given it ZERO coverage. We saw it last week when the networks relentlessly attacked Romney’s…
Brent Bozell
September 21st, 2012 11:27 AM