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WaPo Skips Over Obama Protesters, But Perry Campaign Story Dominated b
The Washington Post reported on Obama's bus tour without making much of the protesters (but promoted supporters strangely suggesting he "inherited a very big deficit.") The president's conversation with Tea Party activist Ryan Rhodes only appeared once -- in the Fact Checker column, as the Post's Glenn Kessler suggested it was dubious for Rhodes to claim Vice President Biden compared the Tea…
August 19th, 2011 7:46 AM

Tax-Funded Radical Pacifica Radio Spins Bachmann as Ayatollah, N. Kore
Left-wing media outlets are really eating out of former Christian evangelist Frank Schaeffer's hands as he paints Michele Bachmann as the outer fringe of the fringe, and "anti-American." On the radical-left yet taxpayer-subsidized Pacifica Radio show Democracy Now on Wednesday, host Amy Goodman encouraged Schaeffer to unfurl charges that Bachmann was somehow comparable to Ayatollah Khomeini and…
August 18th, 2011 10:38 PM

Rev. Al Rips Paul Ryan $15 Fundraiser, Forgets Obama Raking In
Yo, Rev Al: thanks to Al Gore, we've got the internets. We can look things up. So when, on your MSNBC show this evening, you ripped Republican Paul Ryan for holding a $15-a-head fundraiser, of course we're going to check out how much President Obama pulled in per head at a recent do. Turns out it was . . . $38,500! So what's your point?
View video after the jump.
August 18th, 2011 8:23 PM

Matthews Falsely Accuses Sen. Coburn of Making Racist Remark About Oba
As NewsBusters previously reported, Chris Matthews on Tuesday likened Texas governor Rick Perry to segregationist Bull Connor.
Two days later, the "Hardball" host falsely accused Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Ok.) of making a racist remark about President Obama (video follows with transcript and commentary):
August 18th, 2011 7:14 PM
CBS News Covers Tracks After Pro-Obama Merchandise Store Revealed
As reported by the Blaze earlier today, CBS News's online store is selling seven different Obama-related items, but complementary Republican merchandise is suspiciously absent. The online store includes paperback and hardback copies of Obama's memoir, "Dreams From My Father," and five memorabilia books and DVDs of his campaign and election.
When the Blaze looked into the matter, CBS News had…
August 18th, 2011 6:18 PM

Forbes Columnist Calls for 'Enormous Stimulus Program' on CNN
On Thursday, Forbes's Robert Lenzner claimed the U.S. needs a second stimulus, and CNN's financial gurus Richard Quest and Ali Velshi were content not to challenge his point. Velshi even acknowledged later that the country needs to "stimulate employment" through tax benefits to small businesses.
"What we really need, but unfortunately we're politically behind the eight-ball is, we need an…
August 18th, 2011 6:17 PM

Toledo Blade Ignores Union Angle in Nationally Covered 'Scab' Shooting
Toledo-area blogger Maggie Thurber recently referred me to a week-old item at the odious, leftism uber alles Toledo Blade. Written by "Blade Staff" (can't say I can blame anyone for not wanting to put their name on this disgrace), it described a violent shooting incident which took place in Lambertville, a town in Monroe County, Michigan just north of the Glass City.
If you knew nothing else…
August 18th, 2011 5:49 PM

Time Film Critic Corliss Works Anti-Bush, Anti-Perry Snark Into Review
Richard Corliss, a liberal film reviewer who found Oliver Stone's "W." too tame for his tastes has decided to let his readers know that, some two years and seven months since the 43rd president left office, he's still not over his anti-Bush derangement.
Corliss shoehorned his strange asides about President George W. Bush -- and 2012 presidential hopeful Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) -- in his …
August 18th, 2011 4:40 PM

NBC's Lauer Blames Continuing High Unemployment on Employer 'Discrimin
On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer teased an upcoming segment on unemployment by fretting: "And just ahead, help not wanted. If you're one of the 14 million Americans looking for work, you may have noticed a growing trend. Employers are posting job ads that say they're seeking only people who are currently employed or just recently laid off. Is that discrimination…
August 18th, 2011 3:37 PM
Former Fox Newser Brian Wilson Cuts Parody Mocking Obama's 'Long and W
Washington, D.C. morning radio host and former Fox News reporter Brian Wilson today treated listeners of his "Morning Majority" radio show with a parody of the Beatles song "Long and Winding Road" that lampoons President Obama's Midwest bus tour.
It's worth a listen on WMAL's website here.
August 18th, 2011 2:45 PM

Laura Ingraham Presses George Stephanopoulos on ABC's Smutty AM Music
Since conservative talk-radio star Laura Ingraham confronted NBC morning co-host Matt Lauer on NBC about the sleazy acts the Peacock Network booked for its summer concert series, Ingraham applied the same scrutiny when she interviewed ABC Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos on the first hour of her radio show Thursday. She asked about their booking the group LMFAO for today. (…
August 18th, 2011 1:20 PM
A New Wave of Bigotry
As defined by Collins English Dictionary, a bigot is "a person who is intolerant of any ideas other than his or her own, especially on religion, politics, or race."
In contemporary culture, those who claim to tolerate everything are intolerant of ideas that come from perspectives other than their own, especially when those ideas are rooted in conservative politics or evangelical faith.
August 18th, 2011 12:59 PM

NY Times Calls Rick Perry Critic 'Republican Activist,' Leaves Off Far
Times reporter Ashley Parker’s profile of Texas Gov. Rick Perry on the campaign trail in New Hampshire portrayed a more cautious and subdued candidate, days after Perry’s claim that actions taken by Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, were potentially “treasonous,” a remark that offended the delicate sensibilities of Times reporter Binyamin Appelbaum, who found it simply “…
August 18th, 2011 11:53 AM

Christine O'Donnell Walks Off CNN's 'Piers Morgan Tonight
Former Delaware senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell abruptly walked off the set of CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" Wednesday.
O'Donnell wanted to discuss more meaty issues in her new book, such as her criticisms of President Obama, while her host focused on masturbation and same-sex marriage (video follows with transcript and commentary):
August 18th, 2011 11:44 AM