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Disgraced Ex-Priest on CNN: First Amendment Shouldn't Protect 'Hatred
Apparently, someone who broke his vows and trashed his former church is a worthy guest, in CNN's eyes, for a discussion on the Supreme Court, as on Thursday's Newsroom, anchor Don Lemon turned to "Padre Alberto" Cutie for his take on the Court's recent decision in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church. Cutie took issue with the ruling: "I don't think the First Amendment should protect hatred in…
March 4th, 2011 12:08 PM

CBS, NBC Evening News Continue to Gloss Over Terror Attack in Germany
For the second consecutive day, the CBS and NBC evening newscasts failed to devote more than fleeting news briefs to the fatal terror attack against a bus full of US airmen in Germany. ABC, which covered the story in more detail on Wednesday, did not even mention the tragic attack on the Thursday "World News."
Arid Uka, described as a 21-year-old "radical Muslim," opened fire Wednesday on US…
March 4th, 2011 11:38 AM

March 3 'Media Mash': Media Celebrate Leftist Blogger, Runaway Wiscons
Leftist blogger Ian Murphy is "a liar who broke every rule of journalism," with his phone call to Gov. Scott Walker in which he pretended to be conservative donor David Koch, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told the audience of last night's "Hannity."
The Media Research Center founder was reacting to CNN having practically promoted Murphy's prank by awarding him the title "Most Intriguing…
March 4th, 2011 11:15 AM

Double D'oh! Another Maddow Guest Undermines Her Premise, This Time on
If this keeps up, the shrinking number of guests on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show could dwindle even more.
For the second time this week, a Maddow invitee offered an awkward contrast to what Maddow claimed earlier in the same segment.
On her show Monday, Maddow cited three reports claiming that $61 billion in spending cuts proposed by Republicans on Capitol Hill would lead to massive job…
March 4th, 2011 11:12 AM

Ed Schultz Calls Wisconsin Budget 'Racist
MSNBC's Ed Schultz on Thursday called Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's newly-proposed budget "racist."
Not surprisingly, Schultz believes allocating more funds to school vouchers picks on poor inner-city kids (video follows with transcript and commentary):
March 4th, 2011 11:02 AM
One U.S-Mexico Border Town Had More Civilian Casualties Last Year Than
One U.S.-Mexico border town had more civilian casualties in its drug war last year than Afghanistan had in its entire country.
In Ciudad Juarez, Mexico--which sits across the Rio Grande River from El Paso, Texas—3,111 civilians were murdered in 2010. In all of the territory of Afghanistan, where U.S. forces are at war with Taliban insurgents, there 2,421 civilians were killed
More…
March 4th, 2011 10:58 AM
'From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli
I know that all of you recognize the first line of the Marine Corps (pronounced “core,” Mr. President) Hymn. But did you ever wonder what the shores of Tripoli had to do with it?
Actually, it has quite a lot.
A few centuries ago there was a band of cutthroats operating in that part of the world who became known collectively as the Barbary Pirates, the Barbary Corsairs or the Ottoman…
March 4th, 2011 10:50 AM

Piers Morgan: Fox News Should Trash Me Nightly, Olbermann's 'Slightly
Broadcasting & Cable put CNN talk show host Piers Morgan on the cover of its February 28 issue promising Morgan would take on Fox News. But his envy at their audience was showing. When B&C editor Ben Grossman told him he heard him slammed on Fox Business Channel, Morgan was delighted:
Good. If they’re talking about me, great. I want Fox to trash me every single day, nothing could be…
March 4th, 2011 10:39 AM
Open Thread: More 'Citizens United' Misinformation Debunked
NewsBusters has documented the left's ongoing attempts to push a false narrative with respect to last year's "Citizens United v. FEC" Supreme Court decision. One such attempt caught the eye of Lee Doren of the Competetive Enterprise Institute and the popular YouTube channel How the World Works. Doren decided to take on this latest attempt to twist and distort the issue. Check out his retort…
March 4th, 2011 9:33 AM

Jim DeMint: Lavish PBS Salaries Means Taxpayer Help Isn't Needed
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Friday, Sen. Jim DeMint argued that if PBS, CPB, and Sesame Street can afford lavish salaries for their executives, then surely they have the money to survive as private, non-commercial broadcasters. (He doesn't even mention how people chipping in $25 to "save" shows like Sesame Street might feel misled if they saw the salary numbers.)
PBS President Paula Kerger…
March 4th, 2011 6:38 AM
Overnight Engine-Starter: Guess the Estimated Damage to Wisconsin's St
I heard this on Mark Levin's show earlier this evening. He was referring to a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel blog post by the paper's Don Walker.
The question is: What is the State of Wisconsin's estimate of the amount of damage done to the Wisconsin State Capitol after roughly two weeks of non-stop protests?
The answer, and a link to the JSonline.com story, are after the jump -- No fair…
March 3rd, 2011 11:59 PM

Matthews Obamagasm: 'This Isn’t Just Frigging the American Dream - I
MSNBC's Chris Matthews had multiple Obamagasms on his program again.
The thrills up his leg embarrassingly came at the beginning and the end of "Hardball" in what at times seemed like an hour-long commercial for the President's reelection (video follows with transcript and commentary):
March 3rd, 2011 7:54 PM

Radical Chic: NY Times Relaunches Magazine With Hagiography of Terrori
American Lori Berenson, middle-class Manhattanite turned foreign terrorist helper, was sentenced to life in prison in Peru in 1996 for housing Marxist terrorists of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), which took part in assassinations, kidnappings, and bombings during the 1980s and 1990s. Berenson let them use her apartment as a storehouse for ammunition. Standing before police, she…
March 3rd, 2011 7:33 PM

No Labels Issues Press Release Confirming Its Irrelevance
Remember No Labels?
You can be forgiven if you have completely forgotten about that organization since it appears to have died at birth despite the hype given to it back in December by several in the mainstream media including Washington Post Reporter Philip Rucker who wrote this plug for the organization that is notable for its almost instant fade from national consciousness:
It will…
March 3rd, 2011 6:28 PM