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Daily Mail: Lara Logan Stripped, Punched and Whipped With Flag Poles
British newspapers are reporting some truly shocking details about what happened to CBS's Lara Logan when she was attacked in Egypt after President Hosni Mubarak resigned.
Originally revealed by the Sunday Times (subscription required), the following appeared in Monday's Daily Mail:
February 21st, 2011 10:06 AM
Open Thread: 'It's About Time Somebody Stood Up and Told the Truth
That's Gov. Scott Walker's take on his role in Madison, Wisconsin, where he and Republican legislators have run into vociferous opposition to a plan to trim the rights of public sector unions.
The Heritage Foundation sat down for a brief interview with the governor. Check out the video below the break.
February 21st, 2011 9:32 AM

Tea Party ‘Extreme’ to Amanpour, But Union Protesters a ‘Populis
Last October, ABC’s Christiane Amanpour characterized the Tea Party as “extreme,” declaring “people are looking at the Tea Party and saying this is not conservatism as we knew it but it's extreme.” On Sunday, however, with “People Power” plastered on screen over video of union members in Wisconsin, she saw only a genuine “populist” outpouring of “people power” in Madison.
“This week” she…
February 21st, 2011 9:14 AM

Mika Makes Excuses For Vile WI Signs—Till She Sees Them
Mika Brzezinski learned a life lesson this morning: look before you leap to defend liberals . . . [h/t reader Ray R]
At the top of Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough referenced the hateful emails he and Mika had received from the left and the similarly ugly signs held by Wisconsin union protesters. Mika reflexively defended the vileness, saying that people were "hurting and really don't feel like…
February 21st, 2011 8:30 AM

WaPo TV Critic Thinks the Matthews One-Hour Valentine to Bill Clinton
Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever reported "Valentine's Day was a week ago, but MSNBC's Chris Matthews has belatedly gifted a particular former president with a mash note - strike that, a one-hour special called 'President of the World: The Bill Clinton Phenomenon,'" which airs tonight, somehow equating Clinton with Washington and Lincoln. Stuever explained:
Matthews, aided by the likes…
February 21st, 2011 7:45 AM

Krugman: 'Gov. Walker Trying to Make Wisconsin and America a Third-Wor
The unhinged paranoia on the left knows no bounds.
Take for example New York Times columnist Paul Krugman who believes that Governor Scott Walker's grand plan is to lessen democracy in Wisconsin and America eventually replacing government with a third-world-style oligarchy:
February 21st, 2011 1:19 AM

Soros: Rupert Murdoch and Fox are Like Nazis, Tea Partiers are Being D
George Soros on Sunday likened Fox News and Rupert Murdoch to Nazis while claiming that Tea Partiers are being deceived and misled by a force they can't understand.
Appearing on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS," the financier of far-left propaganda outlets such as the Center for American Progress, Media Matters for America, and MoveOn.org was not shy about his distaste for conservatives (video…
February 20th, 2011 9:26 PM

Howard Kurtz in Lara Logan Segment Says Schlussel's Conservative, Does
Howard Kurtz devoted a good part of "Reliable Sources" Sunday to the attack on CBS's Lara Logan when Egypt's Hosni Mubarak resigned as President.
As he addressed some disgraceful comments made about the incident by members of the media, Kurtz made it clear to viewers that Debbie Schlussel was a conservative, better never once depicted Nir Rosen as a liberal (video follows with transcript and…
February 20th, 2011 7:01 PM

Cynthia Tucker: Christie Won't Run Due to GOP 'Crazy Tax' - Birthers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Cynthia Tucker said Friday New Jersey Governor Chris Christie won't run for president next year because "he realizes there’s still a crazy tax that a Republican nominee has to pay at this point."
This in Tucker's view stated on the syndicated "Chris Matthews Show" includes cozying up to the birthers, coddling Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, and denying…
February 20th, 2011 6:00 PM

Howard Kurtz Takes David Gregory's Birther Side Over Bill O'Reilly's
CNN's Howard Kurtz on Sunday took David Gregory's side of the controversial birther issue over that of Bill O'Reilly.
After Gregory pestered House Speaker John Boehner (R-Oh.) on last week's "Meet the Press" to rail against those that believe Barack Obama wasn't born in America, O'Reilly chastized him on Monday's "O'Reilly Factor" for wasting precious air time on this matter leading Kurtz to…
February 20th, 2011 4:13 PM

Michael Moore Creates Online 'High School Newspaper' to Force Left-win
Controversial schlockumentarian Michael Moore this week unveiled a new website giving high school students a venue to have their views published.
Under the headline "Join My High School Newspaper" were words destined to frighten parents across the fruited plain:
February 20th, 2011 2:53 PM

Tea Partier Joins George Will in Great Debate About Wisconsin on ABC's
In a surprising move Sunday, the folks at ABC invited a Tea Partier to participate in its Roundtable segment on "This Week."
Rather than bringing on three liberals to battle lone conservative George Will while predictably presenting exclusively labor's side of the budget battle in Wisconsin, host Christiane Amanpour included freshman Congressman Steve Southerland (R-Fla.) to match wits with…
February 20th, 2011 12:59 PM

Ed Schultz Rips Limbaugh With Lies About Wisconsin: 'Wrap Your Fat Ass
MSNBC's Ed Schultz was in Madison, Wisconsin, last week predictably showing solidarity with protesting public employees.
On Friday, the "Ed Show" host badly misrepresented Governor Scott Walker's budget repair plan in order to bash conservative talk radio star Rush Limbaugh at one point asking, "Hey, Rush, why don’t you wrap your fat ass in the flag?" (video follows with partial transcript…
February 20th, 2011 10:31 AM

Are Fox Watchers Too Paranoid About Radical Islam or Are PBS Viewers T
Liberal blogger Greg Sargent of the Washington Post reported on a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute on who favors Rep. Peter King's upcoming hearings on radical Islam in America. You may want to question the poll since it discussed "alleged extremism" among Muslims in America (and their press secretary worked for Obama's religious-outreach team in 2008). Sargent insisted it…
February 20th, 2011 7:59 AM