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Fox News #1 In Primetime Cable Last Week, Tops USA Network
The White House might hate the Fox News Channel, but Americans made the object of liberal disaffection the number one primetime cable network last week.In fact, for the first time since the 2008 elections, FNC actually beat the popular entertainment channel USA.As reported by TVBytheNumbers.com moments ago:
January 26th, 2010 2:54 PM
MRC's Bozell Challenges CBS to Stand Ground, Air Tim Tebow Super Bowl
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell called on the CBS television network to stay the course in planning to air a life-affirming Super Bowl commercial featuring Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother, who was pressured to abort him during her pregnancy, after a bout of opposition has arisen among left-wing activist groups:Radical leftist groups like the National Organization for…
January 26th, 2010 2:38 PM
CBS Touts Obama’s ‘Big Spending Freeze;’ Focus On Middle Class
At the top of Tuesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez highlighted the latest attempt at populism by the Obama administration: “President Obama calls for a big spending freeze and focuses on plans to help the struggling middle class, but does he have the political support he needs?” Moments later, co-host Harry Smith introduced the story with a similar declaration: “President Obama will…
January 26th, 2010 12:58 PM
Rosie O’Donnell Lectures George Stephanopoulos: Don’t Grill Me; He
Rosie O’Donnell appeared on Tuesday’s Good Morning America and lectured host George Stephanopoulos, "You just have to relax and remember that not everyone's a politician. And you don't have to grill them." The liberal comedienne needn’t have worried. Stephanopoulos only gently approached O’Donnell and her new gay-themed HBO documentary. After being dressed down by O’Donnell, the GMA host offered…
January 26th, 2010 12:45 PM
Predictable Lefty Outrage at Tebow Pro-Life Superbowl Ad
Told ya so. When reports first surfaced a few weeks ago that Focus on the Family was planning to run a pro-life ad during the Super Bowl broadcast featuring University of Florida quarter back Tim Tebow, the Culture & Media Institute predicted liberals would be upset. Like clockwork, an article in the Huffington Post on Jan. 25 reported that "a national coalition of women's groups" that…
January 26th, 2010 11:29 AM
USAT Misses California's Dominance of Welfare Caseload and Its Increas
Sometimes getting hung up on percentage increases causes one to miss what's going on with the actual numbers. Such is the case in a January 26 front page story by USA Today's Richard Wolf. USAT's is the only recent original coverage I have found thus far relating to increases in the national welfare rolls during the recession. (An unbylined story at UPI merely reports on what USAT's Wolf wrote…
January 26th, 2010 11:18 AM
MRC-TV: Bozell on Newspapers' Sloppy Handling of 'Ellie Light' Letters
Three days ago, NewsBusters contributor Candance Moore wrote about pro-Obama letter-to-the-editor spammer "Ellie Light" who had duped some 40+ papers (the number stands at 68 now), into publishing nearly identical letters that praised the president. In each case, the writer claimed to hail from cities or towns served by the local newspaper's print circulation.Today, Fox News Channel's "America's…
January 26th, 2010 11:03 AM
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Frets to McCain: Tax Cuts Will ‘Increa
Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos played defense for the White House on Tuesday. While talking with John McCain about Obama’s 2010 proposals, he sounded annoyed that the Senator’s ideas for job creation would include tax cuts: "But, those tax cuts are going to increase the deficit, aren't they, sir?" After McCain declared his opposition to Democrat spending proposals, the host pressed…
January 26th, 2010 11:00 AM
Olbermann To O'Reilly: Stop 'Stroking Yourself In Front of the Public
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Monday told Fox News's Bill O'Reilly to stop "stroking" himself in front of the American public.I'm not sure what it is about MSNBC hosts, but the man that has been fixated on the term "teabaggers" for some reason felt it was appropriate to use a masturbation reference during a primetime, national television broadcast. Not surprisingly, the "Countdown" host during…
January 26th, 2010 10:33 AM
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Obama wants an across-the-board spending freeze. But wait: Will the media notice?
January 26th, 2010 9:59 AM
Cramer Rips Obama 'Lurch Toward Populism': 'Now on an Anti-Shareholder
It was initially thought the election of President Barack Obama was just going to hit your pocketbook in the form of higher taxes. But if the past several days are any indication, the president has found another way to hit it - by attacking your stock portfolio. On CNBC's Jan. 25 "Mad Money," host Jim Cramer advised his viewers to be aware of this and to strategically position their stock…
January 26th, 2010 9:27 AM
'Women's Groups' Pressuring CBS to Scrap Tebow Super Bowl Ad
The story behind Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow's arrival into this world is remarkable.So-called "women's groups" would seem to prefer that as many Americans as possible not know the story about the courageous and faith-based decision Tebow's mother made to carry her pregnancy to term. That's the only plausible reason why they are opposing a 30-second Focus on the Family (FOTF) ad scheduled to…
January 26th, 2010 9:11 AM
Cramer Rips Obama's 'Lurch Toward Populism
'Mad Money' host says president's 'anti-shareholder rampage' riskiest time for investors since Carter administration.
January 26th, 2010 8:28 AM
Ed Schultz: I Told Robert Gibbs He's 'Full of Sh*t
It seems that few if any events in political history has caused such a rapid meltdown among the media and the Democrats as last week's election of Scott Brown as senator from Massachusetts. And a prime example of the many meltdowns now happening is an off-camera exchange between Ed Schultz of MSNBC and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs in which Big Ed told the latter that he was "full of…
January 26th, 2010 8:27 AM