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Ed Schultz's Reign of Error Shows No Sign of Ending
If there's one thing liberal radio host and MCNBC action hero Ed Schultz really hates, it's "stupidity." Especially among conservatives and Republicans -- egad, don't get him started on that.Back on July 24, for example, Schultz said on his radio show that "what we're finding out is that a lot of elected officials are stupid."Schultz courageously told listeners Aug. 8 that "I don't mind telling…
December 13th, 2009 10:55 PM
In Touting 'Climate Justice' Protesters, Networks Oblivious to Communi
Network journalists who were quick to see racists, haters and extremists amongst the “tea party” protesters were oblivious on Saturday to communists in the “climate justice” march in Copenhagen whose cause they trumpeted -- even as the video they showed included brief shots of marchers waving red flags displaying the Soviet Union's hammer and sickle. “The streets were filled today with tens of…
December 13th, 2009 10:42 PM
In Record Time: Lib Not Getting His Way Calls America 'Ungovernable
The last two times I remember this happening -- with Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s and New York City Mayor David Dinkins in the early 1990s -- it at least took a few years for exasperated establishment media liberals to blame the system for a favored politician's difficulties in achieving his agenda, and to call the country and Gotham, respectively, "ungovernable." Afterwards, Ronald Reagan and…
December 13th, 2009 10:24 PM
Global Warming? Snow Falls Down Under During Australian Summer
Paging Al Gore!The global warming alarmists are claiming that 2010 could be the warmest year on record. Perhaps they better inform Mother Nature about this since she seems to be having other plans leading into the new year. Not only is the U.S.A. experiencing unusually cold weather but, almost unbelievably, Australia has just had some snowfall two weeks into their summer which officially began on…
December 13th, 2009 10:04 PM
Kurtz Bashes Stossel: Partisan Person Goes To Partisan Network To Do P
Howard Kurtz must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed Sunday, for his "Reliable Sources" review of John Stossel's new Fox Business Network show was uncharacteristically way off base.After presenting a cherry-picked video clip of Stossel talking about how he wished Nobel Laureate Al Gore would come on the program to debate man's role in global warming, Kurtz asked guest David Zurawik, "[D]…
December 13th, 2009 6:29 PM
For Conservatives Online, Plenty of Commentary But Not Enough News
A number of the conservative movement's prominent online figures are battling to be the right's equivalent of Talking Points Memo or Huffington Post--political organizations that report hard news. Many believe that to truly harness the power of the Web, political organizations must report their own news, rather than comment on reporitng from traditional outlets."The left needs Daily Kos, but they…
December 13th, 2009 3:54 PM
Huffington: Afghanistan 'Immoral' & 'Dumb War,' Liberal Podesta 'Sound
On This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, December 13, during the show’s Roundtable segment, liberal blogger Arianna Huffington argued that the war in Afghanistan is "the gold standard of a dumb war, immoral and unnecessary," during a discussion of President Obama’s recent speech at West Point announcing that he would send more troops to Afghanistan, and his speech in Oslo accepting the…
December 13th, 2009 1:50 PM
Eliot Spitzer's Call Girl Gets Her Own Advice Column - 'Ask Ashley
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's high-priced call girl Ashley Dupre has landed herself an advice column at the New York Post:Sure, she's made some mistakes. But now Ashley Dupre, the former escort who brought down Gov. Eliot Spitzer, is sharing what she's learned in her new sex, love and relationship column -- exclusively in the New York Post. Is your husband cheating? Is your daughter on…
December 13th, 2009 1:38 PM
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: you tell us.
December 13th, 2009 1:06 PM
Wanda Sykes Rips Alleged Lack of Racial Diversity at Fox News in Off-C
It might seem a little strange to see Fox News bashed on its Fox broadcast parent network, but that's what you would have witnessed if you tuned into "The Wanda Sykes Show," Saturday night's late-night alternative to NBC's "Saturday Night Live." On the Dec. 12 broadcast of "The Wanda Sykes Show," Sykes, made famous for her attacks on conservative talker Rush Limbaugh and former Alaska Gov. Sarah…
December 13th, 2009 12:57 PM
SNL: Cheating Politicians Don't Get The Airplay Tiger Woods Does
"Saturday Night Live" opened yesterday's show by mocking media for supposedly under-reporting the extra-marital affairs of three politicians, but the sketch completely ignored how the press boycotted the philandering of Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards for nine months.The program's producers also opted not to include disgraced former Democrat Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer in the…
December 13th, 2009 12:00 PM