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Shhh! Census Worker May Have Committed Suicide
Remember the case of the Census worker who was found hanging from a tree with the word ‘fed' scrawled across his chest? You remember - he died at the hands of right-wing commentators and anti-government tea partiers. He was killed because of an overwhelming case of right-wing paranoia. He was murdered by Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Bachmann, and Fox News. Keep this quiet though...…
November 6th, 2009 7:39 AM
Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn
The Washington Post this afternoon reported "President Obama delivers remarks on Ft. Hood shooting at end of tribal leaders conference." The transcript begins:SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA[*] OBAMA: Please, everybody, have a seat. Let me first of all just thank Ken and the entire Department of the Interior staff for organizing just an extraordinary conference.I want to thank my Cabinet members…
November 6th, 2009 1:18 AM
Hollywood Morality: Teen Sex on TV OK Because Real Teens Already Do It
Behar and guests see no big deal in Gossip Girl episode that features threesome.
November 6th, 2009 12:00 AM
CNN's Romans: Unemployment Benefits Extension 'Would Not Come Out of
On her segment of CNN Newsroom this morning, anchor Heidi Collins asked business correspondent Christine Romans about Senate action on extending yet again unemployment benefits:CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: You're right. And Heidi, all of those things that you mentioned are incredibly important to your money and all of them could affect you very, very near-term here. This…
November 5th, 2009 10:27 PM
Olbermann to 'House Call' Organizers: Pay 'Black Faces,' 'Brown Faces
Leave to a brilliant mind like Keith Olbermann, who finally decided to show his face on live TV after Nov. 3's Democratic defeat, to throw a temper tantrum about the public display of opposition to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's that occurred on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Nov.5. After Olbermann and Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson all but declared Rep. Michele Bachmann, R…
November 5th, 2009 9:18 PM
CBS & NBC Fail to ID Hasan as Muslim; ABC's Raddatz Relays: 'I Wish Hi
Neither the CBS Evening News nor NBC Nightly News, in their East coast feeds Thursday night, noted the Muslim religious beliefs of the mass killer at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, but ABC anchor Charles Gibson wasn't cowed by political correctness as he teased World News, “Fort Hood tragedy: An Army officer, a Muslim convert, is the suspect in a shooting spree...” Introducing his first story…
November 5th, 2009 8:28 PM
Ft. Hood Shooting Open Thread
Follow this breaking story here on this thread. Post updates as you find them so others can keep tabs. I've posted a Twitter updater below to make it easier to follow here at NB: new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'search', search: 'hasan', interval: 6000, title: '', subject: 'Lastest News on Ft. Hood Shooting', width: 550, height: 250, theme: { shell: { background…
November 5th, 2009 8:27 PM
Rep. King Talks to NewsBusters About Rush Limbaugh and NFL
Last week Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) made quite a splash when he raked NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell over the coals for the decision to stop Rush Limbaugh from becoming an owner of the St. Louis Rams.On Wednesday I spoke to King about this episode as well as it's bigger meaning as it pertains to what's happening in America today.King described what he sees as "victimology and…
November 5th, 2009 6:59 PM
For Election News, Politicos and Average Joes Turned to Twitter
Coverage of Tuesday's election night took place during prime time, giving cable news partisans the responsibility of tracking and reporting details on the elections. Many observers, fed up with the substandard coverage of the networks' opinion commentators, turned to Twitter for up-to-the-minute coverage.Election followers on Twitter displayed their discontent towards cable news stations…
November 5th, 2009 6:06 PM
‘V’ Sci-Fi Star Compares Journalist-Mouthpiece for Evil Aliens to
Scott Wolf, the star of a new show about evil aliens who use superficial journalists to take over the planet, appeared on Monday’s Good Morning America and compared his "morally compromised" character to real-life CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. The V star asserted that "Chad Decker" doesn’t have much "gravitas" and added, "He's more of Anderson Cooper-y." In the program, which premiered November 3…
November 5th, 2009 5:27 PM
NY Times on the G.O.P.'s 'Embarrassing Loss' in Upstate New York
Which party was "embarrassed" by Tuesday night's election results? You may be surprised. In "Democrats in Congress See Election as Giving New Urgency to Their Agenda," New York Times congressional reporter Carl Hulse managed, as he often does, to tilt the conversation in a direction favorable to Democrats. Thursday's story came in the aftermath of two big Republican wins in New Jersey and…
November 5th, 2009 4:21 PM
CBS’s Smith: Edward R. Murrow ‘Bold,’ ‘Gutsy’; Joe McCarthy
Thursday’s CBS Early Show looked back at 1954 as part of its ‘Time Machine’ series, with co-host Harry Smith praising former CBS anchor Edward R. Murrow for taking on Senator Joseph McCarthy: “McCarthy was on a kind of a witch hunt. Ed Murrow boldly recognized that and took him on....It was very gutsy and very risky on Murrow’s part....McCarthy was a bully. Ed Murrow said ‘I’m not going to stand…
November 5th, 2009 4:18 PM
Cash Crunch, Press Silence: As ObamaCare Advances In Congress, Uncle S
The August Congressional Budget Office budget forecast for the fiscal year that began last month says that Uncle Sam will take in $2.264 trillion from October 2009 through September 2010. That's an increase of 7.6% over fiscal 2009's intake of $2.105 trillion. Though it won't be official until Tim Geithner's crew releases its Monthly Treasury Statement next week, it's virtually certain that the…
November 5th, 2009 4:06 PM