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Paulson Tells CNN: Americans 'Save too little,' 'Spend too much
Former treasury secretary blames crisis on overspending and 'global imbalances.'
CBS vs. CBS on Obama’s Bipartisanship Push: ‘Open to Ideas’ or D
On Tuesday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric and White House reporter Chip Reid cast President Obama’s push for “bipartisanship” in a favorable light, with Obama “working hard,” “following through on a promise” and “open to ideas from Republicans.” But in an item posted on CBSNews.com, Reid’s fellow CBS White House correspondent, Mark Knoller – who has covered every President since Gerald…
AccuWeather's Bastardi Warns New Federal Climate Service Effort to 'Sh
Time after time, the Obama White House has demonstrated a desire to control the message and flow of information, whether it's issues on health care, the economy, bailouts and the latest - climate science. With cap-and-trade legislation waiting in the wings that would come at an estimated cost of up to $200 billion, or $1,761 per household, according to the Treasury Department, the federal…
Bias By the Numbers: Networks Celebrate Year of Strong Stimulus Suppor
ABC, CBS, NBC cite supporters of $787 billion bill nearly three times as often as critics.
Film Critic Roger Ebert Doubles Down on Twitter-trashing His 'Teabagge
"I’m reminded the term Teabaggers is pornographic. Didn’t know that until MSM told me. Let’s face it: The Baggers own it now." — The latest from Roger Ebert’s [depicted at left in 2003 file photo at right] Twitter, presumably in response to this. Ebert’s seen a lot of films but obviously hasn’t learned very much from them. When he disappeared into the hospital for all those months, those of us…
Poll: 64 Percent Say Media Did 'Fair or Poor' Job as Watchdog in Year
Here’s a poll we somehow missed. The First Amendment Center (an offshoot of the Gannett media company) went to Gallup for a poll of more than 1,000 adults around the anniversary of the Obama inauguration, and the results were released a few weeks ago. (Here's a PDF.) They asked "How do you rate the job the news media has done as a watchdog of government in the first year of the Obama…
WaPo-owned Website: O'Reilly Racist for Noting Haiti Corruption
A website owned by the Washington Post on Monday accused Fox News host Bill O'Reilly of racism. O'Reilly's slight? Informing his viewers of the widespread corruption in Haiti. The accuser, meanwhile, omitted key facts undermining his charge.O'Reilly had the audacity in a January 13 "Talking Points" segment to make the "not particularly constructive" suggestion (in The Root's words) that his…
Stephen Colbert Wonders If It’s Hard for George Stephanopoulos to Hi
Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos appeared on Tuesday’s Colbert Report and had to deal with questions about his past as a Democratic operative. Comedian Stephen Colbert bluntly explained, “You’re a Democrat, okay? You worked for the Clintons. I cannot imagine it must have been easy to sit there for the past year and watch Democrats get hammered so mercilessly by the Republicans…
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Industries Minister Ali Akbar. February 7, 2010. Photo Reuters/Raheb Homavandi
Good Morning America Reports 'Poll Stunner: GOP Favored
"Good Morning America" Wednesday broke the news about a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finding Republicans now favored over Democrats in the upcoming Congressional elections in November."Republicans are in a dramatically improved position for the midterm elections," said Jake Tapper. "They are much more competitive with Democrats and the President as to who the public trusts to handle key…
Rosie O’Donnell: ‘We Sort of Started to Humanize’ Elisabeth Hass
Apparently in Rosie O'Donnell's world, people who don't subscribe to her beliefs are less than human, and she surrounds herself with people of like mind. The former "View" moderator took the opportunity during the Feb. 8 broadcast of her Sirius XM radio show, "Rosie Radio" to outline how she tried to "humanize" her former colleague, Elisabeth Hasselbeck. O'Donnell's comments stemmed from…
Atlantic Magazine Writers Speculate About Possibility of John Edwards
There are no second acts in American lives. ---F. Scott FitzgeraldApparently writers Nicole Allan and Niraj Chokshi of Atlantic Magazine wish to hold open the possibility of a second act for disgraced John Edwards as they speculate about Is John Edwards Done Forever? Yes, all Sarah Palin has to do is read a few notes from the palm of her hand and this is enough to set off MSM liberals into a…
Barbara Walters Goes After Sarah Palin on 'The View
Barbara Walters took to her own soapbox Monday on ABC’s "The View" to deride Sarah Palin. But if viewers were only getting their news from Barbara, they’d be getting a very slanted version of what Palin said. Walters said she urged Obama to declare war on Iran, but "I don’t have the exact quote." Walters also lined up with many liberals by suggesting Palin should have lashed out at Rush Limbaugh…
