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'Red Eye' Gets More 'Demo' Viewers at 3AM Than CNN Does at 8PM
CNN and Campbell Brown must be awfully proud of themselves.After all, Brown's prime time television program which airs at 8PM ET is getting fewer viewers between the ages of 25 and 54 than Fox New's "Red Eye." Here's the punch line: "Red Eye" is on at 3AM when most people in the country are asleep. As reported by Mediaite Tuesday (h/t Hot Air headlines):
October 6th, 2009 11:20 AM
Letterman Apologizes to Wife, Staffers...and Sarah Palin? Again
David Letterman's "Forgive Me For I Have Sinned" tour took an interesting turn Monday evening when the "Late Show" host spent part of his program making fun of the controversy surrounding his extra-marital affairs while also apologizing to his wife, the female staffers involved, and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.In his opening monologue, Letterman joked:There's a possibility that I'll be the…
October 6th, 2009 10:20 AM
Chrysler 'May Not Make It Another Year
In early July, following the very first month after Chrysler LLC emerged from bankruptcy, the Associated Press, in an unbylined report about changes in the company's board, saved this little nugget for the last of its eight paragraphs: Chrysler's poor June performance also casts doubt on whether the U.S. government's $7 billion allocation will be enough to get the automaker through the U.S. sales…
October 6th, 2009 9:50 AM
Former Clinton Staffer Says 47,000 Die Annually of Un-insurance
Fans of Douglas Adams’ “Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” books will remember that the answer to “life, the universe, and everything” was “42.” For American liberals, the answer to “health, insurance, and everything” appears to be 47. Liberal pundits and politicians, right up to President Obama, have famously – and wrongly – claimed that there are 47 million uninsured Americans. Now, an ObamaCare…
October 6th, 2009 8:51 AM
CNN Fact Checks Last Saturday's SNL Obama-Razzing Skit
Can one even imagine CNN fact checking any of the skits SNL on President Bush or Sarah Palin?? Heaven forbid SNL finally make fun of President Obama. CNN couldn't help themselves. They actually fact checked the jokes. [Update, NBStaff, 10:35 am Eastern: Transcript of CNN segment added below.]The transcript of CNN’s “fact-checking” report, which aired 28 minutes into the 6 pm Eastern hour of…
October 6th, 2009 8:20 AM
Wolffe: RNC Chair Steele 'Token' African-American Put in Charge to Hid
Either Richard Wolffe is blatantly shilling for the liberal/progressive agenda in the United States or he really is incredibly cynical about how the Republican Party picks its leader. Wolffe, appearing on MSNBC's Oct. 5 "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," gave his thoughts on the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele. Wolffe, a MSNBC regular and former Newsweek columnist,…
October 6th, 2009 12:07 AM
Deny This: Guess Who Has the Highest Medical Claim Rejection Rate
Oh, the establishment press will just loooooove this -- not. From BigGovernment.com (HT Mark Levin over the airwaves this evening): Beverly Gossage, Research Fellow for Show-Me Institute and founder of HSA Benefits Consulting wondered which insurance companies rejected the most claims. She found her answer in the AMA’s own 2008 National Health Insurer Report Card (fairly large PDF). I'm…
October 6th, 2009 12:06 AM
Rep. Michele Bachmann: 'I'm Certainly Not Going to Fear the Likes of K
Republican Minnesota congresswoman and constant target of MSNBC on-air personalities calls network 'irrelevant.'
October 6th, 2009 12:00 AM
Couric Relies on Albright to Blame Obama's Afghanistan Conundrum on Bu
On Monday's CBS Evening News, Katie Couric delivered a “How We Got Here” review of Afghanistan after eight years of U.S. troops on the ground, culminating with Couric conveying as fact -- based on the view of Clinton administration Secretary of State Madeleine Albright -- the relatively simplistic liberal critique of how Iraq distracted the U.S. from the more important battle in Afghanistan. “…
October 5th, 2009 8:42 PM
Matthews Cries: 'Orgiastic' Right Wing 'Roots Against America
Chris Matthews, on Monday’s "Hardball," accused the right wing of achieving an "orgiastic level" of excitement in its rooting against Barack Obama to deliver the Olympics to Chicago. Matthews, joined by the Chicago Tribune’s Clarence Page and CNSNews.com’s very own Terry Jeffrey, opened his show by declaring that the "Right roots against America," as seen in the following opening: CHRIS MATTHEWS…
October 5th, 2009 6:18 PM
Beck Fires Back: Calls Series of Stories about Mother’s Suicide 'Des
Recently, the McClatchy-owned The News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash. and the left-leaning Salon.com ran stories questioning whether or not Glenn Beck's mother, Mary Beck committed suicide. It was later propagated by the left-wing storefronts. And, on Fox News Channel's Oct. 5 "Glenn Beck" program, Beck addressed that and some of the gripes he had about the media for not doing their job. "I tell you…
October 5th, 2009 6:17 PM
BMI’s Seymour: Reagan Treated 13 Times More Negatively on Jobs Than
BMI's Julia A. Seymour appeared on FNC's "America's News Headquarters" to discuss her latest report, "Networks Flip Flop on Jobs." During Seymour's Oct. 4 appearance, she told host Shannon Bream some of the findings of her report. "Let's talk about who was the president 26 years ago, Ronald Reagan. So how were his unemployment numbers, or what happened under his watch covered as compared…
October 5th, 2009 5:43 PM