CNN's Toobin Again Touts 'Very Conservative' vs 'Liberal' Supreme Cour

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin again turned to his usual labeling of the ideological split on the Supreme Court on Monday’s American Morning. Toobin labeled Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts “very conservative” three times, as opposed to the mere “liberal” justices on the Court. The analyst also bizarrely claimed that the “liberal side” of the body is “basically outnumbered.”Toobin…
Matthew Balan
October 5th, 2009 5:23 PM

Washington Post Says Health Care 'Rationing' Shouldn't be Dirty Word

Staff writer argues U.S. care delivered in 'haphazard, even illogical, way.'
Matt Philbin
October 5th, 2009 5:10 PM

CNBC Guest Says 47,000 Die Annually of Un-insurance

Former Clinton staffer uses dubious statistics to argue for ObamaCare.
Matt Philbin
October 5th, 2009 5:09 PM

'60 Minutes' Condemns Coal Industry, Misses Government Role in TVA Spi

Lesley Stahl attacks coal, tells industry lobbyist people don't 'trust' coal companies.
Julia A. Seymour
October 5th, 2009 4:40 PM

ABC’s Cokie Roberts on Polanski: As Far as I’m Concerned, Just

Longtime ABC journalist Cokie Roberts on Sunday harshly criticized fugitive director Roman Polanski, going so far as to joke, "As far as I’m concerned, just take him out and shoot him." Appearing on the internet-only segment of This Week, she bluntly stated, "But, Roman Polanski is a criminal. You know, he raped and drugged and raped and sodomized a child. And then was a fugitive from justice." …
Scott Whitlock
October 5th, 2009 4:37 PM

Time: Conservative Bible Project 'Insane' but 'Green Bible' Evangelica

A year ago Time magazine's David Van Biema wrote up a short, favorable take on the so-called Green Bible, an edition based on the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) that placed "green references" in "a pleasant shade of forest green, much as red-letter editions of the Bible encrimson the words of Jesus." But wait, there's more, The Green Bible also includes "supplementary writings" several of…
Ken Shepherd
October 5th, 2009 3:54 PM

Analyst: Oil at $55 Near-Term, $175 Long-Term

Deutsche Bank oil analyst marks a comeback of alarmingly high oil predictions.
Jeff Poor
October 5th, 2009 3:45 PM

CBS’s Schieffer: ‘World Did Not End’ After Obama’s Olympic Fai

In a display of the ever lowering standards by which the media judge Barack Obama’s presidency, on Sunday’s CBS Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer downplayed the President’s failed Olympic bid: “this is going to come as a surprise to some but the world did not end Friday....a lot of people thought it might if the President flew to Copenhagen and failed to bring home the Olympics.”       …
Kyle Drennen
October 5th, 2009 3:42 PM

Only One in Ten Have Great Trust in Media; Plurality Sees Press as 'To

A Gallup poll released late last week confirms that few Americans trust the media and about three times as many see the press as liberally biased as opposed to pro-conservative. Far more Democrats express confidence in the media than Republicans, but even a slight plurality of Democrats describe the press as liberally biased (21%) rather than having a conservative bias (20%).For the media, Gallup…
Rich Noyes
October 5th, 2009 2:30 PM

Mark Levin Slams 'GOP Consultant' As Having 'Integrity of a Sham-wow S

It’s really strange when MSNBC personalities wish for more civility in the political process. Morning Meeting host Dylan Ratigan brought on pseudo-Republican consultant Mark McKinnon on Monday to discuss his attack on talk radio on the liberal Daily Beast website. McKinnon obliged (Audio available here): I think the Chicago incident, I think it was bad political instincts and bad political…
Tim Graham
October 5th, 2009 2:25 PM

The Times Confronts an Urban Liberal Nightmare: Cupcakes for Children

A Times headline writer has some issues with sweets: "Trying to keep obese students away from their favorite poisons."
Clay Waters
October 5th, 2009 2:14 PM

CBS’s Smith Touts Green Couple Who Lived Year Without Toilet Paper

On Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith promoted a new book and documentary about a New York City couple that spent a year without modern amenities, such as toilet paper and electricity, to limit their impact on the environment: “This is an amazing saga....when the lights were switched back on, Colin and Michelle clearly saw a year that meant so much more than living without toilet paper…
Kyle Drennen
October 5th, 2009 1:19 PM

MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan: Conservatives Don't Care If ‘Half the Count

Morning Meeting host Dylan Ratigan on Monday smeared conservatives, saying that the right doesn’t care if "half the country dies" in order to "take down Obama" on health care. Ratigan made his vitriolic remark while discussing glee over the President’s botched handling of the Chicago Olympic bid. Audio can be found here. MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer complained, "Can you imagine this that some people…
Scott Whitlock
October 5th, 2009 1:04 PM

FNC Highlights Pew Poll Showing Public Trending More Pro-Life

On Friday's Special Report with Bret Baier, FNC correspondent Molly Henneberg filed a report relaying to viewers that a recently released Pew poll finds a continuing trend of pro-life sentiment gaining ground in public opinion in America. Last May, a Gallup poll showed a similar pro-life trend. After Baier introduced her report by observing that "popular support for abortion rights is on the…
Brad Wilmouth
October 5th, 2009 12:21 PM