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CBS: Obama International ‘Darling,’ But Hasn’t Accomplished Anyt
In a somewhat schizophrenic report on Tuesday’s CBS Evening News, White House correspondent Chip Reid proclaimed President Obama is: "still the darling of the international community. Warmly welcomed by a world that grew weary of President Bush’s brash go-it-alone style." But also admitted: "But with scant progress on a long his of issues, the question now is what does he have to show for it?"…
September 23rd, 2009 1:33 PM
ABC Raves Over Michael Moore’s ‘Deeply Christian’ New Movie; Lau
In less than 24 hours, ABC devoted 13 minutes to rhapsodizing over liberal Michael Moore’s new, "deeply Christian" film, Capitalism: A Love Story. Featuring the director first on Tuesday’s Nightline, co-anchor Terry Moran took his socialistic agenda seriously and opened the show by teasing, "Is capitalism evil?" (In 2007, the network contributed 21 minutes to Sicko, totaling 34 minutes of…
September 23rd, 2009 12:35 PM
Barbara Walters Hails 'Fearless', Intelligent 'View' Co-host Joy Behar
"She is fearless. There's an intelligence there as well as the humor," insists Barbara Walters about none other than, wait for it, "The View" co-host Joy Behar. Washington Post's Howard Kurtz relayed that gem in his Style section front-pager, "Oh, Joy! Gift of Gab Gives Host New Gig," about Behar's new primetime gig on HLN (formerly known as CNN Headline News).Yes, this is the same Joy Behar who:
September 23rd, 2009 11:50 AM
Rachel Maddow Revealingly Describes Marriage as 'Very Un-future-y
Yes -- "un-future-y." Rachel Maddow actually says things like that, and there are people out there -- and out there, they are -- who consider it charming. At the end of her MSNBC show Monday, Maddow chatted with sidekick and pop culture reporter Kent Jones about "Star Trek" actor George Takei ("Mr. Sulu") and his partner becoming the first gay couple to compete on "The Newlywed Game."As might be…
September 23rd, 2009 11:41 AM
Obama Speeches: The 'I's Have It -- Nearly 1,200 Times
Sunday marathon reinforces president's focus on self while the media ignore it.
September 23rd, 2009 10:38 AM
Mythbuster: Calling the President Hitler Isn't Inciting Assassination
Since the Tea Parties began and the anti-government sentiment boiled over into town hall meeting protests, a consistent media meme has been that some of the signs present as well as the rhetoric have been inciting violence against Barack Obama.As my colleague Geoffrey Dickens previously reported, MSNBC's Chris Matthews Tuesday actually warned talk radio hosts that they would pay if anything…
September 23rd, 2009 10:36 AM
Cafferty: When DeLay Goes to Prison They Can Show His Dance Video
In today's "When Are You Going to Realize the Democrats Control Congress?" moment, CNN's Jack Cafferty attacked Tom DeLay Tuesday in a segment that had absolutely nothing to do with the former House Majority Leader.In fact, his piece during the 4PM installment of the "Situation Room" dealt with whether it was more important for a president to be liked or feared outside the country.Unfortunately…
September 23rd, 2009 9:41 AM
Audio: FCC's Diversity Czar: 'White People' Need to be Forced to 'Step
One Giant Censorship Step Down For Personkind Mark Lloyd is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Chief Diversity Officer, a.k.a. the Diversity Czar. And he has in a recently discovered bit of archive audio goodness detailed his rather disturbing perspective on race, power and the American system.(Audio located below the fold, courtesy of…
September 23rd, 2009 8:38 AM
ABC Notices Obama Administration's Effort to Suppress Criticism of Oba
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to go to the Senate floor on Tuesday to call out the Obama administration for using the full power of a federal regulatory agency to suppress free speech -- specifically, to silence Humana's predictions about the impact of proposed ObamaCare cuts to the Medicare Advantage program -- led ABC, but not CBS or NBC, to air a story on the “gag order…
September 23rd, 2009 2:04 AM
Media Dozes While Social Security Is on the Verge of Negative Annual C
Ed Morrissey at Hot Air had the catch of the day yesterday when he revealed, based on Congressional Budget Office internal projections distributed to Congress during the summer, that the Social Security system will spend more cash than it takes in during the government's next fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Read about it there, or here, because you won't see the establishment media…
September 23rd, 2009 1:28 AM