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Rachel Maddow Blames Corporations, Lobbyist for ACORN Attacks
MSNBC host accuses Richard Berman of 'corporate-funded purportedly grassroots organizations' against ACORN, ignores proof of scandal.
September 25th, 2009 4:29 PM
Michael Moore: Nobody's Got Obama's Back on Health Care
On September 25, "The View's" Sherri Shepherd asked Michael Moore, "How do you feel about Obama's health care plan?" Moore responded, "Aw, geez. I feel so bad for this guy. I mean - I - ya know, he's out there all alone; nobody's got his back. The other side they're out there angry, organized."Nobody's got his back? Really? Let's take a look at the numbers. In August, the Business & Media…
September 25th, 2009 4:20 PM
Former NBA Star/Sports Show Host: Why Doesn't 'White America' Love Oba
You may have never thought you could get this political insight from a sports commentator, but former NBA Detroit Pistons star-turned-host of "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" on Fox Sports Network John Salley has defied expectations. Salley recently appeared on September 23 edition of "The Adam Carolla" podcast and asked Carolla a very pointed and insightful question. "I have a question…
September 25th, 2009 4:10 PM
WaPo Highlights Anti-plush Toilet Paper Crusade on Front Page
The Washington Post may have trouble placing negative stories about Democratic gubernatorial candidates on the front-page, but the newspaper certainly can identify the important news items: Getting rid of plush toilet paper. Thursday’s Post gave prominent, A1 coverage to the latest crusade of environmental groups. Staff writer David A. Fahrenthold observed, "It is a fight over toilet paper: the…
September 25th, 2009 4:01 PM
Weekend Captionfest
Addressing the UN on September 23, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called Pres. Obama "our son" and expressed the hope he "can stay forever as the President of the United States." Photo Guardian [UK].
September 25th, 2009 4:00 PM
Olbermann, Alter in Denial Over GOP Winning Health Care Debate
MSNBC's own 'Baghdad Bobs' tar Republicans and Olbermann asks why Sen. DeMint hates sick people.
September 25th, 2009 3:28 PM
'Early Show' Uses Woman with Rare Disease to Advocate for ObamaCare
It was quite a "two-for" on CBS' "The Early Show" September 25. They got a chance to feature a young woman who'd recovered from a very rare disease, and they also got to advocate for ObamaCare. "The Early Show's" Maggie Rodriguez talked with Krista Lesinski, who had been diagnosed with Wilson's Disease, a rare and potentially lethal condition that attacks the liver. With Lesinski was Dr. Lisa…
September 25th, 2009 3:13 PM
NY Times's Latest Heavily Pro-Democratic Poll Still Finds Resistance t
The latest New York Times-CBS poll was reported by Adam Nagourney and Dalia Sussman for Friday's front page -- "Public Wary of Obama on War and Health Care, Poll Finds." The news wasn't great for Barack Obama's agenda, though Nagourney, the paper's chief political reporter, performed some helpful spinning for the president. Revealingly, the poll still gives the president a 56% approval rating,…
September 25th, 2009 2:35 PM
Rush Limbaugh Discusses Politics With Jay Leno
As NewsBusters' Brent Baker previously reported, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh had fun with Jay Leno Thursday evening actually driving an electric car over a cardboard cut-out of Al Gore.Prior to that hilarious scene, Limbaugh sat down with Leno and discussed politics, President Obama, Medicare, and even weight loss.For those that missed it, the entire first segment is embedded…
September 25th, 2009 2:01 PM
Psst: Cash For Clunkers July-August 'Success' Causes Serious September
As far as the establishment media is concerned, the Cash For Clunkers program Uncle Sam conducted in July and August was a smashing (excuse the term) success. That's the case, despite the deliberate destruction of hundreds of thousands of perfectly usable vehicles, late payments to dealers (the USDOT is finally catching up), the program's failure to give much relief to government bailout…
September 25th, 2009 12:43 PM
WaPo Continues to Downplay Negative Developments for Va. Dem Governor
The Washington Post on Friday buried the announcement by Douglas Wilder, a popular Democratic ex-governor of Virginia, to not endorse his party’s current nominee for that office, Creigh Deeds. The Post placed the story, with the bland headline, "Wilder Declines to Endorse Anyone for Governor," below the fold in the Metro section. In contrast, the Washington Times highlighted it on the front page…
September 25th, 2009 12:32 PM
Baltimore Sun Notes Liberal Maryland Woman's Fox News Derangement Synd
"Patron asks gym in left-leaning Columbia to tune out Fox News" read the teaser headline on the BaltimoreSun.com's front page this morning.So wait, it's news when a liberal in a left-leaning city in a deeply blue-state Maryland gripes about Fox News being featured on the TV at her gym? Apparently to the Sun, it is.Sun staff writer Larry Carson explained that this isn't your run-of-the-mill…
September 25th, 2009 12:12 PM
SNL: Obama Will Even Go On The Food Network...But Not Fox News
On Thursday, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" spin-off "Weekend Update Thursday" mocked President Obama as being willing to discuss healthcare reform on virtually any cable channel that will have him -- except, of course, Fox News.Although the opening skit did poke fun at FNC's Glenn Beck, the real joke was that the President, having just done Sunday interviews on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Univision,…
September 25th, 2009 10:34 AM