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During the 2:00AM ET hour of CBS’s Up to the Minute on Wednesday, shortly after news broke of Senator Ted Kenney’s death, historian Douglas Brinkley exclaimed the Massachusetts Democrat was: "...going to be a – a martyr because of all that he’s done and he very well might help, in death, Obama get his health care plan."Fill-in anchor Michelle Gielan discussed Kennedy’s legacy with Brinkley, soon…

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin issued an invitation that should please Fox News's Glenn Beck as well as his fans.Of course, it won't make Obama lovers and Palin haters in the media very happy.That's probably just an ancillary benefit to her Wednesday morning posting on Facebook (h/t NBer philipjames):

As NewsBusters reported last Wednesday, the photo sharing website Flickr removed the Obama Joker picture that was later transformed into posters showing up in cities around the country.At the time, Flickr claimed it had acted on advice of counsel due to legal issues involving copyright infringement.Yet, according to Thomas Hawk, none of the conceivably interested parties filed a complaint with…

Obama and journalists complain the president is fighting some fictional opposition to boost his standing.

Reflecting on "How Ted Kennedy Found Himself," Time's Joe Klein today let readers in on an encounter with the Massachusetts senator in the 1970s when he was stoned and Kennedy drunk. The occasion, Klein receiving an "honorable mention" journalism award from the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial foundation in 1974.Klein explained how their conversation at the reception centered around an earlier incident…

Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy, who passed away late Tuesday night, had the news media as an ally and champion of his liberal causes. Below are a few examples, culled from the MRC's archive, of how journalists admired his policy efforts and treated him as their hero.  Eighteen years ago a New York Times reporter declared “his achievements as a Senator have towered over his time, changing the lives…

As Barack Obama and a Democrat-controlled Congress try to force radical healthcare reform down the throats of the American people, wouldn't it be nice if the news media disclosed the truth about what's happening in countries whose government's already provide such services?Take for example Great Britain where the strains on the system are such that an increasing number of mothers are giving…

The administration arbitrarily and unaccountably closed auto dealerships, and the media quickly lost interest.

Remember the shock generated when the Obama Office of Management and Budget recently announced that the projected 10 year deficit was increased from $7 trillion to $9 trillion? Guess what? That lastest projection is based on "make believe" economics. Although most media outlets have failed to report on it, stories from both Reuters and Forbes reveal that the true 10 year budget deficit will…

For general discussion. Possible talking point: tax hikes as far as the eye can see! The Treasury reports that our country's federal debt has doubled in nine years, rising steadily, year by year, to $10.72 trillion from $5.67 trillion in 2000. Our deficit for the current year fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, is expected to total $1.8 trillion, four times last year's figure, leaving us with a…

Try to keep a straight face when you hear this: President Barack Obama isn't getting enough media love. That's the world view of MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews - at least when it comes to the economy. According to Matthews, there has been a plethora of positive economic news - from a stock market that has shrugged off the threat of bad liberal policy, i.e. cap-and-trade or ObamaCare, to…

Chris Matthews has used the passing of Ted Kennedy to paint opponents of Pres. Obama as a pool of potential assassins.Participating in a panel discussion on Morning Joe today, Matthews asserted that there was a hateful environment in the Dallas of 1963 in which President Kennedy was assassinated that is "like the mood we're in now."Matthews made his remark in the course of painting a picture of…