Eric Holder CIA Investigation Announcement Unleashes Kossack Political

Liberals in the mainstream media may publicly pretend that the appointment of a prosecutor to investigate so-called torture in the CIA is non-political but to the members of the Daily Kos it is all about politics. The politics of revenge. On the heels of the Eric Holder Justice Department dropping a voter intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party for threatening voters with…
P.J. Gladnick
August 25th, 2009 8:33 AM

Another NHS Story U.S. Media Will Likely Ignore: Widespread Use of For

I don't anticipate that those in the UK who are rushing to the defense of their precious National Health Service (NHS) will be bringing up the item that follows any time soon, nor do I expect the U.S. statist heath care cheerleaders to take note of it. The UK Daily Mail tells us that NHS is importing general practitioners who commute from foreign countries. Wait until you see the reason why, and…
Tom Blumer
August 25th, 2009 7:38 AM

Media's Pro-Choice Darling Called Humans 'Ecotumors

Late-term abortionist is a victimized hero to left-wing media.
Colleen Raezler
August 25th, 2009 12:00 AM

Oppose ObamaCare? You're 'Undermining The Country

Latest dispatch from the "dissent is patriotic" front: if you oppose Pres. Obama in his health care initiative, you're "undermining the country."None less than the great Howard Dean said so on this evening's Rachel Maddow show.  Alison Stewart was filling in for the eponymous host.
Mark Finkelstein
August 24th, 2009 10:28 PM

Couric Marvels at Obama's New 'Wee Wee'd' Term; Obama's Book List Impr

Much of the media and entertainment world spent the last eight years ridiculing President Bush's verbal communication -- Saturday Night Live made up “strategery” to make fun of him -- and lack of reading skills with jokes about Bush reading children's books or his barren library. But Monday night, CBS and NBC used President Barack Obama's first full day of vacation as a pivot to spin his “wee wee…
Brent Baker
August 24th, 2009 8:43 PM

CBS: Obama Merchandise ‘Selling Like Crazy’ On Martha’s Vineyard

Reporting on the First Family vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard, CBS reporter Chip Reid excitedly exclaimed: "One thing that’s going to give a huge boost to the economy is all the Obama paraphernalia...t-shirts, it’s baseball caps and magnets and coffee mugs and glasses. And restaurants are selling the ‘Baracko Taco.’ Bars are selling ‘Ale to the Chief.’ And all of it is selling like crazy."…
Kyle Drennen
August 24th, 2009 5:56 PM

CNBC's Cramer on Glenn Beck Advertisers: 'I Think They All Come Back i

Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz and the brain trust at ThinkProgress probably won't like this, but CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer thinks the Glenn Beck boycott won't have an impact on NewsCorp's (NASDAQ:NWSA), the parent company of Fox News, bottom line. During the "Stop Trading" segment on "Street Signs" Aug. 24, Cramer explained that Unilever (NYSE:UN) was going all out with its advertising, by…
Jeff Poor
August 24th, 2009 5:21 PM

WaPo Story of VA Blunder with Colonoscopies Buried in Bowels of A-Sect

As the national debate roils on about the proposed public option for health care and as newspapers face declining fortunes, one might think major newspaper editors would jump at the chance to front-page a story of government-run health care negligence.Yet today's Washington Post buried such a story -- "Negligence Suits Likely Over VA Procedures: 3 Hospitals Used Dirty Equipment" -- on page 13 of…
Ken Shepherd
August 24th, 2009 4:52 PM

Cramer on Beck Advertisers: 'I Think They All Come Back in the End

CNBC 'Mad Money' host points to Unilever's 'advertise on all media' model, says NewsCorp still a good stock, despite skittish advertisers.
Jeff Poor
August 24th, 2009 4:48 PM

CBS Touts Gitmo Torture Charges; Ignores ACLU Showing CIA Agent Photos

Early in Saturday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Jeff Glor reported: "Tonight there are new allegations of torture by the CIA. Newsweek magazine is reporting that a secret 2004 report reveals that interrogators used mock executions to intimidate prisoners." Glor went on to talk to Newsweek reporter Mark Hosenball, who claimed: "And in the case of one detainee that we know about, somebody named Abdel-…
Kyle Drennen
August 24th, 2009 3:48 PM

Reality Check: Will Nets Notice Sheehan's Anti-Obama Protest

Media Embraced Cindy Sheehan's Anti-Bush Push in 2005; ABC Anchor Now Says: "Enough Already"When Cindy Sheehan arrives on Martha’s Vineyard tomorrow (Tuesday), to protest against President Barack Obama, will the news media be as drawn to her as they were in the summer of 2005 when she was condemning George W. Bush?Last week, ABC anchor Charles Gibson declared “enough already” when asked on…
Brent Baker
August 24th, 2009 3:37 PM

NY Times Turnaround? Concerns Over 'Death Panels' Suddenly Not So Biza

A turnaround on Obama-Care at the New York Times? Not quite, but health reporter Robert Pear's corrective story Friday, "A Basis Is Seen for Some Health Plan Fears Among the Elderly," did make some surprising concessions to conservative concerns about rationing of health care for the elderly under an Obama plan. Might those horror stories about "death panels," declared "false" by the Times just a…
Clay Waters
August 24th, 2009 3:27 PM

On Today: Obamas Arrive in Martha's Vineyard and the Children Sing

NBC's Ron Allen, on Monday's "Today" show, highlighted how the residents on Martha's Vineyard are in a tizzy about the First Family vacationing there as he gushed: "On the small island off the coast of Massachusetts, there is Obama everything!" Allen then went on to feature locals celebrating the arrival of the Obamas including a woman excited about eateries naming dishes after the President like…
Geoffrey Dickens
August 24th, 2009 3:20 PM

'World News' Laments Rising Tuition, Ignores Causes

ABC finds students struggling with higher college costs, but fails to identify reason for tuition inflation.
Jeff Poor
August 24th, 2009 2:24 PM