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MRC-TV Alert: Motley On Glenn Beck Program Discussing FCC Diversity Cz
Media Research Center Director of Communications and NewsBusters contributor Seton Motley is scheduled to appear on today's Glenn Beck program on Fox News Channel. His segment should air around 5:45 p.m. EDT.Motley will discuss the views of FCC's new "chief diversity officer" Mark Lloyd and how his influence on regulatory policy could prove detrimental to free speech on America's radio airwaves.…
August 14th, 2009 5:28 PM
MSNBC Uses William F. Buckley to Bash Health Care Reform Opponents
On MSNBC Friday, anchor John Harwood spoke with New York Times Week in Review editor Sam Tanenhaus about the health care debate, wondering: "...you know an awful lot about the patron saint of modern conservatism William F. Buckley. What do you suppose Bill Buckley would think of the nature of the arguments that are being made against the Obama health care plan right now, death panels and all the…
August 14th, 2009 5:01 PM
Weekend Captionfest
Sec. of State Hillary Clinton in Nairobi, Kenya, during her recent African trip.
August 14th, 2009 4:28 PM
ABCNews.com Hypes Boycott of Whole Foods, Dismisses CEO's Conservativ
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's recent Wall Street Journal op-ed may well have been "in bad taste", ABCNews.com would have its readers believe (see screen cap at right). Emily Friedman devoted an August 14 story mainly to liberal Whole Foods patrons huffing and puffing in disgust about Mackey's op-ed:Joshua has been taking the bus to his local Whole Foods in New York City every five days for the…
August 14th, 2009 4:21 PM
Dear NY Times: Right to Worry about ObamaCare
Despite Krugman, there are many reasons to fear the unintended consequences of health 'reform.'
August 14th, 2009 4:14 PM
MSNBC Host's False Attack Leads to Threats Against Conservative
On her MSNBC show last night, the left-wing Air America host Rachel Maddow took a swipe at the conservative Shirley & Banister Public Affairs firm, specifically President and CEO Craig Shirley. Maddow accused Shirley of being behind a grassroots Web site funded by the group Grassfire.org, based on a research provided by the “independent watchdog group Public Citizen,” and she showed still…
August 14th, 2009 3:19 PM
Company on Decision to Pull Ads from Beck TV Show: 'We Do Not Want to
UPDATE: Sargento says Colors of Change did not influence company's decision (at bottom)What constitutes "hateful speech?" It depends on the views of the individual, or in this case the advocacy group propagating the claim. Earlier this week, Plymouth, Wisc.-based Sargento Food, Inc., along with several other companies, pulled their advertising from the Fox News Channel's "Glenn Beck" program,…
August 14th, 2009 2:55 PM
Nets Compare America to Third World, Shocked Many Come for Free Health
All three broadcast networks this week have reported on the charity Remote Area Medical's offer of free medical care at a temporary facility in Los Angeles, citing the arrival of many patients as a sign of how many Americans there are who need "free health care," and even relaying the words of program volunteers who compared the health care challenges of some Americans to problems in Third World…
August 14th, 2009 2:40 PM
CBS: Free Clinic Shows Health Care Reform ‘Desperately Needed
At the top of Thursday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric used a free clinic in Inglewood, California to push for health care reform: "Tonight in the battle over health care, they are on the front lines....we’re going to show you why many believe reform is desperately needed. These are just some of the tens of thousands of Americans who need health care but have no insurance or not enough of…
August 14th, 2009 12:26 PM
ABC Tries to Tie Health Care Town Hall Protesters to Hate Groups
ABC News correspondent Brian Ross tried to connect the health care town hall protesters to hate groups on Friday’s GMA. Ross cited the Southern Poverty Law Center, whose left-wing political affiliation he omitted, and used two sound bites from the SPLC’s Mark Potok, who hyped that President Obama supposedly “triggered fears among...white people...that they are somehow losing their country.”The…
August 14th, 2009 11:48 AM
What Media Won't Tell You About ObamaCare: It WILL Hurt Seniors
There's a dirty little secret about ObamaCare the Left and their media minions are immorally hiding from the public: the plan in its current form will definitely harm senior citizens.Of course, it's understandable politicians are comfortable not telling such a large voting bloc the truth. Just ask Machiavelli.But the facts revealed by the Wall Street Journal Friday would be in virtually every…
August 14th, 2009 10:05 AM
Capehart: 'We've Got Two Problems. Um, I Mean, The Administration and
Jonathan Capehart let the mask slip on just how much the MSM is one with Pres. Obama and Democrats at large. Here's the WaPo editorialist on Morning Joe today, discussing the daunting task of selling ObamaCare to a doubting public:"We've got two problems here. We: I should say the administration or Democrats have two problems."Sorry, Jonathan. Cat out of bag. Toothpaste out of tube. Bell rung.
August 14th, 2009 9:18 AM