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Time's Sullivan: Abstinence Ed 'Not the End of the World' Under a De
One sign your news magazine might be out of touch with average Americans is when you take a look at abstinence-only sex ed guidelines and declare that, in the Obama administration's hands, it's "not the end of the world." Time's Amy Sullivan, however, aims to reassure skittish liberals weary of the Bush administration's socially conservative tack on sex ed funding:
Influential NY Times Editor Calls Anti-Tax Protesters 'Tea-Baggers
New York Times Week in Review and Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus is discussing his recent book "The Death of Conservatism" with Reihan Salam on Slate's Book Club feature. The tone of these Slate debates is usually civilly contentious, but in his Thursday afternoon posting, Tanenhaus leaves his lofty chambers of rhetoric to insult the conservatives he purports to be an expert on with a well-…
CNN's Tony Harris Expresses Utter Disbelief: 'Chicago is Out
On Friday’s Newsroom, CNN anchor Tony Harris apparently couldn’t believe the news as the International Olympic Committee eliminated Chicago, as well as Tokyo, from consideration as the deciding body made its final votes on which city would get the Olympic Games in 2016.Within the course of just over a minute at 25 minutes into the 11 am Eastern hour, Harris uttered the phrase “Chicago is out”…
CBS Asks: Will Obama ‘Bring Home Gold’ in Olympic Bid?...Not Even
On Friday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez speculated on the impact of President Obama’s personal appeal for the 2016 Olympics to be held in Chicago: “President Obama arrives in Copenhagen, carrying the torch for Chicago as the best candidate for the 2016 summer Olympics...Will he bring home the gold?” When the announcement came, Chicago was immediately eliminated from contention. In…
Breaking: Chicago Eliminated From Olympics Consideration
CNBC is reporting that Chicago has been eliminated by the International Olympics Committee from consideration to host the 2016 Olympics.How will the Obama-loving media report this stunning announcement?
Special Open Thread: Chicago Loses in First Round of IOC Voting
Despite presidential lobbying, Chicago loses the Summer Games 2016 bid. In the first round. Cue the Price is Right losing horns:
Europe Asks America For Climate Change Funds
If you're still not convinced global warming hysteria is rooted in a desire to redistribute wealth, an annoucement out of the European Union Friday might finally change your mind.As reported by the Associated Press moments ago:The European Union called Friday on the United States to join it in stumping up cash to help poor developing nations cope with climate change.Hold onto your wallets, for it…
Healthcare Adds Another 19,000 Jobs, 559K Since Recession Began
As the Business & Media Institute's Julia Seymour previously reported, the September unemployment data just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed a larger than expected decline in non-farm payrolls.Yet, as employers shed another 263,000 workers, the healthcare industry ADDED -- yes, ADDED!!! -- 19,000 employees.As NewsBusters reported last month, the healthcare industry, despite…
Jobless Numbers Jump; Watch Bias ABC's Gibson Spin Stats from 1982 vs
Unemployment rose again in September, to 9.8 percent, with 263,000 jobs lost according to Bureau of Labor Statistics release. That followed months of positive economic coverage from the networks and begs the question: how with the network news spin that tonight? The network news media have been manipulating bad jobs reports in Obama's favor since March as the unemployment rate rose from 8.1…
David Brooks Attacks Conservative 'Talk Jocks
If you want to become a house "conservative" for the New York Times, the prime rule is that you must treat Rush Limbaugh as well as other talk radio conservatives with utter disdain. In fact it is pretty much a job requirement at the Times as the other house "conservative" there, the conspicuously inconspicuous Ross (Whothat?) Douthat, knows full well when he slammed Limbaugh at the Atlantic…
Williams Prompts Carter: What, In 'Your Wiring,' Has 'Set You Apart' f
Just over two weeks after NBC's Brian Williams pushed former President Jimmy Carter's racism charge (“Former President Carter spoke up and spoke out about what he has seen emerging in some of the public protests against President Obama”), Williams devoted more than two minutes of Thursday's NBC Nightly News to marking Carter's 85th birthday by cuing him up to put in his own words how he “stands…
CBS News Producer Arrested for Extortion Attempt Against David Letterm
On Thursday's Late Show, David Letterman recounted how he testified before a Manhattan grand jury earlier in the day about how a man, whom he did not identify, left a package in his car three weeks ago and subsequently demanded $2 million or he would write a screenplay and book detailing, in Letterman's words, “all the terrible things that I do” – specifically, “that I have had sex with women who…
