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FNC Interviews Fmr Inspector General Suspiciously Fired by Obama
Tuesday's Fox and Friends on FNC gave attention to the case of former inspector general Jerry Walpin, of the Corporation for National and Community Service, who was abruptly dismissed from his position, after he headed up an investigation of one of President Obama's political allies for misuse of AmeriCorps funds, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. Co-anchor Steve Doocy also brought up the…
June 18th, 2009 5:41 AM
AP Slips Bush Derangement Syndrome Into Farrow Death Notice
Mia Farrow's brother, artist Patrick Farrow, committed suicide Tuesday, June 16. As expected, on the following day the Associated Press released a wire story about the incident. But, the odd thing about the short recount of the Farrows's lives and the account of the discovery of Patrick's lifeless body is that that the AP found some reason to slip in an attack on George W. Bush into the story.…
June 18th, 2009 2:54 AM
During Healthcare 'Special' ABC Refuses Paid Ads That Oppose Obamacare
So, not only is ABC not planning to include opposing voices to President Obama's health care proposals during its special presentation next week -- though ABC does claim "those in the audience" will ask questions of the president -- it is refusing to even allow groups that oppose Obamacare to purchase paid-for advertisements to air during the healthcare special. Rick Scott, chairman of…
June 17th, 2009 10:28 PM
NBC Chafes Obama's Honeymoon Over, But 'It's Not Personal, It's Profes
“The honeymoon is coming to an end for President Obama,” NBC's Chuck Todd fretted Wednesday night in summarizing a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. “But,” Todd rebounded, “it's not personal. It's professional as now the public appears to be judging the President on some of his actions.” Citing “growing concern about the budget deficit and some of this government interaction into the economy…
June 17th, 2009 9:45 PM
CNN Graphic Labels Minuteman Movement 'Extremists
A chyron which accompanied a report on CNN’s Newsroom program on Wednesday about the arrest of a leader of an organization inspired by the Minuteman Project, referred to her and her accused accomplices as “extremists.” Despite qualifying how the largest Minuteman organization had distanced itself from the suspects, anchor Rick Sanchez questioned how she became a “player in the anti-immigration…
June 17th, 2009 7:37 PM
Matthews: Howard Dean is the St. John the Baptist to Barack Obama's Je
Introducing Howard Dean, on Wednesday night's "Hardball," Chris Matthews indirectly compared Barack Obama to Jesus Christ as he introduced the former head of the DNC and 2004 presidential candidate as "the man who really laid out the path for Barack Obama. He was the St. John the Baptist...leading for that fellow." In the Christian faith St. John the Baptist is considered to be the precursor to…
June 17th, 2009 7:03 PM
NewsCorp Sells the Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard, founded by editor William Kristol and owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, is now under new ownership.
The conservative magazine has been acquired by Clarity Media, parent company of the Washington Examiner.
The deal, first reported by the L.A. Times on June 10, was made official this afternoon.
Clarity Media Group is owned by conservative billionaire Philip…
June 17th, 2009 6:34 PM
MSNBC's Ratigan Shows How Journalism Should Work
Journalists, take note: Dylan Ratigan should be your model.Despite working for MSNBC, Ratigan has shown a hard-nosed, take-no-prisoners interview style that is quickly gaining him the reputation for being the toughest interview on television. It isn’t often that an MSNBC host can claim to be tough on both sides of the political aisle, but the former CNBC correspondent could probably do it with a…
June 17th, 2009 6:25 PM
MRC-TV: Bozell on ABC's Biased Health Care Special
MRC President Brent Bozell sat down in the Fox News DC bureau on June 17 to record his reaction to ABC News's planned special at the White House on health care. During the 1 p.m. EDT hour, correspondent Mike Emanuel aired one small portion of his comments [audio available here]: Just try to imagine a world wherein ABC would give George W. Bush a two-hour opportunity to have a quote-unquote "…
June 17th, 2009 5:50 PM
MRC’s Motley: ABC’s Health Care Special Pushes Obama’s Vision fo
Calling it an "all-day home field advantage play for Obama and his position on health care," MRC's Seton Motley noted on the June 17 Fox News Channel program "America's Newsroom" that an upcoming ABC network special hosted at the White House will fail to include the other side of the complex policy argument. [audio available here] Although there will also be a question and answer section with…
June 17th, 2009 5:30 PM
What We Would Ask: Questions about Obama's health care plan
Conservative and free market experts supply questions for the upcoming ABC special 'Prescription for America.'
June 17th, 2009 4:10 PM
Scientific American Magazine Honors Obama For ‘Welcoming Back’ Sci
While sitting in the dentist office Wednesday afternoon I could not escape liberal media bias as I picked up the June edition of Scientific American Magazine and found that President Obama was honored as being one of ten people "who have recently demonstrated outstanding commitment to assuring that the benefits of new technologies and knowledge will accrue to humanity."The ‘Scientific American 10…
June 17th, 2009 3:39 PM