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Liberals Say Conservatives are Haters and Hate Them for it
Journalists help empower anger that now targets constitutional rights; ignore left-wing hate.
June 16th, 2009 3:10 PM
MRC's Bozell: Where Does FCC Chairman Nominee Genachowski Stand On 'Fa
Concerned that “we know little or nothing” of President Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Media Research Center President (MRC) Brent Bozell sent an open letter on June 15 to the Senate Commerce Committee urging the members to thoroughly query Julius Genachowski. The panel, headed by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) , will hold hearings today on Genachowski’s…
June 16th, 2009 12:31 PM
Is the Left More Hip Than the Rest of US
Washington, DC is considered more hip whenever the power balance shifts to the left. I didn't say that - Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts of the Washington Post's Reliable Source column said it. Wow! WaPo writers acknowledge that the snoberati equate hipness and style with leftist politics. "Our examination of the evidence suggests that his [Obama's] influence on the city's cool/host…
June 16th, 2009 11:58 AM
MRC's Bozell: Letterman 'Apology' is Slippery and Clintonian
Last night's "apology" to Gov. Palin by comedian David Letterman "is slippery and Clintonian" but Gov. Sarah Palin "was right to rise above it and accept it," Media Research Center President Brent Bozell noted in a statement released today. While the CBS "Late Show" host issued what many are calling a full and complete apology to Gov. Palin, Mr. Bozell argued it is far from an unequivocal apology…
June 16th, 2009 10:59 AM
Reporter to ‘Idol’s’ Lambert: ‘Are You Bi-Curious
Adam Lambert of American Idol gave his first interview to ABC's 20/20 last Friday night. The main subject of the interview was Lambert's homosexuality. Lambert explained that, "It's surprising because I don't think twice about, for example, my sexuality. I've been living this way the whole time I've been here in L.A. for the past eight years. It's a funny reminder that not everybody is as…
June 16th, 2009 10:25 AM
Schultz: I 'Absolutely' Believe Cheney Wants Americans To Die
There was a tell-tale moment during Ed Schultz's repugnant rant on today's Morning Joe. In the course of alleging that Dick Cheney wants Americans to die in a terrorist attack, Schultz boasted: "I got a lot of support when I said that on the Ed program, I got a lot of support overnight when I said it again." [H/t reader Melody and Mitchell Blatt.]Translation: the ratings-starved Schultz will say…
June 16th, 2009 10:22 AM
Politico Headline: 'Ahmadinejad Won, Get Over It
"Ahmadinejad won. Get Over It."That was both the headline and the theme of an astounding story written for Politico by the former foreign policy husband and wife team of Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett. Their shtick while at the Bush White House was that we needed to "engage" Iran and left their jobs "with a growing sense of alarm" that we were headed towards war with that Islamic…
June 16th, 2009 9:19 AM
Open Thread
We'll give you a topic to start off. Was last night's apology by David Letterman sincere? Was it good enough for you or did it strike you too little too late?
June 16th, 2009 8:48 AM
CNN's Campbell Brown Hits a New Ratings Low
Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull... no ratings. TVNewser at MediaBistro.com is reporting that Brown has seen a new low in her ratings. Last week she racked up... or down as the case may be... a stat of just 69,000 viewers for Friday, June 12, which was also "the lowest demo viewership for CNN at 8pmET since Christmas Day 2007."
According to TVNewser, the previous low was heaped on Roland Martin…
June 16th, 2009 5:22 AM
AP Brands GOP Opposition as Built on 'Buzz Words
The Associated Press posted an "analysis" piece by writer Tom Raum on June 15 to address the GOP strategy against Obamacare and other administration policies but the APs characterization of the GOPs efforts almost seem meant to belittle and de-legitimize that opposition as opposed to describing it. The entire GOP argument against Obama is boiled down to a use of "buzz words" as far as AP's Raum…
June 16th, 2009 3:32 AM
Uighurs Tell FNC: Better Human Rights at Guantanamo Than in China
FNC's Catherine Herridge traveled to Bermuda to meet the four Chinese Muslim Uighurs just released from Guantanamo Bay and she elicited from them that living in China is worse than life at Guantanamo. Talking to them through an interpreter at their new home, a pink bungalow with a swimming pool, Herridge reported how she “asked which was worse: Life at Gitmo versus China?” The interpreter relayed…
June 16th, 2009 2:14 AM
'Nurse Jackie:' A New Spin on the Profession
Showtimes' series gins up controversy with unethical, immoral nurses.
June 16th, 2009 12:00 AM