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Media Ignoring Conservatives' Return to Dominance of Political Book Ma
Conservatives are resuming their historically dominant position atop the New York Times and Amazon.com bestsellers lists after a short hiatus that coincided, not coincidentally, with George W. Bush's tenure in the White House.While the mainstream media raved about a new era of leftist intellectual supremacy during the liberal ascendance on the bestsellers lists, the return of conservative books…
ABC Uses California Fires to Tout Homeowner Who 'Would Gladly Pay More
ABC's World News, which has twice in the past few months rued how it's too hard to raise taxes in California, on Tuesday night used one homeowner's appreciation, for the firefighters battling the wild fires threatening his house near Los Angeles, to tout how “he would gladly pay more taxes.” Reporting from Tujunga, Brian Rooney warned “California has burned through nearly two-thirds of its…
CNN's Borger: Obama 'Aligned with So-Called Liberal Leaders in the Dem
Today on The Situation Room, CNN senior political analyst Gloria Borger discussed President Obama's rapidly declining approval ratings. A question was posed by host Suzanne Malveaux:MALVEAUX: What does it mean, Gloria, for the president to be losing out on these Independents? GLORIA BORGER, CNN SR. POLITICAL ANALYST: I think it's a real possible for him. Remember that President Obama won the…
CNN: Pinstriped Suits Are Out Because 'Bankers Reaping Bonuses' Wear T
Correspondent Richard Quest made a frivolous attempt to tie the bad economy to men’s fashion on CNN’s Newsroom program on Tuesday. Quest proclaimed that pinstriped business suits are “old-fashioned...and out of touch with reality....because they are the pinstripe of bankers.” He continued that if you wore such attire, “you may be mistaken for one of those bankers reaping bonuses.”Anchor Kyra…
Will Gets Hit From Both Sides for Advising Afghanistan Withdrawal
Syndicated columnist and ABC News contributor George Will must have known the firestorm that would be set off when his "Time to Get Out of Afghanistan" was published.As a highly-respected conservative writer who's even held with some esteem by folks on the left, Will surely knew he was expressing a very unpopular position.Yet, he still wrote it.Subsequent to its contents being leaked before it…
WaPo's Shales: 'Conservatives Dominate the Broadcast and Cable Media I
Washington Post television critic Tom Shales conducts an online discussion on Tuesdays. Today's session featured this exchange:Dunn Loring, Va.: Re your column disparaging Liz Cheney's style, what was the last column you wrote so harshly criticizing a liberal pundit?Tom Shales: Ah yes, it's our dear old Dunn Loringite. Dunn Loringer. Whatever. You have an ideological axe to grind and it's…
ABC Glamorizes German City With No Cars; Model for America
On Saturday's Good Morning America, ABC touted a German city that has rid itself of all cars. Complimenting the citizens of Vauban, reporter Jim Sciutto cheered, "And residents don't mind one bit." GMA weekend co-host Bill Weir wistfully introduced the segment by musing, "What if you could start everything over? Making over, not just your home, but your entire town?" Describing Vauban, which…
WaPo Shocker: Torture Restrictions and CIA Investigations Don't Make A
"No one can possibly believe that America is now safer because of the new restrictions on enhanced interrogation and the subsequent appointment of a special prosecutor."So wrote the Washington Post's Richard Cohen in an op-ed Tuesday that is SURE to raise some liberal eyebrows.In fact, the following snippets will likely raise some conservative ones as well (h/t Steve Malzberg):
Democratic Congresswoman Blames 'Global Warming' for California Wildfi
Rep. Linda Sanchez attributes new weather patterns to climate change and says the 'habitual wildfires' demonstrate a need to do something about it.
WaPo's Craig Complains Pastor 'Refusing to Relent' to Put Definition o
"Geez, when will this guy go away?!" That's the tenor of the lede to Washington Post staffer Tim Craig's story "Pastor Redoubles Efforts vs. Same-Sex Marriage" (emphasis mine):Bishop Harry Jackson is refusing to relent in his campaign to stop same-sex marriage in the District, despite the drubbing he took before the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics this summer. What Jackson is trying to do is…
Cop Ejected From Saturday's Town Hall Meeting Speaks Out
NewsBusters readers are familiar with Carl Tomanelli, the retired New York police officer who was removed from a Manchester, New Hampshire, town hall meeting Saturday. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH.) might not have been interested in what Tomanelli had to say, but her Republican opponent Frank Guinta sure did at his gathering two days later.As a result, on Monday, Tomanelli finally got to speak…
MyBarackObama.com Page Planned Phone Campaign on 9/11 Against 'Right-W
On Monday, Jonah Goldberg at The Corner forwarded a shocking page from the Organizing for America website (mybarackobama.com) that promoted setting aside 9/11 as a day to call Senators to pass a Public Option as they “fight back against our own Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists.” They also suggest conservatives are "the heirs of yes, bin Laden."Will the major media notice? So much for No-Drama…
WaPo Health Section Laments Dearth of Young Abortionists
Aging doctors who perform abortions are lamenting the dearth of newly-minted doctors willing to perform them, Washington Post's Sandra G. Boodman informs readers of the September 1 paper. "The goal... is to make 'abortion' not a dirty word," Boodman quotes med student Megan Evans at the close of her 40-paragraph Health section front-pager. Evans, the president-elect of George Washington…
