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David Brooks Mocks Victims of Obama's 'Enhanced Negotiating Techniques
Imagine if you had read a column written by a victim of Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme mocking people who had also fallen prey to the same financier. That was the feeling your humble correspondent had while reading the column of the New York Times "house conservative" David Brooks making fun of how the Obama Administration arm twists corporations to go along with his economic plans. So let us now…
May 26th, 2009 8:23 AM
Maher Assaults God of the Old Testament, Meacham Merely Jokes He Was
On Friday night’s Real Life with Bill Maher on HBO, the host typically assaulted the Bible and the God of the Old Testament. He said of the Bible and the Koran "These are two books that are filled with hatred and wickedness and all kinds of immorality. I mean, I can’t think of a character who is less reliable as a role model than the God of the Old Testament." Newsweek editor Jon Meacham could…
May 26th, 2009 7:36 AM
ChiTrib: Limbaugh, Cheney 'Far Right'; Maddow, Obama 'Left Leaning
Monday's Chicago Tribune featured the article "Powell 'still a Republican': Rebutting critics, he criticizes party's far right voices." The article starts:Former Secretary of State Colin Powell warned Sunday that ideological conservatives, particularly radio commentator Rush Limbaugh, have gained a hold over the Republican Party that risks driving the GOP into an extended exile from power.Powell…
May 26th, 2009 1:26 AM
Did the NYT Redo a Euro-Zone GDP Report Because of an NB Post
Well, if they didn't, it's sure one heck of a coincidence. At about noon on May 15, I noted (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog) that a New York Times report by Matthew Saltmarsh teased at its home page (pictured at right) reported Euro-Zone gross domestic product (GDP) contractions on a "from the previous quarter" basis (a longstanding EU custom), but presented the first quarter 2009 contraction in…
May 26th, 2009 12:00 AM
The Early Show Gives Same-Sex Marriage Proponents The Stage
CBS' features one-sided report on Proposition 8.
May 26th, 2009 12:00 AM
Sex, More Sex and Jesus
Analysis of ABC's Faith Matters segments reveals network preoccupation with sexuality and Christianity.
May 26th, 2009 12:00 AM
Google Finally Recognizes Memorial Day With Holiday Logo
As NewsBusters has regularly reported, internet behemoth Google, despite recognizing such important American events as Giovanni Schiaparelli and Charles Darwin's birthdays with special logos, has never done anything to commemorate Memorial Day.Well, whether they succumbed to the pressure, or are feeling more patriotic with Barack Obama in the White House, Google has finally done something to…
May 25th, 2009 11:52 PM
Will Synagogue Bombing Plotters Become Poster Boys for Universal Healt
An interesting twist in last week's arrest of four Muslim men charged with plotting to bomb New York synagogues was reported Monday: the younger brother of one had a deadly liver disease that Medicaid wouldn't cover.Makes you wonder if this revelation will be used by media to advance President Obama's universal healthcare plans.Consider the following opening paragraphs of a New York Daily News…
May 25th, 2009 9:17 PM
New Animated Series on ABC to Lampoon Environmentalists
With television hosts unwilling to joke about President Barack Obama as those comedians regularly ridicule conservatives, there’s a bright spot coming up this week in a new TV show set to debut on ABC which will mock leftist environmentalism. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday: The new animated television series ‘The Goode Family’ is a send-up of a clan of environmentalists who live by the…
May 25th, 2009 1:58 PM
Did NewsBusters Help Cause Cuban Government to Back Down on Internet P
On May 11, your humble correspondent posted a story here about the lack of commentary on Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez's Generation Y threads at the Huffington Post. I pointed out that the Huffington Post folks basically yawned over a story reported by Yoani about how the Cuban government had a prohibition against Cubans accessing the Internet from hotels, which is about the only place where people…
May 25th, 2009 12:08 PM