NY Times Avoids Quoting Pope, Highlights Critics Denouncing Him as a N

Tim Graham
May 13th, 2009 11:45 PM

Matthews Mocks GOP 'Schoolyard' Tactic But Calls Cheney 'Troll,' Palin

Chris Matthews, on Wednesday's "Hardball," mocked a plan by the RNC to cast Democrats as the Democrat Socialist Party, as "schoolyard," and sarcastically sneered "Boy they're going places with that one." However it was Matthews who spent the entirety of his show engaging in "schoolyard," insults himself as he compared Dick Cheney to a "troll," claimed Pat Buchanan once represented the "…
Geoffrey Dickens
May 13th, 2009 7:02 PM

Omission Watch: ABC, CBS and NBC Ignore Pelosi’s Torture Hypocrisy

For the past three weeks, controversy has swirled around Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has called for a “truth commission” to expose the supposed war crimes of the Bush administration but who herself was briefed years ago on the use of waterboarding and the other enhanced interrogation techniques that are now drawing howls of outrage.ABC, CBS and NBC have said nothing about the…
Rich Noyes
May 13th, 2009 5:56 PM

WSJ’s Moore Explains Punitive 90-Percent Bonus Tax Proposal was Dive

Remember back in March when Congress had the brilliant idea to retroactively tax bonuses paid out by bailed out insurer American International Group (AIG)? The House voted 328 to 93 for the 90-percent tax on the $165 million in bonuses, but it later died in the Senate. Steve Moore, a member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board, explained on CNBC's May 13 "Street Signs" that the punitive…
Jeff Poor
May 13th, 2009 5:54 PM

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Portrays Sex Columnist as Expert on Catholic C

Anchor Andrew Mitchell presented radical homosexual activist Dan Savage, most famous for licking doorknobs in the campaign office of Republican Gary Bauer in an attempt to infect him with the flu, as an expert on the Catholic Church and Catholic issues during her MSNBC program on Wednesday afternoon. She introduced Savage, who writes a graphic sex-advice column called “Savage Love,” as the “…
Matthew Balan
May 13th, 2009 5:42 PM

Joan Rivers on Miss California: ‘God Wants You to Shut Up

While appearing on Wednesday’s CBS Early Show comedian Joan Rivers shared her thoughts on the Miss California controversy: "It's all so stupid and she's taking it so seriously and so well coached...My advice is oh, relax. God wants you to shut up...You know, you've done enough already." Co-hosts Harry Smith, Maggie Rodriguez, and Julie Chen all laughed in response and shared in mocking Carrie…
Kyle Drennen
May 13th, 2009 5:03 PM

Another Day, Another Softball MSNBC Interview with Perez Hilton

MSNBC's Contessa Brewer stated yesterday after pageant owner Donald Trump proclaimed Carrie Prejean would continue her reign as Miss California, that the controversy over her defense of marriage as one man and one woman "is a good jumping off point for a conversation about same-sex marriage, about hypocrisy." Based on Brewer's softball interview with "celebrity gossip columnist" Perez Hilton…
Colleen Raezler
May 13th, 2009 4:41 PM

Is There Any Moral Obligation

America is rapidly becoming a country without individual responsibility.
Dan Kennedy
May 13th, 2009 4:33 PM

Former FDIC Chairman Bill Seidman Dead at

A truly great American, former FDIC chairman Bill Seidman, died Wednesday at the age of 88.CNBC.com reported moments ago:Mr. Seidman was born April, 29, 1921, in Grand Rapids, Mich. He received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, his LLB from Harvard University and his MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.During World War II, Mr. Seidman served in the U.S.…
Noel Sheppard
May 13th, 2009 4:32 PM

CBS’s Rodriguez Grills Miss CA: Are You Being ‘Hypocritical

On Wednesday’s CBS Early Show co-host Maggie Rodriguez interrogated Miss California Carrie Prejean, wondering if the beauty queen was a hypocrite for standing up for Christian values: "I know that you are a devout Christian, and some people have said that it's hypocritical, and a little bit of a double standard, for you to be preaching Christianity, yet posing topless...And you don't feel it…
Kyle Drennen
May 13th, 2009 3:58 PM

Stewart Skewers Pelosi On What She Knew and When She Knew It

When you're one of the left's favorite politicians, and you get skewered by one of the left's favorite comedians, you know you're in quicksand sinking fast.Such was the case Tuesday evening when the "Daily Show"'s Jon Stewart, in a segment delicously called "Waffle House," lampooned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Cal.) ever-changing answers to what she knew about detainee interrogations and when…
Noel Sheppard
May 13th, 2009 3:32 PM

Networks Tell One Side of Health Care Story: Obama's

Reports on president's meeting with health care industry and potential 'reform' leave out critics, free-market solutions.
Julia A. Seymour
May 13th, 2009 2:31 PM

Networks Tell One Side of Health Care Story: Obama's

BMI Staff
May 13th, 2009 2:00 PM

ABC Hypes 'Angels & Demons' for 17 Minutes; Allows Spin That It's Not

"Good Morning America" continued its seemingly endless promotion of "Angels & Demons" on Wednesday, highlighting the film for a third day and almost 17 minutes thus far this week. Once again, co-host Diane Sawyer completely ignored the anti-Christian story elements in the film, including members of the Catholic Church brutally slaughtering a secret society, while talking to star Ewan McGregor…
Scott Whitlock
May 13th, 2009 12:50 PM