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NBC's Brian Williams on '30 Rock':The Eliot Spitzer of TV News
"NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams appeared in a brief cameo for Thursday night's edition of the sitcom "30 Rock" and spoofed himself as someone interested in trolling for anonymous sexual hook-ups. The scene revolved around characters "Jack Donaghy" (Alec Baldwin) and "Tracy Jordan" (Tracy Morgan), an actor on the show within the show. (The episode involved Baldwin's character, a network…
April 24th, 2009 10:53 AM
'Conservative' David Brooks: Obama Running a 'Professional, Smoothly F
Let us give the Barack Obama administration credit. They have run a "professional, smoothly running operation" in setting David Brooks' mind right. Back in early March, Brooks demonstrated a bit of independence from the liberal party line in his role as "house conservative" for the New York Times with this outburst:Those of us who consider ourselves moderates — moderate-conservative, in my case…
April 24th, 2009 8:34 AM
Dennis Miller Quips: Impeach Prez If Chooses Losing L.A. Over Waterboa
On Wednesday’s The O’Reilly Factor, comedian and FNC contributor Dennis Miller quipped that any President who chose to let Los Angeles get attacked by terrorists instead of using information obtained from waterboarding should be "impeached because you’re crazy at that point." He also optimistically theorized that "I don't think Barack Obama is anywhere near crazy." Miller: "But if you're telling…
April 24th, 2009 3:07 AM
Biden's Approval Lower than Cheney's in 2001, Obama Below Reagan
CNN's Lou Dobbs on Thursday night highlighted how a new poll discovered Vice President Joe Biden is presently “less popular than Vice President Cheney was in July of 2001.” Indeed, a survey of 1,500 conducted for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press to assess where President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Biden stand with the public as the administration's 100-day mark…
April 24th, 2009 1:20 AM
Sebelius' Controversial Veto takes Back Seat to Stories about Bo Obama
Broadcast news, major papers barely mention Obama nominee's protection of late-term abortion procedures.
April 24th, 2009 12:00 AM
Obama's Oil Tale Wrong on Timing; Today's Government Would Have Stoppe
In addition to his abuse of the word "exploration" and his false claim that he has "often said" that he supports additional drilling for oil and natural gas within the U.S. and off its shores, President 'Prompter Barack Obama misstated the timing of his tale of a pioneering oil man by a "only" a century (picture at right is from "The Story of Oil in Pennsylvania").Beyond that, his fond recounting…
April 23rd, 2009 11:45 PM
More Disparate Coverage From LAT (And Rest of Media) In Covering Sex A
Check out the following two stories:1. A former Catholic priest comes forward Monday (4/20/09) to claim that another priest abused him as a teenager nearly 30 years ago. (The accused priest has no other similar public complaints and denies the allegations against him.)2. A former school teacher was sentenced Wednesday (4/22/09) after pleading no contest to eight felony counts, including having…
April 23rd, 2009 10:05 PM
Randi Rhodes Returns to Radio May 11 Thanks to 'Rightwing' Network
No need to publish milk cartons with the picture of Randi Rhodes on them. Call off the APB alerts. Randi Rhodes, who has been out of public view for several months, will reemerge on the radio airwaves May 11 following her mysterious departure from Nova M radio in February. The irony of Randi's return is that it is being made possible by her new syndicate, Premiere Radio Networks, best known for…
April 23rd, 2009 9:42 PM
Nets Trumpet Obama's Efforts to 'Protect Consumers' from Credit Card C
Instead of providing any suggestion President Barack Obama's hectoring of credit card company executives, with the not-so-subtle threat of further regulation, is an improper strong-arm tactic, the network evening newscasts on Thursday night hailed Obama's efforts to “protect consumers” -- in stories each complete with a sympathetic victim of jacked-up interest rates, but barely any time, if any,…
April 23rd, 2009 9:24 PM
O'Reilly Claims 'Corruption': GE Using CNBC, MSNBC to Promote Cap-and
It has been something that there have been rumblings about, but no one has really put the x's and o's together entirely - that General Electric (NYSE:GE) is using its media arm, NBC Universal to promote President Barack Obama's so-called progressive agenda for its own financial gain. However, as just previewed by Amy Ridenour, Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly attempted to do so at the top of…
April 23rd, 2009 9:11 PM