Media Talk Up Pot Legalization as Possible Answer to Bad Economy

The economy is already in rough shape, but some think we should let it go to pot - literally. Pro-legalization advocacy groups are promoting the possibility that legalizing marijuana could provide some economic relief, and the media has eagerly explored the idea. On April 20, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) aired TV ads calling for marijuana legalization. They…
Jeff Poor
April 22nd, 2009 8:07 PM

GE Shareholders Meeting: 'The Crowd Was Very Upset With MSNBC

UPDATE: Audio of crowd booing GE CEO available here.General Electric held its annual shareholders meeting Wednesday, and attendees apparently were very upset with the increasing leftward tilt of MSNBC.According to the Hollywood Reporter, during the question and answer phase of the meeting, shareholders repeatedly brought up the company's far-left leaning network, and often had their microphones…
Noel Sheppard
April 22nd, 2009 8:05 PM

Time's Joe Klein Harsher on Israel Than Iran

So who died and made Time's Joe Klein the head of Mossad? Because clearly he is a better military intelligence expert than anyone in Israel, judging by his April 22 blog post on "Israel's Iran Game" at the magazine's Swampland blog (emphasis mine):I have no doubt that Israel is--legitimately--freaked out by Iran, although not so much by the prospect of an Iranian bomb as by Iran's support for…
Ken Shepherd
April 22nd, 2009 6:41 PM

NB's Bozell Signs With List of Luminaries On Letter Calling on Senator

NewsBusters.org Publisher and Media Research Center Founder and President Brent Bozell today - in his private capacity as concerned individual citizen - joined with a list of other conservative luminaries on a letter (in full below the fold) to the members of the United States Senate calling on them to vote down President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services - current…
Seton Motley
April 22nd, 2009 6:20 PM

When Will the Press Catch On to Uncle Sam’s Collections Meltdown

Almost a year ago, I was posting on what I called the "Supply-Side Stunner" (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog).In April 2008, the US Treasury collected an all-time record $407.3 billion ($403.75 billion after subtracting the first $3.35 billion wave of stimulus checks, which really should have been treated as outlays, that went out just before month-end). It was an indication that, as I said at the…
Tom Blumer
April 22nd, 2009 5:03 PM

New York Times Company Posts Monumental Losses

The New York Times Company is burning full blast towards oblivion and if they don't figure out a way to pull out of their death spiral soon it won't be pretty. In fact, in the first quarter of 2009 the Times lost an incredible $74.5 million which was far far beyond what analysts had predicted. Here's how the Times describes it's own deterioration:The New York Times Company reported a first-…
Stephen Gutowski
April 22nd, 2009 4:56 PM

A Newspaper Bailout Helps 'Diversity of Opinion'? Or Would It Underwri

Tim Graham
April 22nd, 2009 4:44 PM

CNN's Marciano to Obama: 'Let's Park the Jumbo Jet' for Earth Day

Hinting at but not explicitly charging President Obama with eco-hypocrisy, CNN weatherman Rob Marciano chided the chief executive for flying out to Iowa and back just for one Earth Day speech. Marciano took to the camera shortly after 10 a.m. EDT for a weather report. His comments came on the heels of Heidi Collins describing Obama's agenda for marking Earth Day [audio available here]:ROB…
Ken Shepherd
April 22nd, 2009 4:36 PM

Headline News Anchor Defends Perez Hilton's Vulgar Comments

During a panel discussion on Tuesday’s No Bias, No Bull program, Jane Velez-Mitchell, the Headline News anchor who replaced Glenn Beck after he switched over to the Fox News Channel, vehemently defended Perez Hilton’s crude remarks against Miss California USA Carrie Prejean. After TruTV’s Lisa Bloom blasted Hilton’s use of “the ‘B’ word and the ‘C’ word, that rhymes with ‘rich and runt,’” Velez-…
Matthew Balan
April 22nd, 2009 4:27 PM

Summary of the April 15 TEA Parties Media Coverage

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Lamestream Media The media coverage of the more than 800 Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party protests that took place in all fifty states on April 15 ranged from disdainful dismissal of their nature, significance and import, to outright hostility towards the events and individual participants, to sexual innuendo-based full-on ridicule…
Seton Motley
April 22nd, 2009 4:20 PM

Obama Economic Adviser Warns Spending Could Create Double Digit Inflat

Harvard economist Martin Feldstein tells FOX Business Network Fed creation of 'high-powered' reserves will result in inflation, higher taxes.
Julia A. Seymour
April 22nd, 2009 3:44 PM

CNN Admits 'Cap and Trade' Will Cost, in Earth Day 'Energy Fix

Poppy Harlow mentions EPA estimate of higher energy prices, but doesn't include other projections and criticisms of legislation.
Julia A. Seymour
April 22nd, 2009 3:30 PM

GOP Strategist Complains About MSNBC Coverage of Tea Parties

"MSNBC News Live" host Norah O'Donnell on Wednesday dismissed the tea party rallies that took place across the country last week as "top down" and not organic, prompting a complaint from a Republican strategist over the network's coverage. The discussion arose during an interview with GOP strategist Karen Hanretty and a Democratic operative over the leadership of the Republican Party. After…
Scott Whitlock
April 22nd, 2009 3:28 PM

Coverage of Arrest in Cincy-Area Quadruple Murders Finally Uses the 'I

A grisly late 2007 quadruple-murder case in the Cincinnati suburb of Sharonville has apparently been solved with the arrest of Santiago Moreno. Moreno apparently brutally stabbed his four other apartment mates with near-surgical precision. It is horrible that these men died. It is great news that the monster who did it has apparently been caught. What is hard to understand is why after nearly 1-1…
Tom Blumer
April 22nd, 2009 2:27 PM