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Media Myth: Networks Stick to Warming Theme Despite Avalanche of Chill
Alarmists get snowed in for Washington, D.C. rally; networks mostly ignore signs of cooling temps, 'record' cold.
March 4th, 2009 8:39 PM
Beck Mocks Union Winter Retreat, Card Check in Show’s 'COMЯADE UPDA
As part of a continuation of his "COMЯADE UPDATE" segment he started near the beginning of his show, which became a YouTube sensation, Fox News host Glenn Beck is picking up right where he left off. Beck, on his March 4 program took on a couple new targets, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and union labor. "Comrades! Comrades, there is good news from the Western front," Beck said. "Our glorious…
March 4th, 2009 7:52 PM
CNN's Rick Sanchez Uses Left-Wing Media Matters to 'Fact Check' Mike P
On Wednesday’s Newsroom program, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez turned to Eric Burns, the president of the left-wing organization Media Matters for America, to “fact check” Representative Mike Pence’s appearance on the program the previous day. Sanchez failed to mention the political leanings of Media Matters during the segment, and didn’t follow-up when Burns obliquely referenced his past occupation as…
March 4th, 2009 6:50 PM
Matthews: Obama v. Limbaugh Like 'Walrus Wrestle,' 'Peeing' with 'Skun
On Wednesday night's "Hardball," Chris Matthews used several different animal references to depict the battle between Barack Obama and Rush Limbaugh as he likened the fight to wrestling with "a walrus," and getting into "a peeing match with a skunk," and claimed Limbaugh thinks he is Charlie Brown's dog: "He's Snoopy! He thinks he's taking on the Red Baron."Matthews devoted several segments to…
March 4th, 2009 6:40 PM
Video: Meredith Vieira's Twitter Gaffe [Mild Content Warning
Meredith Vieira cracked up "Today" show co-hosts Ann Curry, Matt Lauer, and Al Roker today as she tried, apparently, to make a joke about micro-blogging application Twitter.The gaffe is somewhat reminiscent to her unintentional use of double entendre in a similar segment in late January. Video below the fold.:
March 4th, 2009 5:55 PM
Media Myth: Networks Stick to Warming Theme Despite Avalanche of Chill
Alarmists get snowed in for Washington, D.C. rally; networks mostly ignore signs of cooling temps, 'record' cold.
March 4th, 2009 5:55 PM
ABC and CNN Propel Phony Porn Study
ABC and CNN, two reputable news sources, have done their part in promoting a “study” that posits conservatives are the nation’s biggest consumers of online pornography. Problem is, many think the study is full of holes and fuzzy math. ABC and CNN bought it: hook, line and sinker. “Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers” is a New Scientist article by Ewen Callaway that alleges…
March 4th, 2009 4:25 PM
Obama Names Abortion Extremist to HHS; Media Silent
Back during confirmation hearings in 2001 for former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson Dan Rather reminded Evening News viewers of Thompson's "hardline anti-abortion stand." Eight years later, there's a whitewash of President Barack Obama's HHS' nominee abortion record. As a Democratic governor in red-state Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius has vetoed several bills that would…
March 4th, 2009 4:23 PM
February Vehicle Sales: The Blowup of the Bailed-Out Continues
For the second month in a row, taxpayer-bailout beneficiary General Motors fared worse than every one of its non-bailed-out competitors. The Associated Press's Tom Krisher and Bree Fowler didn't totally hide that fact, but it took them until the 22nd paragraph of their report, which was supposedly about the February performance of the entire auto industry ("Auto sales slump persists as consumers…
March 4th, 2009 4:14 PM
Inhofe: Senate Democrat Amendment Threatens Christian Radio
On March 3, Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., took the Fairness Doctrine and its often overlooked potential threat to Christian radio to the Senate floor. The Oklahoma senator gave a lengthy floor speech and mentioned that Sen. Jim DeMint's effort to force an up-or-down vote on the Fairness Doctrine issue, which passed 87-11 in the Senate, was a good beginning. "Last week's vote was the first nail…
March 4th, 2009 2:51 PM