Latest Blogs
Broadcast Networks 'Hail' Obama Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards
ABC, CBS and NBC air regulation proponents by 6-to-1 over critics and sugar-coat the downsides of the presidential policy.
Contessa Brewer: Republicans 'Think Americans Are a Bunch of Idiots
MSNBC host Contessa Brewer derided Republicans for using the word socialist in reference to Barack Obama's economic policies on Wednesday, complaining, "Well, maybe they think Americans are a bunch of idiots." Speaking of an upcoming vote by the Republican National Committee over whether or not to label the current Democratic leadership as socialist-leaning, the "MSNBC News Live Host" worried, "…
Battlin' Joe Biden Claims He Came Under Enemy Fire in Bosnia
In a speech yesterday before lawmakers in Sarajevo, garrulous Vice President Joe Biden made yet another eyebrow-raising assertion: That he came under fire in Bosnia when visiting the country in 1993.But New York Times reporter Nicholas Kulish didn't question Biden's claim (reminiscent of Hillary Clinton's debunked claim to coming under fire in Bosnia) in his Wednesday story on the vice president'…
Bono Discovers Sustainable Development Isn’t Sustainable
The big problem with renewable energy is that it just doesn’t renew itself. The sun does not shine enough and the wind doesn’t blow enough to power the towns, cities, factories, hospitals and schools that make our lives so livable. No environmentalist would ever allow their child to be treated in a hospital fully powered by “renewables”. They would not take the risk that the wind might stop…
Ron Reagan Junior: 'Limbaugh Hasn't Had a Natural Erection Since the N
They used to mock the manhood of Ron Reagan ("Junior") for being a ballet dancer. But Junior is striking back on his leftist Air America radio show. He would not stand for Rush Limbaugh joking about Nancy Pelosi shaking from "Botox withdrawal," and even recycled a January routine in which Limbaugh joked to keep the birth rate down, "simply put pictures of Nancy Pelosi ... in every cheap motel…
The Trap Door Beneath His Throne
The legions of unemployed peasants will someday bring down our imperial president.
Matthews to Congressman Over Global Warming Skepticism: ‘Are You a L
When examination of the science is too much work for show preparation and taking a position that falls in line with like-minded ideologues is part of your shtick, you can always resort to ad hominem attacks if needed. In a May 19 segment on his "Hardball" program about global warming, MSNBC's Chris Matthews interviewed Reps. Jim Moran, D-Va., and Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., who had opposing views…
Matthews to Skeptical Congressman: 'Are You a Luddite, a Troglodyte
MSNBC host belittles California congressman Dana Rohrabacher for not buying into man-caused global warming.
NY Times Tax Hike Advocacy: 'Calif. Voters Reject Measures to Keep Sta
Wow. Just wow. If this New York Times headline isn't an act of advocacy for higher taxes in California, what is? With its May 20 coverage of the vote for California's tax hiking ballot measures, the Times plainly scolds fed-up voters for rejecting them with a headline that pointedly says: "Calif. Voters Reject Measures to Keep State Solvent."Really? The Times thinks California's voters want a…
Medical Malarkey: ABC Gives Space to Doc Who Claims Common, Beneficial
Nortin Hadler, M.D. is a "professor of medicine and microbiology/immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an attending rheumatologist at University of North Carolina Hospitals."He also thinks that a number of procedures commonly thought of as beneficial have no or very minimal benefit.The fact that ABC is carrying Hadler's exhortations may be a clue that the network is…
'Today' Leaves Out the Violence of New Tarantino Film
'Inglorious Basterds' emphasizes a blood-spattered trailer, but Curry interview only hints at gore.
ABC Regrets California's 'Unwillingness to Raise Taxes
A Tuesday story on ABC's World News, which ignored soaring state spending, reflected frustration with California voters for the anticipated rejection of ballot initiatives to raise taxes as reporter Laura Marquez blamed the Golden State's budget deficit on an “unwillingness to raise taxes” stretching all the way back to 1978's Proposition 13. In fact, though personal income tax collections “…