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Dennis Miller: Waterboarding Terrorists is ‘Heaven-Sent,’ Feels
On Wednesday’s The O’Reilly Factor, during the show’s regular "Miller Time" segment, Dennis Miller defended the practice of waterboarding terrorists to save the lives of Americans, calling the technique "heaven-sent." Miller: "Something that takes somebody who's willing to strap a bomb on and yet freaks them out to the point where they'll tell you where the next bomb is by pouring water down…
January 16th, 2009 4:59 PM
NYT's Inauguration Hypocrisy: Bush Chided in 2005, but Obama Free to P
At a time when the United States is fighting two wars and faces a severe recession and huge budget deficits, the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president is estimated to cost $45 million. Bush's 2004 inauguration cost roughly $40 million. But though the figures are similar, there's been a major shift in the tone of coverage at the New York Times. While the Times spent much of…
January 16th, 2009 4:47 PM
Weekend Captionfest
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Pres.-elect Barack Obama and VP-elect Joe Biden meet in Washington January 14, 2009, after Biden and Graham's recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
January 16th, 2009 4:32 PM
Rosie O'Donnell Calls Ann Coulter 'Angry' and 'Full of Rage
From today's "You've Got To Be Kidding Me" department, hatemonger Rosie O'Donnell believes that conservative author Ann Coulter is angry and full of rage."When you see someone like that, you have to go back to what happened in their childhood... You don't know what went on in their household."So said O'Donnell during a recent interview on Sirius/XM's "Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer" show (…
January 16th, 2009 4:08 PM
O’Reilly Slams NYTimes and NBC News for 'Disgusting Display of Propa
On Wednesday’s The O’Reilly Factor, during the show’s "Talking Points Memo," FNC host Bill O’Reilly slammed the New York Times and NBC News, presumably referring to MSNBC hosts like Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow, accusing them of having "damaged their own country in a disgusting display of propaganda and outright lies" by "convincing the world that the USA is a nation of torture, a country…
January 16th, 2009 3:04 PM
WaPo Finds Expats Happy to Be American Again Since Obama's Election
"For the first time in a long time, it's cool to be an American."No, that's not First Lady-in-waiting Michelle Obama, although it sounds a lot like her infamous comment from the 2008 Democratic primary campaign. It's American expatriate Kit Maloney, as quoted by London-based Washington Post foreign service staffer Mary Jordan at the end of her January 16 article, "Americans, Feeling the Love."…
January 16th, 2009 3:02 PM
Time TV Writer (and Obama Voter) Scorns MSNBC for 'Blatantly Triumphal
Time TV writer and blogger James Poniewozik raised eyebrows when he reported that although he voted for Barack Obama, MSNBC's gleeful Obama coverage makes him sympathetic to Americans whose legs are not so thrilled. He disdained their "blatantly triumphalist" promos as worse than Fox News, and suggested MSNBC is wildly inconsistent for first suggesting that Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann aren…
January 16th, 2009 2:32 PM
CNN's Phillips: Obama Is All About 'Bringing Everybody Together
On yesterday's CNN Newsroom, anchor Kyra Phillips made no effort to curb her enthusiasm for Barack Obama. She spoke with feminist author and Democratic activist Naomi Wolf about a recent cover of Ms. Magazine featuring Obama in a Superman pose. Some feminists took exception to the cover; others, like Wolf, did not. As the segment ended, Kyra Phillips summed up as follows:PHILLIPS: Well, if…
January 16th, 2009 2:23 PM
MSNBC, Starbucks Brew Up Obama Watching Parties
Are you a latte liberal who can't make the pilgrimage to D.C. for the Obama inauguration? Or do you think that if you did, you'd in the January chill without your mid-day brew? Well, MSNBC is looking out for you!The Obama leg-thrill network has teamed up with Starbucks Coffee to open more than 600 java joint locations in New York City, Seattle, and San Francisco.Not into coffee? MSNBC also has…
January 16th, 2009 2:12 PM
CBS: Israel Bombing Civilians; U.N. ‘Burning With Rage
In a report on Thursday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent Richard Roth declared: "With Gaza City bombed and burning, Palestinians heeded Israel's warning to get out of the way, but found they had nowhere to go...Not the U.N. compound, where 700 people took shelter. Israeli artillery hit it, then hit it again...Israel claimed it was returning fire from militants. Burning with rage, the U.N. denies…
January 16th, 2009 1:08 PM
NBC's 'Today' Show Touts 'Obama Thongs'; Skimps on Bush Farewell
The three network morning shows on Friday almost totally skipped any coverage of President Bush's farewell address to the country on Thursday. Despite having a combined eight hours of air time, NBC's "Today," CBS's "Early Show" and ABC's "Good Morning America" devoted only 55 seconds total to reporting on Bush's speech. Instead, important topics such as "Obama thongs" and cheddar biscuits were…
January 16th, 2009 12:40 PM