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Time Mag: Obama a 'Prince' Like Jesus Born of 'Imagination, History an
Warning its readers to “be prepared to gag,” the “Scrapbook” page of this week's Weekly Standard magazine recited “some of the worst over-the-top reactions to The One's ascendance,” starting with Time's Nancy Gibbs who opened this week's cover story by comparing Obama with Jesus: “Some princes are born in palaces. Some are born in mangers. But a few are born in the imagination, out of scraps of…
Boston Legal's Balanced Look at Abortion
Last night's episode featured arguments in favor of abortion but also acknowledged the longterm damage done to women and men alike.
Apostles of Atheism
How the broadcast and print media helped spread the Gospel of Godlessness in 2007
Apostles of Atheism: Executive Summary
How the broadcast and print media helped spread the Gospel of Godlessness in 2007.
A Study in Character Assassination: How the TV Networks Have Portrayed
An analysis of two weeks of coverage of the GOP vice presidential nominee reveals unremitting hostility from the network news.
A Study in Character Assassination: Executive Summary
An analysis of two weeks of coverage of the GOP vice presidential nominee reveals unremitting hostility from the network news.
Chris Matthews Calls Africa a 'Country
What's gotten into the NBC/MSNBC water? Chris Matthews's verbal miscue on this evening's Hardball makes a triple-header of gaffes on the family of networks today. As we've noted, Joe Scarborough kicked off the slip parade, unintentionally dropping an f-bomb on Morning Joe. About an hour later on Today, Meredith Vieira stumbled into asking Matt Lauer a question that invoked the uncomfortable…
CBS ‘60 Minutes’ Fawning Look At ‘Obama’s Inner Circle
On Sunday’s CBS ‘60 Minutes,’ anchor Steve Kroft abandoned hard-hitting journalism and instead offered a glowing profile of the Obama campaign team: "Like Obama, they were talented, laid back, and idealistic, with limited exposure on the national stage. But with the candidate's help, the team orchestrated one of the most improbable and effective campaigns in American political history." Kroft…
Sarah Palin Leaker Outs Himself...and Turns Out to Be a Hoaxer
(Check out the update below. Apparently this "leaker" is actually a hoaxer. Did Carl Cameron get scammed with completely false information? I have now added video of the person who claims to be "Martin Eisenstadt" that was uploaded to YouTube on October 28. Why do I have the feeling that this person is a leftwing Democrat engaging in Web guerilla warfare?)The leaker who "revealed" to Carl Cameron…
Post's Pearlstein: Raising Taxes During Slowdown Not a Bad Thing
Pultizer Prize-winning business columnist tells MSNBC taxpayer money in government hands good for economy.
Financial Times U.S. Editor Questions Wisdom of GM Bailout
With General Motors in serious trouble, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Harry Reid, D-Nev., are making a push for the government to intervene and rescue the auto giant as they did with AIG. However, Francesco Guerrera, U.S. editor for the Financial Times, isn't so sure a GM failure would be as bad as some are letting on. Guerrera appeared on CNBC's Nov. 10 "Power…
Keith Olbermann Promises to Hold Democrats Accountable 'If They Screw
Stay tuned! With Democrats poised to control both the legislative and executive branches of the government, Keith Olbermann promises to be just as tough on them as they were on Bush and the Republicans if they "screw up."On the November 10 edition of "The View," Barbara Walters questioned Olbermann if he is "going to have trouble..now that the people you like most are in?"Olbermann retorted, "…
Obama-backing Financial Times Reporter Starting to Show Buyer's Remors
A Financial Times reporter who endorsed Obama but worried about his economic policies has taken a fresh look at the President-elect's post-election economic policy ideas, and doesn't like some of the big ticket items he sees. [See related blog entry by Jeff Poor here] In his November 10 op-ed "The choices that confront America," British journalist Clive Crook reserved some of his harshest…
