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Washington Post Sends Big Valentine to Multi-Partner 'Relationships
Polyamory. It's not about sex, it's about loving yourself. Really? It may also be about redefining marriage.
CNN's Wish Early: 'Something for NewsBusters.org for Tomorrow
At the end of panel discussion, just before 7:30 PM EST Tuesday night about conservative opposition to John McCain, CNN analyst Roland Martin recognized his next comment -- about how only “extremists” in the GOP afraid of losing power are opposed to McCain -- might well upset conservatives and so cited NewsBusters in putting a warning up front:I have something for NewsBusters.org for tomorrow.…
Madison Wisconsin Breaks Snowfall Record, Will Media Notice
If all the global warming alarmists are right, the world is about to come to an end because the planet's getting too darned hot.So, why is it so darned cold?As Johnny Carson would have expected from his audience, "How cold is it?" Well, as reported by the Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, has just broken an all-time record for the most snowfall in one year (emphasis added):
NYT Disgracefully Advances Global Warming Alarmism in an Obituary
In today's cynical world, is nothing sacred?Is nothing deserving of respect or dignity? Even death? Apparently not at the New York Times, which actually took the occasion of the demise of a highly-regarded American scientist to advance global warming alarmism. Sadly, I kid you not. As reported Tuesday:
YouTube Yanks Pro-Life Video, Allows Planned Parenthood Vids
Of course YouTube has every right to disallow any video they deem unworthy of their service, this goes without saying. But, when YouTube sets up it's own criteria for removing a video and then removes videos that do not fit its own criteria, then we have cause to wonder if a particular reason for banning videos is one that is kept secret from users. That secret reason would be a certain political…
Tonight's Returning TV Show 'Jericho' Takes a Left Turn
It it looks like CBS's resurrected nuclear holocaust survival drama “Jericho” is turning left. “It intentionally resembles Iraq” this season. Co-producer Jon Turtletaub stated “'Jericho' is not ignoring the political and social landscape” and star Skeet Ulrich added, “I feel like we were really making a statement to some extent.” There were previous hints about “Jericho's" shift. In season one,…
ABC 'World News' Goes after Credit Card Companies
Network fails to explain: just because the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, it doesn't undo supply and demand in the credit market.
Couric’s Economic Savior: Stamps
Fear not, ye economically downtrodden: Katie Couric is looking out for you. The "CBS Evening News" broadcasts over the last few months have found a multitude of ways to frame the U.S. economy in the worst possible ways, so much so that Couric compared CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason to the grim reaper on a recent newscast. But Couric offered a solution to the pending doom and gloom you…
Gregory Sign-off: 'Thanks for Washington
OK, it was probably just a Freudian slip by someone with the Potomac Primary on the noggin. But perhaps big-government loving MSNBC should consider it as its official new sign-off. In any case, here's how David Gregory said goodbye at 3:59 PM ET at the end of his stint as network host this afternoon:DAVID GREGORY: That's going to do it for me. My colleague Norah O'Donnell will take over our…
NBC's Today Has Used 'Pimped,' 'Pimping,' and 'Pimped Out
Is NBC News allergic to the use of "pimp" during its serious news broadcasts? In the wake of the scandal over MSNBC's David Shuster suggesting Chelsea Clinton had been "pimped out" by her mother's campaign, a quick look at the Nexis database shows that NBC News hosts and anchors have not been immune to the rising use of "pimp" in our pop culture as not only a noun, but as a verb or adjective,…