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Rotten Rutten: Ann Coulter Thinking Greased Rails to Auschwitz
Don Feder doesn't take Ann Coulter seriously "as an evangelist," but "no one can get the left going like Ann." He captures some stunning Coulter-hatred in the media.The piece de hysteria (believe me, the competition was stiff) was a column by L.A. Times media critic Tim Rutten, who darkly warned that, "The rails leading to Auschwitz were greased by precisely the opinion Coulter expressed on…
More Evidence Good News From Iraq Not Getting Reported
On October 7, NewsBusters shared the astonishing statements of journalists from the Washington Post and CNN as to why good news from Iraq should not get reported. Two weeks later, the Iraq Interior Ministry announced: "Violence in Iraq has dropped by 70 percent since the end of June, when U.S. forces completed their build-up of 30,000 extra troops to stabilize the war-torn country."Such was…
Moyers Gives Liberal Author 40 Minutes to Bash Blackwater in Interview
PBS host conducts one-sided interview devoid of objectivity with Jeremy Scahill, longtime critic of private military contractors.
'How Dirty Did the Tricks Get?' NYT Swallows All Valerie Plame's Claim
Valerie Plame (wife of serial anti-war misleader Joe Wilson) has just published "Fair Game," the biography of her life before and after columnist Robert Novak "outed" her as a "CIA operative" in a column in 2003, starting a domino effect that made her and her husband heroes of the antiwar movement and the media, including the New York Times.Times critic Janet Maslin's review Monday neither…
WaPo Notes Frost Family Connection to Liberal Health Care Advocate
Every time the media feature an ostensibly Average Joe to further a liberal Democratic talking point, my curiosity is piqued as to how that person was singled out by a news agency to flesh out the human dimension of a policy argument. Many times it turns out the poster child/family in question is delivered to the media on a silver platter courtesy of a professional liberal activist. The Frost…
Newsweek: Bush Suppressing Good Iraq News
Want more evidence of victory in Iraq? Look no further than Newsweek's amazing attempt at spin:The Bush administration is starving for good news out of Iraq, and it may finally have some: new U.S. government statistics showing that violent attacks of all kinds are down to levels not seen since 2005. But until recently, the administration appears to have resisted acknowledging a key element of the…
NYT v. NYT: 'Splendid Provocation of a Book' vs. 'Book That Gives Fem
After dedicating nearly 10,000 words over two months to promoting feminist author Susan Faludi's bizarre screed "The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America," the New York Times finally ran into some opposition: its own book reviewer. Clay Waters described the paper's September 27 interview with the author here. It was one of five articles the paper dedicated to the book, which argues…
CBS’s Smith on Clinton Marriage: ‘Still-Young Couple’ are ‘Roc
In an interview on Tuesday's CBS "Early Show" with Sally Bedell Smith, author of the new book ""For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton, the White House Years," co-host Harry Smith began the fluffy segment with this adoring intro (emphasis mine):Brad and Angelina, Charles and Diana, Burton and Taylor, and you can count Bill and Hillary's union as one of the most scrutinized marriages of…
ABC's Ross Accuses Rudy of Being Pedophile Priest's Pal
On Tuesday's "Good Morning America," reporter Brian Ross continued his critical series of investigations into Republican presidential candidates. Just two weeks after he slammed Fred Thompson for his role in the 1973 Watergate investigation, the ABC correspondent looked into the fact that Rudy Giuliani's consulting firm has employed a priest that has been accused of molesting children in the '70s…
John Gibson Calls Neal Gabler a ‘Lowlife’ and a ‘Coward’ for K
As NewsBusters reported Saturday, Neal Gabler implied on FNC's "Fox News Watch" that he wanted the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol to go to Iraq and be killed so that he could attend the conservative writer's funeral. On Monday, FNC's John Gibson took issue with Gabler's despicable comments during his radio program, calling Gabler a "lowlife," and "a coward" because "he will not come on the air…
The Worst ‘Notable Quotables’ of the Past 20 Years: Conservatives
To commemorate the Media Research Center’s 20th anniversary this month, we’ve just published a special expanded edition of our ‘Notable Quotables’ newsletter with more than 100 of the most outrageous, sometimes humorous, quotes we’ve uncovered over the past 20 years.Yesterday, I wrote about the liberal media’s softness when it came to totalitarian communism. Today’s installment: The liberal media…
Rush on 'Morning Joe': Drive-By Media Suppress Good Economic News
The genius of Rush Limbaugh is his ability to distill wisdom into kernels that make sense to millions of Americans. He gave good examples of that talent in the course of his appearance on today's "Morning Joe."Rush began by praising CNBC's Erin Burnett, a frequent "Morning Joe" contributor.View video here.