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WaPo's Weisman Sneaks in Swipe at GOP in Pete Stark Article
Covering the flap over Rep. Pete Stark's (D-Calif.) assertion that President Bush likes to see American soldiers die for sport, Washington Post reporter Jonathan Weisman tossed in a swipe about Republicans of his own, characterizing a vote to uphold Bush's SCHIP veto as a vote to "deny children health care." [Video of Stark's comments available on YouTube via the NRCC here]Here's the relevant…
Couric Previews Valerie Plame Interview, No Mention of Leaker Armitage
Perhaps one of the most distorted stories in recent mainstream media history, the Valerie Plame CIA leak controversy, has become even more so with Plame’s upcoming "60 Minutes" interview with CBS Anchor, Katie Couric. On Friday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith talked with Couric about the interview and began by describing Plame as "...beautiful, smart, a covert agent." Smith then went on…
Environmental Hysteria Special on CNN Next Week: ‘Planet in Peril
It seems these days you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a major media special presaging imminent planetary doom at the hands of that awful species homo sapiens. Next on the docket leading you to commit seppuku is CNN's four-hour special appropriately named "Planet in Peril." Makes you want to hide in your cellar with a few Friedrich Nietzsche books and a pint of hemlock, doesn't it?…
ABC Medical Expert: Hillary Knows Health Care Better Than Anyone
Hillary Clinton is smart and clearly knows health care better than any other 2008 candidate. That's according to ABC's medical expert, Dr. Tim Johnson. On Friday's "Good Morning America," the network contributor gushed, "She certainly knows health care better, I think, than any other candidate....I'm very impressed with her knowledge base." Johnson lauded Clinton for "offering a wide range of…
S-CHIP: Dems, Media Mount Another 'Smear' Campaign
Despite, or perhaps because of the S-CHIP stalemate in Washington, liberal media outlets including the New York Times, Think Progress and now the Courier Journal in Louisville, Kentucky continue to somewhat sinisterly flame one aspect of the S-CHIP story at the urging of Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) staffer Matt Miller, even though the narrative they've woven isn't at all…
NewsBusted Comedy, Episode
It's Friday which means another episode of our political comedy show "NewsBusted" has arrived! Topics in this episode: Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Katie Couric, and the Oxygen Network. Click here to see the episode archive, you can also subscribe to "NewsBusted" to be automatically notified via email whenever we post new webcasts.If you like the show, be sure to subscribe on YouTube which also…
'Jena Six' Members Present Hip Hop Award on Black Entertainment Televi
In an era of shocking things, this has to be one of the most shocking: at the Hip Hop Awards aired on Black Entertainment Television Thursday, two members of the 'Jena Six' were actually introduced to help present the Video of the Year honors to Kanye West. There's some delicious irony, wouldn't you agree? As you can see from this video, when the show's host, comedian Katt Williams, introduced…
Chicago Sneaks Free Newspaper-killing Law into Effect
Even though all the Founding Fathers pretended that they hated the media (which then meant newspapers and tract publishing) each of them had their very own newspaper supporters and nearly all paid for tracts that supported their viewpoints and policies to be published. These tracts and newspapers were usually subscription-supported, but sometimes they were freely distributed. Flash forward to…