Kid Rock: I Have ‘Nightmares’ Everyone Will Be Driving Priuses, Wi
February 17th, 2010 6:38 PM
“I have nightmares sometimes you know. I’m gonna wake up and everyone’s gonna be driving Priuses…living in a condo…we’re all getting health insurance,” musician Kid Rock lamented during an interview with Fox News. Kid Rock has been a constant presence overseas, offering his talent and support to lift U.S. troops in war. Always loath to discuss or pontificate upon politics publicly, the rock…
Rachel Maddow Strikes At Glenn Beck: 'I Didn't Lie. Back Off
February 17th, 2010 10:58 AM
The war between Glenn Beck and Rachel Maddow continued Tuesday night when the MSNBCer told the Fox Newser to back off.Maddow was responding to Beck's accusation on his radio show the previous day that she had intentionally omitted a key sentence of his during her attack on him last week. During a nine minute segment designed to try to redeem herself in front of her tiny audience, Maddow refused…
Olbermann: Captured Taliban Leader Should Get Show On Fox News
February 17th, 2010 2:08 AM
Keith Olbermann Tuesday said the newly-captured top military commander of the Taliban in Afghanistan should be given his own show on Fox News.In his Worst Person in the World segment on Tuesday's "Countdown," the MSNBCer went after Fox's Glenn Beck for statements he made about Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on that morning's "Fox & Friends":If I were in charge, we'd be interrogating him. And we'd…
MSNBC's Ratigan: Palin A Hypocrite For Criticizing 'Family Guy' But No
February 16th, 2010 5:38 PM
On Tuesday, MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan suggested Sarah Palin was hypocrite for criticizing a Sunday episode of the Fox show "Family Guy," that tangentially mocked her son with Down Syndrome, but not quitting her job as a Fox News contributor. Featuring Palin in the "Busted" segment near the end of his 4:00PM ET show, Ratigan acknowledged her rightful anger over a girl with Down Syndrome on the…
Geraldo Rivera to Ann Coulter: 'Is Cheney Giving Aid and Comfort to th
February 15th, 2010 4:44 PM
Geraldo Rivera, on Fox News' Geraldo At Large on Sunday, essentially accused Dick Cheney of treason for criticizing the Obama administration over the weekend, as he asked panelist Ann Coulter if the former VP was "giving aid and comfort to the enemy." For her part the conservative author slammed back: "To be hearing that from liberals after eight years of relentless attacks on George Bush, when…
Rachel Maddow Cherry-picks Glenn Beck To Call Him A Liar
February 13th, 2010 1:29 PM
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Friday cherry-picked statements from Glenn Beck's radio show to accuse him of lying about global warming.In a brief segment on the MSNBC program bearing her name, Maddow said the Fox News star claimed the snowstorm that hit the East Coast this week disproves Al Gore's favorite myth.Unfortunately, Maddow conveniently left out the part when Beck said "one storm does not prove…
WSJ Reports Independent Probe of ClimateGate Aiming to 'Reappraise' Co
February 12th, 2010 11:03 AM
East Anglia University, which came under fire a few months ago for the now infamous ClimateGate email scandal, announced yesterday that it is launching an independent probe into the work of its Climate Research Unit (CRU).Wall Street Journal's Guy Chazan reports the story today -- found on page A15 of the print edition -- noting that the independent review led by Sir Muir Russell will "…
FNC's Chris Wallace 'Offended' That People Watch Scarborough, Denies R
February 11th, 2010 4:50 PM
Fox News's Chris Wallace Thursday blasted Joe Scarborough for suggesting that he rolled his eyes at the camera after Sunday's interview with Sarah Palin, and said he was "offended" people even watched the former Congressman on MSNBC.The "Fox News Sunday" host was referring to what transpired on Monday's "Morning Joe." "Look at the end of Chris Wallace's interview where he rolls his eyes, uh,…
WaPo-owned Website: O'Reilly Racist for Noting Haiti Corruption
February 10th, 2010 12:14 PM
A website owned by the Washington Post on Monday accused Fox News host Bill O'Reilly of racism. O'Reilly's slight? Informing his viewers of the widespread corruption in Haiti. The accuser, meanwhile, omitted key facts undermining his charge.O'Reilly had the audacity in a January 13 "Talking Points" segment to make the "not particularly constructive" suggestion (in The Root's words) that his…
Feminists Still Fretting Over Tebow’s Super Bowl Ad
February 9th, 2010 6:08 PM
Shelby Knox, a Huffington Post blogger who bills herself as a "full time speaker and organizer working with progressive organizations to promote sex education, women's rights, and youth empowerment" admitted to Fox News's Megyn Kelly this afternoon that women's groups are upset about the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad because it was produced by the conservative organization Focus on the Family. "We…
Scarborough Slams FNC’s Sammon: Media Don’t ‘Hate’ Palin, But
February 9th, 2010 1:41 PM
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough took exception with FNC analyst Bill Sammon for using the word "hate" to describe mainstream media sentiment toward Sarah Palin, contending that "you can't just say that people ‘hate’ Sarah Palin." But, while he spent more than two minutes complaining about Sammon’s use of the word "hate," Scarborough seemed to contradict himself at one point…
Stephen Colbert Says 'Sarah Palin Is A F**king Retard
February 9th, 2010 10:08 AM
The media's hate parade against the former governor of Alaska hit a disgraceful peak Monday night when comedian Stephen Colbert said on national television, "Sarah Palin is a f**king retard."In a five minute segment bashing the former vice presidential candidate for her remarks at Saturday's National Tea Party convention, as well as her use of crib notes -- surprise! -- the Comedy Central star…
Arianna Huffington Denounces 'Extremist' Beck Yet Employs Sharia Advoc
February 8th, 2010 7:11 PM
Does Arianna Huffington consider Glenn Beck more radical and dangerous than an advocate of Islamic Sharia law? She's let off a lot of hot air lately criticizing Fox News president Roger Ailes for employing Beck, but it turns out that on the Huffington Post's payroll is an envoy to the United States from the Somali Unity government, led by the Islamic Courts Union. The ICU is a strong proponent of…