Former Employee on Fox: ACORN 'Most Corrupt Group in the Country

September 16th, 2009 12:50 PM
Gregory Hall, a former employee of scandal-plagued ACORN, labeled the organization “the most corrupt group in the country” on Wednesday’s Fox and Friends on FNC. Hall placed the blame squarely on the national leaders of the left-wing group: “They’re the ones that are constantly giving the orders that say- make the money, no matter what- lie, steal, cheat- and I’ve got the witnesses to prove it” […

Air America Host to Left-Wing Nutroot Bloggers on Health Care: Stop Gi

September 15th, 2009 5:32 PM
Over the last several weeks, no one has been the target of the left-wing media and blogosphere more than Fox News host Glenn Beck, even more so than his radio host counterpart Rush Limbaugh. Although conservatives have decried the daily ad hominem attacks, some voices on the left are starting to realize that's not an effective strategy for championing their cause, especially when it comes to…

MRC Report Card: Media Coverage of the 9/12 Protests

September 15th, 2009 2:05 PM
Big liberal protests, such as the Million Mom March (for gun control), the 2006 demonstrations in favor of illegal immigrants’ “rights,” and numerous anti-war marches all garnered heavy play and adoring coverage from the broadcast networks, cable news outlets, and big papers like the New York Times. So how did those news outlets react to Saturday’s huge protest with conservative themes? MRC’s…

Newsweek's Fineman: Things Rogers Ailes 'Allowing on his Network Don't

September 15th, 2009 1:17 PM
So what if his network is drawing a larger audience than its combined competition? So what if one of his newest shows has drawn unprecedented numbers for a start-up that airs at 5 p.m.? According to Newsweek's Howard Fineman, Fox News President Roger Ailes is tarnishing his own personal reputation. It could just be sour grapes for Fineman, who is affiliated with rival network MSNBC and was…

WaPo's Kurtz Offers Weak Excuses for Van Jones Silence

September 14th, 2009 5:59 PM
When Glenn Beck reports that a top-level White House advisor has endorsed communism, accused 'white polluters' of poisoning minority communities, called his political opponents a**holes, and believes an American president was complicit in the slaughter of innocent civilians, Beck must have a hidden agenda. When the mainstream media fails to report these facts, it's all an honest mistake.Or so one…

MRC-TV: Bozell Discussed Joe Wilson, ACORN on Sept. 11 'Hannity

September 14th, 2009 12:11 PM
Video of Baltimore ACORN activists willing to help a pimp and prostitute work out a tax shelter for a brothel is a "devastating" indictment of the liberal activist group, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell pronounced on the September 11 "Hannity." [MP3 audio available here]"It shows the power of the Internet. It doesn't matter anymore that [Big Three broadcast networks] ABC and NBC and…

O’Reilly to George Stephanopoulos: ‘You're a Democrat; I’m an In

September 11th, 2009 5:00 PM
Former Clinton operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos appeared on Thursday’s O’Reilly Factor and received a declaration from Bill O'Reilly that, while obvious, probably wasn’t very welcome: "...You're a Democrat. I'm an Independent." This assertion resulted in no audible or visual protestations from Stephanopoulos. And although the comment is demonstrably true, one might think that a…

Gawker: 'Glenn Beck is an Actual Terrorist, and the People Attending h

September 11th, 2009 2:47 PM
Usually it is easy ignore the commentary from that great bastion of cultural insight, known as the gossip Web site Gawker. But every now and then, even Gawker steps over the line. In a Sept. 11 post by Alex Pareene that was allegedly meant to reflect on the passing of eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pareene launched into a hate-and-expletive-filled anti-President George W. Bush…

Tapper: Wilson Took To Conservative Media Limelight 'Like Moth To A Fl

September 11th, 2009 9:29 AM
Jake Tapper has distinguished himself within the White House press corps as someone consistently willing to pose probing questions to the president and his aides.  But on today's Good Morning America, ABC's chief White House correspondent used a particularly unflattering metaphor for Rep. Joe Wilson and his decision to go on Fox News to defend himself.  As a clip of Rep. Wilson on last night's…

TVNewser: Stossel Leaving ABC News, Joining Fox Business Network

September 10th, 2009 1:36 PM
TVNewser is reporting that "20/20" co-anchor John Stossel is leaving ABC News to join the Fox Business Network:TVNewser has learned Stossel will host a weekly, one-hour program for the 2-year-old business channel. He's expected to signed a multi-year deal with Fox which will include regular appearances on Fox News Channel during daytime and primetime. He'll also host four, hour-long specials on…

A Tale of Two Uninsureds: President Changes Number from 46-47 Million

September 10th, 2009 6:40 AM
What's 16-17 million uninsured among 300 million Americans? Apparently not much to President Barack Obama, who slipped a not-so-subtle change to a statistic he had cited previously different during his Sept. 9 address to a joint session of Congress. The president pointed out there are "more than 30 million American citizens" who are having difficulty obtaining health insurance (emphasis added…

Daily Kos Editor Posts Picture Depicting Glenn Beck As Racism's Leader

September 9th, 2009 10:56 AM
Last month, an MSNBC anchor claimed socialist was the new N-word.On Tuesday, a contributing editor of the liberal website Daily Kos took this insanity a step further by creating and posting a picture depicting Tea Partiers as racists and Fox News's Glenn Beck as their leader.Why are Beck and so many Americans deserving of this dishonor?Because they are "fond of calling the Obama Administration a…

Olbermann Flip-flops, Tells Kossacks NOT to Dig Up Dirt on Beck

September 8th, 2009 6:46 PM
Want to know just how unstable MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is?Within the course of 48 hours, he asked Daily Kos readers to send him everything they could dig up about Fox News host Glenn Beck, and then called off the dogs.That's right.The host of "Countdown," apparently worried about his image, posted a follow-up blog Tuesday telling his minions to stand down but remain ready to attack if he needs…

Economists Warn Obamanomics Could Create Depression; WSJ's Moore Respo

September 8th, 2009 11:27 AM
It's clear that President Barack Obama's $787-billion stimulus hasn't worked as advertised, but some economists are worried it could backfire and cause something much worse. According to a new study by economists Charles Rowley of George Mason University and Nathanael Smith of the Locke Institute and endorsed by Nobel laureate James Buchanan, the Keynesian tactics employed by Obama "will…