Keith Ellison: Misrepresenting the Pledge of Allegiance

June 28th, 2011 7:57 PM
Over the course of the last few months, Rep. Keith Ellison, one of two Muslim members of Congress, has been cherry-picking the Pledge of Allegiance in an attempt to portray prominent Republicans as bigoted islamophobes.  Earlier this year, Ellison responded to the Peter King hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims by saying that conservatives believe in liberty, but are against the…

ABC, CBS, NBC All Skip the Word 'Obama' or Any Evaluation of His Team

October 6th, 2010 11:06 PM
Foiled Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday, which was noted by all Big Three networks. But a look at the transcripts shows that ABC, CBS, and NBC all have one obvious thing in common: words like "Obama" are never uttered. (The same happened in The New York Times and The Washington Post.)Can anyone imagine if Shahzad attempted this in 2008, the word "…

YouTube Jihad: American Terror Imam Radicalizing Muslim Youth Online

September 1st, 2010 11:10 AM
He may be playing hide-and-seek from drone missiles in the caves of Yemen, but Al Qaeda cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki is still attempting to poison the minds of young Muslim Americans through the use of YouTube and other social media. The extent of Al-Awlaki's reach on the internet is outlined in a new report released by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) on Aug. 28. The report…

NYT's Rich Bashes MSNBC for Ignoring Car Bomber During Correspondents

May 9th, 2010 11:12 PM
While many on the right expressed concern for the media's sympathetic treatment of Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad, New York Times columnist Frank Rich is far more worried about how MSNBC couldn't take its cameras off the White House Correspondents' Dinner to even mention what was happening in the Big Apple.According to Rich, as he was watching the festivities on that gross caricature of a…

SNL: Times Square Bomber Unhappy With His Press Coverage

May 9th, 2010 10:48 AM
NBC's "Saturday Night Live" last evening did a sketch wherein Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad complained about his press coverage."I have suffered, and continue to suffer, injustices at the hands of the United States government, which has unfairly accused me of crimes that I did not commit," began Shahzad played by Fred Armisen with help from translator Maya Rudolph."And worse, injustices at…

Coulter: Media 'Working Through Grief of Car Bomber Not Being a Tea Pa

May 8th, 2010 3:06 PM
Conservative author Ann Coulter on Friday in one sentence perfectly summed up the media's reaction to the identity of the man that caused a state of panic in New York's Times Square last weekend: "They're working through their grief of the car bomber not being a Tea Partier."Such was marvelously said on Fox News's "O'Reilly Factor."After playing video of a CBS Evening News segment covered by…

Maher: Rush Limbaugh Says 'F--ked Up S--t' Just to Compete With Glenn

May 8th, 2010 12:00 PM
Bill Maher on Friday said conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is intentionally saying "f--ked up s--t" to compete with Fox News's Glenn BeckWhile making this preposterous assertion, the "Real Time host falsely claimed that Limbaugh accused the Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, of having a Barack Obama bumper sticker on his SUV.Much like other falsehoods spouted by the HBO host on the…

MRC's Bozell on Hannity's 'Media Mash' Discussing Coverage of Crist, A

May 7th, 2010 4:04 PM

MRC-TV: Bozell on Media Coverage of Times Square Bomb Suspect Shahzad

May 7th, 2010 11:30 AM
After showing viewers of the May 7 "Fox & Friends"  a montage of network news coverage portraying Times Square bombing suspect as a down-on-his-luck family man, Fox News anchor Steve Doocy interviewed Media Research Center President Brent Bozell for his reaction about the media's portrayal of Faisal Shahzad (MP3 audio available here; click play in embed at right for video): STEVE DOOCY, Fox…

CBS's Bob Orr Despairs Shahzad 'Lived a Spartan and Seemingly Lonely E

May 6th, 2010 8:45 PM
A night after CBS's Bob Orr insisted botched terrorist bomber Faisal Shahzad's “motive also remains unclear” and fretted “he has not realized any American dream,” Orr on Thursday night asserted “investigators say financial pressures may have helped fuel his rage” because “he defaulted on both his mortgage and another $65,000 equity loan.” Orr highlighted Inside Edition video of Shahzad's…

Rachel Maddow Too Dumb or Dishonest to Acknowledge Public Safety Excep

May 6th, 2010 1:15 PM
When it comes to Miranda, Rachel Maddow would do wise to remain silent.On her MSNBC show Tuesday night, Maddow falsely implied that Times Square bomb plot suspect Faisal Shahzad spilled his guts to authorities only after he was read his Miranda rights. Here's Maddow's slippery take, preceded by remarks from Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Deputy Director John Pistole at a press conference…

Shahzad's Motive 'Unclear' to CBS, Cites Money Pressure Since He 'Hasn

May 5th, 2010 9:53 PM
Botched bomber Faisal Shahzad's failure to achieve the “American dream” may have been an important motive for his terrorist act, CBS's Bob Orr contended Wednesday night in a story in which he declared: “Shahzad's motive also remains unclear.” After noting how Shahzad “told interrogators he's upset with U.S. policies which he feels unfairly target Muslims and he's angry over Predator strikes that…

Did Media's Bush Derangement Syndrome Drive Times Square Bomber To Vio

May 5th, 2010 4:43 PM
There's a cynical theme growing in the media that Faisal Shahzad, the man accused of attempting to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square Saturday, was driven to violence by the loss of his job, the loss of his house, and his anger towards former President George W. Bush.In all of this theorizing -- or what some might call psychobabble -- those making the assertion have yet to ponder if…

AP Humanizes Times Square Terror Suspect, Cites 'Unraveled' Life

May 5th, 2010 4:25 PM
John Christoffersen's article for the Associated Press on Tuesday night highlighted the life woes of Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the failed Times Square bombing plot, citing how "his life seemed to unravel." Christoffersen also noted Shazad's "outspokenness about [former] President George W. Bush and the Iraq war."The AP writer's article, titled "Times Square bombing suspect's life had…