NY Mag Editor Admits Never Reporting Kerry's Tax Rate In 2004

"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough challenged NY Magazine editor John Heileman on the media's coverage of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's wealth. Scarborough asked Heileman how many times he covered John Kerry's wealth in 2004 and pointed out that Kerry paid a lower tax rate than Governor Romney and is more wealthy. 30 Jan 2012

Woman 'Marries' Building To Save From Demolition

A very unique wedding in Seattle on Sunday afternoon as people came to witness the union of a woman - and a building. In order to save a building from demolition, Babylonia Aivaz “married” it.

Aivaz said "I do" to the warehouse on 10th and Union on Capitol Hill. She said she fell in love with the 107-year-old building during an Occupy Seattle protest and doesn't want to see it torn down to make room for a brand-new apartment building. 30 Jan 2012

Muppets Go Partisan: Kermit And Miss Piggy Trash Fox News

From Big Hollywood Editor John Nolte: "The Fox News segment Kermit and Miss Piggy are responding to (in the video) [is] rather innocuous and perfectly valid discussion about the culture. As a response, and nearly a week after the segment aired, the Fox-hating entertainment media (which is all of them) 'viralized' the clip, blew the controversy up into something it really wasn’t, and did so because they find it impossible to turn down an opportunity to prove they’re one of the minions in the club."

Read more at Big Hollywood. 30 Jan 2012

Jindal: Brewer, Obama Exchange 'Brought Back Memories' Of 'Obviously Staged' Incident

Governor Bobby Jindal told "Fox & Friends": “It brought back memories... He grabs me by the arm, takes me aside. Here’s the strange thing: I thought he’d be angry about the oil spill, the lack of resources; I thought he’d get down there and say, 'Look governor, we’re going to do everything we can to work together.' Instead, he was upset he was going to look bad; he was worried about some routine letter we had already sent to his administration, nothing important." 30 Jan 2012

RNC Chair: Obama Abandoning Ship Like 'Costa Concordia Captain'

The chairman of the RNC, Reince Priebus, said that Obama is "our own little Captain Schettino" because he is "abandoning the ship" by not doing his job as President and leading the United States but instead is "more interested in campaigning." 30 Jan 2012

DNC Chair: Comparing Obama To Cruise Ship Captain 'Incendiary'

The DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said that the RNC Chair's comments calling President Obama "our own little Captain Schettino" were not worth giving "any credence" and showed a "dramatic level of insensitivity to the families of those victims" on the cruise ship. 30 Jan 2012

Finger-Wag Flashback: NBC's Brian Williams Goes 'Jan Brewer' On President Bush

NBC anchor Brian Williams had an interview with President Bush in 2006 to discuss his "eclectic" reading habits. The conversation changed to leadership and his decisions being constantly analyzed by pundits and commentators. During the exchange Brian Williams pointed his finger at President Bush's chest asking, "even if you're frustrated that we're getting something wrong?" in response to President Bush saying that a leader cannot allow the constant exposure to cause him to lose focus on fulfilling his job as a decision maker.

Much has been made about the recent photo of AZ Governor Jan Brewer pointing her finger at President Obama. Many in the media have considered it racist, disrespectful and "unprecedented." It will be interesting to see if those same media commentators will have the same reaction to this gesture made by Brian Williams. 29 Jan 2012

Preview: Exclusive Breitbart Investigation Discovers 'Racism' In #OccupyWallStreet

Breitbart contributor Lee Stranahan appeared on Sirius XM's "The David Webb Show" to discuss an upcoming post about racism he discovered through a series of interviews with those participating in the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. 29 Jan 2012

Mitt: Newt Acts 'Like Goldilocks'

At a campaign event in Orlando Mitt Romney said, "Speaker Gingrich said the debate before last night -- he said that the crowd wasn't allowed to cheer, so he couldn't do so well because the crowd was too quiet. Then last night he said the crowd was too loud..."

Romney went on to say that Speaker Gingrich was like "Goldilocks" because of his indecision and that he personally looks forward to debating Barack Obama. 29 Jan 2012

Lawyers Move To Restrict Campaign From Using NBC Content In Ads

In a new ad from the Mitt Romney campaign, Tom Brokaw is featured giving a news report of the Newt Gingrich ethics investigations. Brokaw issued a statement that he was "extremely uncomfortable" that his previous reporting was being used for political gain.

From CNN:"The NBC legal department has written a letter to the [Romney] campaign asking for the removal of all NBC News material from their campaign ads. Similar requests have gone out to other campaigns that NBC says have inappropriately used clips from 'Nightly News,' 'Meet the Press,' 'Today' and MSNBC material."

The Romney campaign has issued a statement saying "We just received the letter. We are reviewing it. But we believe it falls within fair use."

Read more at Big Journalism. 29 Jan 2012