Well, if it is Thursday, there must be a new Obama scandal. But one thing is for damn sure: whatever that scandal is, you can bet the American mainstream media will be playing catch up and not having the glory
Via TVNewser, here’s a transcript between Fox News’ Ed Henry and White House spokesman Jay Carney over just how qualified Susan Rice is for her promotion to National Security Adviser. With no good answer, Carney plays to the media crowd
In an extensive NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday, the most fascinating piece of information can be found way down at question 17. When asked if Congressional Republican investigations into the Obama administration have been “justified and addressing legitimate
When the trifecta of scandals first broke over the White House a few weeks ago, the media (who were literally blocking the truth from getting out about the IRS and Benghazi) were so caught off guard that for a couple
Last month, for two whole weeks (out of five whole years), our media acted like a real media. They held the Obama White House responsible for its actions, asked tough questions, demanded answers, and reported the truth. There was no
There was an interesting little nugget just lying around in a Salon autopsy examining what might be going wrong at MSNBC, which has seen its ratings collapse over the last three months: In the key 25-54 year-old demo, Fox News’
Except for the not-believing-in-God part, being a Democrat has got to be a beautiful thing. What a joy it must be to have the entire media-complex standing at the ready to leap on any talking point you want leapt upon.
As though MSNBC doesn’t have enough ratings problems, the recent decision to dump the working class Ed Schultz for Rachel Maddow doppelganger Chris Hayes is also blowing up in the Lean Forward network’s face. MSNBC president Phil Griffin probably thought
Sunday, The New York Times took notice of the collapse of MSNBC’s ratings — something Big Journalism has been covering with some interest for a while now. In the wake of Obama’s reelection, the conventional wisdom was that liberalism was
In a Gallup Poll released in the heart of the gun control debate last April (after months and month of hysterical coverage), only 4% of Americans saw gun control as a priority. What they were (and are) most concerned about
Why did Will Smith’s “After Earth” flop? Easy… 1. Until people started laughing at it yesterday, the marketing didn’t penetrate enough for me to even know it was out there. 2. This might be the worst trailer every made for
William Peter Blatty, the Academy-Award winner who wrote 1973’s “The Exorcist,” graduated from Georgetown University in 1950 and has financially supported his alma mater for years. In May of last year, though, Blatty announced he was preparing a canon lawsuit
Orlando Sentinel Earlier this week, Disney began to sprinkle merchandise throughout its parks with designs including rainbows, symbol of the gay-pride movement. Red tank tops with rainbow-colored Mickey Mouse heads began arriving in shops along Main Street USA a few
In South Portland, Maine, Dr. Michael Ciampi has done more to cut the cost of health care than anything any Democrat has done in the last 200 years. He has stopped accepting insurance and slashed his prices. The price for
The Newspaper Guild-CWA sounds lofty but it is just another labor union, this one representing journalists. And as labor unions will, the Guild is stamping its feet over yesterday’s bombshell that the Chicago Sun-Times axed its entire photography staff. In
In a new Quinnipiac survey, Hillary Clinton’s favorability ratings have taken a steep nosedive in just a few months. Back in February, the former Secretary of State and likely 2016 presidential contender sat at a comfortable 61% -34% favorable/unfavorable rating.
It is hard to imagine that once upon a time there existed a Hollywood that would Americanize a true story to make Americans the heroes and then release this blockbuster on the 4th of July to capitalize on American patriotism.
Because the media coordinates with one another, this corrupt institution is still very powerful when it comes to pushing its left-wing, big government agenda. Beneath the surface, though, the media is crumbling. One more log on the deathwatch fire is
The Boy Scouts of America are already feeling the squeeze from their recent decision to allow openly gay boys to join the organization. For years the Scouts have been under fire for not allowing gay scouts or gay scoutmasters (the
The left has figured out that health insurance is a stealth method to allow them to redistribute wealth. That is what ObamaCare is really all about. Under the Affordable Care Act, everyone is forced to buy Cadillac health insurance plans,
A new Quinnpiac poll not only brought bad news for Obama with respect to his ratings on job approval and trustworthiness, but also on the Benghazi scandal that both the White House and the media have worked so hard to
***Added: Fox News and CBS have announced they are joining the boycott. Eric Holder’s attempt to save his job by repairing his image with the media through a series of off-the-record meetings with several news organizations is backfiring in a
While President Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, faces a possible perjury charge and increased calls for his resignation over the Justice Department’s outrageous spying on the media — elsewhere, another scandal is taking another kind of toll. A new Quinnpiac
I too hated “Prometheus,” mainly because it was a lifeless disappointment. But as soon as it was over I forgot about it. In fact, I had completely forgotten about the film’s link to “Alien,” until John Sexton brought it up.
