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Hannity Hammers Christie

Media hacks may be ready to anoint Chris Christie as the 2016 Republican nominee for president, but Clear Channel’s Sean Hannity isn’t.  Yesterday on his nationally syndicated radio talk show, Hannity questioned the appeal of Christie:  “I don’t know what

Hannity Hammers Christie

Former RNC Chair: Party Clearly Favored Christie Over Cuccinelli

Republican Jim Gilmore knows a little something about Virginia politics. He was governor of the Old Dominion from 1998-2002.  He also is very familiar with the inner-workings of the Republican National Committee having served as the party’s chairman from 2001-02. 

Former RNC Chair: Party Clearly Favored Christie Over Cuccinelli

NY Times: We Have 'High Threshold' for Lies

The New York Times has an explanation for their characterization of President Obama’s deceptive claim that “if you like your health insurance, you can keep your health insurance.” It is not as a “lie,” but merely that Obama “mis-spoke.”  Times

NY Times: We Have 'High Threshold' for Lies

NBC News Opens The Checkbook For Journalism

NBC News is under fire for so-called “checkbook journalism” as the peacock network offered over $100,000 for the exclusive footage of the mid-air collision of two skydiving planes. NBC News will also have exclusive interviews with the survivors of the

NBC News Opens The Checkbook For Journalism

Interview: EW Jackson Calls Handshake Snub 'Insulting'

Virginia Lieutenant Governor candidate Ralph Northam (D-VA) refused to shake hands with his Republican opponent, EW Jackson during an on-air appearance in Hampton Roads, VA last week.  Jackson appeared on “Mornings on the Mall” on WMAL in Washington DC Monday

Interview: EW Jackson Calls Handshake Snub 'Insulting'

Disgraced, Lying Journalist Stephen Glass Wants To Be A Lawyer

The California Supreme Court is set to decide whether disgraced New Republic and Rolling Stone journalist Stephen Glass should be granted a license to practice law in the Golden State. The California Committee of Bar Examiners has petitioned to block Glass

Disgraced, Lying Journalist Stephen Glass Wants To Be A Lawyer

Walters: 'The View' Not A Political Show

Creator of “The View,” Barbara Walters, told Fox News’ Howard Kurtz the show was never meant to be political: Walters: “The View is not Meet the Press. A lot of people do get their news from The View. But it’s

Walters: 'The View' Not A Political Show

NBC's Gregory Blames Axelrod For Obama's Big Lie

NBC News’ David Gregory seems to realize that President Obama didn’t tell the truth when he sold the Affordable Care Act with the promise that, “if you like your health insurance, you can keep it, period.” However, he can’t bring

NBC's Gregory Blames Axelrod For Obama's Big Lie

Hillary Heckled: 'Benghazi! Benghazi! You Let Them Die!'

Hillary Clinton was giving a speech at the University of Buffalo when she was interrupted by a heckler who wanted the former Secretary of State to answer for her role in the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya in September, 2012.

White House Bullied Beckel For Backing Obamacare Delay

On Tuesday, Fox News pundit Bob Beckel argued that it “makes logical political sense to delay (Obamacare) a year.” Wednesday night Beckel, a usually reliable advocate for all things Obama, revealed that the White House “bludgeoned him” for the remarks.  Beckel

White House Bullied Beckel For Backing Obamacare Delay

Pakistan Taliban Issues Fatwa Against Journalists

As the President of the United States suffers the indignity of being lectured to by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over drone strikes in Pakistan, Reporters Without Borders is reporting that Pakistan has some problems of their own with regard to press

Pakistan Taliban Issues Fatwa Against Journalists

New York Times: Sebelius Throwing White House Under Bus

This morning’s New York Times features an article on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the administration official shouldering most of the blame for the disastrous rollout of Obamacare.  It appears Ms. Sebelius gave permission to friends and allies

New York Times: Sebelius Throwing White House Under Bus

HuffPo: Obama Policy Toward Press A 'Dictator's Dream'

Huffington Post labeled the Obama Administration’s attacks on press freedom a “Dictator’s Dream” when highlighting a wire story from the Associated Press.   The article details remarks made by AP CEO Gary Pruitt to the 69th General Assembly of the Inter

HuffPo: Obama Policy Toward Press A 'Dictator's Dream'

CNBC Reporter Wants 'Mexican Music' Playing For Ted Cruz Story

Left-leaning CNBC reporter Steve Liesman asked for some “Mexican music” to be played while he talked about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during a segment on the September jobs report Tuesday. “We’re going to call this the Senator Ted Cruz jobs report.

CNBC Reporter Wants 'Mexican Music' Playing For Ted Cruz Story

Piers Morgan: Press 'Quite Soft' On Obama

CNN’s Piers Morgan is criticizing the American press corps for being “quite soft” on President Obama: “I would say actually they’ve been probably quite soft and could have gone harder. The financial crisis was inherited by the president, but he’s

Piers Morgan: Press 'Quite Soft' On Obama

Ezra Klein 'Shocked' At Joan Walsh Criticism

Washington Post and MSNBC pundit Ezra Klein is stinging from fellow liberal Joan Walsh’s criticism of his harsh analysis of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rollout.  As John Nolte pointed out yesterday, Walsh did the White House’s heavy lifting and

Ezra Klein 'Shocked' At Joan Walsh Criticism

Schwarzenegger: Change Constitution So I Can Run For President

Sources tell the New York Post that former California Governor is seriously lobbying for a change to the constitution so that he can move to the White House:  “Schwarzenegger has been talking openly about working on getting the constitutional rules

Schwarzenegger: Change Constitution So I Can Run For President

Appeals Court: Reporter Must Reveal CIA Source

New York Times foreign affairs reporter James Risen must reveal his secret source while testifying in the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA agent charged with leaking classified information, so says the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in

Appeals Court: Reporter Must Reveal CIA Source

McCain On Gohmert: 'No Intelligence'

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) violated Reagan’s 11th Commandment Wednesday night by accusing fellow Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of having “no intelligence.” The charge was in response to something Gohmert said this past weekend about McCain. To be fair, Gohmert was

McCain On Gohmert: 'No Intelligence'

Guardian's Glenn Greenwald Gets Gig

Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who scored the scoop of the decade with the Edward Snowden/National Security Agency’s surveillance program story, is leaving the Guardian newspaper.  BuzzFeed reports that Greenwald will be leaving for a “once-in-a-career dream journalistic opportunity” described as “a

Guardian's Glenn Greenwald Gets Gig

In Defense of Tommy Christopher

Tuesday, Mediaite White House correspondent Tommy Christopher made headlines for asking a highly unorthodox question of White House Spokesman Jay Carney. My friend and colleague Ben Shapiro hammered him as a “numbskull” for asking the “single worst question ever.”  I

In Defense of Tommy Christopher

Russert: Media Biased Against People of Faith

NBC News’ Luke Russert says there is a strong bias toward people of faith among his colleagues in the media. Russert spoke with David Brody on The Brody File at CBN. Some excerpts from the interview include:  David Brody: “Does

Russert: Media Biased Against People of Faith

Coulter: Shysters Responsible For GOP Election Losses

Ann Coulter held nothing back on Hannity Monday night going after “shysters” who are taking advantage of the Republican Party.  Coulter’s broader point was that for the Republican Party to achieve anything, they need to have majorities in the House

Coulter: Shysters Responsible For GOP Election Losses

Matthews: Hatred, Racism Motivates GOP Opposition To Obama

MSNBC host Chris Matthews appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show Monday night and returned to a familiar refrain when trying to explain Republican opposition to President Obama’s deficit spending policies and the Affordable Care Act. “I think it’s hatred, I

Matthews: Hatred, Racism Motivates GOP Opposition To Obama

Co Gov To Bloomberg: Butt Out

Colorado Governor Democrat John Hickenlooper, still stinging from a recall vote that saw his party lose seats in the state senate last month after members of his party followed him off the cliff with radical gun control measures, is advising

Co Gov To Bloomberg: Butt Out

New Yorker's Lizza Compares Cruz to OJ

New Yorker Journalist Ryan Lizza compared Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to OJ Simpson in a tweet Sunday:   Ted Cruz going to the Mall protest today and railing against gov shutdown is like O.J. Simpson searching for the real killers.

New Yorker's Lizza Compares Cruz to OJ

NBC News' Chuck Todd Penning Obama Tome

According to Chuck Todd it’s a “labor of love.” The NBC News White House correspondent is writing a book about the Obama Presidency and it’s now reached the pages of Amazon.  Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because

NBC News' Chuck Todd Penning Obama Tome

White House War On Fox News Continues

It appears the cease fire in the White House’s war on Fox News is now history.   White House spokesman Jay Carney has become increasingly hostile toward Fox News White House correspondent Ed Henry. Early last week he attacked Henry’s

White House War On Fox News Continues

Lee: Establishment GOP Waged 'All-Out Attack' on Cruz, Me

In an interview on Salem Radio’s Hugh Hewitt Show, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) revealed that, in a conference meeting of Republican Senators earlier this week, a group of Republicans waged an “all-out attack” on himself and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX):  Hewitt: There

Lee: Establishment GOP Waged 'All-Out Attack' on Cruz, Me

CBS New York Features Union Boss As Typical Furloughed Worker

Yesterday we told you about how the Associated Press featured Paul Sacker as a furloughed employee for the EPA who is suffering due to the atrocity brought on by the government shutdown. What the AP didn’t tell you was Sacker

CBS New York Features Union Boss As Typical Furloughed Worker

Lib Talker: GOP 'Suicide Bombers' 'Trying To Blow Your Children Up'

Liberal talk radio host Stephanie Miller took the hateful rhetoric targeted at House Republicans to a new extreme this morning by claiming conservative lawmakers were trying to “blow your children up,” when talking to a caller on her nationally syndicated

Lib Talker: GOP 'Suicide Bombers' 'Trying To Blow Your Children Up'

NY Daily News: GOP 'House Of Turds'

The New York Daily News is trying to “Newt Gingrich” Speaker of the House John Boehner by “blaming” him and the Republican majority in the House for the government shutdown. Their cover art and headline for this morning evokes the

NY Daily News: GOP 'House Of Turds'

San Fran Thieves Target TV News Crews

KRON TV reporter Jeff Bush was reporting with his crew in San Francisco’s Bayview district when two men confronted him and demanded his computer and camera equipment. Police have arrested two 19-year-olds, Armani McFarland and John Woods, on suspicion of

San Fran Thieves Target TV News Crews

Seymour Hersh: Raid on Bin Laden Compound 'One Big Lie'

Journalist Seymour Hersh, who called Republicans terrorists long before Dan Pfeiffer ever did, tells the Guardian that the events surrounding the US Navy Seal’s raid on Osama bin Laden have never truly been investigated or reported on and what the world

Seymour Hersh: Raid on Bin Laden Compound 'One Big Lie'

Zuckerberg Admits Facebook Not Cool

Facebook isn’t cool anymore and probably never will be again. That’s what CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted in an interview with The Atlantic this week.  People assume that we’re trying to be cool. It’s never been my goal. I’m the least

Zuckerberg Admits Facebook Not Cool

Rush: Going to Satellite Would Be Betrayal of Radio Affiliates

Rush Limbaugh spoke to a party hosted by his syndicator Premiere Networks at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference in Las Vegas today. Limbaugh addressed the gathering of radio industry insiders – many of whom were station owners and

Rush: Going to Satellite Would Be Betrayal of Radio Affiliates