Saturday Open Thread
Meanwhile, media blames conservatives.
Meanwhile, media blames conservatives.
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Well, what is the president doing? We know that he went to a — — he went to fundraisers last night. What’s he doing today?
From Fox Business: First of a three-part series David Brock, chairman and chief executive of Media Matters for America, told a news website earlier this year that his nonprofit is now moving to “sabotage” FOX News because it says the
It’s almost expected anymore when the media does it but our elected officials aren’t supposed to turn on the constituency with bullying tactics. From the St. Louis Tea Party: ST. LOUIS TEA PARTY CONDEMNS “TERRORIST” REMARKS FROM VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN, LAWMAKERS
The awesomeness pouring forth from Al Sharpton’s new 6 p.m. slot over at MSNBC warranted its own series. Enjoy. From Breitbart.tv: [youtube uIUYESMBUEU nolink] In a baffling and confusing interview, NBC News’ newest star Al Sharpton doesn’t seem to understand
This guy, that’s who. [youtube LzuGYAUdBfA nolink]
Al Sharpton, plus Soros lackey and wannabe muckraker Lee Fang from Think Progress.
It’s difficult to tell if O’Donnell is quoting the Democratic base for the sake of the question (inaudible due to crosstalk in the beginning) or if she included herself in that “we” to cast her lot in with Democrats on
“Let’s do this interview without talking points, let’s just talk to each other, OK?” Is Don Lemon serious? He interrupted Paul constantly; no one wants to hear Lemon try to argue (instead of interview) with Paul and try to pass
Oh my. Watching Al Sharpton perform off-the-cuff analysis is like watching a completely inebriated individual attempt to stand up, over and over again, and failing. “Well if he never said ‘goalposts,’ how did he move the goalposts?” […] “But after
From Fox Nation: The New York Times downplayed the arrest of an AWOL Muslim soldier charged in connection with a plot to attack Fort Hood soldiers. The newspaper all but ignored the role Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo’s religious faith may
“I know you’re creating a thing here for Fox.” “That’s not what I’m doing. You know better than that.” Apparently, asking the President as to the whereabouts of his party’s plan is “creating a thing” for Fox.
Way to lean forward, Martin Bashir! Forgive, but I tend to feel rubbed the wrong way when a foreign journalist condescends to us about our politics.
“Show us the plan. It’s not a talking point, that’s not fair.” Jay Carney apparently believes that a campaign speech is a plan. The way he condescendingly dismisses Ed Henry shows the full level of contempt that the White House
Ever since Tina Brown took the helm at Newsweek she has been courting controversy. The magazine, acquired for a dollar last year, has been shrinking in physical size, circulation and relevance since Brown took over. If there’s one thing she
A new poll from The Hill: A full 68 percent of voters consider the news media biased, the poll found. Most, 46 percent, believe the media generally favor Democrats, while 22 percent said they believe Republicans are favored, with 28
“I was like, WHOA!” Former TV host Cenk Ugyur claims he was canned from MSNBC because Washington types now run MSNBC’s newsroom. Apparently, his “aggressive body language and overall demeanor” made it difficult to book guests. If by “overall demeanor”
“It’s a wonder that lightning just doesn’t strike people dead on the spot when they say stuff like that.” [youtube ovFvytdct3g nolink]
“When you go write your stories …”
From Breaking News moments ago: Congressman Wu is a Democrat. Wu is currently embroiled in allegations of an “unwanted sexual encounter.” Not long after they deleted their Tweet and posted a new update, identical to the last except for the
From … MSNBC. TA DA! Also, media types need to stop presenting Marcus Bachmann’s clinic as Gayz Awayz R Us. It’s a clinic that offers therapy, period. An individual sought out help specifically to stop being gay. A therapist at
Bless his heart. Some dude who voiced commercials for an insurance company, and was once apparently an extra in some movies, is still angry that he was canned after leaving a rage-filled voicemail with FreedomWorks in a one-consent state. (Before
Who knew MSNBC had standards? It appears that their strategy of throwing wet noodles at the wall hasn’t worked because the long-winded incoherent one slid back onto the floor. Cenk Uygur talks like Keanu Reeves and says “whoa” a lot
This morning CNN gave a platform to John Boyd, President of the Black Farmer’s Union, so he could claim that Michele Bachmann’s criticism of Pigford fraud is based on racism, not fraud. “Do you feel that she’s racist?” asked the
Comedy gold: the link goes to this satirical post.
Inspiring protesters and supplying them with propaganda to recite. Nothing about the Media Matters’ body count from Mr. Cheese: Media Matters’ Body Count? Awaiting Eric Boehlert’s Apology Your taxpayer-funded Media Matters at work! Take action: Media Matters Declared War, Let’s
Q. “How does it work politically to say that we won’t raise taxes on billionaires?” A. “Why is it that compromise always means increasing taxes today and doing cuts ten years from now?”
“My children are grown, so …” “What about your grandchildren?”
From Judicial Watch: Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has uncovered documents from the Obama Department of Treasury showing that the Obama administration, contrary to its repeated denials, attempted to
This morning Joel Pollak wrote how emails between UMSL administration show how the university was preparing to go after student whistleblower Phil Christofanelli. Background of UMSL story is here. Now we know that the publicly-funded university and its labor studies
Chris Matthews on Rupert Murdoch. I’ve never seen a media entity talk so much about its competition.
It’s no surprise that the tax-exempt Media Matters regularly features publishes proven-false propaganda pieces as “news,” and it’s no surprise that the site, led by Eric Boehlert, came out hard to spin and defend on behalf of SEIU. What Media
Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift: Except, oops! It was already admitted a year ago that that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were responsible, admitted by one of the very architects of the disaster: For years, Frank was a staunch supporter of Fannie
In probably the best thing to happen to his fledgling, part-time radio career, talk host Ben Ferguson is receiving criticism for his feeble attempt to create a news bit of Mitt Romney’s religion on his local station. [youtube WCbn3fmKBqw nolink]
Our buddy Kyle Smith points out that the Daily Beast has made a laughably pathetic attempt to gin up some controversy over a line from the movie “Horrible Bosses,” which is in theaters today. From NewsBeast’s Ramin Setoode: In the
Just a small glimpse into the past week’s “new tone” rhetoric from President Obama, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, Joan Walsh, Tina Brown, and Josh Marshall.