– Forbes discovers that in addition to starving Gilad Shalit, the Red Cross didn’t get a chance to examine him before fame-seeking Shahira Amin shoved a microphone in his face for Egyptian TV in a likely forced interview: This is
Priceless. Follow-up question: Why does Moore suddenly pose as a big union supporter when he won’t actually hire them to work on his films? Related: Kalin’s work.
– I wouldn’t have pegged Steve Jobs as quasi-besties with Rupert Murdoch, but I didn’t think he was anti-union, either. – When the White House isn’t investigating reporters for asking questions the Vice-President doesn’t like, it’s pushing around the Washington
NEW YORK (AP) – Andy Rooney, who delivered his last essay on “60 Minutes” three weeks ago, was in the hospital Tuesday after developing serious complications following minor surgery. CBS said the 92-year-old writer’s condition was stable and, at the
“The Republican Party has found its Dukakis. A technocratic Massachusetts governor running on competence, not ideology.” [youtube Lrd61iC8HAg nolink] I would rather be the Republican’s Dukakis than the Democrats’ Obama with Fast and Furious and Solyndra.”
– NYPD blames Occupy Wall Street protesters for the 154% increase in shootings: The number of people shot surged 154 percent two weeks ago — to 56 from 22 over the same week last year — and spiked 28 percent
UPDATED. From Politico: Less than 24 hours after Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government posted a video of New York Times freelancer (and former POLITICO/occasional On Media blogger) Natasha Lennard speaking on a panel about Occupy Wall Street, the Times defended her
Wow. Settle in for some foreign snobbery via NBC’s Martin Bashir. Can Bashir spell “hack?”
– The difference with which the Washington Post treated Marco Rubio and Barack Obama’s stories is fascinating: The Post was much easier on Barack Obama when a biography by reporter Janny Scott revealed that Obama falsely claimed his mother’s insurer
Leftist publication Mother Jones took to Twitter to call for pictures of graffiti in cities and towns across America, done to show support for the Occupy whatever movement. There are already any number of irresponsible voices involved with the Occupy
Hmm. Right-wing provocateur Andrew Breitbart and his associates have helped lead the charge against Occupy Oakland, highlighting unflattering local news reports to cast the occupation as a “rat-infested squalor with complaints of vandalism, public urination, sexual harassment, and sex in
– While the Occupy movement continues to labor in the streets in a manner designed to help Obama and the Democrats, why isn’t the media bothering to report the significant role Big Labor is playing? That’s a rhetorical question, but
Matthew Boyle in the Daily Caller: After violating National Public Radio’s ethics code by acting as a spokeswoman for Occupy DC protesters, Lisa Simeone was fired Wednesday evening from one of the two public radio programs she hosts, the Associated
From CBS Sports: [youtube lTXI-ivWEdo nolink] NBA commissioner David Stern sat through more than 16 hours of labor negotiations on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning, but the harshest words aimed at him came from outside the bargaining room. Emmy-winning television
From NBC Universal: Starting Monday, October 24th, “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” will move back to its original time slot of 10 p.m. ET/PT, Monday-Thursday. “The Ed Show” with Ed Schultz will lead off MSNBC’s primetime lineup each weeknight
Matthew Boyle at Daily Caller: National Public Radio host Lisa Simeone appears to be breaking the taxpayer-subsidized network’s ethics rules by acting as a spokeswoman for Occupy D.C. group “October 2011,” which is currently “occupying” Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C.
– NewsBusters looks at a featured segment affiliated with the host of last night’s GOP debate on CNN. CNN advertises Cooper’s regular segment, “Keeping Them Honest,” with the question: “Who’s Anderson keeping honest tonight?” Apparently, CNN and Cooper find Republicans
– Via NewsBusters, it’s come to this: Ed Schultz says he will be “cheer-leading” for the Occupy Wall Street movement every night on the air. I’m not sure even the Left can handle Ed Schultz in a cheer-leading uniform every
– Big Government takes on the ADL. It’s worth noting here, as the media is every bit at fault in this regard, as are they. The Anti-Defamation League is one of the most powerful and authoritative voices against bigotry of
– There was never any serious proof that tea party members spat upon a black Democrat Congressman. There is, however,official confirmation of Occupy protest participants spitting upon a female member of our armed forces. There was a time in American
The same website that brings you “anonymous sources” now finds itself axing a reporter who took content from, of all places, the New York Times. Politico says a reporter has resigned after editors determined she had plagiarized stories about transportation,
Remember when the DLC published a “hit list” of vulnerable districts and included crosshairs over Gabrielle Giffords’s Arizona district–and then some time later Sarah Palin published a map doing the same outlining the same vulnerable districts? The media excoriated Palin,
Andrew Breitbart at Big Government: In keeping with the new media notion of crowdsourcing-enthusiastically embraced by the mainstream media when trawling through Sarah Palin’s emails-Big Government will be providing readers later today with links to a document drop consisting of
—– President Thin Skin once again creates his own distraction and Henry makes an excellent point about Obama choosing not to engage Romney on this issue after doing so yesterday over taxes. Original post here.
—– Reporters quoting critics in presidential pressers is as old as presidential pressers. A smart president would seize the moment as an opportunity to respond to their critics. But Obama isn’t the brightest light in the chandelier and isn’t used
