Friday Crib Notes
– What NBC News producers do when they retire? The same thing they always did, perhaps, influence news coverage? Former NBC News Producer Yells at NPR For Missing Leftist Wall St. Protest: If the Tea Party farts, that’s news. But
– What NBC News producers do when they retire? The same thing they always did, perhaps, influence news coverage? Former NBC News Producer Yells at NPR For Missing Leftist Wall St. Protest: If the Tea Party farts, that’s news. But
– I wonder what team MSN-Obama is going to say in 2012 when someone points out that Jeb isn’t running for anything? Bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra made a fleeting appearance on the Rachel Maddow show Monday night, just long
CNN on Sunday invited author Tim Wise to comment on the Berkley bake sale “controversy.” Unfortunately, Wise whose reputation for falsehoods has eclipsed any notoriety he’s gained as an author, also has a history of threatening behavior towards conservatives, in
I had to laugh at the SEIU-funded Media Matters’ latest attempt to discredit the actual story behind the “booed gay soldier.” Loesch responded on Andrew Breitbart’s Big Journalism, claiming that President Obama had deliberately lied about the booing. Do Media
Attorneys representing former Alaska governor Sarah Palin have written to Crown Publishing, a division of Random House, serving notice of possible litigation for defamation in connection with Joe McGinniss’s recent anti-Palin biography, and warning the company not to delete or
It’s like listening to a subscriber of Teen Beat. [youtube BKsxgOS4Hfw nolink] ” … an extremely able, deft, confident, exceptional politician … that is a very good, able, amazingly powerful politician. I think in some ways, he has been not
– Mexican drug cartels murder Maria Elizabeth Macias-Castro, editor of the Primera Hora newspaper, for using social media to report on the cartels’ violence. – Interesting: Greta Van Susteren defends CNN from progressive rage over the CNN/tea party debate. My
– The Fox News/Google debate was the highest-rated debate yet. Last night’s Fox News/Google GOP debate was the highest-rated primary debate yet, averaging over six million total viewers during both the 9 and 10 PM hours. In the key adults
Chuck Heath, Jr., brother of Gov. Sarah Palin, has provided the statement below to Big Government and Big Journalism: The McGinniss book is filled with one lie after another. The final straw for me was when I learned that he
Normally I loathe Lawrence O’Donnell’s overly-dramatic Shatner-esque editorial delivery, but it was so apropos in his interview with Levi Johnston. Johnston is out hocking his next book that is all about trashing the grandmother of his son. O’Donnell forced Johnston
No surprises from Washington Whispers: A new study by a conservative media watchdog group finds that the big three TV network’s morning shows are far more biased against the current GOP presidential field than they were to Democrats running in
Last week in HuffPo: Garry Trudeau’s “Doonesbury” comic has been pulled from the Chicago Tribune this week because, according to the newspaper’s editorial staff, its content, excerpted from Joe McGinniss’s Sarah Palin biography, violates their standards of fairness. … But
Since other liberal pundits are throwing the President under the bus over his latest jobs bill, I’ve only to assume that Borger wants to differentiate herself by doubling-down on his perception of teflon awesomeness. If you’re President Obama, you’ve had
THR: The progressive watchdog group has made it a priority to bash Fox News, which is also carried by the satellite radio company. Progressive watchdog group Media Matters will get itself a powerful new platform to wage its war on
That guy who was a placemarker for the superstar Reverend Al Sharpton has been hired by Current TV. It makes since for the inventor of the internet to have his own channel and buy up all of MSNBC’s discarded on
– The fake news show that progressives love to watch won the Emmy for Best Variety Show last night. By “variety” we must assume that “The Daily Show” didn’t win for ideological variety, considering the background with Big Journalism contributor
If you were watching the evening shows, or any of their broadcasting, which we know you aren’t, because ratings, this is the vast, in-depth coverage you would have seen: MSNBC has given the story a couple of links, max. A
Courtesy of NPR’s Frank James: At a rally on the campus of North Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C. Wednesday where President Obama went to drum up support for his jobs bill, this happened. AUDIENCE MEMBER: I love you, Barack! THE
– Joe McGinniss terrified “too busy” to pimp his book on Fox. A Fox spokesperson said, “We’ve reached out to Random House to book Joe and was told by them that ‘he’s too busy to go on Fox News.’” [youtube
– Obama implores black American media members: Carry my water for me: President Obama spoke to a White House forum, titled “Open for Questions with InteractiveOne,” which featured various administration officials discussing how the administration’s polices have affected and will
Yahoo’s Cutline as was astonished that a news outlet would feature more than one type of voice by hosting a GOP tea party debate. The shock is palatable. The co-hosts of Monday night’s Republican debate–CNN and the Tea Party Express–made
– ATTACKWAAATCH! [youtube -XYKRokgX00 nolink] “Obama 2012. Because you still hate George Bush, right?” Video magic by Big J contributor Ezra Dulis and CnservativePunk of MisfitPolitics. – CNN #1 on debate night. – No, WaPo, no one cares enough about
The Washington Post was eager to plan spinmeister for the DNC tonight in reporting how the historically blue NY09 — Anthony Weiner’s old seat — went red, to a GOP novice named Bob Turner. Desperate to avoid the results viewed
I think Rumsfeld may have been the last person in the country with a subscription to the New York Times. Krugman thought he could avoid the heat by disallowing comments on his bitter 9/11 post which angered many on both
—– Via the Scott Hennen Show: “I just felt that, that was the limit. Its been years where they’ve been moving and moving in that direction and it’s so outrageous for a once great newspaper to peddle that kind of