
Just before Mitt Romney’s pick of Wisc. Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria got himself in a spot o’ trouble when it was discovered that he had plagiarized a piece he wrote for TIME magazine.
by Warner Todd Huston13 Aug 2012, 3:19 AM PST0

Democrat National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a recent interview that she had “no idea” about the political affiliation of the super PAC that is endorsing Barack Obama. Asked if the group was a Democrat group, she feigned
by Warner Todd Huston13 Aug 2012, 3:19 AM PST0

Social Security is as close to insolvency as you can get and not be belly up. Government watchdogs warn that Social Security will see a $7 trillion shortfall by 2086. But the Associated Press says, don’t worry about all that,
by Warner Todd Huston13 Aug 2012, 3:13 AM PST0

New York Times reporter Jackie Calmes must have found Chris Matthews’s “leg tingle” as she penned a story dreamily reminiscing about Obama’s “jaw-dropping crowds” he used to garner at campaign stops back in 2007-08. Calmes also wondered why Obama isn’t getting
by Warner Todd Huston12 Aug 2012, 5:53 AM PST0

Rachel Maddow of MSNBC is sure that Mitt Romney’s recent campaign ad is “racist.” How does she know? Well, she can’t point to anything substantive that proves it, so she has to feel that it’s racist and since she feels
by Warner Todd Huston12 Aug 2012, 5:32 AM PST0

One of the things that a vice presidential candidate has to be able to do and do well is be an attack dog for the ticket. The best VP candidates have both the credibility and the capability to severely criticize
by Warner Todd Huston11 Aug 2012, 6:55 PM PST0

Plainly the long knives are out among the left-media already. All media hands have been called on deck to cut Rep. Paul Ryan to pieces before he sets one foot on the campaign trail. As for Buzzfeed, they’ve stooped to
by Warner Todd Huston11 Aug 2012, 3:43 PM PST0

The leftwing, Old Media has chosen its mode of attack on Paul Ryan: he wants to kill your grandmother. To further that, on CNNs Saturday morning election coverage, Candy Crowley announced that people are “afraid” that presumptive GOP nominee Mitt
by Warner Todd Huston11 Aug 2012, 10:43 AM PST0

It was only minutes after news broke that Paul Ryan was Romney’s likely pick for Vice President that leftwingers on Twitter began to needle Ryan as a follower of that mean ol’ Ayn Rand, the famed objectivist philosopher of the
by Warner Todd Huston11 Aug 2012, 4:57 AM PST0

For two straight days, now ABC, CBS, and NBC have not bothered to mention the roiling controversy over the lie-filled ad that Obama’s Super PAC put out intimating that Mitt Romney killed a steel worker’s wife. The ad is being
by Warner Todd Huston10 Aug 2012, 5:11 AM PST0

The owner of Krause’s Deli in Cincinnati, Ohio is extremely upset with Barack Obama for showing the front of her business in one of his TV commercials. It is causing her to lose customers and she says she was lied
by Warner Todd Huston10 Aug 2012, 4:49 AM PST0

Air America’s radio efforts failed miserably. Any number of left-wing challengers to Rush Limbaugh have gone down in flames faster than the Hindenburg. Despite all that left-wing radio carnage, the Soros-funded, extreme left-wing Internet site Media Matters for America is
by Warner Todd Huston9 Aug 2012, 10:02 AM PST0

According to The New York Times, President Obama is a “voracious consumer of news.” But he’s not at all happy with a media that has engaged in a one-sided love affair with him. He has harsh words for the media
by Warner Todd Huston9 Aug 2012, 4:12 AM PST0

Mark Bittman, a New York Times food critic, admits he used an “inappropriate phrase” in an August 3 blog posting about Chick-Fil-A. In fact, it was down right Bitter, man, because he seemed to be rejoicing that a vice president
by Warner Todd Huston9 Aug 2012, 4:00 AM PST0

U.S. Olympic Hurdler Lolo Jones was slammed by The New York Times as a woman of little accomplishment, a flimsy girl not sufficiently woman’s libby enough, one that is all show and no go and during an August 8 appearance
by Warner Todd Huston9 Aug 2012, 3:56 AM PST0

In 2010, stereo equipment magnate Sidney Harmon bought Newsweek for $1. This year his surviving family members ended their support for the magazine. It may have been a good decision, since Newsweek can’t even seem to keep its own cover
by Warner Todd Huston9 Aug 2012, 3:41 AM PST0

Huffington Post chose some rather odd rhetoric to identify Romney’s Jewish fans that were eager to get the candidate’s photo at a Wednesday appearance. The Aug. 8 HuffPo posting carries the odd headline, “Mitt Romney’s Motorcade Chased By Pack Of
by Warner Todd Huston9 Aug 2012, 3:39 AM PST0

Over the last week, the buzz has been building around the idea that Mitt Romney is seriously considering New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as his pick for Vice President. Christie has become a rock star among Republicans, conservative and country-clubber
by Warner Todd Huston9 Aug 2012, 3:23 AM PST0

ABC News is at it again, misidentifying a mass murderer as part of the “right” in America today. And, naturally, it was Brian Ross who did the dirty deed, claiming the man responsible for killing several Sikh temple goers in
by Warner Todd Huston8 Aug 2012, 4:23 AM PST0

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney dismissed The Drudge Report, one of the most popular news aggregation websites on the net, as an unworthy source of news. During the August 7 Press Briefing, Carney said “be mindful of your sources”
by Warner Todd Huston8 Aug 2012, 4:19 AM PST0

Obama’s super PAC, Priorities USA Action, put out an ad so vile, so filled with lies that even his usually lapdog media couldn’t stand by and strain credulity to say that the ad was anything other than a lie. Even
by Warner Todd Huston8 Aug 2012, 4:13 AM PST0

The new owner of the Orange County Register is telling his new employees that he wants to hire “more of them.” He also intends to actually expand the paper whereas the rest of the industry seems to be contracting. New
by Warner Todd Huston7 Aug 2012, 2:57 AM PST0

For the Minneapolis Post, columnist John Reinan has a very interesting piece noting that many once powerful city newspapers are being forced by industry loses to abandon their palatial, decades old headquarters buildings. Many of these buildings are grand, often
by Warner Todd Huston7 Aug 2012, 2:38 AM PST0

A University of Missouri study has found that nations with the happiest citizens share something in common. They also have an established tradition of a free press. Missouri University Journalism student Edson Tandoc, Jr. and co-author, Bruno Takahashi from Michigan
by Warner Todd Huston7 Aug 2012, 2:31 AM PST0

We now know that the Old Media has arrived at a two-pronged attack on Mitt Romney in order to help Barack Obama win a second term. The first is repeating false claims that Romney is a tax evader — thereby
by Warner Todd Huston7 Aug 2012, 2:22 AM PST0