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P/oed Patriot first broke the story of a reported sexual assault case which took place at the Occupy St. Louis encampment in downtown Keiner Plaza on November 8th: According to the St. Louis Police website crime map, at 3:55 PM

Occupy Wall Street’s imploding, Obama and the Democrats own the chaos, and now the AP is panicking. But first a little context… Something happened this month that the mainstream media and the Left (but I repeat myself) never expected. Two

Somebody missed the boat. But when you’re so full of your own arrogance and assume no one would dare leave port without you, those things tend to happen. While MSNBC, CBS News, “Daily Beast/Newsweek” and others have done superb work

With details now erupting on Capitol Hill about Sen. John Kerry’s (D-MA) questionable investments, a curious question lingers: why did it take a Tallahassee-based think tank wonk to uncover a former presidential candidate’s aggressive trading of pharmaceutical stock during both

In a commentary posted on Big Government on Monday evening, Nov. 14, editor Mike Flynn wrote that Occupy Savannah had reported the tragic death of one of its members, 34-year-old Jonathan Brazell. The headline read: “Breaking: Facebook Posting Reports Murder

On November 16, Alec Baldwin had a column in the Huffington Post titled, “What Occupy Wall Street Has Taught Me.” In it, the actor who promised to leave the United States if George W. Bush were re-elected in 2004 reminds

There’s so much going on these days. The Occupy movement, a man arrested for attempting to assassinate our president, the never-ending drama behind the GOP primary, and–as always–we have to fight the corrupt mainstream media. There are so many dragons

Since placing second in the Iowa straw poll, Congressman Paul’s supporters have been complaining vigorously because their leader (Officially known as Rep Paul from the Planet Ronulin) and his second place finish has been virtually absent from the press. As

This isn’t a criticism of Steve Kroft, but has the CBS news veteran ever before left the confines of “60 Minutes” to go out on the cable news circuit with his interview subject (in this case our own Peter Schweizer)

“I think we should have a moment of silence in solidarity for the person that they said was from the Washington DC Occupy, that maybe why did he feel the need to shoot the White House window today.” Currently the

Let’s give Mr. Alter some props. He answered my email. Granted, it took awhile but he did respond. Here’s his response. It’s not bad until the end. You’ll see what I mean. Hi, Mary: Yes, I would tell you and

– AP scolds reporters for Tweeting about OWS arrests. – Did the Newspaper Guild just endorse #OWS? Sure sounds like it. Guild launches online forum for journalists covering protests 09 Nov 2011 Covering the Occupation Movement can be hazardous. A

Apparently Politico does not like the new concealed-carry reciprocity law recently passed in the House. They must not like it. After all, aside from covering it in a negative light, the newser so badly misstated the law that it could

At least one hit job fell flat this week. From the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs: LIEBERMAN, COLLINS TO HOLD HEARING ON INSIDER TRADING LAWS AND CONGRESS 60 Minutes Story Sparks Examination WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and

Suspected Shooter Ortega-Hernandez In a nearly thousand-word article written about the arrest and capture of 21-year-old Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, a man suspected of shooting at the White House, you’ll have to read through at least six paragraphs before you get

From Accuracy in Media’s Benjamin Johnson: Since people started camping out in the name of socialism or something, there have only been half measures by the media to determine whether union organizers were using dues to provide transportation, food and

MSNBC’s newest show host Alex Wagner is eager to make her mark on the world of punditry. Twice this week Wagner has made mention of how much she detests the Second Amendment. The other evening while on a political panel

***UPDATED: Ace of Spades has much more here. ***SECOND UPDATE: Suspect has been caught. Oscar Ramiro Ortega The story of a shooting involving the White House is just breaking wide open this morning. Drudge is all over it as is

Columbia Journalism “Professor of Professional Practice” Sree Sreenivasan, still smarting from an encounter with James O’Keefe, seems to have declared himself the ultimate arbiter of what is, or is not, citizen journalism: PEOPLE LIKE O’KEEFE THINK THEY ARE ACTING LIKE

In her exclusive interview with Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D, AZ), ABCs Diane Sawyer began with a retrospective of the terrible crime committed against the Congresswoman by a mentally disturbed, a-political gunman. But true to her left-wing agenda, Sawyer could not

Is it a coincidence that four days after Nancy Pelosi sat and gave an exclusive pep talk/schmooze session with AOL’s Arianna Huffington and an all-female editorial meeting in the offices of AOL/HuffPo, Arianna’s Washington Bureau Chief phoned-in a “nothing-to-see-here” apologia

I was in complete agreement when, last month, the triumvirate of right-wing firebrands Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart all condemned me for being more than just a journalist. They are correct, and I agree with every pundit who

How long has Baghdad Bob been writing at Politico? [youtube CXl1GkWWGmA nolink]

I don’t read the New York Times or the Chicago Tribune. For that matter, I don’t read the closest newspaper to my home, the Charlotte Observer. I don’t read these rags for a simple reason: I find that the objectivity

– Google chief: Internet keeps government honest. Broader adoption of the Internet will keep governments on their toes as wired-up citizens exercise their newfound power to check rights abuses, Google chief Eric Schmidt said on Saturday. “In nations and communities