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There may be very troubling news ahead for Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama administration. Consequently, true to form, Media Matters for America (MMfA) has launched their defense of Holder, aimed at limiting the damage from headlines sure to

***Updated 12/9/2011– Today we hit incident 417. New commentary has been added. Original commentary can be found below the Rap Sheet. Don’t let the MSM get away with lying to you. Obama and the Democrats are all on record endorsing,

In “The View’s” recent interview with Herman Cain, Joy Behar made the blockbuster revelation that “the Republican Party hasn’t been black friendly over the many centuries in this country.” Janeane Garofalo Dang, I had it backwards all these years. Professor

The Chicago media–much like the mainstream media in the rest of the country–has largely ignored the true origins of the Occupy demonstrations, and has failed to hold organizers accountable for the violence and bigotry of some of their members. It

Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin is the perfect example of what a conservative writer should be (if conservatives were supposed to be liberal). Rubin is the type of writer who delights in bashing conservatives in the name of saving them,

In his recent assessment of his year since he was unceremoniously — and illicitly in many folks’ estimation — fired by NPR, Juan Williams indulged one of those fallacious assumptions that just screams left-wing spin. It is the sort of

– Two super fun facts about Matt Lauer. – The UHF of cable news now has an app. – NYT stock downgraded. Surprise. – Seriously, is there anything short of brain damage that qualifies as an acceptable excuse for watching

Earlier we told you how the AP buried the lede when a man toting a gun showed up at an Occupy Atlanta protest. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s full statement here. The Associated Press published a report this morning about the

Third Geneva Convention, Article 13: “…prisoners of war must at all times be protected…against insults and public curiosity.” On Oct. 17, as Gilad Shalit was being brought back to Israel as agreed, Egypt TV–colluding with Egyptian intelligence and Hamas terrorists–interrupted

Bless WaPo‘s increasingly irrelevant heart, it’s at it again. Marco Rubio on national ticket could be risky bet for Republican Party Just a week after the paper misfired badly at the Florida Senator, it’s not only giving it another go;

The Associated Press published a report this morning about the Occupy Oakland protests. Way, way down at the bottom of article was this explosive detail about Occupy Atlanta: Mayor Kasim Reed had been supportive of the protests, twice issuing an

Earlier this morning, James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas released a new video that sheds light on the way the New York Times promotes its favored candidates and causes, from Barack Obama to Occupy Wall Street. [youtube qBFOmUXR080] The video is an

– 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

For starters, what Jason Mattera and the likes of James O’Keefe are doing is absolutely no different than what made the oh-so-legendary Mike Wallace oh-so-legendary. When the left uses these tactics, it’s heralded as holding power accountable and the brave

No one should be surprised that the media has invested all of its might to lynch Herman Cain now that he has become a front-runner in the GOP presidential primary. Nearly three weeks ago the liberal writers at “Saturday Night

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Yesterday CNN asked its viewers whether President Barack Obama should bypass Congress to enact his economic policies, using–and expanding–his executive powers to control vast swathes of our economic life. Adopting Obama’s premise that our economic woes are all the fault

I must respectfully disagree with my insightful colleague John Nolte about Jennifer Rubin, the resident conservative blogger at the Washington Post. First, full disclosure: Rubin is a friend. I was privileged to get to know her during the 2010 elections

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.

***ADDED: Please read my colleague Joel Pollak’s intelligent and thoughful counterpoint here. Also, keep in mind that as a proud Palinista I watched Rubin join with the MSM in tearing apart Sarah Palin and gave her the benefit of the

– 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

Narrative. Narrative. Narrative. —– The corrupt MSM will spend days spreading the lie that the N-word was hurled by a Tea Partier but when Obama’s Left-wing minions in the Occupy Wall Street movement commit violence, get arrested, and drain precious

Falling to your own media malpractice makes you irresponsible, not a “victim.” It doesn’t make you a “target” when other people publicly note the absence of your journalistic integrity. Politico missed this bit of logic recently when it attempted to

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