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Biden: Republicans, "Acted Like Terrorists"

The media should be destroying Joe Biden right now. There should be a countdown clock on his resignation. The Vice-President of the United States of America said that tea party Republicans “acted like terrorists” during the recent budget and debt

Battle Won, War Still Undecided

My memory is getting worse with time, but it’s still pretty good. Anybody out there remember what happened on Nov. 2, 2010? I think there was an election that day and if my memory serves me well, Democrats and liberal

Sound Bite for the Day: "We Got Nothing!"

It’s difficult to tell if O’Donnell is quoting the Democratic base for the sake of the question (inaudible due to crosstalk in the beginning) or if she included herself in that “we” to cast her lot in with Democrats on

Gays, Media, Ignore MSNBC Talker's Gay Slur

We all know that the Old Media is filled with double standards where it concerns treatment of conservatives and liberals. Last week we found yet another example of the media’s penchant to hypocrisy when a talking head on MSNBC used

New Summer Jam: "You're Gonna Pay"

Love the creativity that went into Wilson Getchell’s do-it-yourself recording and video. [youtube IILD0N8eeQc nolink] Getchell‘s video was an entry for PowerLine’s $100k prize. Expect to hear this in Monday’s bumper tracks. *Correction: I incorrectly identified Getchall as Powerline’s winner

Media Goes Locker Room on Bachmann

Every man is familiar with that grade school taunt reserved for a woman standing up for herself: “What are you, on your PERIOD?” It is probably one of the worst insults that can be leveled against a woman, so much,

Al Sharpton Earns Riches with Radio Mediocrity

Al Sharpton makes $700,000 per year to host his daily talk radio show for Radio One, a national, urban radio syndicate. Al Sharpton makes $700,000 per year so that his daily radio show can broadcast in only 28 markets (only

Friedman Pulls the Hezbollah Card

I would hope most people reading this have, at some point, heard of Godwin’s Law and its most famous corollaries. The most well known amongst them being that as soon as someone compares a person or position they disagree with

Al Sharpton Hustles His Way to NBC News Gig

It looks like Al Sharpton will get the permanent hosting job from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM on NBC News’ cable station MSNBC. This is a curious move for NBC News for a couple of reasons. First, and foremost, Al

Something Is Missing in MSM Coverage of War Opposition

The Portuguese language has a word, saudade, which which describes “a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for something or someone … A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as

Who Watches The Watchers? We Do

The Columbia Journalism Review is a self-appointed “ombudsman” of the press. It’s mission statement is as follows: Columbia Journalism Review’s mission is to encourage and stimulate excellence in journalism in the service of a free society. It is both a