In a blow to the autonomy of the media it has been discovered that employees of two Old Media outlets are the happy beneficiaries of hundreds of thousands of federal dollars from an Obamacare slush fund. CBS and the Washington
by Warner Todd Huston7 Apr 2011, 4:58 AM PST0
Hubris defined. [youtube bOM5OnY5uDk nolink] The president of tax-exempt, Soros-funded Media Matters for America didn’t take this opportunity to reprimand Mr. Matthews for his recent demand that President Obama produce his birth certificate. Also not mentioned was the fact that
by Larry O'Connor6 Apr 2011, 6:56 PM PST0
First off, we want to wish Glenn Beck the best in whatever it is he and his media company decide to do next. The way he and Fox News handled the decision to part ways is a model for all
by P.J. Salvatore6 Apr 2011, 2:25 PM PST0
Have you ever heard someone say that a rape victim was “asking for it” by dressing a certain way, entering a certain place, or behaving a certain way? You’d rightly dismiss them as sociopaths or enablers or sociopaths. However, a
by Ezra Dulis6 Apr 2011, 2:10 PM PST0
This is funny and sad at the same time. Katie Couric is out at CBS later this year and before she heads out the door, she slaps local CBS affiliates across the face and blames them for her poor ratings.
by Ron Futrell6 Apr 2011, 12:05 PM PST0
As expected, the first line of defense against the budget cuts proposed by Paul Ryan will be to demagogue the issue of Medicare cuts. Ryan’s budget essentially turns the system into a subsidy for premiums. Over on MSNBC, Cenk Uygur
by John Sexton6 Apr 2011, 11:00 AM PST0
NEW YORK (AP) – Glenn Beck is leaving his Fox News Channel show later this year. The network and Beck’s company, Mercury Radio Arts, announced the departure on Wednesday. Fox and the company said they will work together to create
by P.J. Salvatore6 Apr 2011, 10:10 AM PST0
I’ve had my own questions about the plan; yesterday I interviewed Rep. Todd Rokita of Indiana who helped to draft the Path to Prosperity, and he confirmed my fears: in order for the plan to work, Democrats have to a)
by Dana Loesch6 Apr 2011, 7:35 AM PST0
When you have to ask … Sunday’s front-page story about Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s dozens of stays at upscale St. Louis hotels at taxpayer expense has prompted a thread in our story comments that the Post-Dispatch has overblown coverage
by P.J. Salvatore6 Apr 2011, 7:05 AM PST0
In April of 2009, the United Nations Human Rights Council commissioned a report on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians that had taken place the previous winter. That report is colloquially known as the Goldstone Report, so named for
by Evan Pokroy6 Apr 2011, 4:58 AM PST0
From Fox Nation: Fired NPR CEO Vivian Schiller spoke Tuesday at the Paley Center for Media in New York and lashed out at the videographers who exposed the bigotry in her organization, calling the undercover sting an “abomination.” She admitted
by P.J. Salvatore5 Apr 2011, 3:55 PM PST0
by NewsBusters5 Apr 2011, 3:30 PM PST0
Everyone wants to keep guns away from criminals, but gun control advocates, such as Media Matters, don’t want to acknowledge that there are costs to disarming law-abiding citizens. Lately Media Matters has particularly been incensed that anyone would point out
by John Lott5 Apr 2011, 1:38 PM PST0
Couric discusses her regrets: Outgoing “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric says America wasn’t ready for the “overly ambitious” change she brought nearly five years ago as the first woman to helm a nightly network newscast. “In retrospect I would
by Dana Loesch5 Apr 2011, 11:15 AM PST0
In another example of a sort-of cultural suicide where western media types assume that all Muslims are blameless – while all Americans are at fault in this clash of civilizations between Islamism and the West – we have a recent
by Warner Todd Huston5 Apr 2011, 9:05 AM PST0
I’m sure the progressive media will decry this as uncivil as much as they decried Mike Huckabee’s goofy ‘gun point’ joke. Right? A bloody, severed pig’s foot was sent to Rep. Pete King over his hearings on Islamic radicalization: Authorities
by P.J. Salvatore5 Apr 2011, 7:05 AM PST0
St. Louis reporter Jake Wagman is taking heat for a slanted piece he ran over the weekend in the city’s daily paper. It looks as though Wagman has tried to turn oppo on Lt. Governor Peter Kinder — the unofficial
by P.J. Salvatore5 Apr 2011, 4:58 AM PST0
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 Garrison Keillor Presents A Prairie Home Companion Special Election Night Poetic Commentary Reverend Jesse Jackson and New York Times Publisher Arthur “Pinch” Sulzberger Invoke the Bard of New England With the Frost There Comes a Thumpin’
by Steve Grammatico4 Apr 2011, 4:47 PM PST0
A great catch by Legal Insurrection: While the link was changed after the fact, the screenshot remains forever.
by P.J. Salvatore4 Apr 2011, 2:50 PM PST0
A week ago we asked Media Matters to correct their inaccurate information in their post about Planned Parenthood offering mammograms. While we believe that the elements of a news story must be factually accurate to constitute as news and not
by Retracto, The Correction Alpaca4 Apr 2011, 2:41 PM PST0
On Friday, as many as 20 United Nations staffers were killed in Afghanistan. Reuters reported it this way (emphasis added): (Reuters) – Afghan protesters angered by the burning of a Koran by an obscure U.S. pastor killed up to 20
by Lori Ziganto4 Apr 2011, 12:40 PM PST0
by James Hudnall4 Apr 2011, 9:05 AM PST0
This is utterly revolting: U.S. lawmakers said Sunday they would consider a request by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to formally condemn a Florida pastor’s decision to burn the Koran, after the act triggered deadly riots in Afghanistan. Note that once
by Lori Ziganto4 Apr 2011, 7:10 AM PST0
I was wondering what had happened to the left’s über sensitivity to words following the Tucson tragedy. After raising such hysterics to increase threats to Sarah Palin and gift Trent Humphries a death threat on national television, the left got
by Dana Loesch4 Apr 2011, 4:58 AM PST0
The AOL/Huffington Post is certainly doing a spectacular job of keeping their readers completely in the dark about the entire story of their caving to pressure from the group Color of Change and banning Andrew Breitbart from their front page.
by Lee Stranahan3 Apr 2011, 2:30 PM PST0