On the afternoon of June 6th, Breitbart correspondent Ben Shapiro marveled at how harshly President Obama was treated in an editorial by The New York Times, but as the day wore on, the paper went back and altered its editorial
On Friday, President Barack Obama defended secret programs to monitor Americans’ phone calls, emails, and other internet activities, labeling them “modest encroachments” on privacy. “In the abstract, you can complain about Big Brother, and how this is a potential program
During his speech in San Jose, California on Friday, President Obama took one question from the press on national security monitoring of Americans. Without any sense of irony whatsoever in the aftermath of the IRS’ targeting of conservatives, the administration’s
On Friday, President Obama took one question at a speech in northern California. Naturally, the question was about breaking information that the Obama administration has been monitoring Americans’ communications, including email exchanges. President Obama first said that all the stories
Listen, I’m no journalist; I don’t even pretend to be one on TV. But you need not squander the price of an Obama family vacation at Columbia Journalism School to know that if you edit something after it goes live,
In response to The New York Times Declares Obama Has Lost “All Credibility” on “Accountability and Transparency;” Have They Overreached? Have They Overplayed Their Hand?: As you probably know by now, the New York Times decided they had indeed overplayed
When the UK Guardian reported on Wednesday that the Obama National Security Administration had been issued a blanket surveillance order allowing it to seize millions of Americans’ phone records, Obama defenders quickly assured Americans that the request seizures did not
NEW YORK, June 6 (UPI)–Hollywood actresses, a longtime staple of U.S. magazine covers, are taking a back seat to musicians and other celebrities, magazine editors say. “There was a day when movie stars were the gold standard for magazines. But
The exodus from Vladimir Putin’s jackbooted Russia is on. On Thursday, Russian chess grandmaster and Putin political opponent Garry Kasparov announced that he had left the country thanks to its political repression. “I kept traveling back and forth until late
On Thursday, The New York Times officially fell off the Obama bandwagon. That doesn’t mean the Obama worship will stop. But the newest revelation that the Obama administration has been seizing millions of phone records leaves the Times with little
Politico Executive Editor Jim VandeHei says the Bloomberg News is the media entity that is poised to make the biggest splash in Beltway coverage in the coming years. In a Q & A with paidContent, VandeHei discussed his move from The
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Tuesday that the mainstream media’s hysteria over his conservative beliefs and refusal to play by Washington’s rules were signs that he was championing the right issues. Appearing on Mark Levin’s show, Cruz said the
On Wednesday, former Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz sounded off on President Obama’s appointment of controversy-ridden former UN ambassador Susan Rice to National Security Advisor: Rice is under fire thanks to misleading the American people five separate times
In the aftermath of reports that many of President Obama’s political appointees use secret government email accounts, Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton is sounding off, explaining how such accounts thwart transparency laws. On Tuesday, the White House press secretary Jay
Noah Rothman of Mediaite recently did an excellent job detailing what the progressive media said about Condoleeza Rice when George W. Bush appointed her as his Secretary of State in 2005. Rothman noted how the media dismissed Condi Rice as
In a rambling commencement speech to graduates of Lehigh University, Bill Nye, also known as The Science Guy to the under-40 set, told students that the world’s biggest threat was overpopulation. “As you commence your adult, taxpaying lives, these two
A Rasmussen poll released on Tuesday regarding the Department of Justice’s targeting of Fox News reporter James Rosen and the Associated Press shows that a plurality of Americans believe that the DOJ was attempting to intimidate the media. 43 percent
On Tuesday, Hollywood celebrities released a teaser video defending alleged traitorous soldier Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking classified documents to Julian Assange of Wikileaks. “I am Bradley Manning,” the celebrities proclaim. The video stars Oliver Stone, Russell
On Tuesday night, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will continue his longtime governing strategy of having parties, this time hosting the prince of Belgium at the Getty House. Prince Philippe will join his ministers to exchange gifts with the outgoing
Responding to a question from Matt Katz of the Philadelphia Inquirer about the Drudge Report’s critical coverage of his behavior with regard to both President Obama and the upcoming special election to fill Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s Senate seat, Christie reportedly
An alarming newly rendered map by China’s mapping authority reportedly includes 80% of the South China Sea–a major passageway for international trade–as within China’s sovereign borders. As Forbes writer Gordon G. Chang notes, “each year, more than half of the
It’s good to be reminded every now and then how truly awful Al Sharpton is. As the New York Times has moved into the digital age, it is releasing a good deal of well-produced video content, and its fifteen minute documentary on
On Monday, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) of the House Appropriations Subcommittee asked inspector general J. Russell George if he had found that conservative groups had been targeted. George said there were 79 groups put to the side because they had
On Monday, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) of the House Appropriations Subcommittee asked acting IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and inspector general J. Russell George if there was any evidence of White House involvement in the IRS’ targeting of conservative non-profit applicants,
