During a speech about civil rights before the American Bar Association Monday, Hillary Clinton botched the name of Medgar Evers, calling the civil rights icon “Medgar Evans.” Normally, no one would care, but today’s mainstream media is merciless at using
The media push to protect and promote Hillary Clinton is well underway. The idea here is not just to ensure that she faces no damaging primary opposition, but that she steamrolls any Republican who dares try to stop her. Our
You have to give it to Politico and Media Matters. What a genius stroke to team up for an Orwellian attack against CNN that accuses the network of a “detectable rightward shift.” Though David Brock, founder of Media Matters, has
Wall Street is betting that the looming debt limit debate will, as in the past, be resolved. Politico’s Ben White and MJ Lee, however, argue this time could be different. “Really, seriously different,” write White and Lee: The House GOP
Note: This same article is published at Big Hollywood using a different headline. Lee Daniels, director of “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” can’t seem to keep his charges of racism straight. I always thought that a sure sign of racism was
Lee Daniels, director of “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” can’t seem to keep his charges of racism straight. I always thought that a sure sign of racism was how much rural whites love to see black people “perform.” But now Daniels
Last week, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker came under fire for alleged crony capitalism involving his Internet startup, Waywire, which tapped CNN chief Jeff Zucker’s 15-year-old son to be a compensated “millennial adviser” for Booker’s company. Now, on Monday, the
Politico’s Mike Allen appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” discusses the New York Post’s articles about Cory Booker’s finances.
Judicial Watch has a filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the CIA for access to a guest list of persons who attended the June 24, 2011 awards ceremony at which top secret bin Laden raid information is
The media world was taken by surprise when Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post for $250 million last week. What the billionaire entrepreneur behind Amazon.com has planned for the 135-year-old newspaper is anyone’s guess, but one Silicon Valley financier says radical changes are imminent. Michael Moritz,
CNN’s Candy Crowley doesn’t sound too pleased that her bosses have commissioned a documentary film on possible Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Crowley, who famously gave President Barack Obama a hand during a critical moment in the 2012 presidential debates,
Ken Cuccinelli came out swinging against Terry McAuliffe Friday at the “Battle Ground” forum at George Mason University. In his opening remarks, Cuccinelli ticked off several of the scandals that have surrounded McAuliffe throughout his political career. He also attacked
The White House has denied an Egyptian news report claiming Barack Obama agreed to meet with Muslim Brotherhood officials, stating that the President currently has no plans to meet with the controversial Islamic fundamentalist political party. “Egyptian press reports that
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s lobbying outfit has launched a $350,000 ad buy to defend House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) amid his push for comprehensive immigration reform. Politico reports that Zuckerberg’s FWD.us-run group, Americans for a Conservative Direction,
Senator Lindsey Graham doesn’t have time in his busy schedule to hold any town halls during the August recess, even though he suggested just last month that immigration reform activists should target House Republicans at town halls when they are
James Risen of The New York Times insists that he shouldn’t have to testify in the upcoming CIA leak trial, not just because as a reporter he shouldn’t have to reveal his sources, but also because of the Attorney General’s
SWAT teams and similar law enforcement tactics are an integral part of effective policing. In the battle against violence, gangs, and terrorism, they are law enforcement’s most potent weapon, and over the years have saved many innocent lives. The FBI,
During little-noticed testimony last Thursday before the House Ways and Means Committee on the implementation of Obamacare, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Insurance Oversight Director Gary Cohen told lawmakers that anyone “lawfully present” inside the United States would
On Sunday, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, called on the Democratic Party of Virginia to remove scandal plagued Terry McAuliffe as the party’s nominee for governor of Virginia. “The bottom line,” Jindal said at the
Obama is making the rounds, again in the entertainment world and was a guest on Jay Leno’s show last night. The president prefers these entertainment venues to the riskier (but not much) appearances with the media where he might be
The whole of the media industry is in shock as the Washington Post was suddenly sold to Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, as no one was even aware that the paper was up for sale. But Bezos may be in for a
Politico’s Dylan Byers, in a piece for his buddies in the MSM, declares that conservative criticism of the mainstream media is overblown. Byers writes: So often conservative media, like conservative media criticism, can’t be taken seriously because it overplays its
On Tuesday morning, twelve of the fourteen top stories at Politico were related to the purchase of the Washington Post by Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. “Bezos re-Kindles hope at WaPo,” “What is Jeff Bezos Thinking?” and “Twitter primed after
In response to OFA’s Push To Sell ObamaCare Gets Off To Modest Start: Did Politico get an angry phone call from the White House press office? The title to their piece about the sparsely attended ObamaCare event inVirginia changed this
Without noting what change has been made (there is a generic timestamp about an update), what had been a Sunday headline that correctly noted just how catastrophic a pro-ObamaCare event in Centreville, Virginia, had gone, is now a much more
