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What? More violence and fighting at an OWS encampment? Say it isn’t so? A tale of two cities’ coverage: Nashville immediately reported the slapfight at their OWS hobo HQ: Occupy Nashville protesters have been together since October 6 on Legislative

– Politifact defends its lie of the year: We’ve read the critiques and see nothing that changes our findings. We stand by our story and our conclusion that the claim was the most significant falsehood of 2011. We made no

She had the courage to be who she was. From the New York Daily News: On the radio, Samuels was exactly what much of the country thinks New York sounds like. She had a city accent she never tried to

Newt Gingrich’s $500k credit line at Tiffany’s made headlines for weeks. Mitt Romney’s facetious $10k debate bet to Rick Perry was used as a sound bite to show him as an evil one percenter out of touch with voters. Somehow,

Confederate Yankee: You would have thought that the three separate entries I dedicated to exposing the lies yesterday in this article and video by the progressive propagandists at Think Progress, I would have said all there is to say. But

WaPo: The White House’s relationship with the reporters who cover it has blown hot and cold throughout history. And this year, some reporters say, things have taken a decidedly frosty turn. When a reporter gets something wrong or is perceived

– Jib Jab’s biggest stories of 2011, as told via paper cutouts: [youtube 2zls4Ao3GyM nolink] – MEMRI: Twitter breaks US law with its indirect support of jihad: As part of its research, the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor follows

– Janet Robinson, Chief Executive of the NYT, steps down with a hefty $15m exit package: A Times Co representative declined to give any more details on Robinson’s departure beyond the statement issued last Thursday, and did not make her

Who is this Roberts guy? Did they pick him up off the sidewalk back when Zucotti Park was still a hobo heaven, shower up him, shave him, slap a suit on him and stick him behind the camera? Check out

– It’s so bizarre to watch this interview considering how Bill Clinton used the IRS to go after people like O’Reilly. Still, the Clinton survival instinct can make them seem almost likable at times, due to the “enemy of my

– The 10 Most Powerful In Television News. – Jake Tapper introduces ABC’s “OTUS.” video platform video management video solutions video player – Plus: ABC’s new tagline “See the whole picture.” – The NYT sells off 16 regional papers. –

The hemorrhage of support continues. As 2011 comes to an end, we dive right into the deep end with the MAD 20 – our annual wrap-up of the dumbest people, events and things of the year! From Kim Kardashian to

What a glorious one-liner: “You are a pyromaniac in a field of straw men.” It’s Will vs Reich. Newsbusters has the transcript [bold my emphasis]: CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, HOST: Can government, should government do what the congressman is doing and allow

From Jake Tapper’s Tweet: Progressive talking heads and journolisters meeting the President? Any guesses in the comments as to their meeting agenda? I’m sure the these transparent media folks will disclose this on their shows tonight or within their column

– Who cares about a liberal paper’s endorsement of a moderate candidate? – Joy. Kathy Griffin announced as Anderson Cooper’s co-host for NYE. – Whoopi Goldberg defends Romney’s “zany” remark. [youtube XcCRPgqMHvY nolink] – AIM says the remark didn’t start

From Fox Business/Reuters: Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an investor in some of the world’s top companies, has bought a stake in Twitter for $300 million, gaining another foothold in the global media industry. Alwaleed, a nephew of Saudi

– And the media begins moving a little less discreetly to cram Mitt Romney down our throats: Sara Murray of the Washington Wire asks: “Can tea partiers grow to love Mitt Romney?” Iowa’s Des Moines Register (dude) endorses Romney. Why

From Newsbusters: George Washington was the father of our country. Eh! No big deal. Barack Obama is better…at least in his own mind. Such was the laughably absurd claim of President Obama on 60 Minutes last Sunday. What? You didn’t

– RIP Chris Hitchens. – Catfight! The claws are out for Chelsea at NBC. The former first daughter is the focus of “intense jealousy” among the show’s female cor respondents, including news veterans Ann Curry, Natalie Morales, Kate Snow and

Courtesy of Brian Maloney at The Radio Equalizer, former CNN host Bill Press demonstrates what a tolerant, class act he is … not! [youtube 9z_YZObTX64#!] BILL PRESS (15 DECEMBER 2011) (29:45): Oh yeah, all right all right yeah first of

– Huffington Post said they simply couldn’t allow Andrew Breitbart on their pages due to “ad hominem,” but this didn’t stop them from publishing the same from Bill Maher. – Michelle Malkin and Sean Hannity disagree on 2012 candidates. Malkin:

Oh, if only that were true. Instead, Time went the moral equivalence route with this nonsense: Time’s rationale: The magazine cited dissent across the Middle East that has spread to Europe and the United States, and says these protesters are

[youtube 05-q98JXr-s nolink] From Breitbart.tv: NBC News’ Chuck Todd was caught giving an obscene gesture on live, national television this morning. It’s the latest in a series of “mistakes” that seem to continue slip by the producers of the low-rated

– Donald Trump to self: You’re fired. – Chris Moody says that Trump sent him a critique of his piece, linked above: If this is really his, and Moody has a great poker face, Donald Trump really puts a circle

ABC’s “This Week” is bringing back George Stephanopoulos little more than a year after Christiane Amanpour replaced him and sent him to NYC for their morning show. There were rumors of Amanpour’s departure for some time, that the shakeup came

The verdict is in and it’s not kind. After the nepotistic controversy surrounding her hiring, the glitzy profiles in the NYT, and the dramatic rollout of her first segment, audiences were expecting more that what they got from Chelsea Clinton.

– Do some fact-checking organization confirm liberal bias? – Chelsea Clinton’s NBC debut: – Roger Ailes is writing an autobiography. – The ABC debate brought in big number for the network: 7.5+ million viewers. – Journalists have the vapors and

– SNL parodies “resist we much.” Is it really a parody though if it’s indistinguishable from the original content? – “Face the Nation” expands to one hour. – Television anchors and their mini me stand-ins. A cute art project. –

– “Journalist” (activist) Jose Vargas was kicked out of Romney event in Iowa when Vargas showed up to protest. Or report. To so many of them activism = “reporting.” – Foreign documentary filmmaker with an axe to grind shocked that

– A video dedication to Eric Boehlert: [youtube 7YvAYIJSSZY nolink] – Brokaw on Trump: “[Trump] is an utterly shameless self-promoter” and the media should stop enabling him.” – An update to our story about the blogger slammed with the $2.5m

This is certainly scary, although it should scare some of the progressive trolls whose content is built on innuendo and libel. In a case that’s sending a frightening message to the blogger community, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that

– Time Magazine lists as its biggest story of the year … Occupy Wall Street. Seriously. The Occupy movement has remained leaderless, amorphous and spontaneous — demonstrators carry signs advocating everything from financial reform to healthcare reform to a ban

Pausing to remember. […] These great Japanese successes, achieved without prior diplomatic formalities, shocked and enraged the previously divided American people into a level of purposeful unity hardly seen before or since. For the next five months, until the Battle

– Entertainment Weekly: Republicans and Democrats watch different things. Republicans don’t watch MTV’s Jersey Shore. But they dig ABC’s Castle. Democrats don’t like Discovery’sDeadliest Catch. But they swoon for NBC’s Parks and Recreation. Those are a few of the findings

For sheer comedic purposes. Trump’s attempt to keep one foot in the pundit/moderator ring while another is in the will-he-or-won’t-he possible candidacy ring is a bit of a stretch where it concerns legitimacy. While I would prefer Trump as a