Matthew Boyle at Daily Caller: National Public Radio host Lisa Simeone appears to be breaking the taxpayer-subsidized network’s ethics rules by acting as a spokeswoman for Occupy D.C. group “October 2011,” which is currently “occupying” Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C.
– NewsBusters looks at a featured segment affiliated with the host of last night’s GOP debate on CNN. CNN advertises Cooper’s regular segment, “Keeping Them Honest,” with the question: “Who’s Anderson keeping honest tonight?” Apparently, CNN and Cooper find Republicans
– Via NewsBusters, it’s come to this: Ed Schultz says he will be “cheer-leading” for the Occupy Wall Street movement every night on the air. I’m not sure even the Left can handle Ed Schultz in a cheer-leading uniform every
– Big Government takes on the ADL. It’s worth noting here, as the media is every bit at fault in this regard, as are they. The Anti-Defamation League is one of the most powerful and authoritative voices against bigotry of
– There was never any serious proof that tea party members spat upon a black Democrat Congressman. There is, however,official confirmation of Occupy protest participants spitting upon a female member of our armed forces. There was a time in American
The same website that brings you “anonymous sources” now finds itself axing a reporter who took content from, of all places, the New York Times. Politico says a reporter has resigned after editors determined she had plagiarized stories about transportation,
Remember when the DLC published a “hit list” of vulnerable districts and included crosshairs over Gabrielle Giffords’s Arizona district–and then some time later Sarah Palin published a map doing the same outlining the same vulnerable districts? The media excoriated Palin,
Andrew Breitbart at Big Government: In keeping with the new media notion of crowdsourcing-enthusiastically embraced by the mainstream media when trawling through Sarah Palin’s emails-Big Government will be providing readers later today with links to a document drop consisting of
—– President Thin Skin once again creates his own distraction and Henry makes an excellent point about Obama choosing not to engage Romney on this issue after doing so yesterday over taxes. Original post here.
—– Reporters quoting critics in presidential pressers is as old as presidential pressers. A smart president would seize the moment as an opportunity to respond to their critics. But Obama isn’t the brightest light in the chandelier and isn’t used
Via Kurtis Marsh The problem is more serious than we thought.
– It appears that new tone deal everyone has been talking about involves encouraging violence, as long as it’s directed at select targets. Remember this next time the Left starts talking about a Fairness Doctrine. They aren’t interested in honest
Time Magazine: [emphasis added] If Iranian government operatives really did try to contract a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., as the Obama Administration alleges today, then they weren’t just being diabolical. They were being
Ugh. Just when your opinion of the man couldn’t sink any lower. Anthony Weiner’s sexting mistress, Traci Nobles, is speaking out about the disgraced former congressman’s habits in a new book. Nobles is doing a publicity tour for her book,
“…most notably no one in the press was leaving.” Ed. Note: It’s not clear if the video above was taken at the same protest referenced in the article below. WPRO: More than 50 protestors were arrested from the Occupy Boston
In a world with around 200 countries, we get this from the breathlessly excited ABC News anchor: —– Writing at Malkin’s spot, Doug Powers makes the excellent observation that this was likely a Freudian slip: ABC’s Diane Sawyer, who is
THR: A “Millionaires March” Tuesday is scheduled to visit the homes of five of the city’s wealthiest residents to protest the December expiration of a tax on the Big Apple’s richest individuals. NEW YORK – Occupy Wall Street protesters are
– Not to belabor a point, you may recall our recently pointing out how Nancy Pelosi re-started an old lie regarding how Rep. John Lewis was treated by a tea party crowd. Next thing you know, it’s being re-invoked on
– Why is Media Matters tax exempt when they’re so overtly and directly political regarding issues before Congress? – ABC’s Christiane Amanpour knows a little bit about occupation and revolution. But what does she know about Occupy Wall Street, versus
Your money at work … attacking both truth and freedom. Why Is Media Matters a 501(c)(3)? – New Video Suggests Media Matters Ignored Facts In Attempt to Smear Breitbart, Cover Up Pigford Fraud This morning, Big Government posted video from
During a lengthy Thursday interview, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell suggested GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain served in the Navy during the Vietnam War, and Cain clarified that he was not a service member in the Navy but worked as an employee
“Iran-Contra didn’t rack of that kind of body count. Watergate didn’t rack up that kind of body count. Sarah Palin’s daughter’s boyfriend’s mother, or whatever stupid story they were chasing around Wasilla for months, that didn’t rack up a body
– What does Eric Holder have that Alberto Gonzalez didn’t? Air cover from the drive-by media, of course. This leads us to Attorney General Eric Holder. I would think with the way the MSM handled Mr. Gonzalez they would be
In the wake of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ death from pancreatic cancer, much of the mainstream media has resisted the urge to take partisan potshots over the occasion. However, MSNBC’s Martin Bashir apparently could not help but connect Jobs’
Hank Williams Jr. has had it with ESPN’s double standard so he took his iconic “Monday Night Football” theme and left the network. Hank Williams Jr. and his iconic theme song will not return to ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” the
– MMfA’s new slogan, hate groups for me, but not for thee? How many pea brains can you fit in a pod? I don’t know. How many employees does Media Matters have these days? But of course MMFA immediately jumps
Seth Mandel at Commentary: If you were wondering whether the Washington Post would double-down on or retreat in shame from its blockbuster story alleging that Rick Perry lives in the same state as a formerly offensive rock, the paper has
From Tuesday’s Laura Ingraham Show: [youtube uS1t87pRix0] “In between the yelling that I received from Justice Department yesterday, the spokeswoman–who would not put anything in writing, I was asking for her explanation so there would be clarity and no confusion
– ABC’s Jake Tapper headlines. Are You Ready For Some Führer? No, but we’ll take more of what Hank Williams offers up below the headline, if you don’t mind. “Every time the media brings up the tea party it’s painted
Today’s Sound Bite. This is journalism? I was waiting for Ratigan to drop the mic and pick up a placard. Oh my: at 4:15 in he does just about that: he leads the crowd in a stance and shouts “I
– If Right-side blogs are a good measure – and they would seem to be in this case – the Washington Post now leads the press wolf pack for the Media Malfeasance Award of the 2012 campaign for this attack
– Color television celebrated its 60th birthday yesterday. – In a move sure to again infuriate progressives, CNN will partner with the Florida GOP in a debate set for after the first of the year. – Some silly catfight over
***UPDATE: J.D. Gordon will replace Ellen Carmichael. CNN: Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) – The communications director for Herman Cain’s presidential campaign has resigned, CNN has learned. Ellen Carmichael told CNN on Saturday her decision is firm but not yet finalized.
“I believe the children are our future … teach them well and let them lead the way …” What a future. At this rate, this little girl won’t have much of a future at current spending levels.
Via Fox News, the Media Research Center has published a report examining a three-hour, online journalism course offered by Poynter: A new course on Islam designed for journalists tries to minimize the impact and importance of ”jihad” by comparing it
– What NBC News producers do when they retire? The same thing they always did, perhaps, influence news coverage? Former NBC News Producer Yells at NPR For Missing Leftist Wall St. Protest: If the Tea Party farts, that’s news. But
– I wonder what team MSN-Obama is going to say in 2012 when someone points out that Jeb isn’t running for anything? Bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra made a fleeting appearance on the Rachel Maddow show Monday night, just long
CNN on Sunday invited author Tim Wise to comment on the Berkley bake sale “controversy.” Unfortunately, Wise whose reputation for falsehoods has eclipsed any notoriety he’s gained as an author, also has a history of threatening behavior towards conservatives, in
I had to laugh at the SEIU-funded Media Matters’ latest attempt to discredit the actual story behind the “booed gay soldier.” Loesch responded on Andrew Breitbart’s Big Journalism, claiming that President Obama had deliberately lied about the booing. Do Media
Attorneys representing former Alaska governor Sarah Palin have written to Crown Publishing, a division of Random House, serving notice of possible litigation for defamation in connection with Joe McGinniss’s recent anti-Palin biography, and warning the company not to delete or