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Sarah Silverman Goes Full Garofalo

Look out, Janeane Garofalo, someone’s gunning for your crown as the goofiest liberal celebrity. Comedian Sarah Silverman didn’t start out as a politically charged stand-up. But lately she seems eager to shift her shtick from the pretty girl who talks

Exclusive: MSNBC's Coverage Of Solyndra Scandal

Newsbusters: As the scandal involving failed solar panel company Solyndra and President Obama grows, the prime time programs at the so-called “news network” known as MSNBC continue to ignore it. Despite the announcement of the Solyndra bankruptcy on August 31,

Lefty Mass Town To Teacher's Union-'Get Real'

There was an open revolt this summer against a local a teacher’s union and its school board accomplices in left-wing Berkshire County, Massachusetts. This is news that does not bode well for public employee unions and their beneficiaries nationwide. The

How Media Bias Is Revealed and What to Do About It

Newsweek magazine has brought the subject of media bias to the forefront with this week’s cover photo and headline. It features a photo of Republican congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann with a crazed look behind the intentionally nasty headline,

The Hypocrisy of Rachel Maddow's Hoover Dam Pitch

Never mind the Standard & Poor’s downgrade–MSNBC is still running those silly “Hoover Dam” ads featuring Rachel Maddow as part of its “Lean Forward” campaign. [youtube s0gNga6v9EY] Aside from the fact that Maddow is campaigning for additional government spending at

NBC News' Maddow Misleads on 'Meet the Press'

Watch Breitbart.tv expose how NBC News’ Rachel Maddow cherry-picks facts to make the S & P downgrade appear to be a partisan slap at Republicans. She also theatrically reads from a document on the air making it appear as though

Daily Gut: On Tolerance

So, on Tuesday, Glenn Beck talked about how he and his family were harassed while catching an outdoor movie in Manhattan’s Bryant Park. Now, Glenn gets upset, a lot. So you never know how much is theater. But then Lindsey

Ah, Those Brilliant Political Analysts

It’s mildly entertaining to see the same brilliant media folk who blew their analysis so badly during the last election, struggle to try to figure out the next election. First, you can ask the legitimate question of why those who

Maddow: In Financial Terms, Bin Laden Won

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow analyzes Osama Bin Laden’s past statements about the American economy and shows the effects of the war on terror on the US budget and cost of living. Eventually Maddow seems to reach the conclusion that Bin Laden’s

Michael Moore's Hunger Strike

Disingenuous filmmaker Michael Moore is using the Wisconsin public labor dispute as a tool to get his bulbous head back in front of the TV cameras. He held up handcuffs during Rachel Maddow’s nightly left-wing rant on MSNBC. He wants

Rachel Maddow's New Math Doesn't Help Wisconsin Democrats

When MSNBC brought Rachel Maddow aboard in 2008, her education at Stanford and Oxford made us hopeful that she’d reverse the trend of lackadaisical journalism we’d grown accustomed to receiving from Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann. But alas, any great

Al-Jazeera Loses Its Luster with Logan Assault Cover-up

From Accuracy in Media‘s Cliff Kincaid: Having praised Al-Jazeera English for its coverage of the demonstrations in Egypt, some American liberals are now backpedaling. They are outraged that the channel they praised so much has covered up the sexual assault

Where Is the Media On Progressives' Call to Lynch Justice Thomas?

The silence from many progressives and the mainstream media is revolting. [youtube E3ctO7fdrcc nolink] Where is Media Matters? Daily Kos? Ed Schultz? Lawrence O’Donnell? Rachel Maddow? Chris Matthews? Katie Couric? Where is John Lewis and Emanuel Cleaver? Al Sharpton? Where