Rathergate roundups
Power Line finally breaks its silence on the CBS Report here. An excerpt: In general, the Thornburgh report is better than I expected. It criticizes 60 Minutes harshly, and is a treasure trove of...
View ArticleDon’t ease off on CBS now
We’re eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked. – Dean Rusk Hugh Hewitt spent a good part of the day (and all of his radio show) prodding conservative bloggers and asking why we haven’t...
View ArticleCBS News parodies itself
CBS News is seeking a replacement for Dan Rather, and they’re getting desperate: “We have to try and reinvent that,” he said. “One of the ways we’re looking at is making it younger and more relevant,...
View ArticleABC hunts for war dead on Inauguration Day
Courtesy of Captain’s Quarters, a bold attempt by ABC News to throw mud on President Bush’s Inauguration … discovered on their website by bloggers: For a possible Inauguration Day story on ABC News, we...
View ArticleHarsh military language
General Mattis is in good company. Nice find, Beth. Now if only the Mainstream Media would stop dogpiling General Mattis and look at Eason Jordan a wee bit more closely …
View ArticleCNN’s Eason Jordan resigns
Here’s a succint summary of CNN executive Eason Jordan’s career-ending slander, exposed by bloggers. First a Senate Majority Leader, then a presidential candidate, then a Senate Minority Leader, then a...
View ArticleThe myths of Iraq
If you’re wondering whether the mainstream media has yet begun to report accurately on conditions in Iraq, here’s more proof that they haven’t.
View ArticleThey’d probably hold the grenade and throw the pin
A large part of the anti-military and anti-war bias of the mainstream media stems from the typical journalist’s stubborn ignorance about basic military matters. Jack Kelly offers new yet familiar...
View ArticleLaura Ingraham thumps James Carville
It’s always fun to watch James Carville come out on the losing end of a collision with facts. This time, Laura Ingraham administers the thrashing when the Today Show’s David Gregory quizzes Carville...
View ArticleHezbollah caught red-handed in civilian areas
If you want photographs proving that Hezbollah fights from within heavily-populated civilian areas, look no further than Australia’s Herald Sun. Keep this in mind when you think of the tragedy at Qana,...
View ArticleBizzyBlog catches photo fraud at the NY Times
Congrats to Bizzyblog for spotting more photo fraud from Lebanon, this time in the New York Times.
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Exposed: The Extremist Agenda
I know what I’ll be doing tonight at 7:00. I’ll be watching this. Exposed: The Extremist Agenda Video 1 Exposed: The Extremist Agenda Video 2
View ArticleLA Times spreads Islamist propaganda
Two days ago, the Los Angeles Times reported that an American airstrike in Ramadi killed 30 Iraqi civilians, including women and children. That’s a horrible tale of woe, isn’t it? But there’s one...
View ArticleCENTCOM’s news problem
It’s been almost a week since I suggested simple solutions to CENTCOM’s difficulties in spreading good news from Iraq and Afghanistan. CENTCOM has seen my post, but as far as I can tell they’ve done...
View ArticleOminous stare from VP Cheney causes Wolf Blitzer to soil undies
This is priceless. Feel the schadenfreude. Remember this? I’d love to see him tangle with Mary Cheney. She’d eviscerate him.
View Article“Barack The Magic Negro” video
No doubt you’ve heard about this. Folks, Limbaugh does not produce videos. He didn’t create this. It’s not available on his site. It was posted on YouTube and was apparently created by some web site...
View ArticleThou shalt be nice to thine enemy, lest ye be sued
Imagine you’re in the military and your unit is in Iraq, facing an angry mob made up of both civilians and terrorists … and you can’t tell one from the other. Would it be better to disperse the crowd...
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CENTCOM needs to get aggressive in the propaganda war (UPDATED)
With General Petraeus’ progress report on Iraq almost upon us, it’s time to revisit the propaganda war (and our military’s lack of success therein). Last year Tom Blumer wondered why CENTCOM’s news...
View ArticleProgress on CENTCOM online news?
On Wednesday afternoon, shortly after helping U.S. Central Command improve its news distribution from the war zone, I sent the following e-mail to CENTCOM’s Public Affairs Office: Your CENTCOM podcast...
View ArticleSince we’re discussing Iraq, GEN Petraeus, propaganda, and such
If you’d like to hear from the front-line troops in Iraq, go browse the listings at MilBlogging.com and decide for yourself whether General Petraeus is telling the truth. Also be sure to read the work...
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The ridiculous CNN/YouTube Republican Debate
If you thought the snowman was foolish, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Listen to Hugh Hewitt’s pointed interview of Steve Grove, YouTube director of news and politics. Very, very revealing.
View ArticleIf Fox News allowed planted GOP partisans at a Democrat debate …
… the mainstream media would be in high dudgeon, spluttering with outrage. But when CNN lets Democrat plants ask questions of the candidates at a Republican debate? Eh, not so much. – Update: Fox News...
View ArticleFred Thompson responds to MSM accusations of laziness
USA Today’s Jill Lawrence misrepresented Fred Thompson’s answer to a question about the extent of his desire to be president. Fred responded in person on the RedState blog, and included a transcript of...
View ArticleDoes Obama give you that special tingly feeling?
He does if you’re a member of the mainstream media.
View ArticleScott McClellan lied about Fox News talking points
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan recently pandered to überlefty Keith Olbermann, claiming that Fox News parroted talking points sent to them by the White House … … but retracted his...
View ArticleAudio: Sarah Palin on the Hugh Hewitt Show
Here’s the brief interview from yesterday’s broadcast.
View ArticleHats off to Brit Hume
Brit Hume wrapped up his career as a full-time journalist tonight when he signed off at the end of Special Report. The guy’s a no-b.s., fair, balanced, unafraid reporter who has earned his retirement....
View ArticleIs the Plain Dealer doomed?
We can only hope. Update: The PD’s publisher says the prediction is “baseless” … but I still think the paper’s days are numbered. The comments on the denial post are illuminating.
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New York Times spiked Obama/ACORN donor story
What a shock … the New York Times covered Obama’s butt during the 2008 election, preventing an unfavorable October surprise: A lawyer involved with legal action against Association of Community...
View ArticleVideo: CNN’s Susan Roesgen at a Tax Day Tea Party
On the hilarious Jim Treacher’s blog, I found a serious plea to upload a copy of the following video created by Founding Bloggers (yes, that’s my copy below): CNN is abusing copyright law to strong-arm...
View ArticleEarth to the Ohio GOP … come in, please …
If this unethical tactic for pushing an immoral policy doesn’t justify a full-throated attack, what does? Via Drudge: On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its...
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Yet another double standard
Just a “visual comment.” “The only thing missing is a noose.” Hat tip: Conventional Folly
View ArticleTry actually reading the Constitution
Washington Post reporter Alec MacGillis doesn’t like the power wielded by U.S. Senators from states with small populations. He writes: The Senate Finance Committee’s “Gang of Six” that is drafting...
View ArticleAddressing the GOP’s media woes
The Other McCain has several good points: The people who control access to Republican leaders go out of their way to prevent their bosses from ever having direct contact with any rank-and-file...
View ArticleVideo: Sen. Harry Reid’s supporters throwing eggs
Gee, when do I get to tar all Democrats as violent egg-throwing nutjob loonies? The left relishes smearing all Tea Party activists and conservatives and Republicans as violent bigots based on scanty...
View ArticleTea Party raaaaacists at it again
Oh, the horror. These bitter clingers will never learn to emulate their progressive betters, who are paragons of tolerance and kindness and mainstream ideology.
View ArticleBitter old bat indulges her inner anti-semite
I’m sure Helen Thomas simply misspoke while trying to express her hatred for all Jooooos fondness for all people. Nothing to see here; move along. No, really. Disperse. Go back home. Juden raus! Praise...
View ArticleA spending proposal everyone can oppose (Updated)
In an effort to help Representative Betty Sutton (D-OH) break her streak of relentless profligacy with her constituents’ money (including stimulus packages for terrorists), I invite her to take a look...
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Globaloney
The observed data doesn’t support the theory that humanity is causing global warming. Read that again, and focus on the word data. You can talk all you want about government grants, the consensus of...
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Who was Derrick Bell?
Professor Derrick Bell was one of the earliest and most strident advocates of Critical Race Theory: Bell believed then, as he does to this day, that whites would support civil rights protections for...
View Article“Good Christian B****es” should surprise nobody
“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the...
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The Breitbart Awards
The Franklin Center and The Heritage Foundation may be on to something here. Nominations are due by May 25th.
View ArticleWhat if Republican politicians took foreign money?
Imagine if this news hit the wires in 2004. I suspect the media would have been interested: According to the sources, a taxpayer watchdog group conducted a nine-month investigation into presidential...
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A Republican Romney supporter? Not bloody likely. (Updated)
This … … is a blatant false flag scam by Obama supporters. – 10/14 Update: As predicted, this was a lefty thug wearing a Palin-bashing t-shirt.
View ArticleWendy Davis’ story, after basic fact-checking
“Wendy Davis was a single mom who raised her daughters while putting herself through school and got a Harvard Law degree.” Wow. Make her the Governor, stat!
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