Roger Simon’s Wednesday morning column (“Journolist veers out of bounds”), an item Rush brought up on his show this afternoon, may be one of the most delusional items ever written by a journalist attempting to defend his profession. Rich Noyes at NewsBusters covered one aspect of Simon’s column on Wednesday, namely the deliciously hypocritical outrage of NBC/MSNBC reporter Chuck Todd over how the Journolist scandal “has been keeping him up nights, and he’s especially frustrated that ‘the right’ would use it as ‘a …
On June 24, 2010, I had a post on BigHollywood that examined Robert Redford’s asinine statements about the Gulf Oil Spill. From his support of a drilling moratorium to the fact that he literally blamed the spill on Dick Cheney to the way he expected George W. Bush to respond instantly to Katrina, while making excuses for President Obama’s slow response to the BP disaster, his words were just another proof that many actors in Hollywood are out of touch with reality. And although I hoped Redford would rethink his pomposity before speaking again on topics that he seems unable to …
It’s been more than three months since Governor Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) signed SB-1070 into law, but Larry King continues to misrepresent both the spirit and letter of the popular anti-illegal immigration measure. On his eponymous program yesterday, the CNN host asked a guest if the law codifies racial profiling and empowers police officers to arbitrarily question and detain those suspected of being in the country illegally. “One of the things in this law that’s puzzling that [Judge Susan Bolton] pointed out is – and a police officer was on a recent show discussing it – you can just…
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It’s been more than three months since Governor Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) signed SB-1070 into law, but Larry King continues to misrepresent both the spirit and letter of the popular anti-illegal immigration measure. On his eponymous program yesterday, the CNN host asked a guest if the law codifies racial profiling and empowers police officers to arbitrarily question and detain those suspected of being in the country illegally. “One of the things in this law that’s puzzling that [Judge Susan Bolton] pointed out is – and a police officer was on a recent show discussing it – you can just …
Barack Obama on Thursday mostly breezed through an appearance on The View, enjoying questions about his iPod, Lindsay Lohan and the Jersey Shore. Liberal co-host Joy Behar railed against Fox News and “the right-wing.” She complained, “.. .They seem to be hijacking the narrative. Where, on your side, is the narrative? ” [MP3 audio here .] She seriously …
Barack Obama on Thursday mostly breezed through an appearance on The View, enjoying questions about his iPod, Lindsay Lohan and the Jersey Shore. Liberal co-host Joy Behar railed against Fox News and “the right-wing.” She complained, “.. .They seem to be hijacking the narrative. Where, on your side, is the narrative? ” [MP3 audio here .] She seriously asserted, “Where is your attack dog to come out and tell the American people, ‘Listen, this is what we did?’” After Obama told Behar, “that’s your job,” she eagerly replied, “I do it! But, I’m only one woman!” Barbara Walters, who was recovering from surgery and returned…
The Senate is debating a bill today that includes bailouts for small business, TARP, Jr . The debate between right and left on this legislation is a great example of the big government versus small government approach to economic growth. H.R.5297 , officially titled the “Small Business Jobs” bill, will spend another day on the Senate floor as the left pushes to retain the TARP bailout model for small businesses. Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) have offered an amendment that would, according …
The right-wing controversy du jour ? Construction of several mosques throughout the U.S. — perhaps most notably, a Muslim community center near Ground Zero in New York City. In many cases, the right-wing fear-mongering has fed a shrill campaign warning against Muslims inevitably using their places of worship to conspire to implant sharia law in the lives of unsuspecting Americans. So which right-wingers are most afraid of the big bad mosques? …
On Monday’s Joy Behar Show, when the topic of Chelsea Clinton’s upcoming wedding came up during a panel discussion, host Behar found it “ironic” and “over the top” that the Clinton family are spending $2 million on their daughter’s wedding, comparing it to the $100,000 spent by former President Bush on daughter Jenna’s wedding. After comedian Judy Gold noted the $2 million price tag, Behar responded: “I know, and, you know, George Bush spent only $100,000 on Jenna`s wedding.” Gold took a…
On Monday’s Joy Behar Show, when the topic of Chelsea Clinton’s upcoming wedding came up during a panel discussion, host Behar found it “ironic” and “over the top” that the Clinton family are spending $2 million on their daughter’s wedding, comparing it to the $100,000 spent by former President Bush on daughter Jenna’s wedding. After comedian Judy Gold noted the $2 million price tag, Behar responded: “I know, and, you know, George Bush spent only $100,000 on Jenna`s wedding.” Gold took a shot at Bush suggesting that he would have spent more if he could have made it taxpayer-funded: “Yeah, well, if he could have found …
