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ABC’s Bill Weir: Voters Sent Senator Landrieu to Washington to ‘Get as Much Sausage’ as Possible

Good Morning America’s Bill Weir on Sunday defended the $300 million in pork that Senator Mary Landrieu acquired for her state, spinning, "The people of Louisiana sent her to Washington to get as much sausage as they could, you know, she could." ...

From SCOTT WHITLOCK, Newsbusters,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Mary Landrieu,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George Stephanopoulos,  U.S. Senate,  Blanche Lincoln

Fox News Credits the MRC for Exposing Lack of Media Coverage in Fake District Scandal

On Saturday, Fox News analyst Jim Pinkerton credited the Media Research Center for highlighting the lack of media outrage over the Obama administration’s fake congressional district scandal. After referencing the revelation that the Recovery.gov ...

From SCOTT WHITLOCK, Newsbusters,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Boston Globe

Library of Congress Spins Lefty Cartoonist Herblock as an 'Independent Spirit'

The Library of Congress' new exhibit on Herbert Block (often known as "Herblock") completely avoids labeling the famous cartoonist as a liberal, instead portraying him as an "independent spirit." The retrospective features 81 poster-sized drawings by ...

From SCOTT WHITLOCK, Newsbusters,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Library of Congress,  Ronald Reagan,  Washington Post Company,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Richard Nixon

Bloviating Dick Cavett Bashes ‘Know-Nothing’ Sarah Palin, Obsesses Over His Brilliance

[Video to be added shortly] Talk show host Dick Cavett, whose TV show went off the air in 1982, appeared on MSNBC, Friday, to trash Sarah Palin as a "know nothing" and someone who has "no first language." Mostly, however, he seemed interested only in ...

From SCOTT WHITLOCK, Newsbusters,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  Dick Cavett,  New York Times Company,  John McCain,  MSNBC

CBS’s Early Show Skips Grilling of Geithner and Calls for His Resignation

CBS’s Early Show on Friday completely ignored the grilling Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner received on Capitol Hill on Thursday and the calls for his resignation by members of Congress. ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today both covered the ...

From SCOTT WHITLOCK, Newsbusters,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  White House,  Barack Obama,  Timothy F. Geithner

ABC’s Robin Roberts Grills Govt Official: Was Breast Cancer Decision Rationing?

ABC’s Robin Roberts on Thursday pressed a government official on rationing and a new recommendation that women under the age of 50 shouldn’t get regular mammograms. Talking to one of the people behind the report, she chided, "Dr. [Thomas] Wilt, you ...

From SCOTT WHITLOCK, Newsbusters,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Rush University,  Barack Obama,  Kathleen Sebelius

MSNBC's Nancy Snyderman Lobbies for Rationing, Justifies: ‘You Ration What Food You Eat’

MSNBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman appeared on Wednesday’s Morning Joe and justified reducing the number of women in their 40s who get mammograms. "No, it is rationing. Let's be clear," she admitted. Confusing private actions by American citizens and the ...

From SCOTT WHITLOCK, Newsbusters,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: MSNBC,  Joe Scarborough,  U.S. Democratic Party,  New York Times Company,  Harvard University

Morning Shows Devote a Combined 21 Seconds to Controversy of Job Creation in Fake Congressional Districts

NBC and CBS’s morning shows on Tuesday completely ignored the revelation that the Obama administration’s Recovery.gov website claims to have saved or created jobs in congressional districts that don’t exist. ABC’s Good Morning America devoted 21 ...

From SCOTT WHITLOCK, Newsbusters,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  Chris Cuomo,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Senate

On ABC, Sarah Palin Slams the Snobbery and Arrogance of Katie Couric

[Video to be added shortly.] Sarah Palin appeared on Tuesday’s Good Morning America to promote her new book and hit back at liberal condescension from journalists, most notably attacking Katie Couric as arrogant. Speaking of her infamous interview with ...

From SCOTT WHITLOCK, Newsbusters,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  Katie Couric,  Newsweek,  Barbara Walters,  U.S. Republican Party

Four Days After Airing Fake Photos of Sarah Palin, MSNBC ‘Fact Checks’ Former Governor

Only four days after airing faked photographs purporting to be of Sarah Palin wearing a bikini and holding a gun, MSNBC hosts on Tuesday decided they were qualified to fact check the ex-governor of Alaska. Contessa Brewer chided Palin’s new memoir: ...

From SCOTT WHITLOCK, Newsbusters,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: John McCain,  MSNBC,  Sarah Palin,  Katie Couric,  Amazon.com

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