Category: Media

Barack Obama was cordially invited to Martha Raddatz’s wedding

Posted on by Matt Vespa

As the Vice Presidential debate approaches, you would think there would be zero chances that this debate would have a moderator with a conflict on interest: a la Gwen Ifill: in 2008. : Well, that’s not that case — again. : With ABC News’ Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz selected to moderate the 2012 Vice Presidential debate, it […]

 

ABC News’ Tapper asks ‘didn’t President Obama shoot first and aim later?

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Does anyone remember when President Obama and some in the media chastised Mitt Romney over his: remarks: after the Cairo protests and the Libyan terrorist attack on our embassy in Benghazi, which led to the assassination of Ambassador Chris Stevens? : Who remembers when the media, by and large, ignored the true story, which surrounded the state of […]

 

Morely Safer is ‘Appalled’ By New Media

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last month, broadcast TV lifer Morely Safer of CBS’s 60 Minutes fame appeared on CSPAN and pronounced himself “appalled” by the denizens of the new media. Citizen journalists aren’t trained well enough to be trusted as a source of news, Safer declared to CSPAN’s Brian Lamb on Sept. 13. In fact, he’s downright “appalled” by […]

 

Buzzfeed: Hey, Romney Drove Past a Confederate Flag, He Must be a Racist

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Before we get any further into this story, I have to warn you that this is not satire. That having been said, Buzzfeed’s Zeke Miller perpetrated one of the worst attempts at guilt by association ever made. Miller attempted to intimate that Mitt Romney is a racist because his motorcade drove past private property that […]

 

Six Trillion Dollar Man: A Lyrical Evisceration of Obama

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Justen Charters, co-founder of Resistance 44, is sick of Obamanomics. : After all, President Obama : is “the six trillion dollar man” who “doesn’t have a budget plan” : and “basic economics is something he doesn’t understand.” : Enjoy! #obamastyle P.S. Justen, you didn’t make this song — somebody else made that happen.

 

Richard Branson: US War on Drugs is ‘Racist’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On Wednesday, while reacting to the death of an American border agent, Sir Richard Branson told Reuters that the American War on Drugs is not only a failure, it is also “racist.” Speaking at the offices of the Metro Newspaper in New York where he was acting as a “global guest editor,” Branson said that […]

 

After Slamming Palin, NY Times Excited for Up Coming Obama Death Panels

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

For The New York Times, Steven Ratner had to admit last month that he was pretty darned excited for those Obamacare death panels to get started. “WE need death panels,” he said on September 16. This from the same paper that in 2009 attacked Gov. Sarah Palin for her rhetoric and an Old Media establishment […]

 

Liberal on Liberal Violence, MSNBC’s Fineman Calls Lehrer ‘Useless’ and criminally negligent

Posted on by Matt Vespa

MSNBC contributor Howard Fineman lamented how the president was on the defensive concerning his first bout with Republican nominee Mitt Romney last night.:  Jim Lehrer, who moderated the October 3 debate, has a history of bias that is usually cloaked with his soporific disposition. However, Fineman seemed agitated to the point of calling Lehrer “useless” […]

 

For the millionth time, Social Security adds to the deficit

Posted on by Matt Vespa

In a bit of new old news, Social Security adds to the federal deficit. : This non-shocking piece of news continues to be either ignored or underreported since the political class is petrified of having the geriatric brigade occupying the front lawns of their homes. : The current unfunded liability of Social Security is $8.6 trillion over […]

 

Last Night, I Got To Say Something To MSNBC’s Touré That Millions Of Americans Have Wanted To Say For Years

Posted on by John Hawkins

MSNBC’s 2nd most famous race bating host behind Al Sharpton, Touré, decided to talk a little smack on Twitter last night after he got upset about my hammering Barack Obama for his disgusting, racist comments. I’m guessing this exchange did not go exactly the way Touré imagined it. No, it’s not like that at all. […]

 

MSNBC Continues to Push ‘Nothing to See Here’ Narrative About Libya Debacle

Posted on by Matt Vespa

In the October 1 broadcast of NewsNation with Tamron Hall, a segment featuring former State Department Middle East officer Joel Rubin focused on how the Romney campaign was “trying to put all of these things in a big pot hoping that something picks up steam” concerning President Obama’s foreign policy. Yep, it’s still the same […]

 

Even Liberal Pollsters Discover Significant Plurality of Americans See Pro-Obama Bias in Polling

Posted on by Matt Vespa

There’s that clichéd saying of “where’s there smoke, there’s fire.”:  Some in the media should have heeded that advice since a plurality of Americans sees a bias in the polling conducted between President Obama and Governor Romney.:  Oh, and, by the way, this information comes from a Daily Kos/SEIU poll, so it’s hardly a right-wing […]

 

Fact Checking False Claim Obama Budget Plan ‘Reduces Deficit by $5.3 Trillion in a Decade’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

New York Times reporter Jackie Calmes recently made the outlandish claim that the President’s budget will reduce the deficit by $5.3 trillion over a ten-year period. But a closer look at this claim proves that it just isn’t true. Firstly, Obama and his surrogates don’t even claim a savings of $5.3 trillion, so it is […]

 

MSNBC Continues to Push ‘Nothing to See Here’ Narrative About Libya Debacle

Posted on by Matt Vespa

In the October 1 broadcast of NewsNation with Tamron Hall, a segment featuring former State Department Middle East officer Joel Rubin focused on how the Romney campaign was “trying to put all of these things in a big pot hoping that something picks up steam” concerning President Obama’s foreign policy. Yep, it’s still the same […]

 

Discussing Obama, Israel Issue with Wasserman Schultz, MSNBC’s Roberts Fails to Bring Up Her False Charge Against GOP

Posted on by Matt Vespa

MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz In yesterday’s broadcast of MSNBC Live, host Thomas Robert interviewed Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz about the presidential campaign, where she naturally got in all her anti-Romney, pro-Obama talking points. At the close of the interview, Roberts asked whether concern for Israel could […]

 

10% Fewer Americans Believe US Is Winning War on Terror

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

10% Fewer Americans Believe US Is Winning War on TerrorAs the turmoil in the Middle East roils and President Obama’s foreign policy scheme faces severe pressure, a recent survey of likely voters finds that pessimism about our success in the War on Terror “continues to grow” with 45 percent saying they think the U.S. is […]

 

Chevy Volt Battery Plant Floundering Despite $151 Million from Obama

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Another in a long list of Obama-touted and tax-supported “green energy” companies is on the verge of going out of business, this time in Michigan. Two years ago, President Obama visited the LG Chem battery plant in Holland, Michigan. Obama then hailed the plant saying, “You are leading the way in showing how manufacturing jobs […]

 

We’ve Been Robbed $2.8 Billion — By The AARP

Posted on by Matt Vespa

As polling shows, seniors and white Americans over the age of 65 generally don’t support PresidentObama or his health care reform bill. : They are appalled at the $716 billion in Medicare cuts, which will be used to expand coverage (and dependency) for lower income Americans — so why does the AARP support it? Avik Roy, […]

 

UVA College Democrats Accidentally Blast Awkward E-Mail

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Justin Higgins at JHPolitics: has obtained a rather awkward email: detailing a meeting of the University of Virginia’s College Democrats chapter. : In the email, we reportedly had a woman named Carmen who went nuts, a bad turnout at their phone bank, and a bad turnout canvasing. As Higgins noted, their plan to remedy their unenthused cohorts is […]

 

Media Blasts Ryan, Acts as if AARP is Non-Partisan

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last week the media was all over Paul Ryan’s visit to an event with the American Association for Retired People gleefully reporting that he was booed. The media treated the whole affair as if the AARP was some non-partisan organization. But, the truth is, the AARP is no more non-partisan than any organization carrying water […]

 

Obama Skirts Another Executive Duty To Pander to ‘The View’

Posted on by Matt Vespa

In the wake of a rather tragic and tumultuous events regarding American foreign policy in the Middle East, President Barack Obama plans to forego the opportunity for a one-on-one meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to the UN this week.:  The reason is simple.:  It just could not wait. The president […]

 

The Hill Cites Squishy Republicans To Portray GOP as ‘Alarmed’

Posted on by Matt Vespa

The media’s ongoing contribution to the Obama reelection effort is fairly obvious: omit or downplay news stories and polling data that cast the Obama administration in a negative light while hyping trivial Romney gaffes or media-manufactured tempests-in-teapots: in order to focus the election narrative on the Republican candidate’s deficiencies — real or or imagined – rather […]

 

PBS Anchor Gwen Ifill Touts Pro-Obama Polls, Dismisses Mideast Violence As a ‘Dust Up’

Posted on by Matt Vespa

On the September 19 broadcast of the PBS Newshour, anchor Gwen Ifill discussed the latest polls with Pew’s Andrew Kohut and Mark Blumenthal, “senior polling analyst” of The Huffington Post. : Her talk about voter engagement and enthusiasm got a little hazy — if not completely insensitive — when she referred to last week’s embassy attacks […]

 

CNN Anchor Tells Citizens United President David Bossie You Can’t Judge OWS By ‘Worst Members’

Posted on by Matt Vespa

With Occupy Unmasked being released today in select theaters, the September 21 edition of CNN’s Early Start with Zoraida Sambolin invited David Bossie, producer of the film and President of Citizens United to discuss the film.:  However, things got hazy towards the end of the interview where Sombolin shamelessly tried to convey the narrative that […]

 

As Embassies Burned, Obama More Interested in Interviews and Photo Ops

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Even as President Obama’s flacks are telling the media that he is too smart to attend daily intelligence briefings, we are finally finding out what he did on that volatile Friday morning last week when our embassies were burning and 21 countries were erupting in anti-American protests. Instead of worrying about all that, Obama was […]

 

NFL Pulls Ref From Game Over ‘Open Rooting,’ Will Media?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The National Football League seems to have done it right. For last Sunday’s Saints vs Panthers game, the NFL pulled a referee from the game because they were alerted to his Facebook page that showed he was a big fan of the Saints. One wonders if the Old Media establishment should do the same thing […]

 

AUDIO: Obama is FOR a Communistic Redistribution of Income… He SAID So in 1998

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

During the campaign in 2008, Barack Obama had a revealing moment in Ohio when he told Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher (Now running for Congress in Ohio) that he wanted to “redistribute the wealth.” His supporters cried that anyone that called Obama a communist based on this revealing slip was making a mountain out of a […]