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You may recall when Hillary Clinton said the presidency is no place for on-the-job training. Three years into his term, Barack Obama seems to still be struggling to get up to speed, now having to replace his Chief of Staff,

On January 3, Media Matters for America (MMfA) linked, among others, a Big Government item by J. Christian Adams to support its mischaracterization of a Fox News segment on South Carolina’s contested voter ID law. MMfA cherry-picked a small portion

On January 3, Media Matters for America (MMfA) linked, among others, a Big Government item by J. Christian Adams to support its mischaracterization of a Fox News segment on South Carolina’s contested voter ID law. MMfA cherry-picked a small portion

Yesterday, NPR reported an unclear snippet of audio as former Senator Rick Santorum having said the word “black” when discussing individuals becoming dependent on government’s redistribution of wealth, as opposed to being able to go out and earn their money

FishBowlDC’s Peter Ogburn needs to correct a post in which he attributed a seemingly damning, but ultimately inaccurate, quote to Michelle Fields of the Daily Caller. The quote below (emphasis added) is incorrect, and gives the reader the impression that

The Left is apoplectic over this year’s PolitiFact Lie of the Year. Given that PolitiFact came under so much fire from the right this year, conservatives should be cautious, even if optimistic. A year-end gift, or a big show of

This is a very strange story first brought up by McClatchy, who says that the Marines are promoting an embellished version of the story behind Dakota Meyer’s reason for receiving a Medal of Honor. Ed Morrisey hits the high points

I’d like to give Salon’s Joan Walsh great credit for the humanity that informs her commentary. I’m a live-and-let-live kind of person, a divorced lapsed Catholic, a San Francisco liberal. Life is hard; marriage is harder. I try not to

David Frum on CNN’s Reliable Sources: “People Who Watch A Lot Of Fox Come Away Knowing A Lot Less” Media Matters touts the sensational headline above without a video link, embed, or download of the source material in any way.

Barack Obama used the bully pulpit of the American Presidency to encourage what is fast becoming a disaster, otherwise known as the Occupy Movement. As city after city across America struggles to deal with the mess our community-organizer-in-chief helped to

Just as Obama originally encouraged and has continued to be supportive of the increasingly troubling and destructive Occupy movement, many of his fellow Democrats are following suit. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s (I) decision to evict Occupy Wall Street

Supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement took to Twitter to enlist the help of hacker group Anonymous in targeting New York Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman within minutes of his ruling that Occupy Wall Street protesters could not return

[youtube nzKtmPFVGic] Forget “Sixty Minutes”–it took the geniuses over at Media Matters for America (MMfA) all of about 60 seconds to pounce foolishly on the Breitbart TV video of CBS’ Steve Kroft asking a question of former House Speaker Nancy

Politico dropped a bombshell on the candidacy of GOP front-runner Herman Cain tonight; what remains unclear is if this turns out to be a hit of the Anita Hill, or Monica Lewinsky variety. What is clear is that when Democrat

You can Google up the Media Matters link if you must. I’m leaving it out as a means of doing my part to help clean up toxic waste. The takeaway is that Media Matters is doing everything it can to

There may be very troubling news ahead for Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama administration. Consequently, true to form, Media Matters for America (MMfA) has launched their defense of Holder, aimed at limiting the damage from headlines sure to

Earlier we told you how the AP buried the lede when a man toting a gun showed up at an Occupy Atlanta protest. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s full statement here. The Associated Press published a report this morning about the

The Washington Post’s Richard Cohen puts on his blinders and takes a look at the Occupy Wall Street movement, concluding there is nothing to the many reports of antisemitism among participants, while also suggesting any outrage should be directed at

– The Washington Post takes on the Koch brothers and with the help of new media the Koch’s win. Just ask their omsbudsman: In the days immediately after Bloomberg published its story but before The Post republished it, Koch swung

In this YouTube video posted by TheRightScoop here, an unnamed individual said to be a professor at New York University can be seen encouraging protesters to bring down Capitalism. “If we get rid of the board of directors, if we

Here’s an interesting look at how Media Matters for America (MMfA) works, along with the quick manner with which some in media bow to its George Soros financed influence. Whatever one may think of it, it’s beyond obvious that the

Some called it a gaffe when current Vice President Joe Biden was caught on video saying, “No Coal Plants Here in America,” during the 2008 campaign. Now, thanks to a bit of curious timing, the Obama administration may be a

Pardon us for stating the obvious, everyone knows this, along with knowing that if there were a Republican in the White House, Washington is precisely where the main protest effort would be held. Funny how things change with Barry, the

Note to media: it’s the ethics, not the ideology! Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi, also exposed as one of the alleged journalists working with the Occupy movement behind the scenes and undisclosed, offers up a weak defense of the inherent lack

With more revelations likely to come, initial emails released by Big Government demonstrate that not only do Democrats all the way up to the White House support the ongoing Occupy movement, they have formally partnered with it in terms of

Background research on what has been called a bizarre 16 year-old smear being tossed at prospective Republican gubernatorial candidate, Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, potentially by Democrats, turned up some interesting observations about the work of Dave Catanese over at

Media Matters casts itself as a media watchdog-of-sorts but they appear to have gone more than overboard in their latest overtly political post. Given the current moment, it’s impossible to view this as anything other than overt politcal advocacy for

In case you were wondering if “The View” views the Democrat memo, wonder no more. “They’re at the White House, they’re all over the country. But I just think it’s very, very strange when people say ‘you know, this group

This morning, Big Government posted video from an event at the National Press Club at which Faya Rose Touré (formerly Rose Sanders), an attorney from the $2.7 billion Pigford “black farmers” discrimination settlement, revealed major flaws in the claims process.

– Somehow Chris Matthews gives me the impression the GOP doesn’t send tingles down his leg. Who is the hater when there’s noting much good to say about Obama, so this is all he has for content these days? “Republicans

In it’s ongoing effort to malign the Right and Right-side pundits, Media Matters foolishly attacked Big Journalism’s own Dana Loesch yesterday. CNN’s Loesch Dissembles In Order To Attack Obama For Pointing Out Booing At Gay Soldier Only in the muddled

– Isn’t it time for the media to: Stop Bullying Monica Lewinsky? – Oh that note, you’d think Media Matters would stop trying to bully Right-side pundits, including Dana Loesch. But then, that is what they’re paid to do. –

NewsBusters catches a liberal think tank accidentally destroying the liberal meme that millionaires don’t pay their fair share. A non-partisan pollling firm discovered Fox News is viewed as the best news network by a plurality of Americans. Don’t tell Erick

– Tingles are out David Brooks has admitted to having sap running down his leg over Obama. It’s taken Brooks over two years to catch up to what most out here have been telling him. How good a columnist does

The ever unfair and unbalanced Media Matters twists a Fox Straight News report to attack the cable network; however, a review of the MM post makes it clear that the Fox report is precisely as often advertised, fair and balanced.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. Turkey’s Prime Minister seems intent on pressuring Israel in other ways, as well: Turkish warships will escort any Turkish aid vessels to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,