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Katie Couric: 'Obama Has Enough Stress to Last a Lifetime'

Transcript from the good folks at Newsbsuters: The job has aged him, as it did his predecessors. Dr. Michael Roizen at the Cleveland Clinic stated constant stress can age the Commander in Chief two years for every one year in

Prager: Black Murders Eight Whites; Media Blames Whites

From Prager’s column yesterday: The title of this column seems unbelievable, but it is in fact what happened in America this past week. And almost no one has noticed. After 50 years of being inundated with stories of white racism,

Mayor Mike Bloomberg: 'Bleeding-Heart White Liberal'

As the battle over the Ground Zero mosque continues to rage in the streets — and on the sides of buses — in New York City, the MSM — taking its cue from the nasty little lifestyle-fascist mayor, Mike Bloomberg

Michelle, the Media and the Costa del Sol

You know things are tough all over when even the media start noticing what’s wrong with this picture: But while most of the country is pinching pennies and downsizing summer sojourns – or forgoing them altogether – the Obamas don’t

Vox Populi or Neutral Reporter — You Make the Call

Car chases are the norm out west and no self-respecting urban news operation is without a chopper or two to track them from the air. Audiences love them, in part because everyone secretly hopes for a spectacular crash or shoot-out,

The BBC Takes a Look at Soviet Communism's 'Useful Idiots'

Not to be missed: the first of a two-part series of radio broadcasts detailing the West’s suicidal love affair with Soviet communism and the role the “useful idiots” — otherwise smart people who for whatever reason fell under the spell

The Media's Rehabilitation of Michael Bellesiles, Right on Schedule

The Chronicle of Higher Education, in the course of a long profile about disgraced professor Michael Bellesiles, has this to say about his latest whopper: Then, after I interviewed him, Mr. Bellesiles published an essay in The Chronicle Review. In

Andrew Breitbart: Enemy of the Left with a Laptop

Michael R. Blood, AP Political Writer, files this report: LOS ANGELES (AP) – Andrew Breitbart strips off his blazer, windmills it over his head and lets it fly to the stage with a matador’s flourish. He booms into a microphone,

Beyond the Juice-Box Mafia: Real Reporters in Action

For evidence that there is more to journalism than the Juice-Box Mafia kiddie corps of the JournoList, check this out: Can you imagine Spencer “Tough Guy” Ackerman or Ezra Klein in such a situation? Thought not.

A Citizen Does Her Job: Where's the MSM When You Need Them?

And why can’t they ask questions like this: If [the federal government} can do this, what can’t they [do]? [youtube W1-eBz8hyoE&feature nolink] That would be declaring a health-care a “right” — no matter that it may be in violation of

Open Thread: Mary Frances Berry on 'Tainting the Tea Party'

Mary Frances Berry, the former chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, writing in Politico: Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There is no evidence that

What Kind of Journalist Would Cheer a Defamation Plaintiff?

James Taranto in his “Best of the Web Today” column in The Wall Street Journal: Shirley Sherrod says she plans to sue conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, the Associated Press reports from San Diego: “Speaking Thursday at the National Association of

Breitbart to Newsweek: 'I'd Like To Speak with Sherrod in Private'

Big Sites publisher Andrew Breitbart to Newsweek’s Daniel Stone today: In the aftermath of the saga that thrust Shirley Sherrod into the news cycle and spurred a national discussion about race, the former USDA employee has said she’ll “definitely will

The Stupids Step Out: Democrat-Media Division

This time, the stupids are on the other side: [youtube hcPdFRz3M64&feature nolink] Howard Dean, the Democrat-Media gift that keeps on giving. Remember — They’re all liars. That’s what they do. That’s who they are.

As Obama Struggles, Another MSNBC Host Cracks Up

First, it was Keith Olbermann, struggling unsuccessfully to pronounce Capt. Alfred Dreyfus’s last name properly in the course of a ten-minute nervous breakdown the other night. And now it’s Mr. Ed! That would be Ed Schultz, host of “The Ed