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An oft-repeated talking point and applause line has crept into President Obama’s repertoire of class-envy and demonizing rhetoric these days. [youtube UxFVEtuB-Bg] “At a time when countries like China are building high-speed rail lines and gleaming new airports, we’ve got

In practice it has turned out to be strongly redistributionist, but only because of its Ponzi game aspect, in which each generation takes more out than it put in. Well, the Ponzi game will soon be over, thanks to changing

In the same way he tried to capitalize on the horrific Tucson shooting as an excuse to attack Sarah Palin and conservatives, Paul Krugman has used his New York Times blog to attack Rudy Giuliani and President George W. Bush

On this 10th Anniversary of the September 11th attack on America we’ll hear politicians and pundits wringing their hands over the “tragic events” of that morning. They’ll wonder aloud whether we’ve “learned anything” in these past ten years and whether

By now we’ve all heard the reprehensible remarks made by Congressional Black Caucus Whip Andre Carson (D-IN) where he told the audience at a CBC Jobs Fair Town Hall in Miami that Tea Party Congressmen would like to lynch black

As the nation tunes in to hear President Barack Obama’s “Jobs Speech” this Thursday, it would be instructive to learn how the last bundle of Keynesian billions were spent on those fabled “Green Jobs” that were supposed to save our

It would be funny if it weren’t so pathetic. On this morning’s “Today Show” on NBC, GOP candidate Jon Huntsmann was interviewed by intrepid reporter Savannah Guthrie. After indulging Huntsmann in his usual cookie-cutter “I’m the moderate choice” responses Guthrie

Why would a journalist for MSNBC sit on an explosive story for over a week and allow her company’s competitors to report on it first? It’s hard to believe that the answer to that question is anything but political bias.

Last night saw the debut of Al Sharpton’s new show on NBC News’ cable outlet MSNBC. “Politics Nation” started with a monologue by the host delivered in his now familiar bumbling, bewildering and bombastic style. Though a couple sentences were

It only took a few days for NBC News’ newest star Al Sharpton to insult his colleagues and further undermine the already diminished journalistic credibility of MSNBC. In an interview with The Daily Beast the controversial activist turned TV news

“If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house” – NBC News’ Al Sharpton After weeks of speculation, Al Sharpton has been named the official host of the

Something huge will happen at 6:00 PM on MSNBC today. As a regular viewer of the yet-to-be-named Al Sharpton show, I’ve come to expect momentous TV moments during this time of day. Whether it’s Sharpton’s patented rambling nonsensical statements that

Looks like the long knives are coming out over at NBC News’ cable outlet MSNBC. After yesterday’s hilarious and painful performance by their newest star, Al Sharpton, blogs and media observers were quick to write headlines describing the incident as

MSNBC didn’t even pretend to be objective last night with their coverage of the Big Labor financed recall effort against six Republican State Senators in Wisconsin. Instead of the standard, sober, in-studio reporting one would expect from a news gency

A Wisconsin Democratic Party spokesman accused Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus of “tampering” with the vote in last night’s recall election. “We believe the election in this contest has been tampered with by Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus. “She’s sitting

On yesterday morning’s “Reliable Sources” with Howard Kurtz on CNN, media critic Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times spoke out about the grave reservations expressed after the imminent hiring of activist and failed presidential candidate Al Sharpton as a

Just when you thought the NBC News cable outlet (MSNBC) had gone too far, they somehow find a way to out do themselves in propaganda hysteria aimed at their favorite Bogey man: The Tea Party. Martin Bashir (the reporter who

Al Sharpton makes $700,000 per year to host his daily talk radio show for Radio One, a national, urban radio syndicate. Al Sharpton makes $700,000 per year so that his daily radio show can broadcast in only 28 markets (only

It looks like Al Sharpton will get the permanent hosting job from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM on NBC News’ cable station MSNBC. This is a curious move for NBC News for a couple of reasons. First, and foremost, Al

Like the ACORN mobs who would barge into banks to demand that they not foreclose on homes, our country is being community organized by our “Alinsky-ite in Chief” Barack Obama. The “Rules for Radicals” disciple knows that it is more

When NBC News and Cenk Uygur “mutually agreed” to part ways last week, Uygur took to his internet news program to explain his departure. He boasted that his YouTube show had “up to a million views per day.” This suggests

As John Nolte pointed out, Connor [sic?] Friedersdorf, Atlantic’s resident conservative who spends most of his time trashing conservatives, set out to investigate how audiences are responding to the new Sarah Palin documentary “The Undefeated”. Curiously, he chose to go

As John Nolte pointed out yesterday, Connor [sic?] Friedersdorf, Atlantic’s resident conservative who spends most of his time trashing conservatives, set out to investigate how audiences are responding to the new Sarah Palin documentary “The Undefeated”. Curiously, he chose to

Continuing our series illustrating how MSNBC relies on Media Matters (the left-wing, partisan, non-profit organization whose dubious tax-exempt status is currently under fire) as their research department, we are pleased to present the Weinergate edition. When the Weinergate story finally

Continuing our series illustrating how MSNBC relies on Media Matters (the Soros-funded non-profit organization whose dubious tax-exempt status is currently under fire) as their research department, we are pleased to present the Ed Schultz “Psycho Talk” edition. The Ed Show

Continuing our series illustrating how MSNBC relies on Media Matters (the Soros-funded non-profit organization whose dubious tax-exempt status is currently under fire) as their research department, we are pleased to present the Martin Bashir edition. Watch how Mr. Bashir relies

This is the first in a daily series illustrating how MSNBC relies on Media Matters (the Soros-funded non-profit organization whose dubious tax-exempt status is currently under fire) as their research department. In this inaugural video, we illustrate how David Shuster

Tax-exempt (and therefore federally subsidized) Media Matters for America pretends to provide education and fact-checking services to justify their charitable status. But it looks like the fact-checkers need to use some Soros funds to fact-check themselves. In a pitiful attempt

Jorge Ramos is the most famous and respected Spanish-Language television journalist. He is often invited to participate in the political roundtable on ABC’s “This Week” program and last election cycle he was given the honor of moderating debates between the

During a film montage tribute to late director Sidney Lumet, the obscenity “f**king” was broadcast on MSNBC. There have been no repercussions. This is in stark contrast to the immediate and indefinite suspension of MSNBC analyst Mark Halperin today after

There’s a dirty little secret in the entertainment industry (ok, there are a LOT of dirty little secrets, but I’ll just reveal one in this post): A lot of people have jobs for the sole purpose of protecting others from

It was close, but we’re confident that this report on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” is the most egregious example of the media’s attacks on Andrew Breitbart for reporting the Anthony Weiner story. For an editor of a

I had the pleasure of interviewing the beautiful and talented Janine Turner last night on my radio program, The Stage Right Show. Her enthusiasm and sincerity is infectious and is evident from her very first “howdy” greeting to my listeners.

UPDATE: As of 3:30 pm an appeal has already been filed. The provocative headlines you’ll see on the Internet this weekend will state that Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband has won a court battle allowing him to release an intimate videotape featuring

Strangely, in this report from the Associated Press, the names of the suspects are not revealed. We repeat, their names are Mohammad Mamdouh and Ahmed Serhani. Strange that AP did not mention this in the report. Here is the entire

Strangely, in this report from the Associated Press, the names of the suspects are not revealed. We repeat, their names are Mohammad Mamdouh and Ahmed Serhani. Strange that AP did not mention this in the report. Here is the entire