Mar

10

Eric Massa to Larry King: If I Were Gay That Would Be An Insult to Gay People

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Eric Massa, fresh off his appearance on Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News — an interview that turned out to be the “Geraldo opening Capone’s vault” of 21st century politics — appeared with Larry King last night, who asked Massa if he was gay.
Now, 99.9% of heterosexual males would have no problem whatsoever saying “no” [...]

Mar

4

‘Take Your Kids to Work at the Control Tower Day’ Coverage: Best News Graphic

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There’s obviously lots of coverage about the kids who were talking to planes planes on the runway at JFK from the control tower, but WCBS in New York has the best graphic so far:

Also, my sources tell me this is such a big story that a movie is already in the works:

Mar

3

CNN in Jeopardy: Huge Ratings De-Klein

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CNN did as well in the February ratings period as Wolf Blitzer performed on Celebrity Jeopardy.
From Real Clear Politics:
Get out the defibrillator quick: CNN is dying. What other conclusion can be drawn from the Nielsen ratings from February, which showed the once dominant news network finishing in fifth place for the first time ever- and [...]

Feb

27

Muslims – 1; Freedom of the Press – 0

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Acquiescence in the name of fear and unity — but mostly fear:
A Danish newspaper was accused yesterday of betraying the freedom of the press after it apologised to Muslims for offence caused by its reprinting a cartoon showing the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban.
[...]
It broke ranks with its rivals to issue the apology after [...]

Feb

27

NBC Reporter Accidentally Gets Close to the Truth on Obamacare Cost

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NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell did a report on the cost of the most recent Obamacare bill to be thrown on the table.
The Obama administration puts the 10-year cost in the $900 billion range, but O’Donnell’s report puts the cost at $900 trillion (which is a dollar more than eighty-hundred kajillion).
I think this NBC estimate is far [...]

Feb

22

Dallas Tea Party Group Gives Keith Olbermann a Diversity Wedgie

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We all know that Keith Olbermann — the MSNBC blowhard with a perma-grimace that makes him look like he’s getting a colonoscopy with a rose bush — thinks that anybody on the political right (specifically the “tea party” types) are racist, homophobic, lily-white meanies.
The Dallas Tea Party organizers have quite effectively turned this argument on [...]

Feb

21

Glenn Beck’s Speech at CPAC

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First time I’ve ever seen a chalkboard get a standing ovation — but such is the nature of the current political mood in the country:

Feb

15

2010 is the Year Obama Finally Comes Out of His Shell

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Whew! The president is finally going to come out of hiding and seek a higher profile this year:
White House officials are retooling the administration’s communications strategy to produce faster responses to political adversaries, a more disciplined focus on President Obama’s call for “change” in Washington and an increasingly selective use of the president’s time.
The [...]

Feb

12

Entomologists Expose Beetles to Rush Limbaugh

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Entomologists are working on ways to control tree-destroying beetles, and since these guys are obviously liberals, they figured they’d try to annoy the bugs by blasting the Rush Limbaugh Show into trees:
Richard Hofstetter, an entomology professor at Northern Arizona University who worked on the project, told Discovery News that “the most annoying sound” his colleague, [...]

Feb

9

Great Moments in Broadcast Journalism, Olbermann Edition

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Via Olbermann Watch — I’m guessing that Keith spent as much “alone time” with his new “friend” after recording this as Chris Matthews used to spend with his inflatable Obama doll:

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