Jeff Poor

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Maddow Invents New Terms to Degrade Conservatives: GOP-Baggers, Tea-Publicans

MSNBC host vents about Rep. Parker Griffith's move to the Republican Party in attack on the tea party movement.

NBC's David Gregory: 'Disappointing' Republicans Unwilling to Vote for ObamaCare

'Meet the Press' moderator laments 'incredibly polarized time' in D.C. as GOP fights government takeover of one-sixth of economy.

Double Standard: 'Fairly Big Split' Among Liberals on Health Care Downplayed

Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas admits divide in 'progressive movement'; receives little fanfare as compared to media exploitation when conservatives disagree.

Scarborough: Rahm Fired as White House Chief of Staff 'Over the Next Year'

MSNBC host explains to BBC Radio 4 how anti-lobbyist tack has backfired on Obama administration.

Kudlow to Bernanke: Have More than 70 Senate Votes or 'Consider Withdrawing'

CNBC host warns Federal Reserve chairman 'cannot survive and govern effectively if 30 or 35 senators vote against him.'

CNBC's Santelli: Tea Party Popularity 'Dollar-Friendly'

Network's Mercantile reporter explains strength of 'Tea Party' movement makes congressional gridlock more likely, slowing government spending and propping up the dollar.

Behar Politicizes Rush Limbaugh Wedding to Make Gay Marriage Plea

HLN host: '[This] will be his 4th marriage – and yet they talk about he's like against gay marriage.'

Weak: Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart Attack Inhofe's Climate Skepticism

'Countdown' host cites 'rightwards' leaning AP; 'Daily Show' host derides Senator's 'hoax' proclamation.

CNBC Host Upset 'American Political Community' Worried about 'Killing Grandma,' Not Green Technology

'Squawk on the Street' co-host Mark Haines, wooed by NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman tired argument on eco-technology, lashes out.

Greenspan, Cramer Argue Government 'Agenda' Inhibiting Economic Recovery

'Meet the Press' panelists make case Congress is creating uncertainty for private sector and preventing U.S. economy from expanding.

FNC's Wallace: 'Denier' Label Ascribes 'Religious Certainty' to Global Warming

'Fox News Sunday' host doesn't dispute anthropogenic climate change, but challenges blind faith put in the science.

CNBC's 'Squawk Box': All the Media Attention Could Actually Benefit Tiger Woods

Network's sports reporter makes case that media focus will boost his public image, but some sponsorship deals will suffer.

Left-Wingers in Tizzy Over Palin Anti-Copenhagen WaPo Op-Ed

Daily Beast: 'Obama wrestling with the nitty gritty problems,' Palin 'grandstanding.' Time: Palin 'joining the right-wing hysteria chorus.'

CNBC's Cramer Rips 'Greedy' Government for Playing the Market

'Mad Money' host shows another example where government doesn't know best in the private sector.

NYT's Friedman on Climategate: Global Warming Action Necessary, No Matter Risk or Cost

Columnist likens anthropogenic global warming threat to smoking and suggests even if the risk is just '10 percent' it still merits action.

Schultz Uses Questionable Foreclosure Data to Blast Bachmann Voting Record

MSNBC host relies on Minnesota-specific data to blast congresswoman's voting record on quasi-housing related legislation.

White House Plays Media Critic, Part II: VP's Economist Attacks Wall Street Journal

Bernstein cries foul over WSJ's editorial page, despite the $787-billion stimulus' failure to keep unemployment under 10 percent.

Beck to Media on White House Party Crashers: Do Your Job or Face Conspiracy Theories

FNC host warns people will invent crazy answers to Salahis' State Dinner incident unless the press asks hard questions.

Imus: Obama is 'Jimmy Carter Stupid' Regarding Wall Street and Economy

Nationally syndicated radio and Fox Business morning show host blasts administrations economic policy advisers.

Olbermann Complains Media Focused on Beck Instead of His Astroturf Health Care Clinic

MSNBC host attacks 'Time magazine, the Politico, The New York Times and everybody else in the mainstream' for covering Fox News host's new 'plan.'