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MSNBC's Chris Matthews, of All People, Slams Obama for Being Surrounded by 'Sycophants'

MSNBC's Chris Matthews, of All People, Slams Obama for Being Surrounded by 'Sycophants'

President Obama’s problem is that he’s surrounded by sycophants who tell him what he wants to hear, not what he needs to hear. That was the post-election analysis of none other than… Chris ...
Lois Lerner's Hard Drive Destroyed; Big Three Evening Newscasts Ignore

Lois Lerner's Hard Drive Destroyed; Big Three Evening Newscasts Ignore

"Ex-IRS official Lois Lerner’s crashed hard drive has been recycled, making it likely the lost emails of the lightning rod in the tea party targeting controversy will never be found, ...
NBC/WSJ Poll: 54 Percent Say Obama 'Can't Lead, Get the Job Done'; Nightly News Skips Damning Stat

NBC/WSJ Poll: 54 Percent Say Obama 'Can't Lead, Get the Job Done'; Nightly News Skips Damning Stat

Fifty-four percent of respondents in a brand new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll believe that Presiden ...
MSNBC's Matthews: 'Dead Broke' Was Mere 'Half Gaffe' by Hillary

MSNBC's Matthews: 'Dead Broke' Was Mere 'Half Gaffe' by Hillary

Comparing Hillary Clinton's Hard Choices book tour to an "out of town play getting ready in New Haven," MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday night dismissed the former ...
MSNBC's Matthews Hits Obama for Violating Law with Bergdahl-Taliban Prisoner Swap

MSNBC's Matthews Hits Obama for Violating Law with Bergdahl-Taliban Prisoner Swap

On his June 3 Hardball program, MSNBC's Chris Matthews expressed his disapproval of the President having broken federal law in the process of securing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's release in ...
NYTimes's Porter Wishes U.S. Govt. Would Cook Up Euro-style VAT Tax

NYTimes's Porter Wishes U.S. Govt. Would Cook Up Euro-style VAT Tax

In January my colleague Clay Waters noted how New York Times economics reporter Eduardo Porter called for Americans to pony up more in taxes in a piece headlined, " A Tax Bite Tailored To ...
MSNBC's Harris-Perry Laments That We Don't Think America's Kids Are 'Collective' Responsibility

MSNBC's Harris-Perry Laments That We Don't Think America's Kids Are 'Collective' Responsibility

On March 23, Mark Finkelstein of NewsBusters noted how MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry considers the unborn child a "thing" which takes a "lot of money" to "turn into a ...
WashPost Defends ObamaCare's Constitutionality; But In 1995, Paper Cautioned Congress to 'Demonstrate Some Modesty' On Commerce Clause

WashPost Defends ObamaCare's Constitutionality; But In 1995, Paper Cautioned Congress to 'Demonstrate Some Modesty' On Commerce Clause

It was as predictable as the sun rising in the east, but today the Washington Post defended as constitutional ObamaCare's individual mandate. The mandate is defended by the administration as ...
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Insists He Tries to Examine American Politics 'Objectively'

MSNBC's Chris Matthews Insists He Tries to Examine American Politics 'Objectively'

The former Tip O'Neill staffer-turned-political analyst who'd never heard of congressional insider trading until President Obama mentioned it in last week's State of the Union, ...
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Slanders Gingrich, S.C. GOP Debate Attendees As Racists

MSNBC's Chris Matthews Slanders Gingrich, S.C. GOP Debate Attendees As Racists

Appearing on colleague Andrea Mitchell's eponymous 1 p.m. Eastern program Tuesday, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews to viewers that Monday's South Carolina GOP presidential debate was ...
CNN 'Developing Story': 'Is Cain the Anti-Women Candidate?'

CNN 'Developing Story': 'Is Cain the Anti-Women Candidate?'

Seeking to breathe new life into the political damage of unproven sexual harassment charges against him, CNN's Lisa Sylvester presented viewers with a "developing story" in the 4 ...
Bureaucrat Who Approved Solyndra Loan Resigns, Times Buries News on Page A17

Bureaucrat Who Approved Solyndra Loan Resigns, Times Buries News on Page A17

Energy Department bureaucrat Jonathan Silver tendered his resignation on October 6, effective the following day. Silver led the Energy Department office that approved the ill-fated $528 million ...
Incensed That Obama Speech Pushed Back One Day, NYT Whines Boehner Needs to 'Grow Up'

Incensed That Obama Speech Pushed Back One Day, NYT Whines Boehner Needs to 'Grow Up'

Speaker John Boehner politely suggesting that President Obama can be accommodated to give an address to a joint session of Congress a day later than the date he originally requested is ...
NYT Film Critic Likes 'Old Fashioned Orgy,' Pans G-Rated 'Seven Days in Utopia'

NYT Film Critic Likes 'Old Fashioned Orgy,' Pans G-Rated 'Seven Days in Utopia'

An R-rated flick about a bunch of friends having an orgy gets hailed in today's Weekend Arts section as a "friendly, ramshackle comedy" albeit "somewhat laugh-deficient" ...
NYTimes Paints Speaker Boehner as Having Issued 'Unprecedented' Refusal of President's Request

NYTimes Paints Speaker Boehner as Having Issued 'Unprecedented' Refusal of President's Request

"Speaker Says No, So Obama Delays Speech" is how the Times's September 1 front page headline spun the short squabble over the timing of President Obama's upcoming speech ...
Times Downplays Rep. Carson's Smear, Suggests Rep. West May Leave CBC Because He's 'Taking Issue with Criticism'

Times Downplays Rep. Carson's Smear, Suggests Rep. West May Leave CBC Because He's 'Taking Issue with Criticism'

Rep. Allen West (Fla.), the only Republican member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), is considering leaving the CBC after a fellow member of the caucus practically compared Tea Party ...
Echoing Democrats, MSNBC, Times Editorial Slams GOP for Taking FAA 'Hostage'

Echoing Democrats, MSNBC, Times Editorial Slams GOP for Taking FAA 'Hostage'

Although it's Senate Democrats who are refusing to debate and vote on a House plan to fund the Federal Aviation Administration through September 16, the New York Times editorial board today ...
Reporting How Cubans May Finally Be Able to Own Their Houses, Damien Cave Worries About 'Gentrification'

Reporting How Cubans May Finally Be Able to Own Their Houses, Damien Cave Worries About 'Gentrification'

Leave it to the Times to worry about income disparity and gentrification… in Cuba. ...
McKinley Omits Role Pro-Abortion Group NARAL Plays in San Francisco's Threat Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers

McKinley Omits Role Pro-Abortion Group NARAL Plays in San Francisco's Threat Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers

An arguably unconstitutional effort in San Francisco at regulating the speech of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers was portrayed by Times reporter Jesse McKinley as an effort to 'stem… ...
Food Columnist Bittman Finds Enthusiastic Reception for Taxing Junk Food on MSNBC's 'Dylan Ratigan'

Food Columnist Bittman Finds Enthusiastic Reception for Taxing Junk Food on MSNBC's 'Dylan Ratigan'

New York Times food writer and junk food sin-tax advocate Mark Bittman took to the August 2 edition of MSNBC's 'Dylan Ratigan' show as part of his promotional tour for 'Bad ...
Now They Tell Us: 'Lowering Nation's Credit Rating May Have Little Effect', Appelbaum Notes Sunday on Page A14

Now They Tell Us: 'Lowering Nation's Credit Rating May Have Little Effect', Appelbaum Notes Sunday on Page A14

Better late than never, perhaps, but in Sunday's paper the Times noted that 'Lowering Nation's Credit Rating May Have Little Effect, Economists Suggest.' The article, by ...
Zeleny Pronounces 'Both Sides' Are 'Bruised' in Debt Ceiling Deal But Portrays Only Conservatives As 'Intractable' in Preceding Debate

Zeleny Pronounces 'Both Sides' Are 'Bruised' in Debt Ceiling Deal But Portrays Only Conservatives As 'Intractable' in Preceding Debate

In a front-page 'news analysis' piece this morning, Times national political correspondent Jeff Zeleny pronounced that 'After a Protracted Fight, Both Sides Emerge Bruised.' ...
Times Staffer Vlasic Hails 'Solidarity' of Obama and Automakers on New Fuel Standards

Times Staffer Vlasic Hails 'Solidarity' of Obama and Automakers on New Fuel Standards

"Four years ago, the American auto industry was so opposed to higher fuel economy standards that executives of Detroit camped out in Washington in an unsuccessful bid to undercut them," ...