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NBC: 'Obama Scores a Win for Some 160 Million Workers'

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:03:00 +0000

Brad Wilmouth

As NBC co-anchor Amy Robach teased Saturday's Today show, she described the House Republican passage of the Senate version of a temporary payroll tax cut extension as President Obama scoring "a win for some 160 million workers."

Andrea Mitchell Whines About Tim Pawlenty's 'Counterintuitive' Tax Plan

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:15:00 +0000

Alex Fitzsimmons

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell scolded Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty on Thursday over the former Minnesota governor's proposed plan to reduce taxes and cut spending, decrying the conservative measures as "counter-intuitive."

"What makes you think that a plan to actually increase the deficit by cutting taxes is the right way to go right now?" groused NBC's chief foreign affairs correspondent on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports.

Privileged Food Writer Mark Bittman Blames 'Unregulated Capitalism and Greed,' Bush, Reagan Tax Cuts for U.S. Hunger

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:01:00 +0000

Wealthy Times food writer Mark Bittman revels in his college-level leftism: "Some (or much) of both of these last two stem from unregulated capitalism and greed.Well this is really to call attention to the fact that H.R.1, the budget legislation introduced by the House, cuts aid to the poor and hungry in the United States and abroad, rather than scrapping, say, defense program or increasing taxes on the rich..."

Clay Waters

Times food writer Mark Bittman's Thursday morning nytimes.com blog post on the end of his politically motivated four-day fast, "Stating the Obvious: Hunger Is a Disease," is a followup to his bizarre left-wing rant on Wednesday's op-ed page, where he claimed proposed spending cuts in the new House budget plan would "quite literally cause more people to starve to death, go to bed hungry or live more miserably than are

Times Leads National Section By Hitting Obama From Left on Tax Break

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:00:00 +0000

Michael Cooper's story is based on report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal group and popular source for the Times that the paper consistently fails to properly label ideologically. Nowhere in the ten-paragraph story does the Times quote an opposing source making a case for the tax break on equipment purchases as a potential job creator.

Clay Waters

The lead National section story on Wednesday by Michael Cooper was an odd choice, hitting President Obama from the left on a rather obscure newly established tax break not even liberal economists have found much fault with: "A Tax Cut May Carve Into Budgets Of 19 States." Cooper melodramatically fretted that it "could blow a hole in state budgets."

Newsweek's Thomas: GOP 'Selling Smoke and Mirrors,' Peterson Mocks 'Free Lunch'

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:33:00 +0000

Brad Wilmouth

On Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, host Gordon Peterson used the term "free lunch" to mock Republicans who wish to avoid tax increases while trying to restrain the federal budget deficit. After panel member Jeanne Cummings of Politico predicted a tough fight in Congress over spending, Peterson turned the conversation to Washington Post columnist Colby King. Peterson: "Hold the line on taxes, attack the deficit. Can I offer you a free lunch, Colby?"

ABC's Roberts Omits 'Illegal' from Dream Act Discussion, Calls Tax Cuts 'Giving Something Away'

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:31:00 +0000

Brad Wilmouth

Appearing on Thursday's Good Morning America to discuss the recent legislative activity in Congress, ABC's Cokie Roberts managed to avoid using the word "illegal" as she recounted the failure by Senate Democrats to pass the Dream Act to provide a mechanism for the children of illegal immigrants to obtain citizenship.

CNNMoney Misrepresents Rep. Mike Pence's Opposition to Tax Cut Deal

admin — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:06:00 +0000

Iris Somberg

If you only read CNNMoney.com's attack on the tax cut deal you might think that Congressman Mike Pence, R-Ind., opposed extending the Bush-era tax cuts because of the cost. But that's not the case.

ABC's Amanpour Refers to Tax Cuts as 'Giveaways'

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:20:00 +0000

Brad Wilmouth

Appearing on Sunday's Good Morning America on ABC to discuss legislation recently passed by Congress, This Week host Christiane Amanpour referred to tax cuts as "giveaways" as she predicted that President Obama would receive political credit for the agreement to prevent the Bush tax cuts from expiring in January, which anchor Dan Harris described as a "big tax cut law."

Olbermann Slammed 'Racist' Conservatives for Calling Obama 'Arrogant,' Hails 'Nostradamus' Dem Who Saw Obama's 'Nose in the Air'

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:45:00 +0000

Brad Wilmouth

Last January, when a number of white conservatives used words like "arrogant" and "cocky" to refer to President Obama after his State of the Union speech, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann asserted that they really meant Obama was an "uppity" black man.

Ferguson Calls Out Liberal Bias of MSNBC's Wolffe: 'Journalist' is 'Much the Same Thing' as 'Democrat'

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:53:00 +0000

Brad Wilmouth

As MSNBC's Richard Wolffe appeared as a guest on Wednesday's Late Late Show on CBS, after Wolffe conveyed his left-leaning take on the deal to exte

So Much for Civility: Times Embraces Obama's 'Hostage-Taking' Rhetoric

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:57:00 +0000

The sedate, responsible New York Times advances the cause of civility on its editorial page: "President Obama was right to use the metaphor of hostage-taking to describe the Republicans' tactics."

Clay Waters

The Times lead editorial on Wednesday, "Voting for an Odious Tax Deal" asserted that Obama was right to agree to the tax-cut compromise with Republicans - and also right to compare Republican tactics to taking hostages.

ABC, FNC Highlight Dem Senator's Comparison of Republicans to Terrorists

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 08:21:00 +0000

Brad Wilmouth

On Saturday morning, FNC's Fox and Friends Saturday and ABC's Good Morning America highlighted Democratic Senator Bob Menendez's assertion that negotiating with Republicans over taxes is like negotiating with terrorists, while NBC's Today show included a brief mention. CBS's The Early Show and CNN Saturday Morning ignored the New Jersey Democrat's over the top rhetoric.

Times Cheers Schumer's 'Millionaire's Tax' Formula After Despising GOP's 'Death Tax'

admin — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:56:00 +0000

Jennifer Steinhauer greets Sen. Chuck Schumer's tax-cut word games with approval. Yet the Times loathed what it considered the unfair and misleading Republican phrase "death tax" to describe the federal estate tax.

Clay Waters

In her Friday story "Some Democrats Count on 'Millionaires' Strategy on Tax Cuts," reporter Jennifer Steinhauer lent some support to the trial balloon launched by partisan Democratic Sen. Charlie Schumer - a "targeted buzz phrase" he's urging fellow Dems to employ when proposing to extend the Bush-era tax cuts on income up to $1 million, rather than the $250,000 limit Obama is pushing.

ABC: 'Concentration on Policy' Caused Obama's 'Shellacking,' No 'Mandate' to GOP for 'Gridlock'

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:10:00 +0000

Brad Wilmouth

On ABC's World News Sunday, correspondent David Kerley seemed to accept as fact President Obama's claim that "concentration on policy issues" was the reason for his party's recent election losses. Kerley began his report by describing Obama as "admitting" to this explanation of his political problems:

Columnist Nicholas Kristof on America, 'The Banana Republic'

admin — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:09:00 +0000

Then move! Nicholas Kristof argues things are worse off in the United States than Guyana: "The richest 1 percent of Americans now take home almost 24 percent of income, up from almost 9 percent in 1976....the United States now arguably has a more unequal distribution of wealth than traditional banana republics like Nicaragua, Venezuela and Guyana."

Clay Waters

Columnist Nicholas Kristof's latest jeremiad against "income inequality," "Our Banana Republic," stretched the standard liberal argument into ludicrousness by comparing the United States to Nicaragua and Venezuela.

(Kristof last got Times Watch's attention in September by comparing critics of building a mosque at Ground Zero to witch-burners.)