Tom Friedman

Lecturing Republicans: "Admit Reality" and Stop Pushing for ObamaCare Repeal

rich.noyes — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:34:57 +0000

Vol. 27, No. 8

“Admit Reality” and Stop Pushing for ObamaCare Repeal

Gregory Frets Obama Losing ‘Scope’ to ‘Usher in Economic Restoration,’ Friedman Sees ‘Tragedy’

brent.baker — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:24:14 +0000

Brent Baker

Pivoting to the downside for President Obama of the swirling scandals, Meet the Press host David Gregory fretted over “a bigger issue that the President faces, which is where is his agenda left in all this?” Citing a poll showing the public thinks fixing unemployment should be a higher priority than investigations, Gregory despaired: “The President’s coming under fire for losing his scope, effectively, in a second term to rebuild America, to usher in economic restoration.”

“Well, that’s the tragedy for him. It’s a tragedy for all of us,” New York Times columnist Tom Friedman agreed.

NYT's Tom Friedman Proclaims 'Libya is Not a Scandal'

kyle.drennen — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:21:52 +0000

Kyle Drennen

Appearing on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman worked to downplay the terrorist attack in Libya: "There are diplomats that go to dangerous places, and sometimes...they get killed. It is a tragedy. To me, Libya is not a scandal, it's a tragedy."

While the murder of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans was indeed a tragedy, Friedman has insisted on protecting the Obama administration from criticism over the attack. On the October 21 Meet the Press, he declared of the growing scandal: "To me, this is an utterly contrived story in the sense that 'this is the end of,' you know, 'Obama's foreign policy.'"

New York Times' Sunday Review Goes Wall-to-Wall for Obama's Re-Election

clay.waters — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:58:01 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times Editorial Page editor Andrew Rosenthal's Sunday Review was wall-to-wall for Obama this week, with two left-wing op-eds on Obama on the front page, a full-page endorsement of Obama for re-election, and three liberal columnists simultaneously obsessed with abortion, including the paper's foreign policy columnist Thomas Friedman.

New York Times' Sunday Review Goes Wall-to-Wall for Obama's Re-Election

clay.waters — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:47:46 +0000

Clay Waters

Editorial Page editor Andrew Rosenthal's Sunday Review was wall-to-wall for Obama this week, with two left-wing op-eds on Obama on the front page, a full-page endorsement of Obama for re-election, and three liberal columnists simultaneously obsessed with abortion, including the paper's foreign policy columnist Thomas Friedman.

Liberal Pundits Declare Libya Fiasco 'Utterly Contrived,' an 'October Mirage'

rich.noyes — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:36:52 +0000

Vol. 25, No. 22

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Obama’s Libya Incompetence an “Utterly Contrived” Issue

New York Times' Tom Friedman Contends Benghazi Controversy 'Utterly Contrived'

clay.waters — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:50:21 +0000

Brent Baker

New York Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman, who three weeks ago derided Mitt Romney for how he “acts...as if he learned his foreign policy at the International House of Pancakes,” on Sunday’s Meet the Press dismissed concerns over how the Obama administration handled Benghazi before and after the attacks.

Friedman Contends Benghazi Controversy ‘Utterly Contrived,’ Stephanopoulos Hails White House ‘Transparency’

brent.baker — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:22:38 +0000

Brent Baker

New York Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman, who three weeks ago derided Mitt Romney for how he “acts...as if he learned his foreign policy at the International H

‘Fed Up’ Gingrich Calls Out Media Refusal to Focus on Extremism in Democratic Platform

brent.baker — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 02:53:36 +0000

Brent Baker

“I’m frankly, fed up, with the one-sided bias,” a frustrated Newt Gingrich asserted on Sunday’s Meet the Press, citing two blatant examples. First: “Where is the outrage over overt, deliberate racism” in Vice President Joe Biden telling a black audience “if the Republicans win you will be ‘in chains’”?

Meet the Press: Even Aborigines in New Zealand Say Romney's 'Not Authentic'

kyle.drennen — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:53:51 +0000

Kyle Drennen

Appearing on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman slammed Mitt Romney by suggesting even Aborigines tribes in New Zealand and Australia were mocking him: "I just came back from New Zealand, okay? I mean, you have people living in the outback of Australia who look at Mitt Romney and say, 'Ha, ha. Not authentic.' I mean, it's just so – it is just so obvious." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]

Sunday Guests Fret Public Naivete on ObamaCare Benefits as Friedman Blames Poor Communication

brent.baker — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:12:33 +0000

Brent Baker

Reeling from the possibility the Supreme Court might undermine ObamaCare, two members in good standing of the liberal media elite, both with the New York Times, took to the Sunday shows to lament the lack of public recognition for the great benefits of the law. “On health care,” columnist Tom Friedman rationalized on NBC’s Meet the Press, “that’s partly a failure of communication.”