Playboy TV or Fox News?
What's the correlation between Fox News and Playboy TV?
Well, on a relatively new online game show called Let's Ask America, web cam contestants were playfully asked which one would offend liberal parents more if they stumbled upon their teenage son watching one or the other. (video clip below; h/t email tipster John Heckman)
Piers Morgan in Trouble Again: ‘I’ve Never Met Any Latinos Who Can’t Dance’
Open mouth, insert foot. Just when it seemed that Piers Morgan was finally putting his ineffective crusade for stricter gun control behind him, the CNN anchor made an obviously stereotypical remark while covering an inaugural ball in Washington, D.C., on Monday evening.
At the end of an interview with Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro and his identical twin brother, San Antonio mayor Julian Castro, the liberal host asked: “By the way, I've never met any Latinos who can't dance, so are you guys going to be -- ?”
Celebrities Facing Harsh Criticism Online for Their Support of Israel
Out: hateful tweets to black actresses supporting Romney for president. In: hateful tweets to celebrities tweeting their support for Israel in its struggle against the Palestinian terrorist network Hamas.
The conservative website The Blaze, noted that comedian Jon Lovitz -- who famously lashed out earlier this year about President Obama's determination to hike taxes -- and reality show star Kim Kardashian were harassed this past weekend with profanity-laced tirades and death wishes.
Chelsea Handler Laughs About the Abortion She Had as a Teenager
Appearing on the Conan O'Brien show on Wednesday night, talk show host Chelsea Handler started laughing at the most inopportune time. Judging by the somber look on O'Brien's face, the comedienne hadn't just cracked a joke. No, the unfortunate reason for her giggling was in remembrance of a child who was deprived the chance to live.
Asked to recollect her adolescence, Handler couldn't resist oversharing. Her rebellious lifestyle resulted in an unplanned pregnancy as a teenager, but apparently there was nothing to think twice about. That's when the laughing started. She tried to stop herself, admitting the subject wasn't funny. Yet she continued, trying to justify the humor of her abortion by saying her baby would've been biracial. [ video segment below the page break ]
Does Chris Matthews NOT Read NBCNews.com? Still Thinks Ryan Washed Clean Pots at Soup Kitchen
A few days ago the liberal media was all abuzz over how Paul Ryan supposedly muscled his way into back of a soup kitchen in Ohio and started washing already-cleaned pots and pans as a photo op.
It turned out later, however, that soup kitchen staffers had left some dirty pots and pans for Ryan to wash. Yes, it was part of a campaign photo-op, but the pots and pans were actually dirty and Ryan actually cleaned them. NBCNews.com's "First Read" blog noted the crucial update to the tempest-in-a-teapot on Tuesday. But judging from today's Hardball, MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews doesn't read his sister network's website.
WashPost Fact Checkers Rush to Provide ‘Context’ for Obama Clip: Exaggerate Severity of Romney Campaign ‘Fibs’ in the Process
It doesn't seem to matter what the president or vice president say on their re-election campaign trail. Even their most outrageous statements like Biden's "put y'all back in chains" remark are given the benefit of the doubt by the supposedly non-partisan media. More often than not, we're told by liberal media "fact checkers" that Republicans end up using them out of proper "context."
Take for example, the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler who furiously spun in Obama's favor in a fact-check column on Thursday that dealt with a comment from 1998 by then-State Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Eager to slam Romney even though his campaign has not made an ad on the matter -- nor did Kessler quote anything Romney or a Romney surrogate said about it per se -- Kessler gave the Romney campaign a failing grade of four Pinocchios for using it as evidence against the incumbent. Claiming to be fair and balanced in the past, the Post staffer went on the defensive for what seems to be his preferred presidential candidate.
Biden’s the Gaffe King, Not Ryan
Within minutes of Paul Ryan concluding his convention speech in Tampa, the media attacks were launched. Why, the man is loose with the facts! He only spews vitriol and nonsense!
DNC political director Patrick Gaspard quickly sent out a fundraising appeal: “Paul Ryan's speech to the Republican Convention tonight wasn't grounded in reality.” It was impossible to tell where the Democratic Party ended, and the “news” media began.
Biden’s the Gaffe King, Not Ryan
Within minutes of Paul Ryan concluding his convention speech in Tampa, the media attacks were launched. Why, the man is loose with the facts! He only spews vitriol and nonsense!
DNC political director Patrick Gaspard quickly sent out a fundraising appeal: “Paul Ryan's speech to the Republican Convention tonight wasn't grounded in reality.” It was impossible to tell where the Democratic Party ended, and the “news” media began.
FNC Cites MRC Study on Media Hitting Akin More Than Biden
On Saturday's Fox News Watch, as the panel discussed the substantial attention the media devoted to Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin's claim that forcible rape victims rarely become pregnant as opposed to Vice President Joe Biden's "chains" gaffe, two recent studies by the Media Research Center -- parent organization to NewsBusters -- were cited. Host Jon Scott cited MRC analyst Scott Whitlock's study from Tuesday:
NB Publisher Bozell: Media Obsess Over Akin to Distract From Economy; Akin Gets Four Times Coverage of Biden’s ‘Chains’ Remark
There’s no denying that what Rep. Todd Akin said was completely inappropriate, but for it to receive four times more coverage than the Vice President of the United States’ indefensibly racist gaffe is unconscionable. Todd Akin is a congressman. Joe Biden is one heartbeat from being the leader of the Free World. Once again, the media’s double standard is exposed for all to see.
If Ronald Reagan was the "Teflon President," then Joe Biden is the "Teflon Blowhard." He’s spent his entire career with his foot firmly lodged in his mouth, uttering an endless stream of impossibly stupid, vulgar, and insensitive things. And yet the media fall all over themselves to make excuses for blustery "Old Uncle Joe."
NBC’s Todd Dismisses Giuliani’s Criticism of Biden Gaffes as ‘Personal Vendetta’
On Sunday's Meet the Press on NBC, after host David Gregory played a clip of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani criticizing Vice President Joe Biden's recent gaffes, and the media's double standard in giving so little attention such moments, correspondent Chuck Todd dismissed Giuliani's criticisms as part of a "personal vendetta" because Biden had lambasted Giuliani during the 2008 presidential campaign.
After the clip of the former New York City mayor, host Gregory posed:
FNC’s Powers Sees ‘Glaring’ Media ‘Double Standard’ on Biden Gaffes
On Saturday's Fox News Watch, as the group discussed the media's tepid attention to Vice President Joe Biden's "chains" gaffe, panel member and left-leaning FNC analyst Kirsten Powers asserted that "There is a glaring media standard, no question about it."
After noting that there was a similar double standard in Biden and Sarah Palin's treatment during the 2008 campaign, Powers complained:
On PBS, Liberal Columnists Slam Biden for ‘Chains’ Gaffe
On Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, regular panel member and liberal Washington Post columnist Colby King admitted that it "bothers" him that Vice President Joe Biden felt the need to "resort to colloquialisms to talk to African-Americans," referring to the Vice President's "chains" gaffe in Danville, Virginia.
After host Gordon Peterson asked, "How did the White House handle this one?" King responded:
Politico’s Evan Thomas: Media Imagining Supposed Romney Gaffes
On Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, regular panel member Evan Thomas dismissed media claims that Mitt Romney's recent trip abroad suffered from gaffes as the Politico correspondent asserted that the GOP presidential candidate spoke the truth about the Olympics in London and the social problems of the Palestinians.
Business Owners Bash Obama During Conference Call, but Media Only Interested in Sununu Apology, Romney Records
A 30-minute conference call on Tuesday featuring four small business owners was intended to be a response to President Obama's comment that "If you got a business, you didn’t build that -- somebody else made that happen."
However, the press took advantage of the situation to demand an apology from former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu, who said he wished the President “would learn how to be an American,” and call for more financial records from GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
MSNBC Fail: Graphics Team Confuses Ron Paul with Paul Ryan
On today's edition of MSNBC Live, anchor Thomas Roberts talked with Michael Barbaro of the New York Times discussing the so-called Young Guns who are on the short list to be Mitt Romney's running mate: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.), Gov. Bobby Jindal (La.), and Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.).
But when the MSNBC graphics team showed photos of the Young Guns, they accidentally used a photo of Rep. Ron Paul, the septuagenarian former Republican presidential candidate with strong libertarian convictions, in lieu of Paul Ryan. See our video below:
NBC’s Curry Argues Obama’s ‘Fine’ Gaffe ‘Taken Out of Context’
Straining to find a way to excuse President Obama's Friday remark that "the private sector is doing fine," on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry did her best to spin for the White House: "He is right in saying that the private sector is doing better than the public sector, is he not? And so that was his point, that this comment was taken out of context." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Curry's attempt at Obama campaign damage control was prompted by left-wing guest and MSNBC host Chris Hayes arguing: "I would also say that the point he's making specifically about the difference between where the private sector's at and where the public sector's at is a really important one. We've lost 600,000 jobs in the public sector....Those layoffs did not have to happen if we had extended revenue sharing from the federal government."
In his rush confirm Curry's framing of the President's serious stumble, Hayes employed a rather unfortunate analogy to describe the state of the economy: "I also think the word 'fine' in that context is like if you fell and gashed your head and you were bleeding and your friend said, 'Are you okay?' And you said, 'I'm fine.' It means you don't have to rush me to the emergency room."
In other words, the economic problems facing the nation are merely a gushing head wound for America.
Curry began the discussion by comparing Obama's comment to a similar gaffe made by John McCain in 2008, asking guest Meghan McCain: "So comparisons are being made this morning, actually over the weekend, between the President's 'private sector is doing fine' remark and also your father's remark four years ago...'the fundamentals of the economy are strong'...How damaging do you think the President's remark will be to his campaign?"
McCain replied: "I think we need to keep in mind that no one sentence is ever going to make or break any campaign or any presidency. All of that being said, it was not a great time for him to make that statement and I think it has done a lot of damage this week....it comes off as insensitive and out of touch."
Later in the same segment, Hayes excused national security leaks allegedly coming from the White House: "I think we need more leaks and not less."
Here is a transcript of the June 11 exchange:
7:19AM ET
ANN CURRY: Meghan McCain is the daughter of Republican Senator John McCain, and her new book has a racy title which I'm not quite sure I can say in full, so it's called, "America You Sexy (rhymes with witch)." Also we have Chris Hayes, he's the co-host of MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes and he's also the author of "Twilight of the Elites." Good morning to both of you.
MEGHAN MCCAIN: Good morning.
CHRIS HAYES: Good morning.
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Decision 2012; Romney Pounces on Obama's "Fine" Gaffe]
CURRY: So comparisons are being made this morning, actually over the weekend, between the President's "private sector is doing fine" remark and also your father's remark four years ago, where Senator John McCain declared that, "the fundamentals of the economy are strong," when in fact Wall Street was collapsing. How damaging do you think the President's remark will be to his campaign?
MEGHAN MCCAIN: I think we need to keep in mind that no one sentence is ever going to make or break any campaign or any presidency. All of that being said, it was not a great time for him to make that statement and I think it has done a lot of damage this week.
CURRY: How much hey do you think that can be made, though, as we move forward, Chris?
HAYES: I think that Meghan's right, in that the big problem for John McCain in 2008 was the actual objective conditions of the economy, and the challenge that the President faces are actually – is actually the unemployment rate. Whatever he says or doesn't say about it, at the end of the day that's what's going to drive voters. I mean, that's the far bigger concern than, than the comment. I think they're going to try to make hey out of it.
But I think that – I would also say that the point he's making specifically about the difference between where the private sector's at and where the public sector's at is a really important one. We've lost 600,000 jobs in the public sector since the beginning of this recession, largely at the local and state level. And those didn't have to happen. Those layoffs did not have to happen if we had extended revenue sharing from the federal government.
CURRY: He is right in saying that the private sector is doing better than the public sector, is he not?
HAYES: Yeah, I think-
CURRY: And so that was his point, that this comment was taken out of context.
HAYES: Yup. I think it's important to distinguish between what's going on with state and local governments and what's going on in the private sector. I also think the word "fine" in that context is like if you fell and gashed your head and you were bleeding and your friend said, "Are you okay?" And you said, "I'm fine." It means you don't have to rush me to the emergency room.
CURRY: Meantime, though-
MCCAIN: Regardless, the President shouldn't be making statements like that right now. It still comes off insensitive. And to all workers that are being shown in the Romney ads, it comes off as insensitive and out of touch.
CURRY: Romney, obviously, might be – obviously is making a lot of comments about this since the President made the comment. He's basically trying to present the idea that this is a window into how President Obama thinks. What's your sense about that? Do you think that this just adds ammunition to his idea that this is how the President actually thinks?
MCCAIN: I think it can be seen as this being sort of a lens into how President Obama thinks. That being said, I think what Chris and I are reiterating because we both work in the media, this is one sentence, and the variables of the economy are really going to be what determine this election, not just one statement.
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Bozell: Liberal Media Screeching in ‘Desperation’ As They Fear Obama Loss in November
As the campaign season moves forward, the American people will see more "desperation" by the liberal media and President Obama as the case for his reelection grows harder to justify. "They're not seeing gravitas and they're not seeing presidential statesmanship," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity during last night's "Media Mash" segment.
Bozell was reacting to MSNBC's Ed Schultz, who took to his May 29 radio program The Ed Schultz Show to despondently whine that should Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) survive the union-backed recall effort and should Mitt Romney get elected, there would never be a Democratic president elected in his lifetime again. [watch video below page break]
"Can we spell panic here?" Bozell quipped. "Ed Schultz is to radio what Bill Moyers's daisy ad was to political advertising. It's thermonuclear theatrics. They have been building up Wisconsin as much as possible" and now they're "panicking" as they see a "95 percent chance" that they'll lose this proxy war meant to gin up the liberal base for November.
Also discussed on "Media Mash" was how the media guffawed at a misspelling of "America" on a Romney smartphone app but downplayed Barack Obama's far-more-offensive gaffe in which he accidentally maligned the Poles as having run death camps when under Nazi occupation during World War II. The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, has asked for an apology from President Obama.