To answer Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's claim that racism is not a big factor in African-American unemployment, CNN brought on radical left-wing activists Professor Cornel West of Princeton and Tavis Smiley of PBS, both of whom co-host a public radio talk show. Not-surprisingly, West and Smiley, both African-Americans, ripped Cain's comments. West griped that Cain needs to "get off the symbolic crack pipe" and added that he has "mediocrity, mendacity, mean-spiritedness toward the poor, and now mean-spiritedness toward black people fighting for their lives in this very ugly economy." On CNN Sunday, Cain had maintained that racism is not... continue reading
Interviewing Chicago Mayor and former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel on Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory fretted over the 2009 stimulus not being big enough: "Do you think this president wasted it – the crisis you talked about – to do the big things at that moment, to really be a jobs president to create the demand in the economy that you're talking about through more government spending?" [ Audio available here ] While Emanuel defended the stimulus package, Gregory continued to hit from the left: "What were the opportunity costs of not a big enough stimulus,... continue reading
ABC's Robin Roberts tossed softballs to Anita Hill on Monday, wondering what the "legacy" will be for the "quiet" law professor who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment 20 years ago. The Good Morning America co-host only once challenged Hill about skepticism of her charges. Although co-host George Stephanopoulos teased the segment by calling the 1991 Supreme Court nomination hearings "controversial," Roberts' questions didn't indicate that at all. She prompted, "Take us back. What were your emotions?...Are you still angry?" Later, Roberts fawned, " I know there's still many books to be written, but [what's] your legacy?" [MP3 audio here... continue reading
On Sunday's Reliable Sources, CNN host Howard Kurtz and the Washington Post's Erik Wemple took exception to FNC's Bill O'Reilly calling some of the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters "far-left loons" and "anarchists." Wemple noted that odd complaints of some of the Wall Street protestors might lend the movement to criticism, pouting that it's "low-hanging fruit for people like O'Reilly to start making fun of them. I think that's really disgraceful." He continued: "I think it's disgraceful because, you know, you can always find someone in a crowd of 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 people to mutiliate - I mean you can... continue reading
ABC stepped up its promotion Sunday night on behalf of the far-left protesters, which they failed to label, making a special effort to explain and frame their grievances – a service they never provided to the Tea Party. 'Tonight, the anger spreads,' anchor David Muir hailed in teasing World News on Sunday night. 'Those Wall Street protests now going global. This evening here, we learn about the lives behind the protesters here in this country, showing up in cities coast to coast.' Muir pointed viewers to a sign he liked: 'Look at the images coming in tonight, spelling out the... continue reading
Offering the kind of respect, admiration and promotion ABC News has yet to offer Tea Party activists, Christiane Amanpour on Sunday asserted the far-left protesters are a 'populist movement' representing a 'revolution,' cited how it has 'finally' been recognized by politicians, characterized it as an answer to the Tea Party and included an 'Occupy Wall Street activist' on her roundtable. 'The revolution is being televised and tweeted and Facebooked,' she trumpeted in plugging the roundtable, proclaiming: 'The Occupy Wall Street protests are suddenly all that Washington can talk about. Are we witnessing the birth of a new kind of Tea... continue reading
Friday's NBC Nightly News once again promoted the left-wing/anti-capitalist protests which Brian Williams non-ideologically described as 'a protest against economic and social inequality' that 'has now spawned organized marches in 45 states.' Reporter Chris Jansing featured a man whose 'frustration brought him to lower Manhattan' and he pronounced: 'I think it's our Arab Spring.' Jansing next trumpeted how ''Occupy Wall Street' is drawing historical comparisons,' a quest for historic impact the networks never sought for the Tea Party. Her expert, Georgetown University history professor Michael Kazin , whom she failed to note is co-editor of the far-left quarterly, Dissent ... continue reading
Melinda Henneberger, who in 2009 proclaimed 'Ted Kennedy has been a huge inspiration to me' and boasted of a 'longtime political crush on the man who either in spite of his flaws and losses or because of them accomplished more than anyone else in my lifetime for causes that liberals (and other Americans) care about,' has joined the Washington Post where, per a Thursday announcement posted by Poynter's Romenesko site , Henneberger 'will write portraits of key political players and crucial campaign moments. She also will anchor a new blog on politics and culture.' Henneberger ( her Twitter ), a... continue reading
On today's Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace devoted the last five minutes of a 13-minute interview to sparring with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, as the Fox host challenged the former Pennsylvania Senator for his opposition to gays serving openly in the military. After playing a clip of Santorum from a recent debate arguing against the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Wallace began the exchange: Senator, you say sexual activity has no place in the military. Heterosexuals have been openly heterosexual for centuries in the military without any problems, and you talk about gays not being given or... continue reading
During the "New Rules" segment ending Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, host Maher asserted that the painted over "N****head Ranch" rock on Texas Governor Rick Perry's hunting territory is a "metaphor" for the Republican Party, because it is "overtly racist bulls*** thinly painted over." Maher also displayed the words "The Bigotest Loser" while an image of Perry was shown on screen. Maher began the "New Rules" segment: And, finally, "New Rule," if you find yourself prefacing more than half the things you say with, "I'm not a racist, but," you're probably a racist." He soon informed viewers... continue reading