The New York Times editorial page is a perfect weather vane for the way the liberal media’s hot air is blowing. In an October 26 editorial called “Torching the Big Tent,” they lamented: “The feeble pulse of moderation in the Republican…

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Posted on 04 November 2009
The New York Times editorial page is a perfect weather vane for the way the liberal media’s hot air is blowing. In an October 26 editorial called “Torching the Big Tent,” they lamented: “The feeble pulse of moderation in the Republican…
Posted on 29 October 2009
The Left is ecstatic about the latest ABC News-Washington Post poll, which claimed a surge in public support for the so-called “public option,” wrapped in the (insincere) rhetoric of “choice” and “competition.” The poll asks if the government should “create…
Posted on 27 October 2009
The “Balloon Boy” hoax spellbound the entire country on October 15. Everyone empathized with the situation of the supposedly floating child or the supposedly distraught parents. But the real problem was different. It was the increasingly sickening blur between reality…
Posted on 21 October 2009
Rush Limbaugh was convicted of racism in a kangaroo court of "objective" media and dropped as a potential owner of the St. Louis Rams football franchise. His accusers claimed he once said slavery "had its merits" and that the assassin…
Posted on 19 October 2009
The programming gurus at MTV are basing their profit-making strategy on the viewer demographic of 12 to 34 – as if there’s no difference in maturity level between 12 and 34. MTV’s brand of sensationalistic "reality TV" was easily demonstrated…
Posted on 14 October 2009
Like everyone else on the morning of October 9, the major media’s first reaction to Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize was shock and disbelief. NBC’s Matt Lauer spoke for the pack when he said he didn’t want to…
Posted on 13 October 2009
In the wake of the arrest of director/rapist Roman Polanski comes the sex-with-subordinates scandal of David Letterman. The timing was a blessing for Letterman, since his aggressive excuse-makers now could quickly assert that the female employees he exploited were all…
Posted on 08 October 2009
In the category of “intentional misunderstandings” about the political fiasco over the 2016 Summer Olympics, liberals win the gold medal. Cheers and laughs broke out in conservative offices and radio studios on the morning of October 2 when Chicago’s bid…
Posted on 03 October 2009
Something wildly unexpected happened the other day: film director Roman Polanski was taken into custody in Switzerland for his rape of a 13-year-old girl at Jack Nicholson’s house in 1977. The grand jury transcript is stomach-turning. His victim, Samantha Gailey,…
Posted on 01 October 2009
Radical-left protesters outside the G-20 summit meeting in Pittsburgh last week underlined once again that our friends in the news media see no real enemy or extremist to their left. But conservative protests against Team Obama are an ugly sign…