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If this isn’t a textbook example of the media parroting the Democrat talking points, I don’t know what is.

The latest meme going around the media at the direction of their CEO (ie: the White House) is that the Republicans have no plan to reform health care and have not made a plan public. Without [...]

I don’t like Rush, but go ahead and argue he’s wrong here. I dare ya.

The interesting number, of course, isn’t Democrats vs. Republicans; it’s independents, of which I count myself amongst.

via Newsbusters

I got an email from a journalist friend this morning, about the big news of the day, the massacre at Fort Hood in Texas. Here’s what it said:

“While the mainstream media is busy downplaying the shooter’s religion, just think if an O’Reilly or Goldberg book was found in his home or, God forbid, there [...]

It’s so nice to see the NY Times isn’t bothering to hide its biases any more. The latest example is a subtle dig at Republicans in an Op-Ed urging Democrats to go it alone on health care using a parliamentary manuever that would end up with them only requiring a simple majority to get [...]

“New Jobless Claims Drop More Than Expected” the headline blared. At least it did originally; they’ve since softened it somewhat to more reflect reality. The interesting part is how far out of their way the AP is going to make the economy look like it’s turning around even though spending is flat, unemployment [...]

This is the kind of thing I always see and when I argue that the press has a liberal bias to it, it’s very hard to deny… This is from a site that isn’t even a political one, but check out what she has to say…

I was listening to what I thought was NPR [...]

The media continues to demonstrate its back-pocket shilling for Obama, proving that it has zero objectivity when it comes to his candidacy for President.

Today, USA Today and countless other media outlets ran this story (or something very much similar):

John McCain has been using “smear” tactics, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama says today in a pre-recorded [...]

One of the best examples of media bias can be found quite regularly these days, and it’s the issue of “climate change.” I put it in quotes because that’s what they call it this week. Last year, it was global warming. Before that, acid rain. And before that, global cooling. [...]

Boy, if this doesn’t reinforce what I’ve been saying for weeks, nothing does. Brian Williams, who I do actually trust somewhat compared to his colleagues on CBS and ABC, had this to say:

WILLIAMS: I interviewed Lee Cowan, our reporter who covers Obama, while we were out yesterday and posted the interview on the web. [...]

If this isn’t a prototypical example of liberal bias, I don’t know what is. Here’s the headline and the first part.

WASHINGTON, July 10 — Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional panel Tuesday that top Bush administration officials repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports because of political considerations.

The [...]

On January 6th, 2007, two young people on a date in Knoxville were carjacked and kidnapped. Over the next four days, this is what happened to them at the hands of their five assailants: The woman was raped and tortured. Her breasts were cut off while she was still alive and bleach was forced down [...]

Have you heard of Cindy Sheehan?

Of course you have.

Have you heard of Tina Richards?

Of course you haven’t.

The difference between Sheehan and Richards? One went after a Republican which pleases the liberal media bias, the other after a Democrat which must be covered up, lest the Democrats look bad. How much more obvious can it be [...]

The BBC has bias issues. No, this isn’t some MRC report loaded with political platitudes about how people hate the great GW Bush. It’s the inside skinny on a BBC “impartiality summit.” Bear in mind as you read this dreck that the BBC is publicly funded and, judging from the internals of [...]

Here are some choice quotes from a news story by the AP.

Republicans are three steps from a November shellacking _ each a grim possibility if habitually divided Democrats get their acts together.

First step: Voters must focus on the national landscape on Nov. 7 rather than local issues and personalities that usually dominate midterm elections.

That [...]

Yeah yeah yeah. We’ve all seen the picture. Dennis Hastert gets into an SUV to go back to work after a get together about the environment. Of course we’ve all seen it because the media played it over and over again as proof that Republicans are really out of touch with the [...]

Hmmmmm… ABC News Producer John Green apparently doesn’t like George Bush…

Way to be completely objective there, Johnny Boy…

Oh, and don’t bother questioning the authenticity of the memo. According to Drudge:

A friend of Green’s at ABC says Green is mortified by the email. “John feels so badly about this email. He is a [...]

Anyone with half a brain had to know that if, at some point, the New York Times wrote any type of article about parental notification laws, they would try to paint them as a failure, seeing as they tend to believe strongly in the right to murder your baby. Check out some highlights from [...]