Category: Media
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Obama Disappoints NBC By 'Falling Short' on 'Climate Change,' Fret Expectations 'Dashed'
A lover's quarrel emerged Tuesday night in the media's love affair with President Barack Obama. He disappointed NBC by failing, at the UN's “Summit on Climate Change,” to go far enough on global warming. “President Obama's being accused of falling short on the environment today with the whole world watching,” Brian Williams teased NBC Nightly News.
Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090923023128.aspx
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Perez Hilton: Coarsening the Culture One Blog Post at a Time
The media embrace him and Hollywood appeases him. But Hilton is nothing more than a vulgar cyber-bully.
Source: http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/articles/2009/200909...
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Letterman Glows to Obama: 'I Can't Tell You How Satisfying It Is to Watch You Work'
David Letterman, who still regularly ridicules former President George W. Bush – and has even accused him of committing “war crimes” and lacking “humanity” – didn't hide his affinity for Barack Obama during his Monday night Late Show interview of the President, while remaining unable to contain his disgust for Bush. “I can't tell you how satisfying it is to watch you work,” a beaming Letterman gushed to Obama at the conclusion of the program.
Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090922093227.aspx
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Artists as the "Nation's Headlights"?
There has been collusion between the White House Office of Public Engagement and the National Endowment for the Arts (the other NEA) to produce works that supported the Obama administration’s agenda. The 44-page transcript is posted on Andrew Breitbart’s Big Hollywood and newly launched Big Government site. "We’re going to need your help, and we’re going to come at you with some specific 'asks' here," said Buffy Wicks, deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
Source: http://www.americanvision.org/worldviewforum/viewtopic.php?f...
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ACORN Chief Dodges Congressman's Call to Come Before Congress
ACORN's top officer on Sunday dodged repeated calls to come before Congress and testify about the embattled group's finances and ties to other organizations. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, had pressed chief organizer Bertha Lewis to prove her commitment to reforming the community activist group by showing more transparency.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/21/acorn-chief-dodge...
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MSNBC's Matthews Whines: 'Right-Wing Crap' On Best Seller List
While concluding a segment on racism involved in anti-Obama protests, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews promoted the book of one of his guests, liberal historian Douglas Brinkley, and proceeded to rant: "There’s so much right-wing crap on the best seller list these days. It’s great to see a book that you might want to put on your shelf and let your respected friends see you actually reading."
Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090918061012.aspx
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Obama Blitz Roundup: 'Meanness' on Right, Pelosi's Warning, Only ABC Raises ACORN
In the series of network interviews recorded Friday at the White House for airing on the ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC Sunday morning interview shows, all highlighted Jimmy Carter's charge that racism is fueling the anti-Obamacare protests – with CNN's John King and NBC's David Gregory following up with Nancy Pelosi's claim the heated rhetoric may incite violence
Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090921093930.aspx
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Fox News Ad Draws Protests
A provocative full-page newspaper ad from Fox News drew heated reactions from its rivals today and one demand that The Washington Post apologize for running it.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09...
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AUDIO: Rush On Pelosi Getting Emotional: "Tears Of A Clown"
Rush Limbaugh on Pelosi crying: "you know that's fake because you can't cry when you have botox all over your face, Nancy Pelosi, tears of a clown."
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/09/17/rush_on_pe...
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Patriots' newest target: Obama 'Minion Media'
Limbaugh: 'Dare them to cover what is right under their noses!'
Source: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=110020