‘Politics’ Articles
Entertainment Tonight Whacks Pope Benedict and His ‘Stained’ Legacy
Tuesday's Entertainment Tonight ran quite the hit piece on Pope Benedict, promoting the distorted anti-Catholic documentary on the clerical abuse scandals and revisiting ABC reporter Brian Ross's 2002 confrontation with then-Cardinal Ratzinger. "Then he slapped me like this on the... -
NYT: Stevenson Bizarrely Hits U.S. ‘Spending Cut’ Obsession, Defends Moderate Obama from ‘Extreme’ Conservatives
Welcome to Times-land, where a nation $16.5 trillion in debt is practicing "austerity" in an "age of spending cuts." That's according to Richard Stevenson's "news analysis" of Obama's State of the Union address, "In an Age of Spending Cuts, Making the... -
WashPost Hires Democratic Flack Who Trashed Ann Romney As Having ‘Never Worked a Day in Her Life’
Imagine the firestorm of outrage that would be ignited in the liberal media were a conservative paper like the Wall Street Journal to hire a Republican pundit who insulted First Lady Michelle Obama during last year's campaign, even if said pundit subsequently apologized. Now compare that to the... -
CNN Tries to Paint Marco Rubio as Vehemently Anti-Government
Now that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has stepped onto the national stage by delivering the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, the media’s effort to undermine him is underway. On CNN’s Tuesday night post-address coverage, senior political analyst... -
Obama takes manufacturing message on the road, to truck plant
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama visited a truck parts plant on Wednesday to highlight the role of U.S. manufacturing in reviving the economy, and follow up on his State of the Union message of strengthening the middle class.
Senate Republicans cast doubt on broad immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Barack Obama intensifies pressure for wide-ranging immigration reforms, some Republicans in the Congress on Wednesday made clear that a less ambitious, piecemeal approach might be more realistic for 2013.
White House wants $2 billion to give cleaner transport a boost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants Congress to create a $2 billion clean-energy transportation fund using fees paid by oil and gas producers on federal lands, the White House said Wednesday, expanding a plan announced in Obama's State of the Union address.
CBS Pummels Rubio on Gun Control, ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
On Wednesday's CBS This Morning, Norah O'Donnell and Charlie Rose lived up to their reputation for hammering Republican/conservative guests, as they interviewed Republican Senator Marco Rubio. Rose mouthed a line from President Obama's Tuesday State of the Union address, where the chief... -
