Let me preface is this by saying I’m a big fan of Mythbusters, but like many of you I’ve been expecting something like this would happen for quite some time… Accidents happen, but what happened Tuesday, while Mythbusters co-hosts Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara were working on either proving or debunking myths related to [...]
Rick Perry’s First Campaign Ad: “Time to Get America Working Again”
I like it. H/T: Weasel Zippers.
Video: Newt Gingrich BLASTS Chris Wallace for his “Gotcha” Questions at Iowa Debate
This is just pure golden goodness: Ouch, I love it! It’s about time Republican candidates started calling the sound bite media on the carpet for wasting everyone’s with time trivial, tabloid gotcha questions instead of asking substantial policy questions. Newt was absolutely right to go after Chris Wallace the way he did tonight… and judging by [...]
NBC Apologizes for Omitting ‘a Portion’ of the Pledge of Allegiance
NBC Sports began their coverage of the final round of the U. S. Open Championship with a video feature that was supposed to “captured the patriotism of our national championship”. What they did was stir up a controversy by omitting a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance. Which portion? The words specifically omitted were ‘under [...]
New NPR Sting Video Shows Execs Willing to Accept Donation From Alleged Muslim Brotherhood Front Group
A newly released video from James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas indicates National Public Radio executives intended to accept a $5 million donation from a fictitious Muslim Brotherhood front group, the Muslim Education Action Center (MEAC) Trust. NPR maintains they “refused” the check multiple times, but the video released today clearly shows NPR’s Senior Director of Institutional [...]
Senior Exec: NPR Would Be “Far Better Off” Without Federal Funds
I can’t say I’m shocked or even surprised by the latest uncover video from James O’Keefe… There’s really nothing surprising or shocking about a senior NPR executive being caught on tape bashing conservatives as “white, gun-toting … xenophobic … seriously racist people.” It’s what they believe, they’ve made it clear they think we’re a bunch [...]
Keith Olbermann Suspended… Indefinitely… Without Pay
MSNBC has indefinitely suspended host Keith Olbermann for making political contributions to three Democratic candidates this fall, including one on the same day he appeared on Mr. Olbermann’s Countdown program. Mr. Olberman reportedly donated $2,400 apiece to the campaigns of Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway and Arizona Reps. Raul Grivalva and Gabrielle Giffords in violation [...]
NPR Fires Juan Williams; Shoots Self in Foot
NPR’s decision to fire Juan Williams for remarks he made during an appearance on “The O’Reilly Factor” Monday night has generated a considerable amount of media attention over the last of couple days. Mr. Williams’s crime was apparently speaking honestly about a visceral reaction many Americans have in our post 911 world: The move came [...]
Holy Meteorological Meltdowns Batman
Every now and then in this job you come across something that just has to be shared far and wide… In this case it’s AccuWeather.com meteorologist Jim Kosek’s rather, umm, impassioned “Snowpocalypse” forecast: Oh boy… (H/T: LauraW @ AoSHQ)
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