Jake Tapper seems to have had enough with Jay Carney. Yesterday, the ABC News White House correspondent let the president’s spokesman know it during a discussion about the apparent double-standard that exists when it comes to the use of harsh language about political opponents. Mentioned during the Tapper-Carney “debate” above was a February 2008 campaign [...]
Tapper Challenges White House on Hoffa Remarks (Update)
September 7th, 2011 · No Comments
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Objectivity Distant Memory at ABC News
April 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
“Live from a remote cave in Afghanistan, this is Osama Bin Laden reporting.” Upon hearing an ABC News reporter using that name to sign off, the average American would probably receive anything the reporter said with a healthy dose of skepticism. Why? Because most Americans recognize the name of the Al-Qaeda leader and would not [...]
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Letter to Senator Jim Bunning Right on Target (Update)
March 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments
While watching Fox News Channel this morning, I saw live coverage of Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) on the floor of the U.S. Senate reading a powerful, on-target letter written to him by a constituent who lives in Louisville. The letter was so powerful that I decided to call Mike Reynard, Senator Bunning’s press secretary, and [...]
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Media Fail to Report Obama’s Need for Teleprompter
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments
One week ago today, as shown in the video above, President Barack Obama used teleprompters as he addressed sixth-grade students at Graham Road Elementary in Falls Church, Va. But who knew? A Google News search today showed the mainstream news media certainly didn’t mention it in any of their reports — unless, that is, you [...]
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ABC Refuses to Identify NWA Incident as Terrorism (Update)
December 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Two sentences contained in an ABC News article published today stand as proof that the network and its faux reporters are in denial when it comes to identifying terrorism and terrorists: It is unclear how powerful the explosive could have been and what the man’s intentions were. Initial reports were that fireworks or firecrackers had [...]
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‘The name says a lot, doesn’t it, senator?’ (Update)
November 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
What did Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith mean when, while speaking with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) this afternoon, he asked the senator the question, “The name says a lot, doesn’t it, Senator?” It turns out he was alluding to the Muslim name of the alleged main suspect in a shooting spree that has reportedly [...]
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White House Involved in ‘Smuggling Operation’
October 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
A spokesman for the National Right to Life Committee said that remarks by the White House press secretary on October 7, “once again demonstrated that the White House is a partner in an ongoing smuggling operation, which if successful will result in funding of abortion on demand by the federal government.” The following exchange (which [...]
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