Stewart to Cooper: Where Is CNN’s ‘Sense of Mission’?

Jon Stewart takes Anderson Cooper to task for being part of the CNN-MSNBC junta that seems to want nothing more than to ape Fox News’ graphics and “swoosh” sounds. (h/t: Huff Po)

Posted on Jun 22, 2006 READ MORE  | 64 READS

Fox News Debunks Santorum’s WMD Claim

Mere hours after Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) announced breathlessly at a press conference that ?we have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,? a Fox news reporter found out that Santorum was hyping a document that describes degraded, pre-1991 munitions already acknowledged and dismissed by the White House?s Iraq Survey Group.
Watch Santorum dissemble when confronted with these truths on air. (h/t: Think Progress)

Posted on Jun 22, 2006 READ MORE  | 435 READS

Stephen Colbert on Bush’s ‘Words’

Stephen Colbert satirically lauds Bush’s attempts to make his words speak louder than his actions (i.e. nonexistent WMDs become, in Bush’s mouth, “weapons of mass destruction related program activities”).

Posted on Jun 21, 2006 READ MORE  | 51 READS

A WSJ Editor Compares Gay Marriage to Animal Marriage

Stephen Colbert highlights a clip of an editor from the Wall Street Journal saying that in the wake of a woman in India supposedly marrying a snake, gay-marriage supporters in America should now be required to guarantee that animal marriage is not around the corner.

Posted on Jun 21, 2006 READ MORE  | 223 READS

Ron Suskind: U.S. Deliberately Bombed Al Jazeera

The author of the controversial new book “The One Percent Solution” charges in a TV interview that American forces purposely bombed the Arabic-language TV station in Kabul, Afghanistan, to “send a message.”

Posted on Jun 20, 2006 READ MORE  | 32 READS

Gore Talks Solutions With Charlie Rose

The former vice president gives perhaps his most thoughtful, thorough TV interview to date on the global warming crisis. Watch the entire show for free here.

Posted on Jun 20, 2006 READ MORE  | 22 READS

Cheney Tries to Whitewash Warnings About Iraqi Insurgency

Speaking at a press conference today about the Iraqi uprising, the vice president said, “I don’t think anybody anticipated the level of violence that we’ve encountered….”

Problem is, Cheney’s statement seems patently false…

Posted on Jun 19, 2006 READ MORE  | 47 READS

Murtha Attacks Rove on ‘Cut and Run’ Comments

Antiwar Democratic Rep. John Murtha on Karl Rove’s assertion that Democrats are, essentially, cowards on Iraq: “He?s sitting in his air-conditioned office on his big, fat backside—saying stay the course. That?s not a plan!”

Posted on Jun 19, 2006 READ MORE  | 32 READS

Bin Laden Tapes Spoofed in ‘Family Guy’ Episode

Just as the U.S. government released outtakes of Zarqawi terrorist propaganda videos, “The Family Guy” TV show similarly lampooned Osama Bin Laden’s “death to the infidels” videos.

Posted on Jun 19, 2006 READ MORE  | 1650 READS

Colbert Show: 10 Commandments Bill Sponsor Knows Only Three

This is just insanely troubling: Getting beyond the fact that the GOP congressman interviewed by Stephen Colbert could name only three of the 10 commandments he wants to see enshrined in public schools and courtrooms…the guy, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, is a completely empty suit. He didn’t utter an intelligent syllable the entire interview. And he’s in Congress.

Posted on Jun 16, 2006 READ MORE  | 150 READS

Bush Apologizes to L.A. Times Reporter

The president had lightly mocked a reporter for wearing sunglasses at a press conference—apparently unaware that the reporter has impaired vision. Bush later called to apologize. The reporter said he took no offense.

Posted on Jun 16, 2006 READ MORE  | 33 READS

CBS: Teen Sex Orgy Complaints Invalid

Virtually none of the people who complained about a racy sex scene in the CBS drama ?Without a Trace? actually saw the show in question, according to the network, which is fighting a record $3.3-million indecency fine. CBS said that all of the 4,211 e-mailed complaints came from conservative websites that urged members to send complaints about the segment—sight unseen.

Posted on Jun 14, 2006 READ MORE  | 5384 READS

Ken Mehlman Holds His Own Against Jon Stewart

The chairman of the Republican National Committee did a surprisingly good job ducking and parrying the jabs that the “Daily Show” host launched at him over the Bush administration’s record of lies and deceit. (Stewart got in a few zingers, but Mehlman is as good as they come.)

Posted on Jun 14, 2006 READ MORE  | 27 READS

Tom Friedman: What Does Being Right Have to Do With It?

N.Y. Times columnist Tom Friedman, speaking on CNN, doesn’t seem to see the problem in his having been spectacularly wrong on almost every major Iraq-related issue for the past four years.

Posted on Jun 13, 2006 READ MORE  | 81 READS

Mr. Fish: Democrats Craft a Winning Strategy

By Mr. Fish

Watch an original animated short by Mr. Fish on the Democratic Party’s new secret weapon for winning back the hearts and minds of the American public.

Posted on Jun 13, 2006 READ MORE  | 147 READS