Commentary By Jamison Foser There may be no better example of the absurdity of the "liberal media" myth than the widespread notion that the Washington Post‘s opinion pages — and Fred Hiatt, the man who runs them — lean to the left. The Daily Beast and Forbes magazine have both[Read More…]

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Commentary by Eric Boehlert Last September, when the ACORN scandal that his website helped launch was breaking in the press, Andrew Breitbart wrote a column for The Washington Times detailing the rollout of the undercover, right-wing gotcha. He recalled a 2009 meeting with "filmmaker and provocateur James O’Keefe" that took[Read More…]

Channels disguise corporate propaganda as ‘analysis’ NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)– Scores of pundits appearing on cable news networks are paid corporate lobbyists and PR flaks–and the networks aren’t disclosing their corporate ties. In a new report in the Nation (3/1/10), reporter Sebastian Jones writes: Since 2007 at least 75 registered lobbyists, public[Read More…]

Commentary Chris Bartkowicz was conducting a medical marijuana growing operation in his suburban Denver basement and was so confident that he was complying with state law that he decided to talk to the media, boasting to Denver’s NBC affiliate about the size and success of his operation, saying that he’s[Read More…]

Commentary Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– I posted the story a couple weeks ago about a medical marijuana lab in Denver being raided by the DEA, but it turns out the lab inadvertently led agents to their doors. According to Betty Aldworth, the lab’s director of outreach, employees were caught off guard by[Read More…]

New York, New York–(ENEWSPF)– From TheSpec.com: A 74-year-old Hamilton grandmother and health-care support worker had spoken openly with her family about a drug charge she received in New York City nearly 30 years ago — a charge she believed was settled and in her past, said the woman’s daughter. But[Read More…]

Lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground. Just enjoy. There is no point.

Commentary By Terry Krepel Dana Perino cashed in on her stint as White House press secretary in the Bush administration in the usual way: by signing on with a Washington PR firm (resulting in the occasional disclosure problem). She also got a common perk for ex-employees of Republican administrations —[Read More…]

Commentary By Jamison Foser The Washington Post picked the wrong week to run a lengthy op-ed excoriating liberals for being condescending to conservatives. Not that there would have been a good week to run University of Virginia professor Gerard Alexander’s screed, which was filled with more holes than a donut[Read More…]