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Jeff Poor | August 22, 2009

You probably already knew Jeanane Garofalo was no fan of conservatives, Republicans or just about anything that could be described as right of center. But the former Air America host and MSNBC regular really has a low regard for conservative…

Julia A. Seymour | August 21, 2009

Since when can something work and not work at the same time?

According to “American Morning” co-host John Roberts, that’s what has happened with the government auto rebate program Cash for Clunkers that ends Aug. 24.

Since when can…

Jeff Poor | August 20, 2009

Here’s a lesson in international affairs – the president’s handling of foreign policy can have a profound impact on American business.

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of murdering 270 people when…

Julia A. Seymour | August 19, 2009

Plenty of people are worried about what a government health care plan may look like. Some of that fear is based on the possibility of rationed care.

President Obama has responded to so-called “scare” tactics by claiming that “insurance…

Jeff Poor | August 19, 2009

If you can’t beat them, ban them. That’s the new model for CNN, “the most trusted name in news.”

 

As Democrats in Washington, D.C. struggle to impose their idea of an ideal health care system on the United States, opposition to…

BMI Staff | August 19, 2009

Looking for a Health Care Scapegoat: Networks Try to Marginalize Talk Radio Media blame ObamaCare struggles on conservative stations, reminiscent of 2007 immigration reform failure…

Dan Kennedy | August 19, 2009

It’s rare to find reason to praise Newsweek Magazine. But in the July 20 issue, they revealed a little something about the high cost of taking too much from the rich.

Quote: “Trickle-down economics is a despised phrase and…

Dan Gainor | August 19, 2009

Count de Monet: “It is said that the people are revolting.”

King Louis XVI: “You said it. They stink on ice.”

– “History of the World: Part I”

Out of the mouths of babes … and B-movie comedies come our words of wisdom.…

Julia A. Seymour | August 19, 2009

While the uproar over a government-run public option continues in Washington, D.C. and around the country, one Democratic congressman is pushing for an even more drastic “takeover” of health care.

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., told MSNBC’s “…

Julia A. Seymour | August 18, 2009

NBC announced the “surprising” findings of a binge drinking study on Aug. 17, but NBC’s chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman used the opportunity to nanny anyone drinking two or more drinks at a time.

Snyderman mentioned the definition…

Julia A. Seymour | August 18, 2009

After reports suggested that the Obama administration would relent and give up on a public option provision in a health care reform bill, NBC medical editor Nancy Snyderman sided with Democrat Howard Dean on behalf of public option.

Dan Gainor | August 17, 2009

Listen to President Barack Obama and there are “nearly 46 million” reasons for health care reform. That, according to the president as recently as August 11, is the number of uninsured Americans.

 

He’s wrong, according to a…

Julia A. Seymour | August 17, 2009

President Obama has argued that the health care system needs reform in order to lower costs, but Fox Business Network found one doctor who has already cut costs by more than half without government intervention.

Dr. Kent Holtorf of the…

Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D. | August 14, 2009

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Paul Krugman believes that only irrational right-wing ideologues - along with paid agents of a mysterious cabal of sinister billionaires…

Jeff Poor | August 14, 2009

It’s not enough that much of the mainstream media cheered on Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008 or browbeat former President George W. Bush on Iraq and Afghanistan to force Republicans from control of Congress. No, it’s time for a “…

Julia A. Seymour | August 13, 2009

On MSNBC’s August 13 “Morning Joe,” Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown tried to shift focus away from the many Americans showing up at health care town halls across the country by highlighting a free clinic in California that drew thousands…

Jeff Poor | August 13, 2009

If you want to understand how the left-wing views opposition to ObamaCare, look no further than MSNBC’s Aug. 12 “Countdown with Keith Olbermann.”

According to Huffington Post editor and co-founder Arianna Huffington and MSNBC host…

Jeff Poor | August 12, 2009

Have a handful of left-wing advocacy groups been able to hurt Fox News’ “Glenn Beck” program by pressuring their advertisers to drop their ads?

 

Online left-wing news sources are claiming victory after several advertisers –…

Julia A. Seymour | August 12, 2009

Town halls across the country are heating up due to concerns and confusion about health care reform. Meanwhile, the liberal media are doing their best to discredit the anger and paint conservatives as an “unruly mob” as the left did during the…

BMI Staff | August 12, 2009

Media Cover Town Hall Outrage from  Left, Calling it 'Orchestrated' and 'Not about Policy' The outrage at health care town halls across the country have garnered plenty of media…