American Glob

FOX News continues its total domination of the cable news race as of 08/30/10 via Drudge Report.

No surprises here…

CABLE NEWS RACE MON. AUG 30, 2010
VIEWERS

FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,977,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,645,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,600,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,097,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,858,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,856,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,078,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,027,000
MSNBC SHULTZ 699,000
CNN SANCHEZ 676,000
CNN KING 620,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 620,000
CNNHN GRACE 586,000
CNN COOPER 581,000

I wonder why other cable news networks are having such a problem connecting with viewers?

It’s a mystery.

The Democratic Governors Association has its panties in a bunch because Rupert Murdoch’s company News Corp. gave one million dollars to the Republican Governors Association. CNN reports…

With the knowledge that Fox News’ parent company recently cut a $1 million check to the Republican Governors Association, the leader of the Democratic Governors Association is calling on the cable news network to run a “formal disclaimer” when it covers gubernatorial races. “I request that you add a formal disclaimer to your news coverage any time any of your programs cover governors or gubernatorial races between now and Election Day,” DGA executive director Nathan Daschle wrote in the letter to Roger Ailes.

My reaction in two words: SO WHAT?

As I’m sure the Democratic Governors Association is aware, so called “objective journalists” donated more money to Barack Obama than John McCain in the 2008 presidential election by a ratio greater than 10 to 1…

An analysis of federal election records shows that the amount of money journalists contributed so far this election cycle favors Democrats by a 15:1 margin over Republicans, with $225,563 going to Democrats, only $16,298 to Republicans .

235 journalists donated to Democrats, just 20 gave to Republicans — a margin greater than 10:1. An even greater disparity, 20:1, exists between the number of journalists who donated to Barack Obama and John McCain.

Searches for other newsroom categories (reporters, correspondents, news editors, anchors, newspaper editors and publishers) produces 311 donors to Democrats to 30 donors to Republicans, a ratio of just over 10:1. In terms of money, $279,266 went to Dems, $20,709 to Republicans, a 14:1 ratio.

By those standards, maybe the news network truly in need of a disclaimer is every single one except FOX News.

Talk about an inconvenient truth.

Read more at Memeorandum.

Barry Goldwater, the conservative libertarian politician who died in 1998, apparently reassumed life shortly thereafter as a boy from southern California.

He is currently 11 years old, attending a public school and has wasted no time in documenting the liberal agenda of his teachers.

Allahpundit of Hot Air isn’t sure if this is real…

Three possibilities. One: This is all deadly serious and on the level, notwithstanding that rather significant final line. Two: This is a grand goof conceived by a budding comic genius, notwithstanding his subdued appearance on Fox this morning. Three: This is a grand goof conceived by his parents or some other adult, which would explain why his essay is so cheeky but his TV performance is so straightforward.

Mr. Goldwater’s current incarnation, 11 year old Sam Besserman, recently wrote an op-ed for American Thinker which can be seen HERE.

Hang onto your hats, Sarah Palin fans. People Magazine is reporting that Governor Palin is “FINALLY” sitting down with Oprah Winfrey after “turning down” an opportunity to be on Oprah last fall. Why? Because she just wants to sell her book…

Their headline?

Sarah Palin “FINALLY” to Appear on Oprah

“Oh, what a difference a multimillion-dollar book deal makes.”

“About a year after Sarah Palin famously turned down a campaign season appearance with talk show host – and major Barack Obama supporter – Oprah Winfrey, the former GOP vice presidential candidate has agreed to take her turn on the couch.”

That’s funny.

The way I remember it,  Oprah REFUSED to have Sarah Palin on her show…

“Are you kidding me? The strongest and most popular voice for women in this country is refusing to interview the first woman nominated to be vice president in 24 years?”

Here’s a screen capture you can click to open, just in case the editors of People Magazine decide to scrub their site when they suddenly get over their collective amnesia…

Dear Editors of People Magazine: We’ll be watching closely for your reaction when President Obama “FINALLY” has the stones to sit down with Chris Wallace of FOX News.

Until then, you might want to start reading Drudge.

I’m just sayin’…

Gee, I wonder if the media distrust comes from the thorough non-vetting/cheerleading of candidate Obama coupled with the media driven Inquisition of Sarah Palin?

Or could it be tied to the non-coverage of a radical 9/11 truther in the White House?

Or could it be the non-coverage of a triple pronged underage prostitution scandal at ACORN?

Maybe it’s the media driven demonizing of Tea Parties or the ongoing accusations of racism for ANYONE who disagrees with Obama?

Or is it that the media is deliberately downplaying the size of the 9/12 march in Washington, DC?

Whatever the reason, PEW has revealed something many Americans already knew. We no longer trust the media:

“The public’s assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades of Pew Research surveys, and Americans’ views of media bias and independence now match previous lows.”

“Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate. In the initial survey in this series about the news media’s performance in 1985, 55% said news stories were accurate while 34% said they were inaccurate. That percentage had fallen sharply by the late 1990s and has remained low over the last decade.”

Read the whole thing here.

More at Memeorandum.

People are starting to notice the venom regularly spewed forth by America’s radical left Obama supporters.

You know… Like when a Democrat describes Juan Williams using words like “Yousa Massa.”

Or when a Democrat suggests that Juan Williams is performing fellatio on Reagan’s corpse.

Or when a Democrat calls Juan Williams a whore.

Real classy Democrats.

Real classy.

The editors of Wikipedia are carefully protecting President Obama’s entry on the site and actively deleting any information they deem negative. Writers from the conservative publication World Net Daily added information about William Ayers and Reverend Wright to the official Obama article on Wikipedia this weekend, fully supported by legitimate news sources only to find their additions deleted minutes later and their user accounts suspended for three days. WND reported yesterday:

“The entire Wikipedia entry on Obama seems to be heavily promotional toward the U.S. president. It contains nearly no criticism or controversy, including appropriate mention of important issues where relevant.

For example, the current paragraph on Obama’s religion contains no mention of Wright, even though Obama’s association with the controversial pastor was one of the most talked about issues during the presidential campaign.

That paragraph states: “Obama explained how, through working with black churches as a community organizer while in his twenties, he came to understand ‘the power of the African-American religious tradition to spur social change.’ He was baptized at the Trinity United Church of Christ in 1988 and was an active member there for two decades.”

Ayers is also not mentioned, even where relevant.

WND monitored as a Wikipedia user attempted to add Ayers’ name to an appropriate paragraph. One of those additions, backed up with news articles, read as follows:

“He served alongside former Weathermen leader William Ayers from 1994 to 2002 on the board of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, which in 1985 had been the first foundation to fund the Developing Communities Project, and also from 1994 to 2002 on the board of directors of the Joyce Foundation. Obama served on the board of directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge from 1995 to 2002, as founding president and chairman of the board of directors from 1995 to 1991. Ayers was the founder and director of the Challenge.”

Within two minutes that Wikipedia entry was deleted and the user banned from posting on the website for three days, purportedly for adding “Point of View junk edits,” even though the addition was well-established fact.”

The article goes on to mention that as you may suspect, the Wikipedia entry for George W. Bush is highly critical and chock full of negative information.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, as long as they’re a liberal.

More on the story at NewsBusters.

First the President personally attacked the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. Shortly after taking office, Obama launched an unprovoked offensive against Limbaugh, telling Republican officials on Capitol Hill:

“You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.”

Then the White House press secretary Robert Gibbs personally attacked CNBC reporter Rick Santelli for calling out the shameful spending of the so-called Stimulus Bill. An act that has inspired a new Tea Party movement of dissent.

Gibbs went after Santelli on an eerily personal level saying:

“I’ve watched Mr. Santelli on cable the past 24 hours or so. I’m not entirely sure where Mr. Santelli lives or in what house he lives…”

Now White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is personally attacking Jim Cramer of the Mad Money TV show for speaking out about the Obama administration’s destruction of American wealth. Cramer accurately pointed out that the Obama administration is acting like amateur hour. How does the Obama White House react? By attacking Jim Cramer of course! Robert Gibbs went after Cramer saying:

“I’m not entirely sure what he’s pointing to to make some of the statements,” said Gibbs. “And you can go back and look at any number of statements he’s made in the past about the economy and wonder where some of the back-up for those are too.”

So is this how it’s going to be for the next four years? Speak out against the Obama administration and the president releases the hounds?

Is this what Obama was talking about when he spoke of “change?”

Attack anyone who dissents on a personal level?

No wonder the media is in the tank for Obama. They must be scared shitless.

Last month, FOX News contributor and National Public Radio correspondent Juan Williams (an Obama supporter) was urged to stop using his NPR moniker when making appearances on the FOX Network’s program The O”Reilly Factor.

Apparently, the open minded folks who like NPR couldn’t handle Juan Williams making a minor criticism of Michelle Obama.

The management at NPR, an organization funded by taxpayers who are liberal and conservative, told Juan Williams to stop using his NPR credentials when making appearances on FOX News.

Tonight on The O’Reilly Factor, Juan spoke about his trip through liberal land and said that America’s left is vicious and more judgmental than the right. One has to wonder what kind of hate mail he received to make this statement:

More poisonous bile from Janeane Garofolo, the gift that keeps on giving. In the video below, she matches wits with Keith Olbermann who is all too gleeful to listen as she dishes opinions from her liberal, tolerant open mind. At 4:34 she actually refers to RNC Chairman Michael Steele as “that black guy in the Republican Party.” I wonder what the National Black Republican Association would say about that.

Highlights:

2:05 “Most (other) Republicans and Conservatives don’t have self awareness.”

2:19 “He (Limbaugh) really dislikes himself and the type of people that respond to his message have a whole bunch of other problems too.”

3:42 “The type of female that does like Rush is the same type of woman that falls in love with prisoners….. Like Eva Braun. Hitler’s girlfriend. That is exactly the type of woman who responds to Rush.”

4:34 “Michael Steele suffers from Stockholm Syndrome. That black guy in the Republican party. Which means you try to curry favor from the oppressor.”

4:48 “Any female or person of color in the Republican party suffers from Stockholm Syndrome.”

5:45 “He’s (Rush) a hater of humanity and a hater of himself.”

6:17 “Rush Limbaugh will go to his grave unfixed.”

6:32 ” People that cleave onto the conservative message or to the modern day Republican Party, there is something wrong with them.”

7:25 “I’m a far better person than he (Rush) is.”

More coverage at Hot Air.