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LA Times sells front page ad, disguises it as news story

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Readers of the L.A. Times know the paper sometimes slants the news and other times reports it very selectively, but now they’re guilty of completely fraudulent news.

The front page of today’s Los Angeles Times features what appears to be a major feature story on a rookie LAPD cop named Ben Sherman. The story breathlessly reports his first day on the job.

Only one problem. Sherman doesn’t exist. He’s the lead character in a new NBC-TV program called “Southland” that premieres tonight. And the article isn’t really an article – it’s a paid advertisement.

The ad isn’t in the Times normal typeface and it’s subtly labeled as an “Advertisement.” But how many readers of the Times will notice the difference?

The Times has come under heavy criticism in the past for blurring the line between editorial and advertising. The decision to adorn the front page with a faux news story that can easily be confused for actual reportage will undoubtedly elicit howls of protest once again.

The Los Angeles Times. All the fiction that’s fit to print.

Source: Variety.com

Ted Nugent to hunt human beings on new TV series

"Ted Nugent is looking for you." Words we hope we never hear.
"Ted Nugent is looking for you." Words we hope we never hear.

Yes, you read that headline correctly. The Motor City Madman is starring in a new TV series called “Runnin’ Wild…from Ted Nugent.”

It’s one of the oddest TV concepts ever, but would you expect anything less from Mr. Nugent? The “reality-competition” series will show the conservative rock star and hunting advocate teaching ordinary people how to survive in the wild.

Now at this point, you might be saying, “That doesn’t sound so odd.” Not so fast, bucko, because here’s where it starts to get weird.

After he teaches them to survive in the wild, Ted and his 18-year old son Rocco track the contestants down as if they’re wild game.

CMT has ordered eight episodes of “Runnin’ Wild …From Ted Nugent” and the show premieres in August.

If Ted wants to make this show even more fun, he should let viewers vote to determine who he’ll hunt down each week.

Our first nominee is Michael Moore. Who would you choose?

Source: Variety

Quickie of the Day
“Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Reportedly Faces Ethics Probe”

It’s not uncommon for a son to fail in his attempt to expand the business his father worked so hard to build. In this case, Jesse Jr learned the hard way that dad’s blackmail business is a lot easier than than the bribery business.

Source: CNSNews.com

Focus on the Family child molester busted for attempted rape

juan_ovalleA good Christian Colorado man who narrates the bible in Spanish and works in Focus on the Family’s Spanish broadcasting department has been busted. According to the Denver Post, the would-be child molester been charged with two felonies – attempted sexual assault on a child and “internet luring.”

Unfortunately, the 15-year old “girl” Juan Alberto Ovalle attempted to lure was really an undercover agent.

Ovalle was arrested when he attempted to meet the girl after graphically discussing the various sexual acts he wanted to perform with her. Here’s a link to the actual arrest warrant, but be warned that it contains graphic language.

How do you say, “Hi, Juan. I’m your cellmate Bubba and I’d like you to meet some of my friends” in Spanish.

Source: DenverPost.com

Arab women’s right activist tells exactly why women, girls, children should fear Sharia law.

Hey, you multiculturalists out there. You might want to reconsider the consequences of Sharia law after you watch this video.

Ghada Jamshir is a Bahraini women’s rights activist. She’s also a very brave woman. She was interviewed on al-Arabiya television.

She tells – in very graphic detail – what’s wrong with Sharia law and why every woman in the world should fear it. At one point she goes into such graphic detail about what types of sexual relationships are acceptable under Sharia that the host becomes visibly uncomfortable and says, “Let’s not go into detail.”

But he wasn’t man enough to stop Ghada Jamshir.

Source: CreepingSharia

Joe Biden hems and haws and answers everything but the question he was asked

A couple weeks ago Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Director of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano both announced that we weren’t going to call it the Global War On Terror anymore. (Apparently, such mean talk hurts the feelings of those sensitive lads in al-Qaeda and the Taliban and Hamas.)

Well, poor Joe Biden never got the memo.

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked him to explain it. In his best befuddled Joe Biden way, the veep hemmed and hawed and yammered and stammered and answered every question except the one Wolf asked him.

The clip gets cut off before the end of the interview, but we at some point Joe must have looked at his watch and said, “Oh, my, look how late it is. Love to stay. Gotta go. Say hi to the wife and kids.”

Wolf may still be sitting in the studio asking the same question to Biden’s empty chair.

Source: HotAir.com

Olbermann boycotts the truth, says UPS is boycotting O’Reilly

"Sssssh. Let's not have any more talk about retractions."
"Sssssh. Let's not have any more talk about retractions."

Keith Olbermann announced on March 31 that UPS had pulled its advertising from rival Bill O’Reilly’s Fox program.

Uh-oh. Talk about your inconvenient truths. UPS quickly issued a statement saying Olbermann doesn’t know his ascot from a hole in the ground.

“We are writing to clarify our statement of last Friday,” said Norman Black, the national spokesman for UPS, “because it appears to have been misinterpreted. UPS has not ‘pulled’ any advertising from Fox News nor has the company taken a position on the ‘ThinkProgress’ campaign. Our intent on Friday simply was to note that UPS does not have any pending advertising plans with the O’Reilly show.”

O’Reilly is still waiting for Olbermann to retract both his statement and his claws.

Source: NewsMax

Latest phony CBS/New York Times poll surveys 69% more Democrats than Republicans

Typical American participating in the latest CBS/New York Times phone poll.
Typical American participating in the latest CBS/New York Times phone poll.

There’s nothing funnier than actually looking at the “internals” of liberal polls. Because they often reveal truths the summaries gloss over.

For example, here’s what the summary of the latest CBS/New York Times says:

Americans have grown more optimistic about the economy and the direction of the country in the 11 weeks since President Obama was inaugurated, suggesting that he is enjoying some success in his critical task of rebuilding the nation’s confidence, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. 

It continued:

(J)ust 31 percent of respondents said they had a favorable view of the Republican Party, the lowest in the 25 years the question has been asked in New York Times/CBS News polls.

Now here’s what the summary didn’t tell you. Look deeper into the poll at the demographic breakdown of who was actually questioned and you quickly see how skewed the results are. Who participated in the poll?

39% Democrats
23% Republicans
30% Independents

Say what? 69.6% more Democrats than Republicans? President Obama only got 53% of the vote. In the recent House election in upstate New York a Democrat only got 50% of the vote in a Democrat district.

So how about if you make this closing paragraph the new opening paragraph of the New York Times/CBS poll summary:

“The latest fraudulent CBS/New York Times poll kept questioning Democrats until we got the answers to line up with the story we had already written. Here are the results of that bogus poll.”

Source: TimesWatch.org

“54% Count On U.S. Business Leaders More Than World Leaders To Help U.S. Economy”

Mmmmm, the tasty paste of the liver of a specially force-fed goose. Americans are finding the results of the G20 meeting equally hard to swallow.
Mmmmm, the tasty paste of the liver of a specially force-fed goose. Americans are finding the results of the G20 meeting equally hard to swallow.
Well, they ate a lot of truffles and pâté de Foie Gras and other fancy crap over at the G20 economic summit in London. But most Americans don’t think it amounted to a hill of beans.

According to Rasmussen Reports:

Fifty-four percent (54%) of Americans say the U.S. economy will be helped more by the decisions of U.S. business leaders to grow their own businesses than by the actions of world leaders on behalf of the global economy.

Thirty percent (30%) say decisions made by world leaders to help the global economy will benefit the U.S. economy more. Fifteen percent (15%) aren’t sure in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

In an IHateTheMedia.com survey, 100% of tinhorn dictators said they believe capitalism is overrated.

Source: Rasmussen Reports

Bob Dylan’s tepid Obama endorsement could be a hot song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9-FbvTJJLM Bob Dylan says he supports President Obama.

He read the book “Dreams from My Father” and liked it. But he told the Times of London that his support comes with some reservations and doesn’t know if Obama will make a good president.

Oddly enough, Dylan’s conversation sounds just like Dylan lyrics. Yes, the man speaks in lyrics. So that’s how we’ll present his answer to the question, “Do you think Barack Obama will make a good president.” Read it with Dylan’s nasally twang and see if you don’t agree.

“I Support Obama Sorta” by Bob Dylan
Will he be a good president
I have no idea.
He’ll be the best president he can be.
Most of those guys come into office with the best of intentions
And leave as beaten men.
Johnson would be a good example of that
Nixon, Clinton in a way, Truman,
All the rest of them going back.
You know, it’s like they all fly too close to the sun and get burned.

Reserve some studio time, Bob. We think you have another hit on your hands.

While we wait, let’s watch Dylan doing his classic “Like A Rolling Stone.”

Source: WilshireAndWashington.com

Media rushes to condemn gun ownership, ignores more interesting fact about Binghamton gunman

The left wants to know why it was so easy for Jiverly Wong to get guns. We want to know why it was so easy for him to get in the country.
The left wants to know why it was so easy for Jiverly Wong to get guns. We want to know why it was so easy for him to get in the country.

In the media’s rush to condemn gun ownership, they have conveniently overlooked something very interesting about the shooter.

You can find it in this story from Fox News:

(Jiverly) Wong first came to the northwestern New York town some time in the late 1980s or early 1990s, before moving to California, (Police Chief Joseph) Zikuski said. In 1992, Wong was arrested and convicted of fraud.

Police said Wong became an American citizen in November of 1995 and sometime after that left the country. He returned to Los Angeles Dec. 25, 1999, arriving from Tokyo, police said passport records showed.

What the hell is wrong with our immigration policy when a guy who was arrested and convicted of fraud in 1992 can become a citizen in 1995?

Source: FoxNews.com

Your tax dollars at work
Federally-funded group teaches teens how to tell if they’re gay

 Sigh. Sometimes we just don’t know what to say. This is one of those times.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given a non-profit group called “Advocates For Youth” more than $16,000,000 over the last 15 years. They run websites that help teens figure out if they are gay. They teach them how to come out of the closet. And they teach them how to get active in causes like abortion and sex education.

Does this really need to be done and does it really take $16 million dollars to do it?

How tough can this be? If you a guy and you like the pictures of naked guys, you’re gay. If you’re a woman and you like the pictures of women, you’re gay. If you see a picture of President Obama and you get a thrill up your leg, you’re Chris Matthews.

Case closed. Did we earn our $16,000,000?

Source: CNSNews.com

Our condolences to that smarmy, lying a-hole Keith Olbermann

Keith Olbermann’s mother died on Saturday. As much as we dislike everything about Keith Olbermann (and have ever since he was a young sportscaster in Los Angeles), losing a parent is always a sad event. It’s something you never really get over.

This video is Olbermann’s tribute to his mom. You’ll love her, even if you hate him. You’ll quickly see where he gets his caustic outlook on life and his love of baseball.

Sincerely, our best wishes go out to Keith Olbermann.

Source: MofoPolitics.com

“PROMISES, PROMISES:
Obama tax pledge up in smoke”

A salute to the new cigarette tax.
A salute to the new cigarette tax.
That’s the headline the normally-reliable Associated Press used in an article yesterday as it turned on President Obama and bared its yellowed smokers’ fangs.

One of President Barack Obama’s campaign pledges on taxes went up in puffs of smoke Wednesday.

The largest increase in tobacco taxes took effect despite Obama’s promise not to raise taxes of any kind on families earning under $250,000 or individuals under $200,000.

This is one tax that disproportionately affects the poor, who are more likely to smoke than the rich.

To be sure, Obama’s tax promises in last year’s campaign were most often made in the context of income taxes. Not always.

“I can make a firm pledge,” he said in Dover, N.H., on Sept. 12. “Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.”

He repeatedly vowed “You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime.”

Now in office, Obama, who stopped smoking but has admitted he slips now and then, signed a law raising the tobacco tax nearly 62 cents on a pack of cigarettes, to $1.01. Other tobacco products saw similarly steep increases.

The AP story continued:

“Listen now,” he said in his widely watched nomination acceptance speech, “I will cut taxes—cut taxes—for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class.”

An unequivocal “any tax” pledge also was heard in the vice presidential debate, another prominent forum.

“No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama’s plan will see one single penny of their tax raised,” Joe Biden said, “whether it’s their capital gains tax, their income tax, investment tax, any tax.”

An observation: A smokers tax could prove very costly to a party whose entire platform is nothing but smoke and mirrors.

Source: Associated Press via Breitbart

Congressman calls Pelosi “crazy,” “mean as a snake,” “Tom DeLay in a skirt.”

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Nancy Pelosi probably won’t be inviting Republican Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama over for afternoon tea anytime soon.

During a talk at Auburn University, the Alabama congressman said Speaker of House Nancy Pelosi is “crazy,” “mean as a snake” and “Tom DeLay in a skirt.”

Will his comments cause trouble when he gets back to Washington, DC? Probably not.

“They (Pelosi and Harry Reid) don’t talk to us,” he said. “They’ve got the vote, and they can do what they want.”

Although we admire Rogers’ candor, we do not understand why he would say such a terrible thing about Tom DeLay. We are confident that DeLay looks much better in a skirt than Pelosi.

Source: South Union Street

Why does the media hate and ignore Michael Savage?

michael savageThere’s an old saying that “Any ink is good ink.” But when it comes to radio talk show host Michael Savage, there’s almost no ink.

Savage is America’s third largest talker based on number of affiliates and listeners. Top dog Rush Limbaugh has “about 600 affiliates.” Sean Hannity has “over 500.” And Michael Savage reportedly has 400. Yet the difference in press coverage received by the three talk titans is startling.

We searched Google News for the year 2008. “Rush Limbaugh” and was mentioned 68,400 times. Sean Hannity was mentioned 18,600 times. But Michael Savage scored only 5,910 mentions. Obviously, Limbaugh is the king daddy and in another league compared to everyone else. But how do you explain the vast difference between the coverage of Hannity and Savage? Savage has 80% as many affiliates as Hannity, but received but gets only 31% of the press coverage. And, by the way, he is a man that has published over 20 books.

To double check our theory, we also searched Google News for the last month. The finally tally was Limbaugh 9,398 mentions, Hannity 621 mentions, and Savage a mere 137 mentions. That number puts him far closer to overwhelmingly unpopular and unsuccessful talk show hosts like Stephanie Miller (73 mentions) and Ed Schultz (44 mentions) than to peers Limbaugh and Hannity. Yet Savage has far more affiliates and a far larger audience than either of the liberal hosts.

Yes, Savage is combative. Abrasive. Harsh. Acerbic. Outspoken. But he has a large, loyal audience and there’s no logical reason for him to be ignored by the liberal and conservative press.

Here’s to you, Michael. For what it’s worth, you’re not being ignored by IHateTheMedia.com.

National Enquirer says grand jury investigating John Edwards’ misuse of campaign funds

A federal grand jury is looking into misuse of campaign funds by former presidential candidate John “Baby Daddy” Edwards. The North Carolina scam artist allegedly used the money to pay off the mother of his love child. Attorneys will neither confirm nor deny the grand jury investigation.

We know, we know. It’s the Enquirer and you don’t want to believe a word they say. But they were the people who broke this story and hung onto it like a bulldog to a bone.

To review:

Last summer, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER caught Edwards visiting his mistress Rielle Hunter in the Beverly Hills Hilton. After vigorously denying the affair for months, Edwards admitted the affair on national television in August after the ENQUIRER published spy photos of Edwards holding his love child earlier that week.

Edwards has also denied paying either campaign staffer Andrew Young, who claims to be the child’s father or Rielle Hunter, his admitted mistress, any funds from the campaign war chest. Fred Baron, a longtime Edwards supporter, claimed to have provided the hush money. Baron died last fall.

IHateTheMedia.com will neither confirm nor deny that we always thought Edwards was a pathetic poltroon, a bloodsucking parasite, a prating coxcomb, a puny whipster, a canker on society, a carnal cur, a cream-faced loon, a decayed dotant, a jackanapes with scarves.

Thanks to the William-Shakespeare.org “Shakespeare Insult Generator” for their assistance with this story.

UPDATE: Andres Young now says there is a John Edwards and Rielle Hunter sex tape

Source: National Enquirer

Alex Trebek says politicians are afraid to appear on Jeopardy!

They’re holding try-outs for Jeopardy! this weekend in Montgomery, Maryland, just down the road from Washington, DC. But host Alex Trebek doesn’t expect any politicians to show up.

“If we were to try to attract elected officials, say, as contestants on the program, we’d be hard-pressed to come up with more than three, because most of them realize the danger of appearing on camera and not being particularly bright with regards to what’s going on in our country,” Trebek said. “So they don’t want to take that chance. There have been very few elected political officials who have appeared on ‘Celebrity Jeopardy,’ and they have not done very well.” 



The attached video demonstrates the danger of appearing on Jeopardy! Oh, well, that’s what happens when you try to answer questions without a teleprompter.

Source: Politico.com

Headline of the Day II
US gives $50,000 for quake-hit Italy

$50,000 for Italian earthquake aid. It could also be the down payment on a Ferrari. But who would take our credit?
$50,000 for Italian earthquake aid. It could also be the down payment on a Ferrari. But who would take our credit?
$50,000 dollars? We’re ponying up $50,000 for our long-time allies? The munificence of it all just begs for comment:

1. That’s not even a down payment on a 2009 Ferrari 599 (manufacturer’s suggested retail price $320,580)

2. Maybe they could also toss in some DVDs and a couple iPods.

3. If Italy accepts their bailout money, will Obama have the power to remove Berlusconi? (thanks to Jonah Goldberg at National Review).

Source: Economic Times

And in Australia, they speak Australian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr7zhnctF4c Barack Obama did his best Dan Quayle impression on Sunday when he announced in a Strasbourg speech that Austrians speak a language known as Austrian.

“It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There’s a lot of — I don’t know what the term is in Austrian — wheeling and dealing — and, you know, people are pursuing their interests, and everybody has their own particular issues and their own particular politics.”

President Obama will announce later today that in Australia they speak Australian, in Brazil they speak Brazilian, and in Taiwan they speak Taiwanese.

Source: HotAir.com

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