Category: Television

Military commanders met with resistance when they tried to get the troops to meet with Obama

We all saw the photos. We all saw the new clips. President Obama went to Iraq and the troops greeted him warmly.

“Army officers had intended to have at least 1,500 troops from Camp Victory and nearby Camp Liberty,” The Wall Street Journal reported, “but the secret trip happened faster than expected, beating most of the troops by a couple of hours. Only 600 made it.”

Are the cameras all the same? We can't tell. But that what one report suggests.
Are the cameras all the same? We can't tell. But that what one report suggests.

But was the enthusiasm real or was it staged? Here’s how one sergeant who was on the ground in Iraq reports it.

“We were pre-screened, asked by officials “Who voted for Obama?” And then those who raised their hands were shuffled to the front of the receiving line. They even handed out digital cameras and asked them to hold them up.”

GatewayPundit notes that all the soldiers in the AP photo are using the same model camera, which seems to validate the sergeant’s claim.

C’mon, they were enhancing the moment, like when Hillary stuffs her face with Botox. And with the same result. A much better photo op.

Source: Chisum via GatewayPundit

Guilt by association by Associated Press

Tim Blair, Sydney Daily Herald, or a reasonable approximation thereof.
Tim Blair, Sydney Daily Herald, or a reasonable approximation thereof.

Tim Blair, the opinion editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, is a man who recognizes hypocrisy when he sees it.

In fact, he does a better job covering the hypocrisy of American journalism than most American journalists do. Blair’s blog featured this item recently:

In the tradition of the mother of the boyfriend of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s daughter:

A half sister of Gov. Sarah Palin’s husband is accused of breaking into the same home two times with the intention of stealing money.

Both pieces from Associated Press, specialists in association.

How many degrees of separation does it take before Associated Press thinks a story isn’t newsworthy? Could someone please look that up in the AP Style Guide.

Source: TimBlair

Dutch TV show finds Osama bin Laden “Not Guilty.” IHateTheMedia.com finds the Dutch “Not Rational.”

The Dutch should stick to what they know. Tulips. Windmills. Wooden shoes. Marijuana. Sex shops.
The Dutch should stick to what they know. Tulips. Windmills. Wooden shoes. Marijuana. Sex shops.
The Dutch are generally pretty rational. What the hell happened here?

The Netherlands public TV network runs a show called “Devil’s Advocate.” On its Wednesday night show, a five-member jury and the studio audience listened to all the evidence and concluded that there wasn’t enough proof to convict bin Laden of being the brains behind the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. This, of course, is despite the fact that bin Laden has repeatedly, proudly taken credit for the attacks.

The show features famed Dutch defense attorney Gerard Spong defending some of the world’s worst criminals. The silver-tongued Spong convinced the jury that bin Laden’s connection to Sept. 11 was merely “Western propaganda.”

While they were at it, the jury also concluded that there was insufficient evidence to prove bin Laden is the top dog in al-Qaida.

Next week on Devil’s Advocate, the jury will decide that black is white, up is down, and global warming causes global cooling.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Uh-oh, Oprah: Children in her private school held in solitary confinement

"Wait'll I get my hands on those little perverts."
"Wait'll I get my hands on those little perverts."

Damned if this doesn’t sound like an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show. Maybe even the Rikki Lake Show.

A few weeks ago, four students at Oprah’s prestigious Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa were accused of sexual misconduct. Sexual assault, to be precise. Now they’ve told a South African newspaper that academy officials held them in solitary confinement for two weeks before booting them out the door of the prestigious boarding school.

Security guards were positioned outside their rooms, they were forbidden to attend class or communicate with their friends, and meals were brought to their rooms.

Unfortunately, the girls were just too darned upset to eat. “I asked myself, ‘What’s the point?'” said one of the girls. “I’m going to be expelled anyway.”

Oprah’s spokesperson said the girls were punished with “in-school suspension.” And those security guards? Well, they were there simply to assure the girl’s safety.

We say the little hussies got off easy. They’re lucky Oprah didn’t fly down to South Africa with her best friend Gail and a cat o’ nine tails just to give ’em a lesson they won’t get anywhere this side of a Robert Mugabe’s prison camp.

But that’s just us.

Source: New York Post

Lib talker Stephanie Miller was hilarious on CNN. Unintentionally hilarious.

Stephanie Miller showed up on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” about ten days ago and hinted at a nefarious plot on the part of conservative radio station owners to bring down the “highly successful” lib talk juggernaut.

“Well, you know – I just did a panel on the Fairness Doctrine,” the unfunny Miller said. “I have to tell you, I brought ratings information. And people like me and Ed Schultz are consistently beating conservative shows in many, many markets. And yet – there is 10 percent liberal radio in this country. Ninety percent of the stations are conservative. You just cannot argue anymore it’s because liberal radio can’t compete.”

That would be impossible – and she knows it – for one very simple reason: neither Miller nor Schultz air in “many, many markets.” If the information on her website is up-to-date:

  • Miller has affiliates in just 50 markets (a dreadful total after years of flogging this dog in syndication)
  • She has affiliates in only nine of the Top 50 markets.
  • Eight of those nine have ratings below 1.0 (again, dreadful is the only appropriate word)
  • Three of her Top 10 market affiliates have zero ratings.
  • Eight of her 50 affiliates air her program only on weekends.
  • Thirteen of her 50 affiliates air only a portion of her program or air it at odd hours (or both).
  • Twenty of her 50 affiliates are in markets ranking #120 or smaller
  • Twelve of her affiliates are in markets too small to be rated.

Even worse for Miller, her syndication efforts are going full speed in reverse. She’s lost a startling 62.5% (15 of 24) of the Top 50 affiliates she once had and her problem seem to be accelerating. In the last few months she’s lost affiliates in Miami, Phoenix and Columbus and gained none.

The bottom line is pretty clear:

Stephanie Miller’s talk show is a ratings disaster. Instead of blaming “conservative” station owners, she should put the blame where it belongs. On herself.

AN ADDED NOTE: Is it our imagination or is Miller beginning to look just like Gloria Allred?

Source: NewsBusters

TV reporter arrested after plowing into NYPD horse

Never trust a NYPD horse. They are notorious liars.
Never trust a NYPD horse. They are notorious liars.
The city’s bankrupt. Taxes are going through the roof. And Rush Limbaugh’s leaving town. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse comes this news:

A former New York City police detective who is now a TV news reporter for Fox affiliate WNYW was charged with DUI after his car crashed into a police horse on Monday night.

Police reported that 60-year-old Michael Sheehan refused a breathalyzer test which resulted in the automatic suspension of his license.

Thomas Monaghan, Sheehan’s attorney, said police had the story backwards and that the horse had actually slammed into Sheehan’s car and “not the other way around.”

Damn lying horses.

Source: WCBS-TV

Al Gore’s media empire melting down even faster than Greenland’s glaciers.

Thumbs have turned down for Al Gore's financial fortunes.
Thumbs have turned down for Al Gore's financial fortunes.
The former vice president didn’t see this coming. Instead of worrying about glaciers melting down in 100 years, Al Gore should have worried about the economy melting down this year.

Times are tough and the Goracle’s nascent media empire – built around the Current cable TV network – and has cancelled plans for a $100,000,000 public stock offering.

“In light of current market conditions, the registrant has determined not to proceed at this time with the public offering,” Current said in an SEC filing. “All activity regarding the proposed public offering has been discontinued.”

Current Media owns Current TV and youth-oriented website Current.com. Gore’s concept was that viewers would submit content to the network and website.

Poor Al Gore. Who else would be dumb enough to invest in a TV network that does the same thing YouTube does? Seriously, it’s such a dumb idea that it’s hard to believe it came from the same guy who invented the internet.

Source: Breitbart

Marines tortured Saddam, made him watch South Park episode in which he was Satan’s gay boyfriend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWoXGpV38Hw WARNING: DO NOT WATCH THIS “SOUTH PARK” CLIP IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED

While Saddam Hussein was being held by U.S. Marines, he was forced to watch the movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut.” Repeatedly. To make it even funnier, the animated feature shows Saddam as Satan’s gay boyfriend.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated series and film, were thrilled that Saddam’s guards gave them the photo.

“We’re very proud of our signed Saddam picture and what it means,” Stone said. “It’s one of our biggest highlights.”

“I have it on pretty good information from the Marines on detail in Iraq that they showed Saddam the movie,” he laughed. “Over and over again – which is a pretty funny thought.”

Are tasteless cartoons a violation of the Geneva Convention? Tough luck.

Source: U.K. Telegraph viaBreitbart

Just what America needs in its hour of darkness: Governor Montel Williams. Senator Montel Williams.
Or dare we dream it, President Montel Williams.

Following in the grand tradition of Clint Eastwood and Ronald Reagan, talk show host Montel Williams is thinking of running for office. On second thought, it’s more like he’s following the grand tradition of Jerry Springer.

The multi-talented Montel isn’t content with a resume that includes U.S. Marine, TV schlockmeister, Presidential coin con man, and Air America talk show host. Now this shiny-pated renaissance man says he may run for office.

“I’ve had many discussions at multiple levels of government about the responsibility of us all who feel as if we have the audacity to open our mouths and complain about what happens in our society and then not step up to the plate to do something about it,” Williams insisted. “And the best way to do something about it is through public service.”

Maybe Montel can combine his TV show with his governmental duties. No welfare payments for anyone until Governor Montel’s DNA tests prove who your baby’s daddy really is.

Source: WilshireAndWashington.com

Lou Dobbs calls Keith Olbermann a left wing hack, and more

It’s Easter weekend, family is visiting, and we weren’t going to spend too much time on IHateTheMedia.com. But some things are just to sweet to pass up. Like CNN’s Lou Dobbs calling MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann a “left-wing hack,” “who has to spend so much time adjusting his medication he can’t figure out what he’s doing.”

No time for humor analysis and comment. It’s enough just to watch and listen.

Thanks to Newsbusters.org for the heads up.

Ratings for MSNBC’s EdShow look more like DeadShow

MSNBC may have made a boneheaded move when it put Ed Schultz on the air, but at least they were smart enough to bury him on the fringe of primetime.

The ratings on his premier show were, shall we say, disappointing. That makes the ratings on night two disastrous. And the ratings on night three were..hello…hello…is anyone out there?

By night three, the Fox show in the same time slot has 4.5 times as many viewers as Schultz. And the CNN shown had twice as many.

Fox and CNN both love the EdShow. Finally, something they can both agree on.

Network     Monday     Tuesday     Wednesday
Fox     2,125,000     1,919,000     2,202,000
CNN     1,147,000     1,010,000     807,000
EdShow/MSNBC     725,000     602,000     406,000



Source: Nielsen Media Research via MediaBistro

Uh-oh. March is Maddow’s lowest-rated month ever.

maddow_chart The good news for Rachel Maddow is that her show is up 98% in total viewers and 70% in the 24-54 age demographic compared to the invisibly low ratings of Dan Abrams, her predecessor in the time slot.

MediaBistro said, “Maddow was an instant hit and is currently the network’s second-highest rated show.”

The bad news is that you don’t have to be an expert statistician to figure out the trend of this chart. March was Maddow’s sixth month on MSNBC and also her lowest-rated. Her viewership has plunged a remarkable 40% in six months.

At the rate she’s going, Maddow’s last viewer will switch to another station on January 1, 2010. Put it on your calendar. The beer’s on us.

Source: MediaBistro.com

Bernard Goldberg supports affirmative action – for conservatives in the newsroom.

Bernard Goldberg, author of A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media knows the politics of America’s newsrooms as well as anyone. And that’s why liberals detest him.

“We need newsrooms that not only look like America, but think a little more like America.”

That’s just one quote from the speech he delivered last week at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California. But there are a lot more where that came from.

Watch the whole speech. If for no other reason than you know that Barney Frank won’t.

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

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

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

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

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

Olbermann uses understatement for the first time, admits “I’m the a-hole.”

Just when you were beginning to think Keith Olbermann was completely out of touch with reality, he goes and makes sense.

While interviewing new MSNBC host Ed Schultz, Olbermann pigeonholed all the other role players at the network.

“Alright,” Olbermann said, “you’ve got the conundrum all of us have as this thing gets more and more successful. The show’s got to look like a relative of all the other shows right before it and right after it. But not too much. I mean, Chris is the political inside-baseball guy. Rachel is the affable, charming policy wonk. I’m the a-hole. What are you going to be?”

We don’t really know which is more surprising: Olbermann acknowledging his assholishness or his belief (despite ratings evidence to the contrary) that MSNBC is getting “more and more successful.”

Source: Finkelblog.com

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