Arlen Specter
NYT: Republicans Voting for Stimulus Package Are Being Patriotic
February 7th, 2009 12:25 PM
Roughly five months after Joe Biden informed the nation that paying higher taxes is patriotic, it now appears radically increasing government spending and the federal debt is as well.At least that's what one gets from a New York Times piece Saturday applauding a Senate compromise on President Barack Obama's stimulus package.Here are the paragraphs where patriotism was prominently mentioned (…
Sen. Jeff Sessions Reveals Eric Holder's Views on 'Media' and 'Balanc
January 16th, 2009 11:17 AM
When the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Eric Holder, the media ignored his personal ideological activism. NewBusters Tim Graham recently wrote about how differently the media treated John Ashcroft’s confirmation as opposed to Holder's. Silence and the media are going hand in hand with the Holder confirmation. The mainstream media is not going after Holder in regards to his involvement…
ABC Ignores Congressional Support, Only Shows Backlash to Northwest/De
April 16th, 2008 4:58 PM
If you didn't know any better, you might think ABC correspondent Lisa Stark has a personal vendetta against airline mergers. For the second consecutive night, Stark gave viewers every reason to oppose a merger between Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA) on the April 15 "World News with Charles Gibson." This time it came in the form of opposition on Capitol Hill. "But…