• John McCain,  Media Bias,  New York Times

    John McCain Watch: Steve Schmidt Goes “Nuclear” on New York Times

    McCain Campaign Manager Steve Schmidt On New York Times Bias

    The impetus of this blow-up was the NYT-Rick Davis piece about his lobbying activities. But, the blow-up was inevitable. The fact is the New York Times, NBC News, Newsweek and others have become pro-Obama mouthpieces – ” 150% in the tank.”

    A fair shake from the MSM for John McCain?

    What an illusion…..

    By the way, do you think the NYT will investigate David Axelrod’s involvement in the Sarah Palin smear campaign?

    Hahaha

    Update:

    Flap wonders what the media would do if the McCain campaign declared the New York Times and NBC News persona non grata and kicked them off the Team McCain airplane? And, would refuse to entertain ANY interview requests or answer questions from any of their reporters?

    Just wondering……


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  • Associated Press,  Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin Watch: E-mail Hacked and Family Photos/Voicemail Stolen – Who Was Behind the Hack?

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    Was the hacking of Sarah Palin’s e-mail account a political “dirty trick?”

    This explanation that was TOO quickly forthcoming has raised Flap’s political radar.

    Watch the video below and see how quickly FAR LEFT attorney Gloria Allred BLAMES Sarah Palin for conducting government business on her private e-mail account. Of course, this is not true but this argument was a quick diversion, no? What about the outrage for Palin’s invasion of privacy in this ordeal?

    Legal Panel looks at hacker’s invasion of Governor palin’s e-mail account

    Remember the Democrat Party’s involvement with Maryland Republican Lt. Governor and Republican Senate candidate Michael Steele?

    SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER had just finished his last sputtering of outrage at the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court when news broke that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which he chairs, had a small problem. Newsday and the New York Post both reported that the DSCC was in illegal possession of the credit report for Maryland’s Republican Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele. Two of Schumer’s staffers, Katie Barge and Lauren Weiner, used Steele’s Social Security number to fraudulently get his credit history.

    Making this even more scandalous, it turns out that the DSCC had known about Barge and Weiner’s pilfering for over two months, having placed both on a paid suspension since early July, according to the Post. And yet no one gave any indication that the DSCC notified Michael Steele about the invasion of his privacy until this week. Given that federal statutes make the acquisition, distribution, acceptance, and even reading of this data without specific written authorization a federal crime, the theft should have resulted in no small amount of media attention.

    And, federal charges were filed against Lauren Weiner to which she pled guilty.

    Federal prosecutors have decided to bring charges against a Democratic researcher accused of fraudulently obtaining a credit report on Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, now a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.

    Lauren B. Weiner, who has since resigned from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Washington, will be charged with obtaining the report without authorization, according to a letter sent to Steele by the U.S. attorney’s office in the District.

    Whitney C. Ellerman, an attorney for Weiner, said his client plans to plead guilty to a misdemeanor under an agreement with prosecutors that could result in the charge being dismissed in a year.

    There is a track record with Democrats doing this type of dumpster diving in order to illegally obtain politically embarassing information. The United States Secret Service needs to immediately investigate this matter.

    Note how the Associated Press is not cooperating.

    The Secret Service contacted The Associated Press on Wednesday and asked for copies of the leaked e-mails, which circulated widely on the Internet. The AP did not comply.

    Maybe Nick Denton will…….

    There is more to this story.

    Stay tuned…….


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  • Media Bias,  Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin Watch: Why Readers Should Continue to Dump Us Magazine Tanning Bed Edition

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    Us Magazine is up to it again – Palin Derangement Syndrome. Who cares whether Sarah Palin has a tanning bed, paid for by her own money, in her residence?

    Now, Flap has had his bout with skin cancer and highly recommends Governor Plain discontinue the use of the tanning bed, but it is certainly not an earth shattering revelation unless you want to nit pick. The track record of Us magazine is clear and it has created subscription problems for them.

    Apparently the Us Magazine editors simply don’t care.

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    Remember why readers were dumping Us Magazine?

    Just do it…….


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  • Day By Day,  New York Times,  Sarah Palin

    Day By Day by Chris Muir September 6, 2008 – “Sarah Wraps It Up”

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    The New York Times is indeed only fitting to wrap fish. Same with the rest of the left wing leaning newspapers (like the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle) that have REALLY nothing LEFT to sell.

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    Please do not forget the Day By Day fundraiser. Please go to Chris Muir’s Main Page here and give what you can.

    The Day By Day cartoon series WILL be Chris Muir’s full time job now – let’s help him off to a great start in his new career.

    Flap will be giving and hopes all of my readers will give graciously so that Chris can continue his excellent cartoon series.

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  • Media Bias,  Sarah Palin

    Peggy Noonan LIES to Readers and Then Tries to Redeem Herself

    Two conservative commentators on MSNBC, after they’re off the air, say what they really think about the Sarah Palin veep choice.

    After yesterday’s gaffe filtered through the internets back to Peggy Noonan, she issued an apologia of sorts on top of her Wall Street Journal column.

    Sorry, Peggy but your credibility is now zero.

    Perhaps you should take the advice of Laura Ingraham who this morning on her radio show suggests you get out of Manhattan and stop attending the New York elite cocktail parties.

    Ouch……

    As far as Michael Murphy – good luck on your new career at NBC News. You fit in perfectly.


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  • Media Bias,  Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin Poll Watch: 51 Per Cent Say Reporters Trying to Hurt Palin

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    In a survey completed before last night’s speech delivered at the Republican National Convention, over one half of United States voters (51 %) think reporters are trying to hurt Sarah Palin with their news coverage and 24% say those stories make them more likely to vote for Republican presidential candidate John McCain in November.

    The question:

    Are most reporters trying to help Sarah Palin, hurt Sarah Palin, or provide unbiased coverage of Sarah Palin?

    • Help – 5%
    • Hurt – 51%
    • Provide Unbiased Coverage – 35%
    • Not sure – 10%

    Eighty percent (80%) of Republicans say reporters are trying to hurt the GOP vice presidential nominee, and 28% of Democrats agree. Only six percent (6%) of Republicans – and even fewer Democrats (4%)– think the reporting is intended to help her. Most Democrats (57%) think the reporters are being unbiased, but just nine percent (9%) of Republicans concur.

    Among unaffiliated voters, 49% say reporters are trying to hurt Palin, while 32% say their coverage is unbiased. Only five percent (5%) say reporters are trying to help her.

    The blowback against the outrageous conduct of the media just started yesterday before this survey could fully measure the response.

    The first goal of Team McCain will be to knock down these obviously over the top allegations about Palin and then move on to the media.

    Kill the allegations and then kill the alligators…….

    Stay tuned……


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  • Media Bias,  Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin Watch: News Organizations “On a Mission To Destroy”

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    The Sarah Palin media “feeding frenzy’ has reached crescendo levels and now Team McCain and the GOP are pushing back.

    Sen. John McCain’s top campaign strategist accused the news media Tuesday of being “on a mission to destroy” Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by displaying “a level of viciousness and scurrilousness” in pursuing questions about her personal life.

    In an extraordinary and emotional interview, Steve Schmidt said his campaign feels “under siege” by wave after wave of news inquiries that have questioned whether Palin is really the mother of a 4-month-old baby, whether her amniotic fluid had been tested and whether she would submit to a DNA test to establish the child’s parentage.

    Arguing that the media queries are being fueled by “every rumor and smear” posted on left-wing Web sites, Schmidt said mainstream journalists are giving “closer scrutiny” to McCain’s little-known running mate than to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

    Read Howard Kurtz’s entire piece.

    But, what else is new? The traditional MSM news organizations are LEFT WING all of the time and are in the tank for the Democrat Party and Barack Obama. Remember the John Edward’s story that the MSM ignored for years? Even while Edwards was running for the Presidency?

    This is not news but a fact.

    Why does anyone think talk radio, Fox News and the RIGHT blogosphere developed?

    The LEFT feels threatened by the McCain-Palin team and will do anything and everything to destroy them, including pursuading and perverting MSM news organizations to spread the smears.

    Get used to it – more is coming.

    Here is an example:


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  • John Edwards,  Los Angeles Times

    John Edwards Watch: The Cover-Up?

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    The latest from The National Enquirer on the John Edwards and his mistress-love child flap

    Mickey Kaus says The National Enquirer has moved onto the “coverup” of the John Edwards, paid off mistress and love child story rather than publish the photographs of their reporters run-in with Edwards last week.

    In context, the photos would be powerful evidence. Enquirer editor David Perel apparently doesn’t want to win over the MSM by releasing them. He’d rather have the Edwards story all to himself.

    An interview of the Los Angeles Times blogmeister Tony Pierce offers the MSM standard excuses of why they buried the story and continue to do so today. Or is it ignoring?

    Of course, if Edwards had been a GOP Senator or Presidential candidate, all of the Los Angeles Times bloggers would have been directed to cover the story.

    This story will remain moribund until The National Enquirer decides to release at least one of the photographs of the fleeing and/or cowering Edwards or breaks more of which they have promised.

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  • Day By Day,  John Edwards,  Los Angeles Times

    Day By Day by Chris Muir July 29, 2008

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    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    Chris, the Los Angeles Times which has been laying off employees in droves (due to declining circulation) merely instructed its bloggers to not indulge the National Inquirer story about John Edwards’ mistress and love child.

    Yawn……

    What else is new at the Los Angeles Times?

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