Sean Hannity To Rep. Anthony Weiner: Thank God For Rupert Murdoch

Sean Hannity To Rep. Anthony Weiner: Thank God For Rupert Murdoch
Less than a week after a contentious appearance on America Live with Megyn Kelly, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) gave Fox News another shot last night with an appearance on Hannity to discuss the potential Bush Tax Cut extension and tax philosophy in general. And while the overall conversation went better than this, the two men certainly had their share of differences (of course). Weiner resisted Hannity’s assertion that he was suggesting President Barack Obama is weak for agreeing to extend t...

Mayor Bloomberg And Anthony Weiner Form Mutual Admiration Society -- Over Cigarette Lawsuit
To put it very mildly, Mayor Bloomberg and Rep. Anthony Weiner haven't always been best buds. Bloomberg's (ultimately successful) bid to wangle himself a third term gave Weiner a bad case of "What The hElmo, Man?" syndrome. ...

Tax cut plan inches along in D.C.
WASHINGTON - The Senate was poised to approve the massive Tax Cut package Tuesday night and send it to the House - where things are expected to got a lot harder. The $858 billion measure, expected to pass shortly after midnight, extends Bush-era tax cuts for two years and keeps Unemployment Benefits flowing for 13 more months. Many Democrats are angry over the deal President Obama struck with Republicans because it preserves Tax Breaks for the wealthy. Still, even some of the deal's fiercest c...

Sean Hannitys Tortured Logic To Defend GOP Earmarks Frustrates Conservative Guest
This has not been a good week for Sean Hannity. First political commentator Imogen Lloyd Webber discredited his arguments fact-by-fact, then congressman Anthony Weiner more than held his own in a shout-filled debate. Now on the issue of GOP senators including Earmarks in the new spending bill, a seemingly hypocritical position even other Fox News anchors find confusing, never fear, because Hannity is on the case to . . . make you even more confused. The pork-filled spending bill is currently lar...

Have Democrats Forgotten the Election Already?
From Stuart Rothenburg in Roll Call: On one level, it’s entirely reasonable for Liberal Democrats to oppose the [Tax Cut extension] Compromise. Those Democrats have different priorities and values than Republicans, and many of them represent very liberal constituents who also oppose the Compromise. Nobody — nobody — is saying that those House Liberals should change their views. If they want to vote against the package that the president negotiated with Congressional Republicans, that

New Category Lets YouTube Users Report Vids That 'Promote Terrorism'
YouTube has quietly added a new category viewers can use to flag inappropriate videos: "promotes Terrorism." The new category, which went live in early November, is a subcategory of the "Violent or Repulsive Content" category users can choose when they report material on the site. The addition occurred shortly after lawmakers in the U.S. and Britain pressured the site to do something about terror-related content. Last month, as The New York Times reported, the site removed hundreds of videos ...

Boehner's emotions
Weakness?  Yes.  But not the kind of girly weakness Republicans accuse Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi of betraying.  Anyway, Sean Hannity reminds us that when someone on the right weeps, it's never weakness.  Hannity, of course, might not concede that tears and narcissism sometimes go hand-in-hand.  Generally unmoved by the plight of others, narcissists weep when they experience a little emotional upheaval when thinking about their own lives. The columnists ...

Murdoch Pays $360 M. For Brooklyn Education Company
So that's what they wanted Joel Klein for! News Corp. dropped $360 million to own 90 percent of Brooklyn-based education software company Wireless Generation last month, reports the Wall Street Journal. One of Wireless Generation's clients is New York City, whose Department of Education, until November 9, was run by Joel Klein. He joined team News Corp. the same day. (One assumes "last month" means after that date, but still...) Wireless Generation designs classroom assessment tools to help te...

The last of 'Larry King Live'
Say what you will about Larry King — that he's a shameless softballer, that he's a selective listener, that he may not always understand who he's talking to and what they're saying — you have to admit the man has stamina. Even as his body seems to shrivel and his concentration appears to wane, he's been showing up for "Larry King Live," his five-nights-a-week, hourlong CNN interview program, for 25 years. Throughout it all — and, indeed, throughout his whole career, which began...

2012 Republican Candidates: Still for the Tax Deal, Mostly
What's changed since I broke down the potential 2012 GOP Candidates' stances on the Tax Cut deal? - Gary Johnson came out against it. - Mike Pence told Sean Hannity: "I believe it is a bad deal for Taxpayers that will do little to create jobs, and I cannot support it." Pence previously told Hannity he was Undecided. Pence's opposition is somewhat significant because he's only one of three potential 2012 candidates who gets a vote on this. Ron Paul is for it, and John Thune has been baiting oppo...

Bret Baier Signs 'Multiyear Deal' With Fox News
Fox News said Tuesday that it had extended the contract of Bret Baier, the channel’s main political news anchor. Fox News Bret Baier Mr. Baier will remain the anchor of “Special Report,” the channel’s 6 p.m. newscast. Fox did not specify the number of years of the new contract, but in a news release called it a “multiyear deal.” Already, Fox has signed Shepard Smith, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren through the next presidential electi...

Rep. Mike Pence Says "American People Did Not Vote For More Stimulus." American People Disagree.
Many politicians have an annoying habit of putting their own opinions in the mouth of "the American People." But Tea Party favorite Rep. Mike Pence showed particular audacity yesterday. Appearing on Sean Hannity's Radio Show, Pence announced his opposition to the Tax Cut Compromise because, The American people did not vote for more stimulus." Oh really? Tell that to the American People. Only 34% of Americans say in the ABC/W. Post poll that they "oppose this agreement because it will increase ...

Palin Gives "Lamestream Media" Another Shot
While she's generally avoided media outlets other than Fox News, Sarah Palin agreed to an interview with Robin Roberts of ABC's Good Morning America to air Friday. Christian Heinze: "Recently, Palin's been stepping a little out of her Mark Levin/Sean Hannity box, and the Roberts interview is another sign she's thinking about trying to reach indies that have, so far, rejected her. Winning their favor right now matters, because even though indies don't (usually) vote in GOP primaries, Palin has t...

In leaked e-mail, Fox News boss told staff to cast doubt on climate change
Stumble This! For the second time in less than a week, the Fox News Washington managing editor has been caught trying to "slant" the news. In an e-mail obtained by liberal watchdog group Media Matters, Bill Sammon told his staff to downplay the importance of Climate Science that showed the world was getting warmer. "Given the controversy over the veracity of Climate Change data... we should refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY poi...

Bret Baier Signs 'Multiyear Deal' With Fox News
Fox News said Tuesday that it had extended the contract of Bret Baier, the channel’s main political news anchor. Fox News Bret Baier Mr. Baier will remain the anchor of “Special Report,” the channel’s 6 p.m. newscast. Fox did not specify the number of years of the new contract, but in a news release called it a “multiyear deal.” Already, Fox has signed Shepard Smith, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren through the next presidential electi...

Pence to Vote Against Tax Deal
The Hill reports: A top Republican said Tuesday he would vote against President Obama’s tax deal when it comes to the House floor. Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), the outgoing chairman of the House Republican Conference and a possible Candidate for Governor or president in 2012, joined the ranks of Conservatives who have come out in opposition to the tax-cut plan before Congress. “At the end of the day, I’ve just come to the conclusion: the American People did not vote for more sti...

2012 Republican Candidates: Still for the Tax Deal, Mostly
What's changed since I broke down the potential 2012 GOP Candidates' stances on the Tax Cut deal? - Gary Johnson came out against it. - Mike Pence told Sean Hannity: "I believe it is a bad deal for Taxpayers that will do little to create jobs, and I cannot support it." Pence previously told Hannity he was Undecided. Pence's opposition is somewhat significant because he's only one of three potential 2012 candidates who gets a vote on this. Ron Paul is for it, and John Thune has been baiting oppo...

Mike Pence: 'I Will Not Vote For This Deal.'
Rep. Mike Pence, an Indiana Republican and a man increasingly mentioned as a possible Presidential Candidate, appearing on Sean Hannity’s show moments ago: “I’ve been fighting since last summer to extend all the Tax Rates… we needed to make sure that no American faced a Tax Increase January 1.” “I’ve struggled to determine what is right here. I know the American People did not ovte for more stimulus, more Debt, more uncertainty in The Economy. I will n...

Palin on Good Morning America
Christian Heinze (who you should read all the time) with the scoop: Sarah Palin will spend a day with GMA's Robin Roberts, a media gift formerly reserved for Greta Van Susteren. Heinze reads into this: Recently, Palin's been stepping a little out of her Mark Levin/Sean Hannity box, and the Roberts interview is another sign she's thinking about trying to reach indies that have, so far, rejected her. Well, I don't think this is recent. Since the launch of Going Rogue, Palin has had a two-pronged ...

Rep. Mike Pence Says "American People Did Not Vote For More Stimulus." American People Disagree.
Many politicians have an annoying habit of putting their own opinions in the mouth of "the American People." But Tea Party favorite Rep. Mike Pence showed particular audacity yesterday. Appearing on Sean Hannity's Radio Show, Pence announced his opposition to the Tax Cut Compromise because, The American people did not vote for more stimulus." Oh really? Tell that to the American People. Only 34% of Americans say in the ABC/W. Post poll that they "oppose this agreement because it will increase ...

Rep. Pence Announces Opposition To Tax Cuts For Everybody
Here's Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) in September, explaining that his top priority is making sure nobody's taxes go up at the end of the year: There's no question that there should be no higher priority for the Congress of the United States today than making sure that no American sees a Tax Increase in January of 2011, not one. I have to tell you, for all of the world, this seems like a moment where Congress is putting politics ahead of prosperity. What they're proposing here, even if they found some ...

Hollywood's 'Black List' of best unproduced scripts of 2010 revealed
Unsung movie ... John F Kennedy and wife Jackie on 22 November 1963, moments before the US president was fatally shot. Noah Oppenheim's Screenplay focuses on Jackie's fight to preserve JFK's legacy. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis Fancy catching a taut drama about Jackie Kennedy's fight to preserve JFK's legacy in the seven days immediately following his death? Or perhaps a Romantic Comedy with the legendary title: Your Bridesmaid is a Bitch? Both stories could well find their names into cinemas...

Google Doesnt Sound Very Sorry It Pushed Down Competitors Search Results
Bad, Google! In recent months, Google has gotten more aggressive with highlighting its own content over competitors'. Its rivals, like Yelp and TripAdvisor, aren't very happy about it. Where do you go if you have a beef with Google? The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, of course. In the paper, those companies, along with WebMD and Citysearch, say they've noticed their links being pushed lower on the results page. Indeed, Google has been trying to develop more of its own content or...

Michael Steele Says He Goes to Harlem Because Thats Where The Votes Are
Correction: That’s where the Democrat’s votes are… (Examiner)- Michael Steele says he goes to Harlem because “that’s where the votes are.” Struggling RNC chairman Michael Steele was a late guest on Greta van Susteren’s On the Record last night. Steele has been in the news recently because not only did he announce his intention to run for Reelection as RNC chairman, but also because many Republicans and Conservatives don’t want him to return, primarily becaus

Panama City School Board Shooting
This is the full video of yesterday's shooting and the routine discussion which led up to the shooting. It's 6:11 long with actual shots fired starting just before the 6:00 mark. Thank God the shooter, Clayton Allen Duke, 56, was a lousy shot. ...