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Major Garrett dares to ask Obama about Americans still held in Iran and liberal media freaks out

Journalists are supposed to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Except when the comfortable guy is liberal President Barack Obama and the afflicted are four Americans trapped in Iranian jails. Then when you ask that question, all hell breaks…

‘Angel of Peace’: How the media failed Pope 101

They say the devil is in the details, but even if it’s an “angel,” many in the media don’t get it right. When Pope Francis met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on May 16, he urged Abbas to be…

Michael Brown case: Media hype trumps appeal for calm in Ferguson

Ferguson, Mo., is sadly back in the news. The city and an eager media anticipate a grand jury decision in the possible indictment of Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of an African-American teenager. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a…

ABC, CBS, NBC cover up IRS, VA scandals but love Christie’s bridge troubles

Imagine Watergate. America’s greatest political scandal took down a president. Only picture The Washington Post barely covering it. The story would have died on the vine. Richard Nixon would have completed his term in office without scandal. He would have…

Following week of intense criticism, CBS apologizes for ‘Amazing Race’ Hanoi episode

Better late than never. That was “The Five” co-host Bob Beckel’s take on CBS’s apology for an “Amazing Race” episode set in Hanoi, Vietnam that many found abhorrent. “I think it’s belated to say the least,” Beckel said on ‘Fox…

Obama, Romney and the Bain Capital attacks

No matter how effective the Bain Capital attacks on presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney have been, there has been no shift in President Obama’s position vis-à-vis the Massachusetts governor – as evidenced by recent polling. President Obama and Mitt Romney…

President Obama’s Performance on the Economy Is Hurting His Standing Among Key Voting Blocs.

With President Obama’s ratings on the economy still weak and our economic recovery fragile at best months, it is no wonder that the latest New York Times/CBS News poll conducted May 11-13 shows Romney holding a narrow, three-point advantage over…

While voters say Romney is most electable candidate, his electoral vulnerabilities are becoming increasingly clear

The latest CBS News/New York Times poll shows a clear sense within the Republican primary electorate that Mitt Romney is the most electable of the four candidates vying for the GOP nomination. 73 percent of GOP voters in the CBS/New…

Sarah Palin Can Do Many Things to Help Republicans — Running for President Isn’t One of Them

There’s one thing die-hard liberal Democrats and hard-core conservative Republicans have in common: They both want Sarah Palin to run for president. That’s where the similarities end. The hard-right wants her to run because they think she’s brilliant – a…