Cliff Kincaid column
Cliff Kincaid is a veteran journalist and media critic.
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May 25, 2013
Dan Rather used to say, "Courage," when he was on his way out. Shannon Bream of Fox News says their watchword is "fearless." Give me a break. Fox News has been . . .
Cliff Kincaid
May 23, 2013
Republicans are getting tripped up by the media when challenged about evidence of President Obama's personal involvement in the IRS scandal. Rep. Dave Camp of . . .
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May 22, 2013
Jeffrey Lord's story in the American Spectator about a "smoking gun" in the IRS scandal has backfired. He implied that the head of the IRS union had personally . . .
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May 20, 2013
Of the IRS abuse cases that have recently come to light, the use of the IRS to enforce the defunct "Fairness Doctrine" on broadcasters is one of the most . . .
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May 16, 2013
The revelations about IRS targeting of voices opposed to Barack Obama's political agenda came of no surprise to filmmaker Joel Gilbert. His private financial . . .
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May 14, 2013
Five months before Barack Obama was elected to his first term as president, Herbert Romerstein and I finished a Washington, D.C. briefing on "The Stealth . . .
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May 10, 2013
"Beck Crosses the Line Again" was the headline over a Jonathan Tobin Commentary article about Glenn Beck's attack on Michael Bloomberg at the NRA convention. . . .
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May 8, 2013
Bill Ayers' recent claim that the Weather Underground bombed property, not people, in order to protest the Vietnam War, is two lies in one. First, they . . .
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May 7, 2013
We have seen in the Boston bombings case how terrorists depend on a network of sympathizers. But the Russian connection remains a mystery. The press should . . .
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May 3, 2013
If the FBI wants to find Joanne Chesimard, who has just been added to the "Most Wanted Terrorists List," it could begin by wiretapping President Obama's friends . . .
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May 1, 2013
The claim that the Russians somehow "warned" the U.S. about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's radical Islamic connections has been accepted by most news organizations and . . .
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April 30, 2013
So-called "medical marijuana" apparently doesn't cure all of their ailments. Now the progressives want easy access to "psychedelic medicine," including LSD and . . .
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April 26, 2013
The local police reacted heroically to the Boston terror bombings, and it is tragic that MIT police officer Sean Collier was a victim of the terrorists' . . .
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April 25, 2013
The death of Howard Phillips, 1941-2013, chairman of the Conservative Caucus, is a major blow to the conservative movement. He always stood for principle. He . . .
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April 2, 2013
Offending the moral sensibilities of millions of Americans, Time Magazine is featuring cover stories showing two white homosexual couples kissing. The Right . . .
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March 25, 2013
On the eve of Tuesday's "March for Marriage" in Washington, to coincide with Supreme Court consideration of court cases on homosexual rights, more explosive . . .
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March 18, 2013
The headline says it all: "Anderson Cooper Kissed Madonna, Dressed In Boy Scout Uniform, at GLAAD Media Awards." The CNN host did something that was sure to . . .
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March 12, 2013
A top aide to a left-wing American Catholic Cardinal, reportedly in the running for the job of pope, taught a course called "Matthew, Marx, Luke, and John" at a . . .
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March 7, 2013
The term "gay conservative" is being used by some news outlets in connection with the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and whether . . .
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March 5, 2013
With African Catholic Cardinal Peter Turkson in the running as the next pope, the media have noted that he carries the fancy title of the president of the . . .
Cliff Kincaid
December 22, 2012
An honest account of media misinformation after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy has to take into account Rupert Murdoch's tweet about the need to ban . . .
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December 11, 2012
As American conservatives contemplate the future of the Republican Party in the face of President Obama's Marxist onslaught and reelection, the rapid . . .
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December 8, 2012
As more states embrace legalization of marijuana — a pet cause of George Soros for decades — the British publication The Independent has published a . . .
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December 3, 2012
Fox News contributor Karl Rove was criticized in the media for objecting when the channel called Ohio for Barack Obama on election night. The state of Ohio did . . .
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November 26, 2012
Conservative columnist and author Ann Coulter is trying to rationalize her outspoken support for Mitt Romney in the wake of his stunning defeat. "Romney was . . .
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November 15, 2012
The central figures in the David Petraeus sex scandal are not talking. That includes Virginia Congressman and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Yet, the . . .
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November 10, 2012
Writing before Obama won the election, Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel of the Daily Caller contended that bias, dishonesty, and corruption were helping to . . .
Cliff Kincaid
November 7, 2012
Although Republican Mitt Romney lost an easily winnable election, many conservative commentators and analysts took a beating as well. They were determined to . . .
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November 3, 2012
A breaking report in the New York Times of a Romney Russian connection could help cost the Republican nominee the election on Tuesday. This report, on top of . . .
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October 1, 2012
There is no question that Barack Obama is getting a lot of support by "blaming Bush" for the bad economy and other problems. Conservatives can complain all they . . .
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September 28, 2012
It sounded to some Republicans like a good match-up and one they could win. In order to defeat a Marxist president, run a successful businessman or capitalist . . .
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September 24, 2012
Billionaire hedge fund operator George Soros said that, if Mitt Romney wins the presidency, there will be "little difference" between him and Barack Obama in . . .
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September 2, 2012
The liberals say they are scared of Karl Rove. They shouldn't be. The former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush Administration, . . .
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August 31, 2012
If Romney talks like a conservative, he can win. That doesn't mean he is a conservative, only that talking like one can win votes. He is a smart businessman. Is . . .
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August 26, 2012
The big news is that the Republican Convention in Tampa has been delayed because of Tropical Storm Isaac. Perhaps this is an opportunity for the GOP to think . . .
Cliff Kincaid
August 23, 2012
Even before formally receiving the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney began his purge of conservatives from the party by trying to engineer the . . .
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August 13, 2012
Mitt Romney's pick of a Democratic punching bag, Paul Ryan, as his vice president, enables Obama and the Democrats to shift the debate from jobs and the economy . . .
Cliff Kincaid
March 13, 2012
Rush Limbaugh has turned out to be the best thing going for President Obama and the Democrats. Although Obama's general popularity is taking a hit because of . . .
Cliff Kincaid
March 10, 2012
My 12-year-old son Christian won the Calvert County, Maryland, spelling bee on Wednesday night and now goes to the national bee. We are ecstatic.
Christian . . .
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March 8, 2012
Rush Limbaugh claims that MSNBC is hyping an alleged "Republican War on Women," stemming from the controversy caused by his vicious attacks on feminist . . .
