We've already covered Michele Bachmann's husband's assertion that a taped interview featuring him making bigoted statements has been doctored. The blogger who posted the clip begs to differ. "Flat out, I didn't doctor a damn thing," says Ken Avidor. "If I did doctor it, why would I have a link to the original podcast, which is no longer up?"
Avidor's solution to the controversy; "Marcus could get a hold of that original podcast. Just call up his friends at the station." Ball's in your court, Marcus. Clear your good name or leave everyone to wonder why it is exactly that you can't clear your good name.
More heads roll in the Murdoch scandal. Les Hinton, the head of Dow Jones -- which in turn owns Murdoch property The Wall Street Journal -- resigns. Let the human sacrifices begin.
Speaking of Murdoch, Media Matters looks at the way cable news networks are covering the phone-hacking case and finds that, not surprisingly, Fox News' coverage was the worst. Fox mentioned the story only 30 times in the past nine days. Surprisingly, supposedly super-commie network MSNBC came in second worst, although with more than twice as many segments (71), and CNN had the most coverage, with 108 segments.
President Obama plays the populist card in the debt limit showdown, while Harry Reid continues to prove himself a hopelessly inept leader.
You've probably heard that Sarah Palin's big debut for her movie Undefeated was a ghost town. Turns out that reporting that fact was the worst thing ever, because it's unfair to measure her movie's success on the opening weekend of the final Harry Potter movie. Which begs the question; what kind of a moron schedules the release of their film on the opening weekend of the final Harry Potter movie?
Red State's Erick Erickson once again demonstrates why people think he's a halfwit.
Yesterday, Gallup reported that a "generic Republican" led Obama by eight points. Today, Gallup reports that 58% of GOP voters can't name any candidate they hope will win. Newt Gingrich -- who's currently a million bucks in the hole -- might just change his name to Generic Republican.
Finally, Rupert Murdoch is very, very sorry.
