If there is any singular faux-reporter best described as the absolute personification of walking progressive bile it would be Andrew Sullivan.   The guy is significantly below pondwater scum on the scale of decency, and has remained in this position since his “Trig Truther” anti-Palin fascination.   This ringing love affair of Obama, by Sullivan, is well deserved and well matched.

YahooNews – It won’t be nearly as controversial as Time magazine’s breastfeeding cover, but Newsweek’s May 21 issue declares Barack Obama the country’s “first gay president.”

The accompanying cover story was written by Andrew Sullivan, the popular–and openly gay–political blogger. The magazine even gives the commander-in-chief a rainbow halo.

Obama, Sullivan writes, “had to discover his black identity and then reconcile it with his white family, just as gays discover their homosexual identity and then have to reconcile it with their heterosexual family.” (more…)

HatTip DiwataMan –  SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman’s attorney said Friday that he is preparing to receive 5,000 pages of critical evidence in the Trayvon Martin shooting investigation.   Even before that happens sometime by Monday, Mark O’Mara said he will file a motion to delay for at least a week that information being made public.

The evidence is said to include Martin’s autopsy report and statements from key witnesses. O’Mara said he wants time to make sure the witnesses are protected, and he wants to challenge material he said he believes shouldn’t be made public.

 “I’m going to ask the judge to let us hold it until we have a chance to view all of it,” O’Mara said.

O’Mara said prosecutors will share the evidence Monday from which they’re building a second-degree murder case against Zimmerman. He will file a motion asking for at least a week to see if some of the material should be thrown out. (more…)

Continuing proof that progs are in the minority, NBC pulls ‘Rock Center with Brian Williams’ for May sweeps.

Bad news for “Rock Center With Brian Williams”: NBC has pulled the newsmagazine show for the remainder of May Sweeps.  It will be replaced by reruns of “Law and Order: SVU,” according to TVNewser.   May, of course, is a critical month when ratings are used to determine ad rates.
The NBC newsmagazine has struggled with ratings since debuting with an all-star roster last fall (its contributors include Meredith Vieira, Ted Koppel and Chelsea Clinton). It does, however, have a three-year commitment from NBC.

(Via Orlando Sentinel) George Zimmerman‘s lawyer expects to get his first look at the evidence against his client Monday.   The rest of us will not.  Special Prosecutor Angela Corey’s office announced late Friday afternoon that it will not release the information to the public on Monday.
Florida’s public records law allows government agencies a reasonable amount of time to provide records, once they’re requested. It does not define what a reasonable amount of time is, and Corey spokeswoman Jackelyn Barnard said she was not sure when the evidence might be released to those requesting it.

Her office, she said, is not intentionally trying to hide the evidence from the media and public. (more…)

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Treeper Jello provides this lengthy consideration for your review:
I think I’m finally pretty up-to-date with the posts on this site, and I haven’t seen anything related to what I’m about to say. But if it’s already been discussed, and I’ve just missed it, sorry. I guess I’ll just have to be embarrassed that I went to all this trouble for nothing. 😉  Oh, and another thing, I partly agree with this recent comment by Sundance:

“… we know that the details surrounding the shooting of Trayvon Martin are no longer the matter at hand in determining the outcome for George Zimmerman.   Indeed, if those details or facts ever truly were what mattered, they are not now.  That train has long since passed the station of justice.”

As for public opinion, at least for the majority of people in this country, I think that’s right. But I still think a whole lot of people can be convinced they’re wrong (as evidenced by how many have seen the light over just the past couple weeks). And when/if this case ever goes to trial, these kind of details are gonna be VERY important, at least if we get a fair jury empaneled. So I hope you’ll bear with me with what I’m about to say, since it very much DOES involve “details and facts” of the case. (more…)

For anyone following this story/legal case you know what the local ground players in/around Orlando have been doing. They have been systematically and methodically distancing themselves from the “George Zimmerman is Racist” narrative. The retreat is now going mainstream. Quickly.
The retreat began with the Media Consultant, Ryan Julison, who sold the initial racist narrative as part of the “media strategy“, his sales pitch, or in pitchman lingo “the hook”.  Immediately after following our site and looking at the research Julison took down his company website; then he scrubbed his company facebook page where he was bragging about “working with” the various reporters in framing their story, and sharing the specific stories he worked on with them.
Those stories were filled with false statements about George Zimmerman being a 247lb “white” male. Or, in the New York Times example, he helped create the new ethnicity “White-Hispanic“.
 
We outlined how Julison also used the Orlando Sentinel, and one reporter specifically named Jeff Weiner, to frame the false narrative and sell the Julison-Jackson version of events.  Those Weiner articles  were picked up and used by other media outlets and sold in their markets across the US.
We also shared how this is the norm for how Natalie Jackson and Ryan Julison work, they are quite proficient with using this approach. Apparently, the quid-pro-quo works well.
The latest retreats are from ABC and CNN. We start with CNN and a CNN National Legal Contributor/Analyst who we have outlined is connected to the Orlando machine, Mark Nejame.   Mr Nejame appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan show last night to share the following mea culpa. Listen carefully to exactly what words and phrases he uses:
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(BREITBART.com) Today’s unconscionable Washington Post story, which implied without evidence that Mitt Romney was a homophobic bully to one John Lauber back in his high school days five decades ago, has totally imploded.
Timed to drop the day after President Obama’s announced embrace of same-sex marriage, the story set the political world atwitter. But earlier today, Breitbart News reported that the Post had inflated witness testimony. The original Washington Post piece stated the following:

“I always enjoyed his pranks,” said Stu White, a popular friend of Romney’s who went on to a career as a public school teacher and has long been bothered by the Lauber incident. [emphasis added]

Yet in an interview with ABC News today, White disowned that characterization: (more…)

Sometimes when you are looking into the rabbit hole you notice the most odd connections and associations;  Every once in a while they are a little funny…  Too.

Baby boomers grew up with and know Ben Vereen ; American Actor, dancer, and singer who carved out quite a resume for himself. Vereen was born in 1946 in Miami Florida and trained on stage. Vereen is credited with numerous broadway shows, television programs and films.
Most notable film roles include song-and-dance men in Funny Lady and All that Jazz.   He appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode, “ Papa’s Got a Brand New Excuse”, in which he played Will Smith’s biological father.  He starred in the television series “Tenspeed and Brown” but is best know for his role as “Chicken George” Moore in Roots.
Ben Vereen was nominated for a Tony Award for Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972 and won a Tony for his appearance in Pippin in 1973.   Recently Vereen coached singing sensation ” Usher” as an entertainer and actor.
What does Ben Vereen have to do with the Trayvon Martin case? …… (more…)

Or chills as the case may be….

Not really a surprise considering the greatest risk to President Obama advocating for same sex marriage would be from the black constituency.   However, if Mitt Romney had requested to only be interviewed by a white person, that might have made a headline or ten.

(POLITICO) — For President Barack Obama’s groundbreaking interview on gay marriage, the White House turned to a friendly face — ABC’s Robin Roberts.
She’s a respected journalist who knows both Barack and Michelle Obama well, isn’t regarded as a difficult “gotcha” interrogator and whose own identity — and shared love of sports with the president — was a key factor in the decision to grant her one of the biggest gets of the president’s time in office, according to insiders at ABC and elsewhere.

“The White House went with Robin because of her personal rapport, their friendship, the past interviews — but also her race [African-American], even her age,” one producer at ABC said to POLITICO of the 51-year-old Roberts. “There is a very strong, very basic connection there.” (more…)