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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

The Blaze: Watching MSNBC Lowers Blood Pressure, Wait, Sorry…Fake News Story Says Staring at Breasts Is Good for Men, MSNBC Covers It.

(By Mike Opelka, The Blaze) - Does anyone over at MSNBC check the facts on stories before they are allowed on-air?

An internet scam from 1999 resurfaced over the weekend. The story said that men can get healthier just by staring at women’s breasts for a few minutes a day. On Tuesday MSNBC’s Willie Geist completely debunked it. One day later, in the middle of news programming on the network, Contessa Brewer reported the story as legitimate.

Here‘s Willie’s feature called ‘Zeitgeist’:




Today, just before 12:30pm Contessa Brewer reports on the story, and her only problem with the ‘facts’ – the study says it asked me not to look at women’s cleavage for five years.

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