memeorandum: President Obama to CEOs: 'We've Been a Bit Lazy' (Charles Dharapak/ABCNEWS)

2:45 PM ET, November 13, 2011

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Bachmann, Paul Call Debate Moderators ‘Disgraceful’ — SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Fireworks were few and far between at the GOP's foreign policy debate tonight, but if any issue provoked the ire of some candidates it was not each other but rather how CBS News' moderator Scott Pelley ran the event.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Hot Air, The Impolitic, Outside the Beltway, Booman Tribune, Althouse, The Other McCain and LewRockwell.com Blog

Ben Smith / The Politico:

CBS panned for Republican debate performance — The first broadcast network presidential debate this year, which ended its national telecast and switched to a choppy livestream feed two-thirds of the way through the event, produced a storm of complaints from viewers across the country …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Towleroad News #gay

Marc A. Thiessen / National Review:

The Big Loser of the Night: CBS — If there was a loser on the debate stage tonight, it was CBS. First, they scheduled their debate on a Saturday night between two major football games. Then they decide to only broadcast the first hour of their 90-minute debate. Then their Internet feed failed for the final 30 minutes.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Don Surber, americanthinker.com, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, JustOneMinute, The PJ Tatler and Ballot Box

A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Bachmann cries ‘bias’ after Saturday debate

Discussion: Mediaite, Iowa Caucuses and The Raw Story

Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Foreign policy debate highlights differences within Republican field

Discussion: The Politico, ABCNEWS, The Other McCain, Swampland, CNN, Mediaite and No More Mister Nice Blog, more at Mediagazer »

Chris Wallace / Fox News:

Child Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks Penn State; Super Committee Deadlocked? — Special Guests: Gov. Tom Corbett, Franco Harris, T.J. Bard, Sen. Pat Toomey, Rep. James Clyburn … CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: I'm Chris Wallace. — A child sex abuse scandal rocks Penn State.

Discussion: National Review and Campaign 2012

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

The Devil and Joe Paterno — WHEN I think about the sins of Joe Paterno, and the ignominious ending of his long and famous career, I think about Darío Castrillón Hoyos. — Castrillón is a Colombian, born in Medellín, who became a Catholic priest and then a bishop during …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, No More Mister Nice Blog and Rod Dreher

William Deresiewicz / New York Times:

Generation Sell — EVER since I moved three years ago to Portland, Ore., that hotbed of all things hipster, I've been trying to get a handle on today's youth culture. The style is easy enough to describe — the skinny pants, the retro hats, the wall-to-wall tattoos. But style is superficial.

Discussion: Althouse and Daily Kos

Barak Ravid / Haaretz:

U.S., EU pressure Netanyahu to scrap proposed bill against Israeli NGOs — EU ambassador to Israel, Andrew Standley, warns prime minister's national security adviser, Yaakov Amidror that passage of legislation could harm Israel's standing. — The European Union and the United States …

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and Israel Matzav

Adrian Blomfield / Telegraph:
Israel refuses to tell US its Iran intentions

Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com, Founding Bloggers, americanthinker.com and The Raw Story

Washington Post:

The epic global leadership fail — I'm very excited to announce that Wonkblog will be republishing Pulitzer-prize winner Steve Pearlstein's Sunday Business column. Steve has long been an inspiration for my work and, more recently, a mentor to me, and I couldn't be prouder to be showcasing his pieces.

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Modeled Behavior

Charles Dharapak / ABCNEWS:

President Obama to CEOs: 'We've Been a Bit Lazy' — For the second time in as many months, President Obama has taken the nation that elected him president to task for its own lackadaisical economic performance on the global stage. — Obama told a group of CEOs today that the United States has gotten …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, americanthinker.com, The PJ Tatler, National Review and The Gateway Pundit

Candice M. Giove / New York Post:

Occupy Wall Street costs local businesses $479,400! — It makes no cents. — The Occupy Wall Street movement has cost surrounding businesses $479,400 so far, store owners said. — A Post survey of a dozen restaurants, jewelry shops, beauty salons, a chain store and mom …

Discussion: Don Surber and Mediaite

Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:

Gay TV star: I was assaulted for being associated with Ann Coulter — A cast member of the gay reality TV show “A-List Dallas” tells The Daily Caller that he was punched to the ground and bloodied Friday night by someone vandalizing his car because he's a gay conservative associated with commentator Ann Coulter.

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay, Power Line and On Top Magazine Headlines

Financial Times:

Bundesbank warns against intervention — The president of Germany's powerful Bundesbank has firmly rebuffed international demands for decisive intervention in the bond markets by the European Central Bank to combat the eurozone debt crisis, warning that such steps would add to instability by violating European law.

Discussion: Modeled Behavior and AMERICAN FUTURE

Tyler Cowen / New York Times:

Whatever Happened to Discipline and Hard Work? — THE Occupy Wall Street movement has raised important questions about the respect paid to wealth in our society. There is a good deal of unfairness in the American economy, and by deliberately targeting the “top 1 percent,” …

Discussion: Economist's View, Marginal Revolution and EconLog