NY Times Goes Overboard on Waterboarding: The Spanish Inquisition

November 8th, 2007 12:45 PM

CBS’s Smith Interviews Dennis Kucinich on Cheney Impeachment

November 7th, 2007 5:15 PM
On the CBS "Early Show" co-host Harry Smith admitted last Friday that he's "actually admired Dennis Kucinich for a long -- since he was mayor of Cleveland." Well, five days later on Wednesday's "Early Show," Smith interviewed his hero. Kucinich was on the program to discuss his House resolution to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney, which was unexpectedly called up for a vote on Tuesday.Smith…

NickNews Celebrates Lefty Child 'Rebels With a Cause

October 31st, 2007 5:41 PM
As we've noted at NewsBusters before, it's perfectly sporting to liberal reporters to scoff at conservative activism by college-aged Republicans. Just the same, the left-wing activists of kids not old enough to drive is enough to make journalists warm and gushy inside.Take Linda Ellerbee, formerly of NBC and CNN, who has a new Nick News special on kids engaging in political activism, and yes, it'…

WaPo Stifles Yawn at News of Falling Casualty Rates in Iraq

October 31st, 2007 1:24 PM

Both CNN and the WaPo Play Up ‘Bitter’ Soldier’s Words on Iraq

October 30th, 2007 1:28 PM
The mainstream media’s long march against the Iraq War continues unabated. On October 27, the Washington Post ran a front-page story with an attention-grabbing headline taken from a quote by an American soldier serving in Iraq: "I don’t think this place is worth another soldier’s life." Two days later on October 29, CNN’s Jack Cafferty on "The Situation Room" used the same quote in his "Question…

'60 Minutes:' U.S. Military as Bad as Taliban

October 29th, 2007 7:10 PM
In a segment on Sunday’s "60 Minutes," anchor Scott Pelley described how "The enemy has killed hundreds of civilians this year, but surprisingly, almost the same number of civilians have been killed by American and allied forces." Pelley focused on U.S. air strikes citing a statistic from the liberal group Human Rights Watch: "So far this year, 17 air strikes have killed more than 270 civilians,…

Who's Sponsoring New Republic's Stonewalling on Beauchamp

October 29th, 2007 10:32 AM
Scott Beauchamp doesn't matter. He's a twice-AWOL serial liar with a pending mental health evaluation who can't write believable military fiction EVEN WHILE IN THE MILITARY. He's powerless, has been tried, found guilty and punished, and at this point, a distraction. We've been focusing on the wrong things. What matters is the New Republic's advertisers. No, not their editors, their advertisers…

Joe Trippi More Newsworthy Than Posthumous Medal of Honor Recipient

October 28th, 2007 2:22 AM
Army Captain Mark L. Stoneman took issue with the Washington Post placing an article regarding the Medal of Honor ceremony for the late Lt. Michael P. Murphy, a Navy Seal killed in action in Afghanistan, on page A4, when the Post devoted prime real estate on the front page to a profile of Democratic strategist Joe Trippi (emphasis mine).:I was disappointed in your coverage of the posthumous…

Iraq War Widow, Ignored by the MSM, Calls Out Anti-Military Bias

October 25th, 2007 1:56 PM

TNR's Foer Sticks by Beauchamp, Who Won't Defend His Writing Publicly

October 25th, 2007 12:06 PM

MSM Reporter Shows True Colors in Blog Post About Military Check Point

October 25th, 2007 11:45 AM
Back in 2006, Harris Interactive released poll results that indicate the military is the most trusted institution in America, with 47% saying they have a "great deal" of confidence in the military.Coming in at the bottom? Law firms, Congress, organized labor, major corporations and...the press, which garnered a whopping 12% confidence rate.

Ted Rall: Death of 'Idiot' Soldiers Raises U.S. IQ

October 25th, 2007 7:30 AM
I don't normally follow Ted Rall's work. But when J.M., a member of our military serving in Iraq, wrote NB about Rall's recent column and cartoon, I had a look. I'd say our soldier was being restrained in describing Rall's work as "particularly offensive." I'm displaying one panel from his cartoon of October 22nd. You can view the whole of it here. As you'll note, the point is to celebrate the…

CNN’s Cafferty Asks How Trillions Needed for Wars Could Be Better Sp

October 24th, 2007 6:04 PM
CNN’s Jack Cafferty, in his "Cafferty File" segment on Wednesday’s "The Situation Room," asked how the $2.4 trillion, which the Congressional Budget Office estimated would be the cost for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next decade, could be better spent. Apparently, Cafferty, who is a well-known opponent of the Iraq war, also thinks that money being spent in Afghanistan for operations…

Boom: Drudge Scoops Docs to Sink New Republic

October 24th, 2007 3:24 PM
Drudge scooped me (arrgghhh!) with two documents related to the Beauchamp/TNR story. I had asked for in a FOIA request submitted more than a month ago to the U.S. Army. Those documents including a transcript of the call between Scott Beauchamp, TNR editor Franklin Foer, and TNR executive editor Peter Scoblic on September 7. I first wrote about the conversation itself previously. The other…