Pat Schroeder on Imus Incident: People Thought Meanness Was Masculine

Has the Imus-inspired national conversation on race and sex jumped the shark? I'm starting to suspect so after hearing Pat Schroeder this morning. Her most notable contribution to the collective dialogue was to suggest that there's something inherently masculine about verbal meanness.The former Democratic congresswoman from Colorado was a member of a panel moderated by NBC's Lester Holt on this…
Mark Finkelstein
 

E.J. Dionne Claims FNC Chief Roger Ailes Secretly Admires MoveOn.Org D

Tim Graham
 

Only ABC Marks 100 Days for Dem Rule & Failure to Pass 'Six for '06' C

Back in January, ABC anchor Charles Gibson was the most triumphant over supposed Democratic achievements after taking control of Congress. But on Friday night, only Gibson's World News, of the three broadcast network evening newscasts, reported on the failure of Democrats to pass the bills they promised in their first one hundred days. (Brian Williams' lead on NBC: “A new and growing political…
Brent Baker
 

Missing Bush Documents: Another Jack Cafferty-Endorsed Conspiracy Theo

Matthew Balan
 

WashPost Publicizes Gay Bus Crusade Against 'Oppressive' Conservative

The Washington Post Style section on Friday featured a front-page story on the gay-left group Soulforce and their so-called "Equality Ride" to conservative Christian colleges trying to stir up fights and publicity. Hanna Rosin's story was headlined "Young, Gay Christians On A Bumpy Bus Ride."
Tim Graham
 

Weekend Captionfest

Original caption: Radio personality Don Imus appears on Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show, in New York on April 9, 2007. CBS fired Don Imus from his radio program Thursday, April 12, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation's most prominent broadcasters.
NB Staff
 

After Speaking Out Against Imus, Elisabeth Hasselbeck Defends Rosie

Justin McCarthy
 

CNN's Velshi Files Wrong Tax Number with Viewers

Julia A. Seymour
 

AP Lectures Whites

Tim Graham
 

Is Barbara Feeling the Anti-Rosie Heat? 'View' Creator Plays Pilate Ag

Justin McCarthy
 

CBS's Harry Smith Pitches Softballs to Al Sharpton

Justin McCarthy
 

CNN's Velshi Misreports Tax Numbers While 'Minding Your Business

Reporter emphasizes 'cost' of repeal, but gets it wrong.
Julia A. Seymour
 

GMA Embraces Gov. Arnold’s Environmental Policies; Touts His ‘Pres

"Good Morning America," which will participate in a day-long push for liberal environmental action on April 20, touted the "long way" California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has come in adopting left-wing policies. GMA co-host Diane Sawyer asserted that the former actor is now trying "to save the planet for real." ABC anchors Sawyer and Chris Cuomo seem to have found a Republican that they…
Scott Whitlock
 

‘Inconvenient Truth’ Producer Laurie David Attacks Rush Limbaugh

The arrogance of Hollywood liberal elites is truly astounding, folks. After embarrassing herself on CNBC Tuesday, and following it up with an absurd rebuttal Thursday, the producer of Al Gore’s global warming schlockumentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” Laurie David, went for a dubious hat-trick by taking on talk radio host Rush Limbaugh.I kid you not.In what was presented as a letter to El Rushbo at…
Noel Sheppard