Bush Pokes Reporters at Presser, CNN Asks for Show of Respect for Ahma

President Bush's Rose Garden press conference on Friday morning began with the president making a forceful statement about the need to keep the country safe, and how new legislation to curtail interrogations and surveillance programs could make that job harder. But the goofiest question of the day had to be the one from CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux:Malveaux: "Mahmoud…
Tim Graham
 

CNN: Are Falling Gas Prices a Sneaky Scheme to Help Republicans

In a September 15 report for "The Situation Room," CNN reporter Bill Schneider wondered if the current decrease in gas prices has been timed to help Republicans in the midterm elections. He ominously asked: Schneider: "The drop in prices may last a couple of months, long enough to get through the November election. Could that be what the oil companies want?"Does this mean that high prices in the…
Scott Whitlock
 

Friday Afternoon Biz-Econ Pick-me-ups

This was not a good day, and probably won't be a good weekend, for those who have been bad-mouthing the economy -- Drudge reports that retail gas in Missouri is as low as $1.85. Around Cincinnati it's as low as $1.97 - $1.99 (link is dynamic and will obviously change): Oil is sliding down towards $62 per barrel.
Tom Blumer
 

CBS's 'Early Show' Airs Alarmist Global Warming Report

Michael Rule
 

World Health Organization Backs Expanded Use of Media-Overlooked DDT

News reports have focused on environmentalist alternatives instead of the most effective method of malaria prevention.
Amy Menefee
 

Networks Steer Ford Stories to 'Hard Times,' Ignoring Other Firms on T

Broadcasters portray an industry running out of gas, but other automakers are doing well in United States.
Dan Gainor
 

Network Morning Shows Skip President's Improved Polls; 'Fox And Friend

Michael Rule
 

ABC's GMA Highlights Southern Republican Women...Who are Voting for De

Megan McCormack
 

Savage Attack: Globe Writer Accuses W of 'Terrorizing' Americans

The Boston Globe refers to Charlie Savage as a "staff writer."  But judging by the hyper-partisan comments he made on Fox News Channel this afternoon, Savage belongs over on the opinion page.Interviewed with two other legal reporters by FNC's Martha MacCallum, Savage took these shots at President Bush and his fellow Republicans: President Bush is "terrorizing" Americans with the terrorism issue…
Mark Finkelstein
 

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: September 9 to

Scott Whitlock
 

N.Y. Times Makes News Out of 'Zero Chance' Push for Gays In The Milita

Tim Graham
 

Broder Faces Liberal Wrath for Declaring Press Should Apologize to Rov

Greg Sheffield
 

HuffPo Analyst Says Pro-Lifers Are Just as Dangerous as Islamic Extrem

As hard as it might be to believe, the liberal defense of Rosie O’Donnell’s anti-theistic comments on Tuesday’s “The View” has become almost as absurd and offensive as the remarks themselves. First a media analyst on Wednesday night claimed that "Radical Christianity" is just as bad as radical Islam because abortion clinics in the past have been attacked as reported here. Then, on Thursday’s “…
Noel Sheppard
 

Aspiring Senator Bobby Casey, 'Authentic Catholic' and Libertine

Tim Graham