Dan Rather Apologizes for 'Watermelons' Comment

HDNet's Dan Rather, in a piece for the Huffington Post, apologized for his use of the word "watermelons" during a segment about Barack Obama's ability to pass health care, that was aired on the March 8 Chris Matthews Show. In his explanation Rather offers his Texas background as an excuse saying, "I used the analogy of selling watermelons by the side of the road. It's an expression that stretches…
Geoffrey Dickens
 

Report Says California Global Warming Law Will Cause Job Losses

A report released Monday says that California's new global warming law will increase unemployment in the Golden State.The announcement was in stark contrast to continual claims by the Left and their media minions that proposed cap and trade legislation at the federal level will result in an explosion in green jobs.As reported by the Los Angeles Times Wednesday, the nation's most populated state,…
Noel Sheppard
 

ABC and CBS Pass Along Sympathetic Anecdotes from Left-Wing Anti-Insur

ABC and CBS on Tuesday night picked up on the cause of a small anti-health insurance industry protest in DC organized by left-wing labor groups, but instead of denigrating them as the networks did with much larger Tea Party and anti-ObamaCare rallies, the two newscasts empathized with their cause, each relaying an anecdote about a victim of the current system. Both ABC’s Jonathan Karl and CBS’s…
Brent Baker
 

David Letterman: 'Top Ten Signs Rahm Emanuel Is Nuts

In a clear sign liberal media elites are growing weary of the White House, comedian David Letterman went after President Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel Tuesday evening.During the "Top Ten" segment of the "Late Show," Letterman counted down the signs that Emanuel is nuts.Before beginning the list, Letterman explained with shocking detail that this was precipitated by Rep. Eric Massa's (D-N.Y…
Noel Sheppard
 

ABC, CBS Flock to SEIU-Stacked Anti-Health Insurance Protests

Networks portray labor protests against America's Health Insurance Plans meeting in D.C. as democracy in action.
Jeff Poor
 

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NB Staff
 

'Rachel Maddow Show': Stupak Abortion Stance a Plea for '15 Minutes of

What's a principled stance on the life of an unborn fetus if it means achieving the be-all and end-all victory for liberal ideologues - a government intrusion into health care? According to The Nation's Chris Hayes, it's just "one giant obstacle." Hayes, filling in for Rachel Maddow on MSNBC's March 9 broadcast of "The Rachel Maddow Show," didn't seem impressed with Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich.…
Jeff Poor
 

Bozell Column: The Shameless Abortion Carnival

If anyone was looking for a self-righteous extreme feminist, they found one in Angie Jackson. This is a woman who was so proud she was aborting her baby that she announced she would "tweet" her chemical-cocktail abortion live, as it happened, on Twitter. The liberal media found this made-for-TV slaughter fascinating, and not at all a controversy worthy of discussing with two sides. Newsweek’s…
Brent Bozell
 

FNC's O'Reilly Notes Dan Rather's Obama Gaffe, Media's Double Standard

On Tuesday’s The O’Reilly Factor on FNC, during the show’s regular "Pinheads and Patriots" segment, host Bill O’Reilly picked up on Dan Rather’s recent gaffe connecting "articulate" President Obama with "selling watermelons," as the FNC host gave on-screen attribution to NewsBusters as his source while a clip of Rather’s words from Sunday’s Chris Matthews Show played.O’Reilly then observed the…
Brad Wilmouth
 

Conservatives, Christians the Real 'Victims' of NBC's Liberal 'Law & O

Police procedural skewers traditional values in portrayals of current social issues.
Colleen Raezler
 

'Rachel Maddow Show': Stupak Abortion Stance '15 Minutes of Fame

MSNBC guest host denigrates Democratic Michigan congressman's principled stand on health care reform.
Jeff Poor
 

AP Reports Seriously on 'Climate Change Chic' Fashion Show

Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.   ---Derek ZoolanderI don't know which is funnier; a global warming themed fashion show or the fact that the Associated Press reports on it with a completely straight face. They assume the polar ice caps are melting so what to do? Waste carbon shipping giant icebergs from Sweden just to adorn a Paris fashion show runway.…
P.J. Gladnick
 

Barron's: Washington Post Investigated by the Dept. of Education

Call it a conflict of interest or what you will - but how should The Washington Post handle formal inquiries into its business practices as it pertains to news coverage? In July 2009, when the Post got in embroiled in controversy over its own pay-for-play scandal, the Post's media reporter Howard Kurtz took on the newspaper's publisher Katharine Weymouth. However, as the March 8 issue of Barron'…
Jeff Poor
 

CBS Touts Soda Tax As 'Good for Waistline and Bottom Line

Concluding a report on proposed soda taxes across the country on Monday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Michelle Miller gleefully proclaimed how such a tax would help fight obesity and fill local government coffers: "New York's mayor estimates a tax would raise a billion dollars, suggesting what's good for the waistline could be good for the bottom line."Miller began the segment by touting: "…
Kyle Drennen