Breaking: Sarah Palin To Become Fox News Contributor

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has inked a deal to be a contributor to the Fox News Channel.According to the New York Times, Palin won't have her own show, but will appear on a regular basis.It goes without saying this report by the Times is sure to enrage liberals and their media minions for days to come (h/t Hot Air):
Noel Sheppard

CBS ‘60 Minutes’ Story Bashes Palin; Ignores Embarrassing Democrat

While a story on Sunday’s 60 Minutes about the new book, ‘Game Change,’ about the 2008 campaign, focused heavily on attacks against Sarah Palin by McCain staffers, it ignored numerous revelations of controversial statements by prominent Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid describing Barack Obama as “light skinned” and lacking a “negro dialect.” Acting as a guest correspondent…
Kyle Drennen

Time’s Mark Halperin Cheers That in Era of ‘Low’ Standards, Repo

Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos on Monday talked to the authors of a new book on the 2008 presidential campaign and appeared unsurprised that journalists knew about the affair John Edwards was having, but ignored it. Stephanopoulos blithely acknowledged, "And a lot of Edwards insiders, Mark, and you even say reporters covering the campaign, knew something about this." Co-author…
Scott Whitlock

Media on Lott vs. Reid: A Trouble Standard

I'm still having trouble understanding Harry's liberal dialect. Any help? (cartoon after page break):
Glenn Foden

'World News' Plays Populism Card: Bashes Wall St. Bonuses; Ignores Fan

Just in time for what they call "bonus season," ABC's "World News" treated its viewers to a little anti-Wall Street populism Sunday night. On "World News" Jan. 10, weekend anchor Dan Harris explained there was "backlash" against Wall Street for bonuses that haven't even been paid out yet. But the ABC report made no mention of bonuses paid to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives. "This week on…
Jeff Poor

Bolton Slams Olbermann on Pantybomber Conspiracy Theory

Former American Ambassador to the UN John Bolton took MSNBC's Keith Olbermann to task last week for accusing US intelligence agencies of deliberately ignoring red flags that led to the failed Christmas day bombing plot (h/t Johnny Dollar). Olbermann suggested that the CIA and other agencies might have been engaged in some sort of turf war, and allowed the plot to move forward. He insinuated that…
Lachlan Markay

Today Brings on Two Libs That Let Harry Reid Off the Hook

NBC's Today show, on Monday morning, invited on former Democratic liberal Congressman Harold Ford Jr. and PBS' liberal Washington Week moderator Gwen Ifill to discuss whether Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should step down for his "Negro dialect" comments about Barack Obama and not surprisingly neither guest suggested Reid should go. Both Ford and Ifill dismissed any comparison to…
Geoffrey Dickens

Conflict of Interest? Intel Gives $250 Million Obama Charity in Midst

Media once eager to criticize Bush administration's ties to private companies give Obama a pass.
Jeff Poor

Time's Joe Klein: Prop 13, Conservatism Caused 'California Bust

While he conceded that liberal labor unions, particularly "reactionary" teachers unions have had a role in California's fiscal mess, Time columnist and blogger Joe Klein placed the lion's share of the Golden State's woes on conservatives who have pushed for lower taxes. Upset that conservative writer George Will had chalked up "all that is wrong in California at liberalism's doorstep," Klein used…
Ken Shepherd

Rachel Maddow Blames Clerical Error for Near Disaster on Flight

When it comes to protecting Americans from al Qaeda, "the buck stops here," President Obama proclaims.Obama's apologists in the media are finding that too close for comfort.MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, for example, offered this novel analysis on the underlying cause of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab nearly bringing down Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit --MADDOW: Moments after the president was done…
Jack Coleman

Open Thread

NB Staff

Rachel Maddow Insists Climategate Is 'All Made Up,' Conservatives 'Ref

Tim Graham

Media Inflated Civilian Deaths at Gaza School, Ignored Israeli Account

Brad Wilmouth

Ho Hum: CBO Estimate of $390 Billion Oct.-Dec. U.S. Deficit Gets Two E

On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office issued its Monthly Budget Review for December 2009. It estimates that December's federal deficit will be $92 billion when the Treasury Department releases its Monthly Treasury Statement on Wednesday, and that the deficit for the first fiscal quarter will be "about $390 billion." The CBO director's related blog post is here. The establishment press has…
Tom Blumer