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As the old saying goes, a photo can say a thousand things. But what it can't say is how it can be used to say one thing, but really be another thing. And that's just how The New York Times used it. In the Oct. 9 issue of the Times, an article by Simon Romero and Clifford Krauss examined the events in a decade-and-a-half-long legal battle between a left-wing environmental group, supposedly…

Here was a chance for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. to admit he was wrong, and to conclude publicly that government intervention in the private sector doesn't always result in the best of outcomes. McCain appeared on CNN's Oct. 11 "State of the Union" in a pre-recorded interview and was asked by host John King if the lackluster recovery of the economy warranted more government intervention. "The…

In CNN 'SOTU' interview, the former GOP presidential nominee expresses TARP disappointment, but host John King neglects to ask if regretted voting for it.

Sportswriter Stephen A. Smith says the black football players claiming they wouldn't play for a team that conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh owned "are lying through their teeth. They're walking hypocrites." This occurred Saturday on CNN's "Your Money."Smith also claimed that what Limbaugh said about Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb a few years ago shouldn't disqualify him…

If there was any question which side of the ideological blogosphere a lot of the inside-the-beltway media establishment go to regularly, Politico may have just cleared that up. In an Oct. 11 Politico story headlined "Think Progress makes its mark," which was the top story on its Web site that evening, Daniel Libit paid reverence to the left-wing Center for American Progress' Think Progress blog…

UPDATE AT END OF POST: Fox officials agree that all this attention is helping ratings.Three days before Howard Kurtz talked with White House communications director Anita Dunn about the Obama administration's attacks on the Fox News Channel, a number of CNN contributors pointed out how this strategy is helping FNC's ratings while hurting Democrats. Such was discussed on Thursday's "Situation Room…

There's a new American flag available on the Internet that has a picture of President Obama in the corner where the stars representing our fifty states normally reside.Given how our media have assisted in selling Obama paraphernalia since Inauguration Day, one has to wonder what their position will be on the attractive keepsake pictured right.As NewsBusters has chronicled, news outlets up until…

"I think what is fair to say about FOX and certainly the way we view it is that it really is more a wing of the Republican Party...[When President Obama] goes on FOX, he understands that he is not going on -- it really is not a news network at this point. He's going to debate the opposition."So said White House communications director Anita Dunn on Sunday's "Reliable Sources" in what appeared to…

A marvelous thing happened on Sunday's "This Week": Donna Brazile said Barack Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was "well-deserved," and host George Stephanopoulos couldn't restrain his laughter.Such deliciously happened moments after George Will said, "[T]he Nobel Prize committee would with this decision have forfeited its reputation for seriousness if it had a reputation for seriousness…

The Washington Post is such a liberal newspaper that its sports columnists spout liberal bias. In an online Post chat on Friday, Thomas Boswell lamented the low standard of civility set by the "crazy things" Rush Limbaugh says as a St. Louis Rams fan lamented the prospect of Limbaugh owning the Rams: Worse Owner Than Snyder?: I'm originally from St. Louis, where word is out that Rush Limbaugh is…

Full schedule's here. Name the game of the day and the biggest upset.

BREAKING: "NFL Players Executive Director DeMaurice Smith on Saturday made a move to solidify the union against a bid by conservative talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh as part of a group that aims to purchase the St. Louis Rams."Such was reported moments ago by ESPN's Chris Mortensen.According to Mortensen, Smith has spoken to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell strongly opposing this transaction:

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Obama vows to end "Don't ask, don't tell."Thoughts?