Couric Denounced 'Disturbing' Town Hall Wackos Bringing 'Fear and Fran

Tim Graham
 

Beck Wins Cable Demo Again, Campbell Brown Beats Olbermann

For the second night in a row, Fox News's Glenn Beck attracted the most cable news viewers in the all important demographic of folks aged 25 to 54.As for MSNBC's Keith Olberman who arrogantly and errantly bragged Tuesday about having "the highest rated cable news program, period," he came in third in his time slot Thursday actually attracting fewer viewers than CNN's Campbell Brown.Though…
Noel Sheppard
 

Kennedy Biographer Refutes Matthews Claim Obama's 'The Last Brother

Kennedy biographer Ed Klein on Wednesday refuted the absurd claim made earlier in the morning by MSNBC's Chris Matthews that with Teddy's passing "Barack [Obama] is now the last brother."In fact, when WOR radio's Steve Malzberg addressed what Matthews said on the "Today" show, Klein responded, "Makes me want to puke." Contrary to media depictions of a strong relationship between the two, Klein…
Noel Sheppard
 

Cop Forces Town Hall Protester to Take Down Anti-Obama Sign

"It ain't [America] no more, okay?"So amazingly said a police officer at a town hall meeting in Reston, Virginia, Tuesday when he refused to allow a protester to display an anti-ObamaCare sign (pictured right).I kid you not. If we had an honest media in America, the following video would have been broadcast repeatedly over the past few days to demonstrate how free speech in our nation is indeed…
Noel Sheppard
 

Open Thread

NB Staff
 

Obama 2006: Combining Private and Public Health Insurance 'Worst of Bo

As Barack Obama and his media minions try to force healthcare reform down the throats of the American people, the President has repeatedly said that a public option would increase competition for private insurance companies and thereby drive down prices.This apparently wasn't his view in 2006 when he said the expansion of medicare to include prescription drug coverage for seniors was "the worst…
Noel Sheppard
 

One Inflames, the Other Informs: Comparing AP and Reuters Reports on C

Tom Blumer
 

Albright: Washington Times Makes Her 'Crazy', but Insists Press Must P

It's no secret the print newspaper industry is struggling. It's become all too common to hear that papers, like the Christian Science Monitor or the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, have ceased publishing a print edition and gone completely online. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright addressed this challenge and its impact on a government at the Aspen Institute's Forum on Communications and…
Jeff Poor
 

Times Watch Quotes of Note -- 'Almost Entirely White and Irritable Cro

An excerpt of Times Watch's latest "Quotes of Note," featuring the most biased things written or spoken by reporters and columnists for the New York Times.   "Almost Entirely White and Irritable Crowd" of "Angry" Obama-Care Protesters "They got up before dawn in large numbers with angry signs and American flag T-shirts, and many were seething with frustration at issues that went far beyond…
Clay Waters
 

Totenberg: Kennedy a 'Truly Shakespearean Figure' Redeemed by 'Greatne

Brent Baker
 

Catholic League Rips Showtime's Vile, Error-Laden Anti-Catholic Assaul

Following last night's episode (Thu. 8/27/09) of Penn & Teller's show on Showtime, Bill Donahue, founder and president of the Catholic League said, "I have never seen a more defamatory, obscene and vicious show on TV." Folks, that is saying a lot. The man has dedicated his career to exposing anti-Catholicism.According to Donahue, the foul-mouthed Penn Jillette billed last night's episode as "…
Dave Pierre
 

Only in the Boston Globe: Excommunicated Priest is 'Prominent,' 'In Go

What do you call an excommunicated Catholic priest, ignorant of the sacraments, who openly calls for the ordination of women? If you're the Boston Globe, you call him a "prominent priest" who is "in good standing." Then, for good measure, you entitle the article about the priest, "Priest takes church to task for not ordaining women." Good ... grief.The paper profiles dissident ex-priest Roy…
Dave Pierre
 

Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter: Rush Limbaugh Is the ‘Great Blowhard of

Newsweek columnist and editor Jonathan Alter appeared on Friday’s Hardball and slammed Rush Limbaugh as the "great blowhard of our time." Host Chris Matthews prompted the quote when he discussed how Limbaugh had criticized him on his radio show for calling Barack Obama the "last brother" of the Kennedy clan. Referring to Ted Kennedy's death, Matthews snarled, "What is the matter with these people…
Scott Whitlock
 

Albright Laments Decline of Newspapers in Democracy, but Says WaTimes

Former Clinton Secretary of State compares bloggers to the rumors that fueled the resistance movements behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War era.
Jeff Poor