Inhofe: Senate Democrat Amendment Threatens Christian Radio

On March 3, Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., took the Fairness Doctrine and its often overlooked potential threat to Christian radio to the Senate floor. The Oklahoma senator gave a lengthy floor speech and mentioned that Sen. Jim DeMint's effort to force an up-or-down vote on the Fairness Doctrine issue, which passed 87-11 in the Senate, was a good beginning. "Last week's vote was the first nail…
Jeff Poor

Media Myth: Networks Stick to Warming Theme Despite Avalanche of Chill

BMI Staff

Here Lies a New Administration - Again and Again

Media ignore the excesses of Pinocchio politics.
Dan Gainor

An Affair to Forget: AP Dances Around Re-elected Dem Mayor's Adultery

"Villaraigosa affair may not be one to remember," prophesied the July 7, 2007 headline in the L.A. Times. A year and a half later, the Associated Press danced around the Democratic Los Angeles mayor's adulterous liaison with a Spanish-language reporter assigned to the city hall beat.From today's story on his March 3 re-election accessed at CBSNews.com (emphases mine), notice how the AP pulls its…
Ken Shepherd

Media Myth: Networks Stick to Warming Theme Despite Avalanche of Chill

Alarmists get snowed in for Washington, D.C. rally; networks mostly ignore signs of cooling temps, 'record' cold.
Julia A. Seymour

CBS: Obama Repairing U.S.-Russia Relations Wrecked By Bush

On Tuesday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent Lara Logan reported on the Obama administration’s effort to improve relations between the United States and Russia by abandoning a missile defense system proposed under the Bush administration: "It's become one of the most contentious issues dividing the U.S. and Russia. American plans to deploy a missile defense system on Russia's doorstep...The Obama…
Kyle Drennen

Politico Exposes White House and Media's Anti-Limbaugh Strategy

Have you wondered why there have been so many hit pieces lately about Rush Limbaugh?Well, new revelations suggest that Democrats began a smear campaign against the conservative talk radio host last October, and now it's really caught steam. Apparently, the Left feared its message would be muted without having George W. Bush to blame for all the world's problems, and Limbaugh made a nice…
Noel Sheppard

MRC's Bozell: FCC Nominees Must Vow to Protect Talk Radio Before Confi

Media Research Center President and NewsBusters.org Publisher Brent Bozell today called on all of President Barack Obama’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) nominees to pledge to preserve the First Amendment freedoms of conservative and Christian talk radio.  Bozell asserted that if they do not do so, they should not be confirmed by the Senate.Denouncing the so-called Fairness Doctrine is…
NB Staff

MSNBC's David Shuster Badgers Ron Paul: 'Even You' Won't Slam Rush

"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" host David Shuster on Tuesday repeatedly pestered Texas Congressman Ron Paul to publicly attack Rush Limbaugh and seemed frustrated when "even" the outspoken representative wouldn't give him what he wanted. After wondering "why it's so difficult" for Republicans to disagree with the talk show host's assertion that he wants Barack Obama's policies to fail, Shuster…
Scott Whitlock

'Today' Blames Limbaugh for GOP 'All-Time Low

According to the Politico Democratic strategists, months ago, planned to paint Rush Limbaugh as a bad guy to hurt the GOP and on Wednesday, the "Today" show followed that blueprint as Matt Lauer pilloried RNC Chairman Michael Steele over his flap with the talk show host: Doesn't Rush Limbaugh put people like you in a very tough position? If you agree with him publicly it sounds like you're…
Geoffrey Dickens

Susan Estrich Warns Democrats About Dangers of Attacking Rush Limbaugh

Susan Estrich is worried. Very worried. She believes that the current coordinated Democrat strategy of attacking Rush Limbaugh is completely counterproductive. And she's right:He talks for hours every day. He gets paid to talk. Just talk. Doing it well is no small thing; witness the number of people who have tried to be him, or be the NOT-him, and failed. But he doesn't have to build a coalition…
P.J. Gladnick

MSNBC Contributor and Former Dem Politico to Obama: Get It Together

After the fifth consecutive down day for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), commentators from unexpected corners of the political spectrum are starting to scratch their heads over the Obama's administration economic policy responses. Take, for example, former Rep. Harold Ford, Jr., D-Tenn., now a commentator for arguably the most politically left-of-center network, MSNBC. On the network's…
Jeff Poor

Trading Like It's 1995: Press Ignoring Inflation's Impact in Reporting

This report carried in the Washington Business Journal typified yesterday's coverage of yet another decline in the stock market:Dow declines further stillWall Street’s major stock indexes followed Monday’s strong sell-off with a day of fluctuation, ending with more losses.The Dow Jones Industrials Average gyrated between modest gains and losses throughout the trading day, ending the down 37…
Tom Blumer

Open Thread

NB Staff