ABC's George Stephanopoulos Grades Obama's Press Conference an 'A

Journalist George Stephanopoulos appeared on Monday's "Nightline" to offer high grades for Barack Obama's first primetime press conference. He awarded the President an A for overall performance at the event and a B for Obama's bipartisan efforts. During the presidential campaign, Stephanopoulos was consistent in giving high marks to the then-Democratic candidate, announcing that Obama won all his…
Scott Whitlock

UK Politician Urges Video Game Manufacturers to Include Global Warming

Former chair of Parliament climate change committee recommends climate-themed games to educate 'people about the impact of prolonged changes to our climate.'
Jeff Poor

CBS’s Reid: Obama Using ‘Pressure of Popularity’ to Pass ‘Stim

On Monday’s CBS Evening News correspondent Chip Reid described Barack Obama’s efforts to gain support for the so-called "stimulus" bill: "The president aimed the full power of his office, including Air Force One, at the Heartland today, speaking directly to the people in Elkhart, Indiana...For now, the president appears to have the public on his side. A new Gallup poll out today gives him a 67…
Kyle Drennen

CNN's Borger & Gergen: Obama Comes Across as 'Pragmatist' and 'Shrewd

CNN’s two senior political analysts, Gloria Borger and David Gergen, reacted favorably to President Barack Obama’s performance at his first press conference on Monday night. Borger highlighted how the Democrat apparently “came across as a real pragmatist.” Later, Gergen stated that it was a “classic and shrewd exercise of presidential power.” The two analysts participated in the network’s…
Matthew Balan

New MRC 'Profile in Bias': George Stephanopoulos

Following the Media Research Center's ongoing call for an explanation of George Stephanopoulos's reported strategy conference calls with Democratic operatives Paul Begala and James Carville and White House Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel,  the MRC has released a new Profile in Bias for the "This Week" host. "[I]n his on-air role at ABC, Stephanopoulos has been a reliable mouthpiece for the…
NB Staff

New CEO Obama Shows How Tough It Is to Run a Company

President would find Wall Street tougher than Main Street or the media.
Dan Gainor

Early Show: Matrimony is Merely Monetary

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and the Early Show decided to talk love: love of money that is. Host Harry Smith and his male guests agonized over losing assets in a marriage, while Julie Chen rightly called them out, saying marriage is much more than a business deal. Matt Titus, a guest on the February 10th broadcast and co-author of the book Why Hasn’t He Proposed, lamented over the…
Erin R. Brown

British Politico Urges Video Game Manufacturers to Include Message abo

The message has made it everywhere else - Hannah Montana songs, every night on the news, in books and cartoons, so why not video games? If you want a preview of tactics that could be on the way in the name of curbing global warming, take a look across the pond at what they're doing in Europe. In Britain, Lord Puttnam, the founding chairman of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and…
Jeff Poor

Time 'News' Piece Compares GOP to Geese Who Caused Hudson River Plane

Tim Graham

Ed Schultz Makes it Up As He Goes Along About Obama the Author

Jack Coleman

In Housing Segment, ABC Ignores Truth Behind 'Bank Terrorist

On Tuesday's "Good Morning America," financial correspondent Bianna Golodryga promoted the efforts of a radical housing group run by CEO Bruce Marks, a self proclaimed "bank terrorist." Of course, Golodryga skipped that description and glossed over the extreme actions of the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America [NACA]. Instead, she simply asserted that the organization tries "to help…
Scott Whitlock

CBS ‘Early Show’ Fact Checks Obama Press Conference

On Tuesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Julie Chen took an unusually critical tone toward President Obama’s first press conference on Monday night: "President Obama takes to prime time to pitch his nearly trillion-dollar rescue plan...But does the president have his facts straight? And what does a trillion dollars really buy you? We'll tell you." In a later report on the press conference…
Kyle Drennen

Laura Ingraham to Renegade Sen. Specter: 'Is It Nice to Be Wined and D

Conservative radio host quizzes Republican Pennsylvania senator on why he is one of only three out of 229 Republicans to support the $827 billion stimulus.
Jeff Poor

Networks Silent on White House Grab of 2010 Census

The Obama administration’s decision to have the White House supervise the 2010 Census -- a response to left-wing complaints that the Census was too important to leave under the authority of Republican Judd Gregg, the nominee for Commerce Secretary -- has thus far (as of Tuesday morning) drawn absolutely no attention from the three broadcast networks, with not a single mention on the ABC, CBS or…
Rich Noyes