Global Warming Skepticism Shocks Chris Matthews

Toeing the "Green is Universal," corporate line, MSNBC's Chris Matthews seemed shocked that anyone would dare question whether climate change was real. During a discussion about John McCain's eco-friendly rhetoric the "Hardball" host was dismayed when conservative radio talk show host Heidi Harris called it a move "to the left," as Matthews decried: "You think climate change is an ideological…
Geoffrey Dickens

Barbara Walters Eager for Hypothetical Interview of Osama bin Laden

At the close of her interview on CNN’s "Larry King Live" on Monday evening, host Larry King asked ABC’s Barbara Walters "Have you had a major disappointing interview?... Someone you had looked forward to, didn't work out right." Walters named a few notables, and gave the following anecdote: "I have said, I'm very mellow. I'm not auditioning anymore. I'm not out to get the great get. And then one…
Matthew Balan

NYT Admits Fault in Salmon Story; Industry Spokesman Calls Times’ Cl

Even when The New York Times admits they were wrong, they still don't quite get it right. The paper acknowledged May 13 that a March 27 story, "Salmon Virus Indicts Chile's Fishing Methods," was incorrect when an article by Alexei Barrionuevo had identified security guard Adolfo Flores as the Port Director of Castro, Chiloe Island (see full "Editors' Note" here). Their "Editors' Note"…
Jeff Poor

Washington Post Enlists Kids in Fight for Polar Bears

Lacking key facts, Post asks young readers to decide if polar bears 'deserve' to be listed as endangered.
Genevieve Ebel

<i>TIME's</i> Religious Democratic Crusader

Amy Sullivan is anchoring TIME magazine's 2008 presidential campaign coverage. CMI Senior Editor Brian Fitzpatrick provides a revealing look at her faith-and-politics agenda based on Sullivan's new book and her TIME articles.
Brian Fitzpatrick

NY Times Admits Fault in Inaccurate Salmon Story

Paper issues an 'Editor's Note' claiming reporter was misled for article attacking industry.
Jeff Poor

Chris Matthews: West Virginians Decided Decades Ago to Oppose Obama

Guest hosting on Tuesday's "Morning Joe," MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews assigned dark motives to the voters of West Virginia and repeatedly reaffirmed that nobody should be surprised if Barack Obama loses the May 13 primary to Hillary Clinton. According to Matthews, "You could have predicted West Virginia 20 years ago on this one." Making his racial overtones more clear, Matthews derided, "These…
Scott Whitlock

Soros Attacks Free-Market Capitalism in USA Today Puff Piece

If you're a believer in the Larry Kudlow creed, that "free-market capitalism is the best path to prosperity," then look out, because George Soros is going to make you cringe. A May 13 USA Today article by David J. Lynch profiled the Hungarian billionaire who said he sees traditional free market theory as "flawed." "Of course, real life never matches up exactly with the theory's assumptions.…
Jeff Poor

MRC's Worst of the Week: GOP ‘Slime and Hate’; Coddling Obama

The general election has apparently begun. This week, the liberal media launched a pre-emptive attack on Republican campaign tactics even as TV interviewers slobbered all over Barack Obama. Here are the Media Research Center’s "Worst of the Week" (audio and video links below the fold):# GOP: Merchants of Slime and Hate. It’s Hillary Clinton’s campaign, not the GOP, which has pummeled Barack Obama…
NB Staff

Joy Behar: Some People 'Refuse to Accept Reality

Justin McCarthy

Newsweek CW: Up Arrow for Chinese; May Be Dictators, But They Aren't I

Ken Shepherd

News Reports Avoid Mentioning Record U.S. April Tax Receipts

How do you write an article about Uncle Sam's April financial results without telling readers how much money came in and went out -- especially if what came in was an all-time record? Yesterday and today, many journalists have shown us how. Two of them are Martin Crutsinger of the Associated Press and Michael M. Phillips of the Wall Street Journal. Crutsinger's AP report actually made it…
Tom Blumer

Soros Bashes Free Market in USA Today Profile

Paper: Billionaire supporter of liberal causes calls theory of markets 'rubbish.'
Jeff Poor

CBS: Myers Says Clinton Will Leave Race ‘In A Way That’s Classy

On Tuesday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith talked to radio talk show host Michael Smerconish and former Clinton Administration Press Secretary, Dee Dee Myers, about when Hillary Clinton would drop out of the presidential race and asked Myers: "Why is Hillary Clinton still running?" Myers responded by declaring that: "I don't think there's any question that she's going to get out. The only…
Kyle Drennen