MRC Gala Footage At Eyeblast

Our "recording artists" Michelle Humphrey and Kristine Lawrence prepared MRC gala video overnight for posting at Eyeblast.tv. We were entertained by the usual mockery of the liberal media, but we were also inspired by Tony Snow's speech accepting our William F. Buckley Award and choked up by the story of Medal of Honor winner Michael Murphy. In tribute to Murphy and his family, T. Boone Pickens…
Tim Graham
 

German Director to Stage America-Bashing Opera on Set Depicting 9/11 R

Naked actors wearing only Mickey Mouse masks will represent penniless 'victims of capitalism.'
Kristen Fyfe
 

WSJ: Couric, CBS Likely to Split

Interesting news coming out of CBS today. First, the Wall Street Journal reporting that Katie Couric is "likely" to leave the network--before her contract expires, possibly after the inaguration of the next president:After two years of record-low ratings, both CBS News executives and people close to Katie Couric say that the "CBS Evening News" anchor is likely to leave the network well before her…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Hollywood Agenda: 'Day The Earth Stood Still' Remake Is All About Glob

Remember the iconic 1951 Cold War era film, “The Day the Earth Stood Still”? It was a black and white film starring Michael Rennie as Klaatu, an alien who came to Earth to warn our warring nations that a galactic police force had deemed the world a “danger” to intelligent life everywhere and that we faced annihilation unless we acted nice. It was one of the classic, dystopian films with a utopian…
Warner Todd Huston
 

Well, Well

We're back. More later.
Matthew Sheffield
 

Wash. Post Editor Says He Can't See a Time When There Won't Be a Print

Sixteen-year veteran editor Leonard Downie admits he is concerned about the future for mid-size market papers.
Jeff Poor
 

'Nightly News' Joins Anti-Wal-Mart Groups in Airing Embarrassing Video

CNBC reporter admits network is purchasing footage from Wal-Mart executive meetings that anti-Wal-Mart groups are also planning to exploit.
Jeff Poor
 

Media Savvy Catholics and Protestants Teaming Up to Preserve Shared Va

Kevin Mooney
 

NBC's Lauer Speaks Out for American Airlines

'Today' show finally reports the real cause of canceled flights: The FAA
Nathan Burchfiel
 

Open Thread

An early morning start to your day. Posts may be sparse today as NewsBusters staffers attend the 21st annual "DisHonors Awards," the MRC's fake award show that pokes fun of the worst examples of media bias in 2007.The nominees are here.
Matthew Sheffield
 

ABC's Vargas Suggests Removing Bullets Before Confronting Angry Mob

Brad Wilmouth
 

No Forgiving Charlton Heston

Some media figures think it's okay to hate somebody because he disagrees with their political beliefs.
Brian Fitzpatrick
 

Matthews For Senate? Chris Says Anything But 'No

A week ago I was mystified when Chris Matthews went out of his way to butter up Ed Rendell when the Dem Pennsylvania governor appeared on Hardball, and described the schmoozing here. Now, call it mystery likely solved. According to one account, Matthews has approached Rendell for help in a possible 2010 U.S. Senate run. That seems an ever-more-likely scenario, given Matthews's decidely non-…
Mark Finkelstein
 

LAT Op-ed Writer Compares Petraeus' Ribbons to Chotchkie's Flair

"Memo to Petraeus: When you're making the case for more patriotic gore, go easy on the glitter." That's how Los Angeles-based writer Matthew DeBord concluded his LA Times op-ed entitled "Petraeus' 'ribbon creep.'"So DeBord apparently thinks ribbons worn on the service dress uniform are the equivalent of "flair" that Chotchkie's waiters wore in the comedy classic "Office Space"? Here's how DeBord…
Ken Shepherd