NBC Frets Over Income Gap, Touts Advocate for Higher Taxes on Rich

Without a peg to anything in the news, NBC decided Monday night to base a story on a four-year-old contention by a professor that the middle class is worse off now than in the 1970s, followed by a piece promoting Warren Buffett's claim the rich don't pay enough in taxes. In fact, the federal income tax system remains quite progressive. “Not fair,” Brian Williams teased with matching text on…
Brent Baker
 

AP Glorifies McGovern Museum Despite Paltry Attendance

It looks like A South Dakota museum devoted to the political career of far-left Democrat George McGovern registered 5,000 fewer visitors last year than a Wisconsin museum devoted to mustard. So why all the hype from the Associated Press about how a "Museum about McGovern draws many visitors"? Oh, the AP did their best to make it seem like the George McGovern Legacy Museum is a "surprising" run…
Warner Todd Huston
 

Skank-o-ween

For young girls, the costume trend is all about being sexy.
Kristen Fyfe
 

Media Silent on Boycott as Ford's Sales Continue to Plunge

The automaker's sales have declined for 17 of the 19 months since AFA declared its morally inspired boycott. September sales dropped by 21 percent. Still, Big Media refuses to say 'boo' about it.
Colleen Raezler
 

LAT Tries to Create Sympathy for Illegals Fleeing Fires

John Stephenson
 

Did Olbermann Ridicule Dead Green Bay Packer Legend

Tim Graham
 

Video: 'O'Reilly Factor' Asks Rosie About

Ian Schwartz
 

'60 Minutes:' U.S. Military as Bad as Taliban

In a segment on Sunday’s "60 Minutes," anchor Scott Pelley described how "The enemy has killed hundreds of civilians this year, but surprisingly, almost the same number of civilians have been killed by American and allied forces." Pelley focused on U.S. air strikes citing a statistic from the liberal group Human Rights Watch: "So far this year, 17 air strikes have killed more than 270 civilians,…
Kyle Drennen
 

Dow Defies Gloomy CBS Predictions

Jeff Poor
 

Chris Matthews Writes Campaign Speech for Obama

Chris Matthews got his start in politics by writing speeches for Jimmy Carter, well on Monday night, the "Hardball" host returned to his roots when he penned an anti-war screed that he urged Barack Obama to use as a way to attack Hillary Clinton from the left. The following excerpt is how Matthews opened the October 29 edition of "Hardball" (video available here):Matthews: "Good evening, I'm…
Geoffrey Dickens
 

CBS Wrong on Danger of Merrill Lynch Shakeup

Dow closes up 63 points one day after reports of Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O'Neal's possible ousting.
Jeff Poor
 

New Jersey Paper Has a Double Standard in Protest Coverage

Tim Graham
 

Imam Ahmed Alzaree Resigns from Islamic Center of Cleveland

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer's David Briggs, quoted in entirety for fair use and discussion purposes -- the news and the preceding posts explain it all:New Cleveland imam quits before he startsImam Ahmed Alzaree announced Monday, three days before he was to start work as the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Cleveland, that he was resigning.Alzaree said allegations by bloggers that he…
Tom Blumer
 

NH Paper Lets John Edwards Promise the World

The John Edwards presidential campaign couldn't have asked for a more flattering article than the one printed Friday by New Hampshire's Concord Monitor.In an interview with the paper's Lauren Dorgan, Edwards promised universal health care, universal pre-kindergarten, matched savings accounts for poor people, and a new iniative called "College for Everyone." All of these new programs are going to…
Matthew Sheffield