Gun Control: Clueless in Chicago

Howard Nemerov
 

Glenn Beck’s Global Warming Special ‘Exposed: The Climate of Fear

As NewsBusters reported here and here, CNN’s Headline News last Wednesday broadcast a special on global warming hosted by Glenn Beck. In it, Beck exposed multiple mistakes in soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore's schlockumentary "An Inconvenient Truth," as well as identified many of the fallacies and misnomers surrounding the Kyoto Protocol.For those that missed it, “Exposed: The Climate of Fear” is now up at…
Noel Sheppard
 

'Combat Casualties' of Iraq War, 'Civilian Casualties' and Now Blair a

The broadcast network evening newscasts, reflecting the focus of the media's approach to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's announcement that he will step down on June 27, framed their reviews of his ten-year tenure around the unpopularity of his decision to join the U.S. in the Iraq war. On CBS, however, Elizabeth Palmer uniquely found time to recall how Blair won in 1997 by “dragging Britain'…
Brent Baker
 

Matthews Accuses Romney of 'Sucker Punch;' Sharpton Offers Non-Apology

Mark Finkelstein
 

Michael Moore Under Investigation By US Treasury Department for Cuba T

 Updated below:David German, the AP movie writer, reported that notorious liberal bomb-thrower and fact-fudger, Michael Moore “is under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department for taking ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers to Cuba for a segment in his upcoming health-care documentary 'Sicko.' " The May 10 article seemed very matter of fact, but Moore and his movies were presented from the…
Lynn Davidson
 

'Early Show' Follows Other Nets with Blair 'Bush's Poodle' Line

Justin McCarthy
 

Shock Jocks Opie and Anthony Discuss Sexual Assaults on Condi Rice and

In the wake of Don Imus’ firing for his remarks about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, what should happen to shock jocks that actually discuss violent sexual assaults on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and First Lady Laura.With that in mind, Breitbart TV reported that XM Satellite Radio’s Opie and Anthony had a guest on recently (date unknown) with whom such vulgar acts were happily and…
Noel Sheppard
 

CNN.com Finds Oedipal Mother's Day Spoof a Laugh Riot

Ken Shepherd
 

Haditha Hearings: Two Different Versions of Testimony

Robin Boyd
 

ABC Jets Anchor to San Francisco to Report on Carbon Footprint

Julia A. Seymour
 

Weather Expert: Sub-tropical Storms Being Named to Fuel Global Warming

For weather watchers, the name Joe Sobel should be a familiar one, as he has been with AccuWeather for 35 years, and is a regular guest on radio stations as well as MSNBC.With that in mind, Dr. Sobel posted an article at the AccuWeather blog Wednesday highly critical of the naming of sub-tropical storms, most recently Andrea. In his view, this practice – which is only five years old – is…
Noel Sheppard
 

Tenet's Untold Story

George Tenet, the former CIA director who resigned a while ago has been out promoting a new book. Most of the media has spun the book as attacking the Bush administration, however, as Fred Thompson points out, much of what Tenet says is supportive of many of the claims made by Bush and his staff. Naturally, these aren't the kinds of facts you hear reported in the media:My attention was drawn to…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Obama Says ’10,000 People Died’ in Kansas Tornado, Media Couldn

Imagine for a moment that one of the leading Republican presidential candidates said that 10,000 people had been killed by the recent tornado that destroyed Greensburg, Kansas, Saturday. Do you think this would have been easy fodder for the broadcast television news divisions that always seem fascinated with gaffes made by folks on the right?If your answer is an unequivocal “Yes,” then why did…
Noel Sheppard
 

'View' Shocker: Co-Hosts Discuss Sharpton's Anti-Mormon Remarks

Justin McCarthy