PBS Host Thundered: 'Why Shouldn't We Be Outraged' At George Bush

Here is the kind of debate that's common on taxpayer-subsidized PBS: two liberals arguing over the right degree of rage over President Bush on Iraq. Should it be white hot? Or just hot enough that you don't burn your mouth on it? On Thursday night's edition of his eponymous show, Tavis Smiley interviewed Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. Ignatius worried out loud about finding some degree…
Tim Graham
 

Reuters and the 'Women Shunned Segolene' Meme

"Women voters shun Segolene Royal" reads one Reuters headline. Writes reporter Kerstin Gehmlich:The weak female support is a bitter personal blow for Royal, who had played up her feminist credentials throughout the campaign, frequently defending policies she would want "as a mother" and accusing critics of male chauvinism.Yet Gehmlich noted that the Sarkozy-Royal split among women voters in…
Ken Shepherd
 

Gore Bans Media from Global Warming Speech

Matthew Sheffield
 

Open Thread

For general discussion and comment...
NB Staff
 

Stahl, Who Derided Reagan, Hypocritically Lectures Dobbs for Criticizi

CBS's Lesley Stahl, in a 60 Minutes profile of CNN's Lou Dobbs aired Sunday night, expressed indignation over how Dobbs violates the supposed “fair and balanced” rule of journalism by revealing his disdain for President Bush, but Stahl has a long history of announcing her personal political views, including scorn for President Reagan and adulation of Hillary Clinton. When Dobbs confirmed he's “…
Brent Baker
 

Bush Derangement Syndrome at AP: ‘Iraq War Hampers Kansas [Tornado

In 2005, Bush Derangement Syndrome -- the as of yet inexplicable malady effecting much of the left whereby anything bad that happens on the planet can be tied to the White House -- peaked with continuous press accusations that Hurricane Katrina was the President’s fault.Almost two years later, and just hours after tornadoes devastated the Midwest, the President is being indirectly blamed for…
Noel Sheppard
 

Mickey Mouse Teaches Islamic Radicalism

Matthew Sheffield
 

Eco-Extremist Wants the World Population Reduced to Less Than 1 Billio

Julia A. Seymour
 

Syrian Dictator Defends Pelosi Visit, Says Speaker 'Doing Her Job

Support for the actions of the Dem leadership continues to flow in from America's enemies around the world.Last week, Al Qaeda's #2, Ayman al-Zawahri, said a Dem-sponsored bill calling for a troop withdrawal from Iraq was proof of America's defeat.Now the leader of Syria's thugocracy has weighed in, defending House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) against criticism of her recent tête-à-tête with…
Mark Finkelstein
 

The McGreeveys' Media Week

Manipulation of the media is alive and well in America.
Kristen Fyfe
 

Bozell: Rap Mogul Has A Plan for Post-Imus Broadcast Standards

Tim Graham
 

Wisconsin Liberal Talker McGee Wishes Conservative Host Had Burned wit

Brandon Henak
 

Supreme Global Warming Derangement: Having Large Families ‘Is an Eco

Global warming derangement syndrome has taken a disturbing turn for the worse, as The Sunday Times published an article May 6 stating that parents should only have two children in order to avert climate change. I kid you not.The piece, despicably titled “Having Large Families ‘is an Eco-crime,'” unbelievably began:HAVING large families should be frowned upon as an environmental misdemeanour in…
Noel Sheppard
 

Are Media Hyping Bee Crisis to Divert Attention From Cold-related Crop

By now I’m sure you’ve all heard about the bee crisis in America. Currently termed “colony collapse disorder,” it is the massive die-off of a bee hive or colony for oftentimes inexplicable reasons.Of late, this malady has resulted in a 25 percent reduction in colony totals here in the U.S., setting off alarmist media reports like the following from the Associated Press (emphasis added throughout…
Noel Sheppard