Top Critics Shred NYT's Shoddy Coverage of Duke Lacrosse 'Rape' Case

Michael Chapman
 

ABC's Compton: White House's Perino Cuts Helen Thomas 'No Slack

Washington Times reporter Jon Ward's April 24 article about Tony Snow substitute Dana Perino (pictured at right) is getting a bit of buzz among conservative bloggers such as Kathryn Jean Lopez, Ed Driscoll, and Mary Katharine Ham. Here's what's got them buzzing:When Mrs. Thomas, 86, kept firing questions at Mrs. Perino, 34, the presidential spokeswoman cut her off. "Do you want me to answer the…
Ken Shepherd
 

NYT Shareholders Revolt Against Pinch

The left-wing press is notorious for its hypocrisy and double-standards, especially when it comes to itself. No news organization is a bigger case in point than the New York Times, the so-called paper of record which touts itself as holding the Bush administration accountable, all the while engaging in unprofessional and unethical behavior and never being held accountable for it.Well today, some…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Bob Schieffer Behind Katie Couric's Troubles

Roger Friedman, gossip blogger for FNC has an interesting item about the anti-Katie Couric piece that I blogged about yesterday. According to Friedman, the piece was done partly at the behest of Couric's predecessor, the seemingly avuncular Bob Schieffer.That wouldn't surprise me, but before I get into why, here's Friedman: [O]ne of Couric's frequently mentioned enemies is Bob Schieffer, the…
Matthew Sheffield
 

'Today' Highlights Commuter Tax As Solution To Global Warming

Geoffrey Dickens
 

British Gun Crime up 242 Percent; Post Says 'Laws Seen As Curbing Atta

Ken Shepherd
 

CBS Pushes for More FDA Regulation

Two reports advocate expanded power and budget for both food and drug side of organization.
Dan Gainor
 

GMA Spins Crow Toilet Paper Comments as 'Quirky Solution

Considering that "Good Morning America" has repeatedly adopted left-wing solutions to environmental issues, it’s not surprising that the program acted as a press agent for singer Sheryl Crow on Tuesday’s program. (After all, ABC allowed Crow to kick off her global warming tour on GMA.) Anchor Chris Cuomo claimed that Crow’s assertion (she called for a limit to the amount of toilet paper Americans…
Scott Whitlock
 

Lou Dobbs Notes Flaws in Gun Control

Justin McCarthy
 

Liberal Groupthink at CBS: Newsroom 'Embarrassed' by Brief Anti-Aborti

Rich Noyes
 

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NB Staff
 

Burns of NYT: Insurgents Know U.S. Politics Moving in Direction Favora

Does it give the Dem leaders of Congress pause to realize that the enemies of the United States in Iraq, the people killing our troops, are banking on their political success? Reid and Pelosi might be tempted to dismiss this as the raving of a right-wing blogger. They shouldn't. It is in fact the considered view of someone they surely see as a respected, nay, an authoritative source: no less…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Boris Yeltsin's Reign: Worse Than Soviet Communism

Tim Graham
 

AP Reporter Fails to Describe Constitutional Objection to DC Congressi

In his report last Thursday (HT Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em) on Congress's passage of a bill that would grant congressional representation for the District of Columbia, Associated Press writer Jim Abrams opened with nearly celebratory language. He also noted the existence of a constitutional objection to the law but failed to explain how ironclad that objection most likely is:The people of the…
Tom Blumer