Colbert Asked Katie Couric If She Got a 'New Hatchet' for Anti-Bush Ha

Katie Couric was a guest on Thursday night's "Colbert Report" on Comedy Central. Her answers seemed rehearsed, just as if her Hillary-hand-me-down media consultant Matthew Hiltzik prepared her for the mock-hardballs. Two questions stood out as the most insulting: whether she had a "new hatchet" for anti-Bush hatchet jobs, and which job prepared her better for the anchor desk, being a cheerleader…
Tim Graham

Bill O’Reilly Rips Rosie O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen and 9-11 Conspirac

There are a lot of conspiracy theories running through extreme left-wing circles about the attacks on 9/11. One such piece of drivel is an Internet movie called “Loose Change.”On Thursday’s “O’Reilly Factor,” the host invited a New York City detective named Bo Dietl, and author Gerald Posner to discuss some recent developments surrounding the conspiracy theorists. O’Reilly began (video available…
Noel Sheppard

NY Times Reporter on Al Gore, 'Compelling' 'Pop Culture Icon

Clay Waters

CNN's Harris: Iraq Bill's Pork Will Help 'Real People In Trouble

Mike Bates

CNN's 'American Morning' Shines A Little Light on Democrats' Pork

Matthew Balan

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Geraldo Blames Rise of Hugo Chavez On Anti-Illegal Immigrant 'GOP Extr

Geoffrey Dickens

Behind Kucinich: Will MSM Cover Hillary's Fifth-Place Finish in Dean O

At the end of his 2004 campaign, Howard Dean started Democracy for America, billed as a grassroots Democratic political action committee "dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government." Last week, DFA staged an online Dem presidential candidate preference poll. As a proud DFA member [meaning that I joined the email list], I just…
Mark Finkelstein

'Daily Show' Mocks the 'Goreacle

Julia A. Seymour

Even Jon Stewart Mocks the 'Goreacle

'Daily Show' host cracks jokes about Als testimony to the Senate
Julia A. Seymour

Newsweek Blogger/Episcopal Priest: Global Warming Might Cause the Apoc

Ken Shepherd

Glenn Beck Slams ‘Fat Witch’ Rosie O’Donnell

It is safe to say after listening to Wednesday’s “Glenn Beck Program” that the host is not at all fond of ABC’s Rosie O’Donnell. In fact, one wouldn’t be out of line in stating that he loathes the co-host of “The View” who he disaffectionately referred to as a “fat witch.”In an unbridled rant about a figure that is truly becoming one of the prime targets for conservatives due to her frequent…
Noel Sheppard

Lauer: Iraq Funding Cut Would Be 'Disaster

Matt Lauer said the right thing. Was it for the wrong reason?Discussing on this morning's "Today" with Tim Russert the current wrangling between the Bush administration and the Dem congress over a bill to fund the Iraq war and the Dems' attempt to include a "date certain" for troop withdrawal, Matt Lauer said:"Robert Gates, the Defense Secretary, has said that sometime next month that the…
Mark Finkelstein

Newspaper Editors Convention Boasts Speaker Spike Lee, Conspiracy Theo

Tim Graham