Media Fuss Over 'Income Gap' and 'Out of Control' Pay

Julia A. Seymour
 

ABC’s Tapper: Hollywood is a Cash Cow for ‘08 Race; Doesn’t Ment

On the Wednesday edition of "Good Morning America," ABC correspondent Jake Tapper reported on the power of Hollywood in presidential politics and the pitfalls of accepting celebrity support. However, while GMA found the time to gush over Barack Obama’s celebrity status, going so far as to include a graphic of an Oscar statue with Obama’s head on it, Tapper didn’t mention that Hollywood’s fund-…
Scott Whitlock
 

A NY Times Surprise: Tougher Border Security Actually Works

Clay Waters
 

Tony Snow: Don’t Believe Your Opposition’s Blogs

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, NBC’s David Gregory, Newsweek’s Richard Wolffe, and others gathered on Tuesday at the National Press Club to discuss a variety of issues including media reporting of political events (video available here).As the conversation ensued, Gregory made the following observations:Because it- it's the Internet, and the blogs, that have really used this White House…
Noel Sheppard
 

Rich Man, Poor Man

BMI Staff
 

Huggin' Hillary-and-Bill Puts Question on the Table

Mark Finkelstein
 

Elementary, My Dear President

Not everyone makes the same amount of money, but that doesn't mean the government should act to abolish 'income inequality.'
Herman Cain
 

Another Will They Report It Moment

A British hospital conducted a study recently that I doubt will get much coverage here in the States considering its erosion of a left-wing feminist myth that men are sexual predators. According to the study, none of 75 women who came in for treatment of "date rape" drugs had actually been given them. In fact, they'd just drank too much. Too bad the study didn't come out in time for V-Day, the…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Will Someone at AP Stand for Accuracy

Last Thursday, I provided Associated Press Media Relations Director Linda Wagner with confirmation that a January 4 Steven R. Hurst article appears to be 180-degrees from the truth. To date, neither Wagner nor any other AP contact has deemed to provide any sort of response. Frankly, I didn't expect one. The Hurst article was a CYA piece written to provide cover for shoddy Associated Press…
Bob Owens
 

An Inconvenient Truth: Global Warming is All About The Money

So, you think the global warming alarmists are actually concerned about the environment or the future of the planet? Think again, for a recent funds request from the World Bank to solve this “problem” should clue you in as to what is really going on with those advancing theories emanating from junk science.As reported by Reuters (emphasis mine throughout): “The World Bank wants to breathe life…
Noel Sheppard
 

ABC Labels UK Withdrawal 'Bad News' Before Cheney Calls It Sign of Pro

Mark Finkelstein
 

Open Thread

Today's starter: Consider this newest delight of the left-wing blogosphere: Bush wanted to O-sodomize bin Laden?
NB Staff
 

Global Warming Blamed for Cooties in Japan and Hornets in France

Got a problem you can’t solve? A flu bug you can’t kick? Financial woes? Unfulfilling love life? Forget about seeing a doctor, psychiatrist, or financial consultant. After all, your problems could all be linked to global warming!Such seems certainly the case in Japan and France where a recent rise in head lice and hornets respectively have actually been tied to the planetary ailment being studied…
Noel Sheppard
 

He Did Not Have Relations With that Woman, Anna Nicole Smith

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." -- Bill Clinton"He had no sexual relationships with that woman, Anna Nicole Smith." -- Debra Opri, attorney for Larry Birkhead, alleged father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughterSame raised finger. Virtually identical line. View video here.You might have thought the sad soap opera that has been the life and death of Anna Nicole Smith…
Mark Finkelstein