Health Care Face-Off

Media reveal preference for universal coverage in treatment of Schwarzenegger and Bush proposals.
Julia A. Seymour

Newsweek's Howard Fineman: With 'Brilliant' Joke on Bill, Hillary Tell

Geoffrey Dickens

Health Care Face-Off

BMI Staff

Environmentalists, Post Embrace Some Dam Destruction

Article downplays lost of power for 70,000 people as the result of green mandate.
Dan Gainor

NY Times Reviewer Complains about Friedman Documentary on PBS

Reporter Ginia Bellafante puffs up Friedman rival who said Soviet economy was sounder as it was collapsing in the 1980s.
Ken Shepherd

Global Warming Skeptics Contest Al Gore’s Logic on ‘Hannity and Co

As global warmingists breathlessly await a new report from the United Nations about the imminent doom of our planet, and Democrats convene highly publicized panels in Congress to discuss how only they can save the world, two well-known skeptics were guests on “Hannity and Colmes” Tuesday. What ensued could only be improved upon if the discussion was to be required viewing all over the country –…
Noel Sheppard

CBS Puffs Dem Massachusetts Governor, Wasn't So Kind To Black Republic

Michael Rule

GMA’s Alarmist Nightmare: ‘Will Billions Die From Global Warming

"Good Morning America" weatherman Sam Champion has accomplished the impressive feat of turning the morning show’s meteorology segment into an opinion piece. On Tuesday, he approvingly reported on a new study that blames humans for the effects of global warming. During a follow-up piece on Wednesday’s edition, ABC included one of the most alarming graphics to grace American television screens:…
Scott Whitlock

Economy Stronger Than Expected in 4th Quarter, Will Media Notice

The nation’s gross domestic product grew at a much faster than expected rate in the fourth quarter as wages increased and inflationary pressures decreased. Will the media care, or figure out a way to tie consumer enthusiasm to the Democrats taking back Congress?Before you place your bets, let’s look at the facts as reported by Bloomberg (emphasis mine throughout):The U.S. economy grew at a faster…
Noel Sheppard

GMA: Biden Blows Chance to Stop Bloviating

Mark Finkelstein

Open Thread

Comment on the news of the day and anything else.
NB Staff

Lauer: Global Warming 'Literally Could Be End of World as We Know It

The world could be coming to an end, but not to worry: "the Democrats are now in charge of Congress." That, in a nutshell, was NBC's message on global warming on this morning's "Today."Here's how Matt Lauer, apparently in the throes of a global-warming panic attack, kicked off the segment: "Now to a controversy in Washington over what literally could be the end of the world as we know it."View…
Mark Finkelstein

LATimes: US Reaction to 9/11 Just a 'Massive Overreaction

Nearly 3,000 Americans killed in a series of attacks on one single day -- the most American civilians ever killed in a single day with coordinated attacks -- was no big deal as far as David Bell writing for the L.A. Times is concerned. The attacks were a horrible act of mass murder, but history says we're overreacting. See, they know this because Russia had a bad time of it during WWII. ...…
Warner Todd Huston

Reuters Report Failed to Disclose Ethnic Identity of UK Terror Suspect

Mark Finkelstein