'In the Money' Airs Conflict Diamond Hit Piece on De Beers

CNN's Ali Velshi downplays diamond industry's benefits to Africa in favor of smearing company.
Rachel Waters
 

Harry Smith Hypes Obama Love Fest on CBS

Justin McCarthy
 

Open Thread

Open for discussion and general comment.
NB Staff
 

Could It Be, AP? (AP Has an Actual Reporter in Ramadi

Michael Fumento reports from Ramadi (HT Instapundit): ..... now the WashPost has printed another article on the city, this time an upbeat one. What gives? You guessed it.The second one was reported from Ramadi. Case closed, thank you very much. Unfortunately, it's little solace knowing how few journalists ever leave their safe little hovels in Baghdad hotels or Washington, D.C. Kaus doesn't…
Tom Blumer
 

CNN Reporter: Helpful Democrats Will Give You More Time Off Work

Monday’s edition of "American Morning" featured a decidedly one sided segment that advocated for Democratic legislation, generously highlighted Ted Kennedy and promoted San Francisco as the wave of the future. Correspondent Alina Cho used the piece to boost a bill that would require employers with more than 15 workers to give seven sick days a year. Disparaging America’s primitive stance on the…
Scott Whitlock
 

Sunday Morning Fights: Brit Hume and Bill Kristol Tag Team Juan Willia

For those that missed it, a classic – and sometimes heated – debate about the Iraq War transpired on the most recent installment of “Fox News Sunday”. In the left corner was NPR’s Juan Williams. In the right corner, as a fabulous conservative tag team, were Fox News’ Brit Hume, and the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol. This one did not disappoint (video available here).The fun really got going when…
Noel Sheppard
 

UN Downgrades Global Warming Risks, Will Anyone But Sen. Inhofe Notice

The UK Telegraph reported Sunday that the United Nations will significantly reduce its global warming assessment in a document set to be published in February (emphasis mine):The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says there can be little doubt that humans are responsible for warming the planet, but the organisation has reduced its overall estimate of this effect by 25 per cent. […]The…
Noel Sheppard
 

Dictator's Death Bias: Pinochet Scorned, Deng Xiaoping Mourned

Tim Graham
 

Argh! Globe Just Doesn't Get How Weak Immigration Policy Hurts Workers

Mark Finkelstein
 

Kurtz Suggests Gregory's Nonpartisan, Just Reflecting Rest of Nonparti

Tim Graham
 

Herbert Calls For Surrender, Buchanan Agrees With Neo-Cons [No Typo

Mark Finkelstein
 

George Allen Says He Was 'Screwed' by the Referees, WashPost Says Who

Tim Graham
 

Brownback Likes ISG's Emphasis on 'Very Aggressive Regional Diplomatic

Mark Finkelstein
 

Media Ignore Foley E-mail Leaker and Possible Connection to Rahm Emanu

The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct released its report concerning the Mark Foley page scandal on Friday, and the media banged the predictable drum about this all being a Republican cover-up. However, what was ignored or downplayed by virtually every press outlet was the revelation that the offensive e-mail messages between Foley and male pages were leaked to the media by the…
Noel Sheppard