ABC Highlights Medicare Complaints, Overlooks Retailers' Drug Discount

'World News' complains of cost, confusion but ignores private sector solutions like Wal-Mart's $4 generic drugs.
Ken Shepherd
 

Open Thread

Comment on the news of the day and anything else. The New York Times thinks Dan Rather's new HDNet show "so far seems to favor Democrats who love America."
NB Staff
 

CNN: ' Hoyer tapped for party's No. 2 House spot

CNN reports: "House Democrats have chosen Rep. Steny Hoyer as House majority leader, the No. 2 leadership post, a Democratic spokeswoman said."Mr. Hoyer had opposed Nancy Pelosi's choice, Congressman Jack Murtha.Ever have one of those days, Nancy?  It should be a fun two years coming up.
Mike Bates
 

Washingtonian: 'Another Election Winner: The Mainstream Media

Mike Bates
 

NRO Buzz: Leahy, Senate Judiciary Dems To Investigate Laura Ingraham

Tim Graham
 

MSM Can't Bring Themselves to Say Democrat Extremists

Warner Todd Huston
 

On NPR, Bush Vietnam Visit Evokes Talk of 'Weak Christian Aggressors

President Bush traveling to Vietnam was guaranteed to bring out the Iraq-Vietnam comparisons, especially on National Public Radio. On Wednesday's "Morning Edition," co-host Steve Inskeep interviewed liberal author David Halberstam, who reported on Vietnam for the New York Times. Halberstam warned that we needed to withdraw from Iraq because it wasn't worth the death of "some kid in the Ohio…
Tim Graham
 

Iraq Diary: Training to Board Craft on the Euphrates [With Video

Mark Finkelstein
 

Media Yawn as Climate Center Reports Continued Global Cooling

At roughly 11:00AM Eastern Time Wednesday, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration announced that for the second straight month, America saw below-average temperatures. As a result, regardless of how warm July was, it now appears unlikely that 2006 will surpass 1934 as the hottest year on record. Yet, a Google News search suggested that not one news agency bothered to report this…
Noel Sheppard
 

Couric Shares Levin's Frustration with Impediments to Withdrawing from

Brent Baker
 

Koppel Jokes: Bush Joined Guard to Stay Out of Vietnam, Now Going to S

As the guest on Wednesday's Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central, Ted Koppel ribbed host Jon Stewart for not ridiculing President George W. Bush over his trip to Vietnam and then Koppel offered his own sharp-edged joke about it. Koppel scolded Stewart, "I'll tell you what I have been thinking: I can't believe you haven't done anything on George Bush in Vietnam." Koppel then delivered…
Brent Baker
 

Olbermann Highlights Edwards 'Shoot Dick Cheney' Joke

Brad Wilmouth
 

Media Reactions We Witnessed in '94, But Not in

Tim Graham
 

Chris Matthews Questions Murtha About Bribery Tape

Brad Wilmouth