CNN Hypes Backover Danger of SUVs

'American Morning' features advocate for more regulation, rear-view cameras, even though study finds they have their limits.
Ken Shepherd
 

NY Times Frank Rich on 'Callous Conservatism' and Racist Republicans

Clay Waters
 

Leading Research Company Debunks Peak Oil Theory, Will Media Notice

At about 11:00 AM Eastern Time Tuesday, CNBC reported that a highly-regarded research company, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, has determined that the well-touted theory that the world has or is close to “peak oil” is nonsense. CNBC’s Sharon Epperson covered the story (rough transcript):There is this new report out that says, “Is the world running out of oil? No way!” The new report out…
Noel Sheppard
 

Chris Matthews Hostile to 'Victory' In Iraq

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Open Thread

Republicans are in the news today with some GOP dissent over the appointment of Florida senator Mel Martinez to head the Republican National Committee. In 2008 news, Rudy Giuliani formed an "exploratory committee" for a presumptive presidential run.
Matthew Sheffield
 

Boston Globe: Cheney Out? But, Wasn't He Elected

The Boston Globe's recent article on Dick Cheney's "fate" after the recent elections is an interesting, if not subtle, attempt to make it seem as if the Vice President were somehow on his way out just like Donald Rumsfeld was. Even painting Bush as "forgetting" the VP was in a recent meeting intimating that Cheney is not included in running the country anymore.(Cheney doesn't need Rumsfeld…
Warner Todd Huston
 

Merry Christmas! That’s Right, You Can Say It Again

As NewsBusters reported Saturday, the politically correct crowd appears to have lost this round concerning whether the Christmas season should be referred to as the holiday season so as not to offend, well…anybody. Another sign that it will once again be acceptable to recognize the religious aspects of this annual ritual with total impunity (meaning without fear that the ACLU will serve you…
Noel Sheppard
 

Tale of a Supposed Tire Fire

Early on in the recent Israel/Lebanon war, there was a photograph published by both U.S. News and World Report and Time Magazine, which according to captions published with the picture was of a burning Israeli jet, shot down by Hezbullah missiles. The blogosphere was quick to dispute the picture in question, and the widely-circulated story was that the photograph was actually that of a tire dump…
Brian C. Ledbetter
 

N.Y. Times Hails Montana's Daily-Kos Democrat As A 'Prairie Pragmatist

Now that the Democrats hold the majority in the Senate, the New York Times is painting the new Senators firmly into the political middle. Reporter Timothy Egan profiled Sen.-Elect Jon Tester, one of the hard-left Daily Kos Democrats, in a story headlined "Fresh Off the Farm in Montana, a Senator-to-Be." Egan began his ode to the liberal man with a crew-cut: "When he joins the United States Senate…
Tim Graham
 

A Picture and Story From Iraq the Media Will Never Share

I first received this picture in my e-mail today from our good friend Joe Myers. It contained the following caption:Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt cradles a young Iraqi girl as they both sleep in the hospital. The girl's entire family was executed by insurgents. The killers shot her in the head but she survived. The girl received treatment at the U.S. military hospital in Balad, but cries often…
Noel Sheppard
 

Iraq Diary: On to Fallujah

Mark Finkelstein
 

Why Is the MSM Ignoring this Priest Scandal? Could It Be

Dave Pierre
 

Couric Portrays Murtha as Victim, Wonders: 'Did You Feel Vindicated La

Brent Baker
 

Despite Rubin Plea for Tax Hikes, Dems Want AMT Breaks for 'Their' Ric

Tom Blumer