O'Reilly Scolds Nets for 'Softball' Pelosi Interviews, Goldberg Contra

On Thursday's O'Reilly Factor on FNC, Bill O'Reilly raised, with former CBS News reporter Bernard Goldberg and Fox Newswatch panelist Jane Hall, “all the softball interviews of Nancy Pelosi” which aired Wednesday night and that a NewsBusters item summarized. O'Reilly cautioned that “I'm not saying you should go after her throat, but surely when you have the person second in line for the…
Brent Baker

Bozell Column: The Pelosi News Networks

Brent Bozell

Networks Acknowledge (Sort of) How 'Liberals' Will Gain Power in New C

After ignoring for months how Democratic control of the House and Senate would put left-wingers in charge of key committees, on Thursday night the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts acknowledged that reality as they sprinkled the “liberal” label in their stories. On Wednesday night, the three newscasts featured interviews with likely House Speaker Nancy Pelolsi (NewsBusters post), but only ABC…
Brent Baker

NYT's Unfair Shareholder Rules Come Under Fire

Just as television is hypocritical when it comes to diversity (both political and otherwise), many newspapers which are run by liberals are equally hypocritical when it comes to how they structure shares of their stock. The New York Times is the best example of this--editorially, the paper puts forth an image of empowering the powerless and standing up for the little guy. But when it comes to…
Matthew Sheffield

CNN Reporter to GOP: Learn Lesson of Midterms And Move Left

On Thursday’s "Situation Room," CNN reporter Bill Schneider proclaimed that Republicans need to move left in order to recover from their midterm losses: Bill Schneider: "Will Republicans move further to the right? Not if they got the message of the election. Republicans lost because they abandoned the center. Independents voted Democratic by the biggest margin ever recorded. The election also…
Scott Whitlock

Evening Open Thread

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NB Staff

Geraldo 'Delighted' GOP Got 'Their Butts Kicked

Geoffrey Dickens

CNN Host Derides Haggard Spiritual Counseling as a ‘Tremendous Reali

Aren’t liberals supposed to be the tolerant ones? On Wednesday’s "American Morning," co-anchor Miles O’Brien derided a plan by disgraced former minister Ted Haggard to seek spiritual counseling as a "reality show." Haggard resigned his positions as pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado and head of the National Association of Evangelicals after being accused of drug use and a gay affair. He…
Scott Whitlock

Rather's Still Fiercely 'Independent,' With a Bias Against Caving In t

Tim Graham

MSNBC: The Official Election Night Network for Democrats

Geoffrey Dickens

ABC's Rosie O'Donnell: 'Don't Fear the Terrorists, They're Mothers and

One would have thought that the Democratic takeover of Congress and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation would have preseted plenty of fodder for the women of  ‘The View’ to debate on Thursday’s show. However, it was a discussion on Iraq and the war on terror that dominated today's 'Hot Topics' segment. Not surprisingly, co-host Rosie O’Donnell equated the post-September 11th America…
Megan McCormack

Despite Media's Pelosi Hype, Press Are Hypocrites About Diversity

Matthew Sheffield

NY Times: Stick a Fork in Him, Bush Is Done

Clay Waters

CNN's Lou Dobbs Celebrates Minimum Wage Hikes, Slams Conservative Detr

Lou Dobbs must be perfecting his “Stewie Griffin" impression. “Victory is mine,” he seemed to gloat to viewers as with smug delight CNN populist gadfly and resident protectionist applauded the passage of six minimum wage increases in states ballot booths across the country. Before the election, Dobbs was quite active in pushing such an increase both on his show and in his book, “War on…
Ken Shepherd