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
 

Progress in Afghanistan Makes Miracle Turnaround in Three Days - Thank

Jason Smith
 

Dobbs Knocks Conservative, Business Groups on Wages

CNN anchor lectures opponents of a minimum wage increase.
Julia A. Seymour
 

Bill Maher Tells Larry King That RNC Chair Ken Mehlman is Gay

As NewsBuster Brad Wilmouth reported, comedian Bill Maher was on with CNN’s Larry King Wednesday night saying some rather outrageous things. Beyond his derogatory comments about President Bush, Maher told King: “A lot of the chiefs of staff, the people who really run the underpinnings of the Republican Party, are gay.” When King pressed Maher for names, Maher said, “Ken Mehlman” (video here).  …
Noel Sheppard
 

WaPo: CBS News Correspondent Ed Bradley Dies

Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post reports that veteran "60 Minutes" journalist Ed Bradley passed away today at the age of 65. Mr. Bradley had won 19 Emmy awards over his long career.May he rest in peace.
Mike Bates
 

Open Thread

For general discussion.
NB Staff
 

NBC Rewind: How 'SNL' Hardball Satire Mocked Post-Election Democratic

As the media crow about Democrats taking the reins of power on Capitol Hill, if you need a giggle, it's worth a rewind to the "Saturday Night Live" satire of MSNBC's "Hardball" on the October 28 show -- the same one with the fake Halloween GOP ads with Witchy Hillary and Count Obama. Chris Matthews (played as usual by Darrell Hammond) and Howard Dean (played by Jason Sudeikis) are expressing…
Tim Graham
 

CNN’s Blitzer Gushes to Nancy Pelosi: “This is Going to be an Exci

"Situation Room" host Wolf Blitzer interviewed incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday and continued the fawning media coverage of the liberal Democrat. His gushing tone can best be described by how he closed the interview:Wolf Blitzer: "Let me just congratulate you and wish you the best of luck. This is going to be an exciting ride. We started off that you are going to be the first…
Scott Whitlock
 

Cartoonist Ted Rall Slams President Bush as ‘Authoritarian Despot

Most people know Ted Rall as the highly acclaimed liberal cartoonist with impeccably bad taste as reported by NewsBusters here. What you might not have known is that he is also an op-ed writer. With that in mind, on Wednesday, Rall published a rather disgraceful piece of hyperbole and vitriol that quite demonstrated just how far off the reservation this man has strayed. It was titled “Our Long…
Noel Sheppard
 

Reporting Ban on Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Research Lifted

Terry Trippany
 

NPR Complains About John Kerry Coverage, Post Political Editor Boasts

Tim Graham
 

Our Missing Media: What About Atlanta's Outrageous Race-Baiting Ad

Tim Graham
 

Bill Maher: 'War Hero' Kerry Should Call out 'Draft Dodger' Bush

Brad Wilmouth