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Media: U.S. Should Throw Billions of Dollars at Global Warming
What will new Congress do? Though emissions-lowering programs have failed around the world, the media continue to embrace plans for more regulation that could crush the American economy.
CNN Anchor Snidely Asks Tom DeLay: ‘Think Karl Rove is Still a Geniu
CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien talked with former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Wednesday and displayed a snide attitude over the Republicans’ midterm losses. She even tried to goad DeLay into bashing Karl Rove: O’Brien: "Think Karl Rove is still a genius?"Delay: "Oh, yes. Just because you lose one ball game doesn't remove your genius." O’Brien: "Really, you think that -- this is kind of a big…
Open Thread
Starter topic: Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer on the election's impact: "There are some people who want to argue that ... this was what the
Republicans needed, a kick in the pants [...] But it’s also a
shift of responsibility to the Democrats. They now have to join in the
government in a very hard situation in Iraq and elsewhere. If things
don’t go well, they will share in the…
NY Times Hints Racism a Factor in Democrat Ford's Failure in TN Senate
Like Chris Matthews last night, The Times seems to be bitter about not having everything go the Democrats' way last night, putting its usual racism spin on one of the GOP's few bright spots -- Bob Corker's win over Harold Ford Jr. in the race for Senate in Tennessee.Adam Nossiter's "Republican Hangs on to Frist's Senate Seat" opens: "Tennessee's open Senate seat stayed in Republican hands on…
Trans Fats: Public Health Enemy No
Media focus on trans fats is misleading and distracts from serious health threats.
Bozell Blasts Biased Media Coverage: National Press Is 'A Laughingstoc
MRC President Brent Bozell appeared with other conservative leaders at the National Press Club this morning to urge that the Republican Party respond to their election defeat by returning to their conservative Reaganite roots. During his remarks, Bozell lambasted the national media’s biased campaign coverage, blasting them as “a laughingstock when it comes to the idea of objective journalism.”…
Al-Jazeera Highlights Nancy Pelosi's 'Iraq Is a Catastrophe' Declarati
In their story on the Democrats winning the House of Representatives, al-Jazeera’s English-language Web site blamed the “unpopular war in Iraq” for the GOP defeat and highlighted Nancy Pelosi’s speech demanding a “new direction” on Iraq.“Staying the course has not made our country safer,” al-Jazeera quoted Pelosi as saying last night. “We cannot continue down this catastrophic path.”
Paul Begala Calls Rush Limbaugh a ‘Drug-Addled Gasbag
As many NewsBusters have commented, the liberal media were anything but gracious in victory last night. CNN political analyst Paul Begala was a fine example when during the 8PM “Situation Room,” he took the opportunity to attack the most popular conservative radio talk show host in the country (video here with transcript to follow).As the conversation centered on the Missouri Senate race, and how…