O'Donnell and Behar Blame President Bush For Chavez' Bush-Bashing

Reaction against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’ remarks to the United Nations, in which he referred to President George W. Bush as "the devil," has been strong. Liberal Democrat Charlie Rangel forcefully argued that the attack on the President was an attack on all Americans, while House minority leader Nancy Pelosi denounced Chavez as "an everyday thug." It’s interesting, though not…
Megan McCormack

CBS Now Sees Danger in Online Drug Purchases

But a year ago, network ignored illegal nature of re-imported drugs, presented Internet as way to get cheap drugs.
Ken Shepherd

Rep. Charlie Rangel Tells Off Hugo Chavez

No media bias here, folks. I just thought people would like to see a video that was just posted at YouTube (hat tip to Drudge) of Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York saying to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez what most right-thinking Americans are feeling after his disgraceful performance at the United Nations yesterday. Here’s the YouTube video. Update: CNN now has Rangel's full statement here, and…
Noel Sheppard

Fauxtography in Search of a Point

What do you get when you ask the Syrian puppet-President of Lebanon what the cause of the recent "conflict" between Hezbullah and Israel was? Well, apparently, it was "da joos!" I should've known! Notice that Emile choses to use one of the the disputed Qana photographs (possibly even one by disgraced photographer Adnan Hajj) to illustrate his point. I'm sure he won't be getting many questions…
Brian C. Ledbetter

NY Times Sees 'Echoes' of 1994 GOP Takeover of Congress for Today's De

Clay Waters

AP Fires Back at Michelle Malkin

Greg Sheffield

Bias and Banality on the Morning Shows

A couple of snippets from this morning's "news" segments on ABC and CBS... On The Early Show, Rene Syler interviewed the President of the Council on Foreign Relations, and former Bush administration official, Richard Haass. After having played the video of Chavez calling Bush "the devil," of crossing himself and saying that he could still smell the sulfur in the air, Syler's first question for…
Lyford Beverage

Meredith Vieira's Morning Suck Up to Bill Clinton [Full Transcript Inc

Geoffrey Dickens

N.Y. Times, WashPost Attack Religious Freedom for 'Zealot Chaplains

Craig Bannister

Wal-Mart Cuts Generic Drug Prices to $4, How Will Media Negatively Spi

Wal-Mart shocked the pharmaceutical world Thursday morning announcing that it will cut prescription generic drug prices to $4:As part of its ongoing commitment to providing more affordable healthcare for America's working families, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) today announced that it will make nearly 300 generic drugs available for only $4 per prescription for up to a 30-day supply at…
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread

Open for comment.
NB Staff

Olbermann 9-11 Rant Bounce Done, Once Again Last in Time Spot

Well sports fans, that big bounce in ratings that Keith Olbermann received as a result of his vitriol-filled rant about President Bush on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is now officially over. It appears that those who tuned in last Tuesday and Wednesday to see what all the fuss was about – including those that were lobbied by liberal bloggers to do so – learned what many with a better…
Noel Sheppard

Non-persons Against Ahmadinejad

If 35,000 people were to show up and rally against a speech President Bush right across the street from him, that would surely be news. Thousands of people, led by a few political figures such as Jesse Jackson, Noam Chomsky, and others protesting a world leader they consider to be a threat should be news if only because of the proximity.Change the scenario to include thousands of demonstrators…
Matthew Sheffield

CNN Correspondent: Generals, Commanders, and Soldiers Divorced From Re

It’s really the height of gall, but perfectly illustrates the arrogance of today’s media. On Wednesday evening, Michael Ware – CNN’s Baghdad correspondent – stated that the folks giving President Bush advice and information about what’s going on in Iraq – including General George Casey and Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad – “are men who could not be more divorced from the Iraqi reality. They very much…
Noel Sheppard