CNN's Bill Schneider: Lower Prices A Big Oil Conspiracy

Mike Bates
 

Bill Maher Prevented From Discussing Religion on CBS’s ‘freeSpeech

Is CBS’s new “freeSpeech” segment on the “Evening News” really free? Maybe not, as TVNewser reported Saturday (hat tip to Drudge) that Bill Maher – who had been invited on to be one of the free speakers – was told that he couldn’t discuss religion:“On Friday's Real Time on HBO, Maher explained that CBS approached him to do a 'freeSpeech' segment on the new Evening News. He asked if he could talk…
Noel Sheppard
 

Jonah Goldberg: See How AP Skips The D-Word In Cardin Prejudice Story

Tim Graham
 

SanFran Chronicle Says Border Fence Increases Illegals

Warner Todd Huston
 

Borger: Armitage a 'Big Yawn' Since Media Looking for 'Huge Story' of

On CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday morning, Gloria Borger, CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent and U.S. News columnist, conceded that the revelation that then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was who leaked the fact that Joe Wilson's wife worked for the CIA, “was sort of a big yawn” to the news media “and why we didn't cover it that much, is because, first of all, everybody was…
Brent Baker
 

WashPost Buries Cardin Firing, But 'Macaca' On Front Page Again

Tim Graham
 

Open Thread

Starter: Does anyone watch the Sunday morning news interview shows anymore?
NB Staff
 

Md. Senate Campaign Staffer Fired for Racist, Anti-semitic Blog, Will

I wonder how much we'll be hearing of this news in the political press and how much Marylanders will from their MSM:Rep. Benjamin Cardin has fired a campaign staffer who wrote racially charged comments on an Internet blog against his opponent, Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, who is black, Cardin's campaign confirmed Saturday. The blog includes a reference to "Devouring the Competition" by…
Matthew Sheffield
 

FNC's Burns Plays Down MSM's Political Biases

Tom Johnson
 

AP- Terror Issues Are Just Election Ploys

Warner Todd Huston
 

School for Scoundrels: NYT Teaches Reporters How to Destroy Records

The Fitzpatrick Plame investigation has spurred the New York Times into examining how their reporters conduct themselves. Apparently, the Gray Lady wants her staff to act more like terrorists and drug dealers. Reporters are being told to delete emails, destroy notes, and use disposable cell phones in order to stymie future investigations.
Al Brown
 

Bozell: NBC's 'Studio 60' Debuts With Christian-Bashing Plot, Just Lik

Tim Graham
 

Open Thread

Today's starter: Noel Sheppard and I noted Thursday, the Republicans' electoral fortunes are beginning to look up. Now comes word that online gambling sites that allow wagers on elections are starting to favor Republicans retaining control of the House. The GOP's poll numbers are also up as well. Have the Democrats peaked?
Matthew Sheffield
 

Novak Blasts 'Self-Righteous' Jon Stewart, Unwatchable Chris Matthews

On Friday's C-SPAN morning show "Washington Journal," host Brian Lamb interviewed columnist Robert Novak in the hour of 9 to 10 AM Eastern time on his column on the unraveling of the Plamegate scandal. (Novak was in Urbana, Illinois, at his alma mater, the University of Illinois.) Perhaps the most entertaining parts were his harsh takes on Chris Matthews and Jon Stewart, whom he called "a self-…
Tim Graham