Leftist Hate Campaign Against Blogger Gets Deadly Serious

Leopold (left) and Johnson.The Jason Leopold sock puppet scandal continues to expand as Seixon, the blogger at the center of the scandal has received a death threat and a threatening email telling him to stop exposing the nutjobs pushing the Valerie Plame scandal.Since I last updated NB readers on this story (you really need the post to understand this one), Leopold or a minion posted more of…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Hezbollah, New York Times Taken Aback by 'Ferocity' of Israel's Respon

Clay Waters
 

The Hypocrisy of Journalists - Part III

You may recall the past items I've posted about journalists who think they are exempt from the same behavior that they inflict on the rest of us. CBS News anchor Diann Burns is suing her contractors for skimping on her $3 million house because she is black. Of course the contracter gave her $92,000 in free perks, but she's still upset that they aren't going to fix the rain gutters on the…
Mithridate Ombud
 

Confronting Bad Behavior the Liberal Way

Edward L. Daley
 

Rush Limbaugh Says Media Twisted Buckley's Remarks

On Sunday, NewsBuster Warner Todd Huston reported on how CBS misquoted famed conservative author William F. Buckley, Jr. On Tuesday, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh weighed in on the issue (audio link to follow):This is not the first time that Mr. Buckley has been highlighted by the Drive-By Media in his disagreements with President Bush — and, look, I don’t want to speak for him…
Noel Sheppard
 

PBS-Man for President: Ivins Wants Moyers to Run

Mark Finkelstein
 

Minimum Rage

BMI Staff
 

ABC, NBC Spin Strong Housing Numbers Negatively

'Nightly News' anchor calls housing market a bubble but a real estate economist featured in the story forecasted cooling beginning the year.
Ken Shepherd
 

Open Thread

Mhmm. Fresh open thread. Enjoy...
Open Thread
 

NY Times Fails to Do Its Homework on the IRS's Estate Tax Auditor Redu

In January, in response to the Sago Mine tragedy, editorials at The New York Times charged that the Bush Administration had let mine safety deterioriate and had let up on its mine inspection efforts. A few minutes of looking at the government's own statistics by yours truly (here and here) and others showed that deaths and injuries had both decreased substantially during the Bush administration…
Tom Blumer
 

Bozell Column: Olbermann Seeks Oddballs

Who says The New York Times has lost touch with reality? A recent puff piece by TV reporter Bill Carter on MSNBC’s “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann honors him as the "centerpiece" and "great growth story" of MSNBC.
Brent Bozell
 

L.A. Teenager Settles Global Warming Debate

I couldn't help but think of the "squeaky voiced teen" recurring character on The Simpsons when I read this story on global warming in today's Los Angeles Times: Whatever the ultimate scientific truth, this month's weather has been for many Southern Californians a perceptual tipping point that brought home the possibility of global warming, just as the fury of Hurricane Katrina did for the…
Ken Shepherd
 

Military Bloggers Focus on 'Common Enemy': the Media

Greg Sheffield
 

Laura Ingraham Comments on New TV Series With Female Conservative Radi

For Laura Ingraham fans, it has been quite interesting to see her so much on Fox News lately, and watch the growth of one of America’s leading female conservatives. Conceivably, her recent success and notoriety have lead ABC to create a new television series casting “Ally McBeal” star Calista Flockhart as a conservative radio talk show host (as reported by NewsBuster Matthew Sheffield Tuesday).…
Noel Sheppard