NYT Hypes Leaked Documents To Promote Climate Alarmism

The New York Times is quick to forget the past when it doesn’t promote their agenda. In Nov. 2009, the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was involved in the “ClimateGate” scandal, but that didn’t stop the paper from hyping leaked information from an upcoming IPCC report on Aug. 20. However, the BBC reported that the IPCC has said those leaks were “misleading.”…
Mike Ciandella
August 22nd, 2013 4:31 PM

CBS Spotlights UPS Cutting Benefits Due to ObamaCare; ABC, NBC Out To

CBS This Morning was the sole Big Three morning newscast on Thursday to report that delivery company UPS was cutting health insurance to 15,000 spouses of employees due to the rising costs related to ObamaCare. ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today both failed to cover this latest development concerning the controversial law. [audio available here; video below the jump] The CBS program…
Matthew Balan
August 22nd, 2013 4:04 PM

CNBC Notes Yet Another Obamacare 'Quirk': Many Employees Will Turn Dow

Maybe we should cue up the old classic "High Hopes," especially given its ironic title, every time one of these "unintended consequence of Obamacare" stories comes along. Instead of singing "Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant," we can all sing, "Oops, there goes another Obamacare 'quirk.'" One of the latest "quirks," also described as a "weird" result of the progressive movement's…
Tom Blumer
August 22nd, 2013 3:48 PM

Daily Beast Contributor Dismisses Scalia as 'Extremist' on 2nd Amendme

Liberal constitutional law professor Adam Winkler took to the Daily Beast today to attack Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as an "extremist" on the Second Amendment. Winkler -- who filed a friend-of-the-court brief in 2008 backing the District of Columbia's gun ban -- drew upon an AP news wire account regarding comments Scalia made at a recent Federalist Society event about the purpose for…
Ken Shepherd
August 22nd, 2013 3:30 PM

Toure Neblett: Slavery Is Partly to Blame for High Black Unemployment

It really is astonishing the limited intellectual capacity possessed by many liberal media members. On Wednesday, MSNBC's Toure Neblett actually said on Twitter that slavery is partly to blame for the high unemployment rate in the black community:
Noel Sheppard
August 22nd, 2013 3:22 PM

Erin Burnett Ignores IRS Targeting Scandal for Three Months, Reports O

CNN's Erin Burnett has not covered the IRS targeting scandal since May 22, yet she had time on Wednedsay's OutFront to report the mock-controversy that President Obama does not own a cat. "Now, there is a major story of controversy at the White House," Burnett began her "Outtake" on Wednesday about the Obamas' new dog. "Cat owners are up in arms that President Obama did not choose a cat. The…
Matt Hadro
August 22nd, 2013 2:29 PM

ABC, Which Didn't Identify Sleazy Mayor as a Dem, Hits Scandal of 'Ris

 The journalists on Good Morning America, Wednesday, again ignored the fact that San Diego's mayor, accused of sexually harassing 18 women, is a Democrat. Yet, on the very same program, reporter John Muller made sure to highlight Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst's scandal, chiding the "rising national Republican star." Dewhurst is under fire for intervening after his step-niece was…
Scott Whitlock
August 22nd, 2013 11:49 AM

Congressman Clyburn Compares Conservative Websites to Nazi Propagandis

Congressman James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Wednesday compared America's media to Nazi propagandists. Speaking on Sirius XM's POTUS channel, Clyburn also said people will believe anything they see on television or read in the newspaper (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 22nd, 2013 11:00 AM

WaPo Blogger Miffed That Michelle Malkin Dares to Point Out Accused Ki

While covering the murder trial of Julio Miguel Blanco Garcia -- a day laborer who is charged in the brutal stabbing death of a 19-year-old woman -- Washington Post reporter Justin Jouvenal tweeted on Tuesday: “Vanessa Pham likely tried to fight off her killer, examiner says.” Soon after, conservative syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin modified that message by adding two important words to…
Randy Hall
August 22nd, 2013 9:48 AM

Open Thread Thursday

Discuss the news of the day and anything else you'd like...
NB Staff
August 22nd, 2013 9:41 AM

Jesse Jackson's Tepid Tweet: Murder of White Australian by Three 'Bore

Corrected from earlier | People who were wondering whether Jesse Jackson would ever respond to the killing of an Australian collegiate baseball player by three "bored" teens in Oklahoma, one of whom allegedly posted racist tweets, got their answer today. Jackson's early Wednesday morning tweet read as follows: "Praying for the family of Chris Lane. This senseless violence is frowned upon and…
Tom Blumer
August 22nd, 2013 2:09 AM

Obamacare Foes Are 'Stone-Cold Killers', Spews Radio Libtalker

Who knows what long-term effects we'll see from the so-called Affordable Care Act, unless and until it dies a well-deserved demise, but at least one repercussion has become obvious -- borderline hysteria among liberals in media. An example of this could be heard on Thom Hartmann's radio show yesterday when he was complaining about the conservative group FreedomWorks' opposition to Obamacare…
Jack Coleman
August 21st, 2013 8:00 PM

Krauthammer: Obama Has Made America ‘Irrelevant’ in the Middle Eas

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer had some harsh words for the White House Wednesday. Appearing on Fox News’s Special Report, Krauthammer said President Obama has made America “irrelevant” in the Middle East.
Noel Sheppard
August 21st, 2013 7:07 PM

House Dem Sues IRS in Bid to Clamp Down on 501c4 Groups; WashPost Does

Former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Rep. Chris Van Hollen is filing a federal lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, alleging that IRS guidelines for 501(c)(4) organizations distort federal law and thereby encourage 501(c)(4) "social welfare" groups to heavily engage in political speech, contrary to statutory requirements that a 501(c)(4) exist solely for "the…
Ken Shepherd
August 21st, 2013 7:02 PM