Thomas Friedman Trashes Sen. Inhofe as Sellout, Says 'I'm a Dick Chene

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman was chewing the scenery in a Wednesday discussion of global warming on CNN’s Amanpour show. He trashed Sen. James Inhofe for demanding an investigation into U.N. climate science, suggesting Inhofe needs to be investigated: "I'd love to see all the e-mails between his office and various coal and oil companies over the last 20 years....we'll let citizens and…
Tim Graham
February 27th, 2010 8:43 AM

Move Along. No Outrage Here

I'm confused. If  major media allows/promotes the hatred of a group (tea partiers) they must think it's okay to be a racist now. right? 
Glenn Foden
February 27th, 2010 8:35 AM

Bozell Column: Replacing Simon Cowell With Stern? Or Perez

Fox is having its usual smash with "American Idol," with this season’s latest offering beating the Winter Olympics in the ratings. Paula Abdul walked off in a money dispute, Ellen De Generes is unexpectedly flat, and the show overall is starting to sag, but it’s still just about the best thing on TV. Now there’s a buzz about the best judge, Simon Cowell, leaving after this season.Cowell is…
Brent Bozell
February 27th, 2010 7:02 AM

Maher: ‘Brain-Dead’ Palin ‘a Babbling, Barely House-Broken, Uned

Sarah Palin sends liberals into irrational frenzies of contempt and, in the case of Bill Maher, fits of condescension which drive him to denigrate anyone stupid enough to see anything good in her. Maher began and ended his Friday night HBO program, Real Time with Bill Maher, with derogatory “jokes” based on the presumption Palin and her supporters are morons. He started with how at the health…
Brent Baker
February 27th, 2010 2:23 AM

CNN Fails to Contradict Guest on 47 Million 'Uninsured Americans

Democrats at the Feb. 25 health summit argued that under their proposal, 31 million of the 47 million uninsured Americans would receive coverage.   CNN's "American Morning" co-host Kiran Chetry repeated that claim Feb. 26 and asked one of her guests: Kenneth Thorpe, Prof. at the Rollins School of Public Health, about its validity and the debate surrounding the statistic. "I mean there's 47…
Anthony Kang
February 26th, 2010 6:05 PM

Time's Joe Klein: 'Unflappable' Obama Wins Day at Health Care Summit

Poor Joe Klein. The Time magazine writer missed yesterday's epic health care lecturefest summit. I can't blame him. Olympic curling is much more fascinating. Anyway, he's catching up and he's come to the conclusion that Professor Obama totally schooled the GOP. Why? Because the president talked a lot but observers found the event boring, ergo proving both Obama's brilliance and the dimwittedness…
Ken Shepherd
February 26th, 2010 5:53 PM

Stewart Says Media's Summit Coverage Is Disqualified For Sucking

Jon Stewart said Thursday press reporting of President Obama's healthcare summit was so bad that if he had to score it like an Olympic event, he'd disqualify the contestants for sucking.The comedian devoted a full ten minutes to the bipartisan meeting on Thursday's "Daily Show," and was largely an equal opportunity offender.After taking what some would consider to be a cheap shot at "Senator Tom…
Noel Sheppard
February 26th, 2010 4:58 PM

CNN Repeats Lie, Fails to Contradict Guest on 47 Million 'Uninsured Am

'American Morning' continues media misuse of uninsured statistics to promote need for health care 'reform.'
Anthony Kang
February 26th, 2010 4:50 PM

CBS's Plante Blames GOP For Gridlock at Health Care Summit

A report on the health care summit on Friday's CBS Early Show featured a clip of President Obama scolding lawmakers for "trading talking points" during the meeting, that was followed by  correspondent Bill Plante pointing a finger at the GOP: "But from their first speaker, Republicans never backed down from their opposition to the Democrats' bill."Plante noted that "John McCain, the President's…
Kyle Drennen
February 26th, 2010 4:40 PM

Gergen On Healthcare Summit: GOP Had Its Best Day In Years

Stop the presses: David Gergen actually said something nice about the GOP Thursday."I don't think [the Democrats] got the breakthrough they were looking for in terms of the public, reaching the public and trying to change opinions," Gergen told Wolf Blitzer's "Situation Room" panel shortly after President Obama's healthcare summit ended. "That is because intellectually, the Republicans had the…
Noel Sheppard
February 26th, 2010 3:48 PM

Washington Post Profiles Abortion Doctor Helping 'Meet Need' in South

The Washington Post’s Peter Slevin lauded abortion doctor Carol Ball on Feb. 26, for bravely traveling to perform elective abortions in South Dakota when no doctors in state will. In his glowing tribute “Minnesota Abortion Provider Helps Meet Need in South Dakota,” Slevin not only turned Ball into a hero, but sympathized with her “difficult” situation. “This is a difficult time for Ball and her…
Sarah Knoploh
February 26th, 2010 3:48 PM

New Notable Quotables Show Featuring Comedian Evan Sayet

NB Staff
February 26th, 2010 3:05 PM

MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell Bungles the Facts in 'Truth-squadding' Attempt

What good is the liberal media's "truth squadding" or "fact-checking" when it doesn't reveal any facts and is completely divorced from the truth? MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell gave a stark answer to that question this morning, when she appeared on "Morning Joe" to discuss yesterday's health care summit. O'Donnell heaped praise on the President for being "in command of some of the facts", like the "…
Lachlan Markay
February 26th, 2010 3:03 PM

Matthews: GOP Kept Their 'Crazies in the Closet' But Still Sounded Lik

Chris Matthews, during a special post-health care summit two hour edition of Hardball on Thursday night, dissected the GOP strategy as one of keeping their "crazies" like Michele Bachman and Joe Wilson, "in the closet" and mocked that their "rehearsed" phrases made them sound like a "North Korean assembly" and exclaimed it was "an example of Pyongyang democracy, which is "What the Dear Leader…
Geoffrey Dickens
February 26th, 2010 2:15 PM