Salon's Inept Defense of ACORN and Tainted Obama Nominee

For some in the left-wing mainstream media the truth is too much to handle. I am referring specifically to Salon.com's Alex Koppelman who is gunning for a spot on the list of "useful idiots" defending organized crime syndicate ACORN. (Salon's Joe Conason is already on the list.) Koppelman didn't like what I wrote yesterday about Patrick Corvington working for the ACORN-friendly Annie E.…
Matthew Vadum
February 17th, 2010 1:42 PM

Bozell Details Network Stimulus Bias on Fox & Friends

Matt Philbin
February 17th, 2010 1:23 PM

Unopposed on CNN, DNC Chair Defends Stimulus on Anniversary

'American Morning' brings on Kaine, no challenger to discuss effectiveness of the stimulus package.
Julia A. Seymour
February 17th, 2010 1:19 PM

CBS's Smith Spends 'Quality Time' With Joe Biden; Helps Sell Stimulus

On Wednesday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith teased an interview with the Vice President: "We got a great chance yesterday to spend some quality time with Vice President Joe Biden. He's got a lot to say on a lot of different topics." During the interview, Smith shilled for the failed stimulus package: "The Vice President says the stimulus created or saved 2 million jobs. Many of them green…
Kyle Drennen
February 17th, 2010 1:13 PM

Newsweek Asserts 'Terror Begins At Home' -- With the Republicans

Newsweek’s latest issue features an article by managing editor Daniel Klaidman that blatantly associates Republican criticism of the Obama administration with terrorism. Its title in the table of contents is "Terror Begins at Home: The GOP’s Scare Tactics." Inside the magazine, the headline is "Terror Begins at Home: Fearmongering Politicians Are Scoring Cheap Political Points at the Expense of…
Tim Graham
February 17th, 2010 1:07 PM

NBC Hits Obama From the Left on Nuclear Power: What Is the President

NBC's Nightly News and ABC's World News on Tuesday provided drastically different reports on the Obama administration's announced plans to build the country's first new nuclear power plant in 30 years. Nightly News host Brian Williams showcased liberal concern and fretted, "...[Obama's] critics are openly wondering what it is he's up to." The segment by correspondent Anne Thompson attacked Obama…
Scott Whitlock
February 17th, 2010 12:39 PM

Oh Well, It's Only Terrorism She's Talking About. Maddow Gets it Wrong

In fairness to Rachel Maddow, at least she sounds convincing, even though her earnest assertions invariably collapse under scrutiny. Maddow embodies the smarmy belief that sincerity is all that matters -- fake it well and you've got it made.Here's Maddow, for example, appearing as a panelist on Sunday's "Meet the Press" and on her MSNBC cable show Monday night (first and second parts of embedded…
Jack Coleman
February 17th, 2010 12:38 PM

Conservatives Join Forces for Mount Vernon Statement on Constitutional

Managing Editor's Note: Mr. Bozell released the following remarks this morning prior to his attendance this afternoon at the Mount Vernon Statement signing. The Statement encapsulates a vision of Constitutional Conservatism for the 21st century. You can add your name to the petition at the Statement's Web page here. [UPDATE, 2/18: FNC's Carl Cameron reported on the signing on Wednesday's Special…
Brent Bozell
February 17th, 2010 11:37 AM

Rachel Maddow Strikes At Glenn Beck: 'I Didn't Lie. Back Off

The war between Glenn Beck and Rachel Maddow continued Tuesday night when the MSNBCer told the Fox Newser to back off.Maddow was responding to Beck's accusation on his radio show the previous day that she had intentionally omitted a key sentence of his during her attack on him last week. During a nine minute segment designed to try to redeem herself in front of her tiny audience, Maddow refused…
Noel Sheppard
February 17th, 2010 10:58 AM

Mediaite: Seems MSNBC Is Keeping David Shuster in the Twitter Time-out

As we've noted before, David Shuster has not been shy in the past when it comes to using Twitter to push his left-wing views. But the MSNBC host has been oddly silent since late January, following attacks he made against conservative activist James O'Keefe on Twitter.Well last night, thanks to a slip-up in which he inadvertently tweeted what he intended to be direct messages sent privately to a…
Ken Shepherd
February 17th, 2010 10:55 AM

Media Cast Liberal Republican Meghan McCain as ‘Voice of Young Conse

CPAC, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference begins Feb. 18. Conservative leaders will rally the troops before the mid-term elections in November and discuss the future role of conservatives in politics. One person who will not be in attendance is Meghan McCain, despite the year-long media attempt to make citizens believe she is somehow representative of conservatives. She…
Colleen Raezler
February 17th, 2010 10:27 AM

Maher Strikes Again: Americans 'Not Bright Enough to Really Understand

Either Bill Maher was doing his best effort to impersonate Mel Brooks as King Louis XVI in "History in the World, Part I" or he has a complete and utter disregard for the intellectual competency of the American people. Maher, a perennial bomb thrower with a hard left ideology appeared on CNN's Feb. 16 "Larry King Live," facing the king of softball interviews, Larry King, and let it be known he…
Jeff Poor
February 17th, 2010 9:53 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
February 17th, 2010 9:45 AM

Not Just Anti-Incumbency, Jonathan: Anti-Liberalism

Poor Barack Obama.  Hasn't put a foot wrong.  Policies just fine.  It's just that he's been dealt the cruel fate of . . . being President of the United States.That was the essence of what Jonathan Capehart, WaPo editorialist, whistled past the liberal graveyard on Morning Joe today.  Confronted with the prez's crumbling poll numbers [by 52-44 margin people don't think PBO deserves to be re-…
Mark Finkelstein
February 17th, 2010 7:34 AM