Double Standard: 'Fairly Big Split' Among Liberals on Health Care Down

Remember how the vocal elements among the left-wing media were all too eager to exploit disagreements between prominent conservatives? There were comments Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele made about Rush Limbaugh earlier this year and the back-and-forth between former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former GOP vice-presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.…
Jeff Poor
December 22nd, 2009 8:45 AM

Rachel Maddow 'Coburns' Chuck Norris, Imagines Pro-Lifers Wish There W

Tim Graham
December 22nd, 2009 7:28 AM

CNN's Erica Hill Cites Network's Senate Health Care Poll, Totals 110 P

Anchoring CNN Tonight, correspondent Erica Hill reported the findings of a new poll:While Democrats and the president may be cheering the bill's passage, a majority of Americans still oppose the Senate plan. According to a CNN Opinion Research Corporation poll, 56 percent say they are against the measure. Now that's a slight shift actually in favor of the plan from a weeks ago. When as you can…
Mike Bates
December 22nd, 2009 12:52 AM

Couric Touts How 'Most of Us Are Ready to Say Good Riddance' to Past D

More than a year before the end of “the first decade of the 21st century,” Katie Couric on Monday night eagerly publicized a non-CBS News poll which, she relayed, found that “as we get ready to close the chapter on the first decade of the 21st century, most of us are ready to say 'good riddance.' In a poll released today, Americans 2-to-1 expressed a negative view of the past ten years.” (The…
Brent Baker
December 22nd, 2009 12:31 AM

WaPo's Robin Givhan Delights in Michelle Obama's Fashions, Tells Carri

The Sunday Arts & Style section of The Washington Post offered the paper’s pronouncements on "The Best and Worst of 2009." The most noteworthy list came on Fashion from Post fashion writer Robin Givhan. It might seem shocking that both Michelle Obama and her social secretary Desiree Rogers ended up on the Worst list. What’s more shocking is that they’re mentioned on the Best list, too – six…
Tim Graham
December 21st, 2009 11:46 PM

Matthews: Cheney 'Bath-Tub Ring' Of Bush Administration

Bear this one in mind next time you hear a liberal bemoaning that conservatives show insufficient respect for Pres. Obama and VP Biden . . . On this evening's Hardball, Chris Matthews called Dick Cheney "the bath-tub ring of the Bush administration."Chris' calumny came in reaction to the news that the estimable Human Events magazine has named the former VP Conservative of the Year.
Mark Finkelstein
December 21st, 2009 8:23 PM

Ed Schultz Claims White House E-mails 'Morning Joe' During Show

MSNBC's Ed Schultz claimed Friday that the White House communicates with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski during their "Morning Joe" program.Schultz said he observed this when he was on last Thursday's program:So Mika starts looking at her Blackberry and so does Scarborough and obviously the White House is texting them or emailing them or whatever and they didn't like the show.What follows is…
Noel Sheppard
December 21st, 2009 7:40 PM

NY Times Whitewashes Sen. Whitehouse's Despicable Comments, But Goes A

In a story posted on nytimes.com Sunday night, reporters Carl Hulse and David Herszenhorn found that the “Senate Debate on Health Care Exacerbates Partisanship.” As usual, the Times only finds partisanship taking place on behalf of the Republican Party. Most incredibly, the two reporters either missed or ignored the most inflammatory comments issued on the Senate floor on Sunday, when Democratic…
Clay Waters
December 21st, 2009 4:54 PM

End of Year Edition of NQ Show, Featuring Best Quotes of

Here is the latest episode of NewsBusters’ Notable Quotables comedy show. To celebrate the year’s end, this week’s show provides a sampling of the best of the worst media sound bites of 2009. A full list of the winners, decided by a panel of 48 opinion makers and media observers, have been announced in the Media Research Center’s annual ‘Best of Notable Quotables.’ The show features a dramatic…
NB Staff
December 21st, 2009 4:16 PM

Harry Reid's Road Apple

I'd like to post more...but I've got to go! 
Glenn Foden
December 21st, 2009 3:23 PM

CNBC’s John Harwood: Liberal Critics of ObamaCare ‘Idiotic

Appearing Monday on MSNBC during the 10AM ET hour, CNBC White House correspondent John Harwood worked to whip up support for the health care bill passed by Senate Democrats while slamming its liberal opponents: “...so much of the commentary I’ve heard has been really idiotic. Liberals who want universal health care ought to be thanking Harry Reid for getting this thing done...”Speaking to anchor…
Kyle Drennen
December 21st, 2009 2:47 PM

USA Today Profiles CEO Who 'Stands Up to Protestors

Dan Vasella of Novartis Pharmaceuticals shares tips on confronting the opposition.
Julia A. Seymour
December 21st, 2009 1:57 PM

WaPo Reader Calls Out Lib Columnist on Filibuster Hypocrisy

Caught this in the Washington Post's "Letters to the Editor" section today. Good on the Post for printing this letter from a reader who caught liberal columnist E.J. Dionne in the act of hypocrisy: E.J. Dionne Jr. ["Democratic fratricide," op-ed, Dec. 17] views the Senate as a "dysfunctional and undemocratic partisan hothouse," presumably because of the ability of 41 senators to prevent a bill…
Ken Shepherd
December 21st, 2009 1:09 PM

Time's Klein Sees 'Sedition' in Coburn Comments

When it comes to freedom of speech, liberal journalists are the staunchest of defenders, right? Not so much when it comes to blasting Republican senators opposed to ObamaCare for "borderline sedition" that "comes dangerously close to inciting violence."That was the complaint of Time's Joe Klein, who griped today on the magazine's Swampland blog about Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) saying:"The crisis…
Ken Shepherd
December 21st, 2009 12:31 PM