Writer Stephen King Knocks ‘Hollow,’ ‘Dark’ American Dream, Pr

In his Entertainment Weekly column, horror writer Stephen King lauded the AMC program Breaking Bad for "examining the American dream: shiny and addictive on top, hollow at the core. And dark. Very dark." (Hasn’t King made millions of dollars off the "hollow" American dream?)In his December 11 piece, King ranked the program as the best on TV and gushed over the "brilliant, terrifying, shocking"…
Scott Whitlock
December 18th, 2009 11:49 AM

Gifts Under The Tree

There's something for nearly everyone this gift-giving season.
Dan Kennedy
December 18th, 2009 11:40 AM

ClimateGate Fallout: Russian Think Tank Says Temperature Data was 'Che

Call it another strike against global warming alarmism. Investor's Business Daily reported on Dec. 17 that one think tank is alleging that Russian climate data was manipulated to exaggerate the extent of climate change in Russia. According to IBD, the Institute of Economic Analysis (IEA) alleged in a new report "that England's Hadley Centre for Climate Change and the Climate Research Unit at the…
Julia A. Seymour
December 18th, 2009 11:31 AM

ABC Plays Video of Al Franken’s Snub of Joe Lieberman, But Ignores S

All three morning shows on Friday skipped Senator Al Franken’s disrespectful snub of Joe Lieberman during a health care debate. Good Morning America, bizarrely, played video of the incident over a news brief, but never once mentioned what happened. While presiding over debate in the Senate on Thursday, Franken cut off Lieberman and then denied him an opportunity to finish his remarks. A surprised…
Scott Whitlock
December 18th, 2009 11:04 AM

Chris Matthews: What's Wrong With the Word Liberal...I'm a Liberal

In case you still had any questions about the political leaning of Chris Matthews, he proudly admitted on the air Thursday, "I'm a liberal."In fact, right from the start of Thursday's "Hardball," the MSNBC host defended liberals claiming, "Most of the elected, the vast majority of the elected liberals, want to go for the gold, grab what victory`s attainable and build on it in the future.You know…
Noel Sheppard
December 18th, 2009 10:50 AM

Online Picks for Worst Media Bias of 2009 Unveiled; Official Results D

Nearly 8,000 of you participated in the public online voting for the Best Notable Quotables of 2009 (7,903 to be exact), weighing the idiocy and outrageousness of dozens of quotes from liberal reporters and celebrities. Check the results to see if the ones you picked have won.If you didn't vote, you can still see the worst media quotes in 16 categories, most with matching video clips. This first-…
NB Staff
December 18th, 2009 10:01 AM

AP Reporter: Global Warming Skepticism Explained by Psychology

Global warming? Case closed. Consensus achieved. There can be no debate about it. ClimateGate? Never happened. I refuse to even acknowledge its existence. Must hang on to the global warming belief at all costs even against evidence to to the contrary. That dogmatic stance pretty much sums up the attitude of Associated Press writer Malcolm Ritter in his story about how global warming skepticism…
P.J. Gladnick
December 18th, 2009 9:57 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
December 18th, 2009 9:20 AM

WaPo Jabs at Betrayal of Southern Dem for Rejecting 'Badly Needed' Hea

Tim Graham
December 18th, 2009 8:17 AM

O-bow-ma Finds Someone To Bow To In Copenhagen

Check out the video.  After his brief, listless and cliché-ridden speech in Copenhagen ["time for action, not words," "we should live in the future, not the past"] that aired live on Morning Joe today, Pres. Obama makes the hand-shaking rounds on the podium.He continues the glad-handing off the podium, until he spots someone and breaks into . . . a bow [screen cap after the jump].  With all the…
Mark Finkelstein
December 18th, 2009 7:32 AM

ABC News Advertising Review May Explain Why Conservatives Were Locked

Amy Ridenour
December 18th, 2009 1:52 AM

O'Reilly Calls Ingraham 'A Blind Ideologue' 'Kool-Aid Drinker', She As

Bill O'Reilly and Laura Ingraham got into a bit of a tiff on Thursday night's "O'Reilly Factor" that resulted in him calling her a "blind ideologue" as well as a "Kool-aid drinker" after she asked him if he had eaten an "ACORN cookie" at the White House Christmas party earlier in the week.The spat began when O'Reilly jokingly asked Ingraham if she's going on a dinner date with Howard Dean now…
Noel Sheppard
December 18th, 2009 1:39 AM

Volume Knob Politics

TV and the soft Eshoo bill.
L. Brent Bozell III
December 18th, 2009 12:00 AM

Matthews: Change Constitution To Make Senate More Democratic - And Pas

Chris Matthews asked a New York Congressman Thursday if we should "change the Constitution to make the Senate a more democratic body."At issue of course was the difficulty Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is having getting 60 Democrats to sign on to any version of a healthcare reform bill.Clearly getting frustrated by this, Matthews on Thursday's "Hardball" asked Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-…
Noel Sheppard
December 17th, 2009 11:55 PM