Open Thread

NB Staff
November 9th, 2009 9:52 AM

CNN President Hilariously Spins Ratings Plunge

"My dog ate our ratings."Okay, that wasn't one of the lame excuses that CNN president Jon Klein came up with to explain away that network's drastic plunge in the ratings but the ones he did dream up were equally hilarious. Try this one on for size...their low ratings can be explained away because they don't run cartoons during slow periods. The CNN hilarious excuse entertainment was provided…
P.J. Gladnick
November 9th, 2009 8:56 AM

NYT Wants You To Know: Percentage-wise, Hasan Was Hardly Ever Homicida

Check out the headline from on the front page of the hard-copy New York City edition of today's New York Times:After Years of Growing Tension, 7 Minutes of BloodshedThe article reports that Nidal Malik Hasan began feeling disgruntled with the Army as far back as 2004.Let's see, there are 525,948 minutes in a year. If Hasan's been feeling "tension" for about five years, that makes about 2,629,740…
Mark Finkelstein
November 9th, 2009 7:31 AM

Sesame Street Jokes Fox News Is 'Trashy'; PBS Ombudsman Says It Was Wr

Tim Graham
November 9th, 2009 6:58 AM

Compare and Contrast: Bill O'Reilly Asks Palin Book Authors the Questi

Is Sarah from Alaska a damaging slam against former GOP VP candidate? It depends on which network you watch.
Carolyn Plocher
November 9th, 2009 12:00 AM

Time's Joe Klein: GOP Is An 'Extremist' 'Regional Southern Party

The Republicans may have won huge victories in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday, but Time's Joe Klein still thinks the GOP is "an extremist shard of a party that is essentially a regional southern party in the country."I guess the 66 and 60 percent of independents who voted for the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia and New Jersey respectively on Tuesday are also part of this…
Noel Sheppard
November 8th, 2009 10:49 PM

Olbermann Uses 'Mash-Up Bag of Meat' Term on Football Night in America

Several weeks ago, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann used the bizarre – and arguably disturbing – term "big mashed-up bag of meat with lip stick on it" to refer to Michelle Malkin as he slammed the conservative blogger, leaving some wondering where his idea for such a crude term came from. This question remains unanswered, but, notably, on Sunday’s Football Night in America on NBC, as he recited plays…
Brad Wilmouth
November 8th, 2009 10:15 PM

Time's Media Writer Argues Media's Dominated by a 'Moderate Bias

Tim Graham
November 8th, 2009 5:53 PM

Limbaugh Bad for NFL, NBA Ignores Owner's Discrimination Lawsuits

Last month liberal media members armed with false allegations of racism went into a full-court press to prevent Rush Limbaugh from becoming an owner of the St. Louis Rams.On Tuesday, the owner of basketball's Los Angeles Clippers settled a multi-million dollar discrimination lawsuit wherein it was alleged that he had for years tried to keep blacks and hispanics out of his apartment buildings.This…
Noel Sheppard
November 8th, 2009 5:49 PM

FNC Interviews Fmr Planned Parenthood Clinic Exec Director Who Turned

On Saturday’s Huckabee show on FNC, host Mike Huckabee interviewed the former executive director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan Texas, Abby Johnson, who became a pro-life activist after witnessing an ultrasound of an abortion while she assisted in a procedure. She charged that the abortion provider tries to "increase the number of abortions they do" for the purpose of making money, and…
Brad Wilmouth
November 8th, 2009 4:55 PM

AP: Obama's Glow From Health Care Triumph Over -- Bill DOA In Senate

"The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate."That's not a quote from National Review, the Weekly Standard, NewsMax, or World Net Daily.Such was the opening paragraph of a truly surprising Associated Press article published moments ago:
Noel Sheppard
November 8th, 2009 4:37 PM

'We're Going to Have to Have More Stimulus, More Spending,' Donaldson

Brent Baker
November 8th, 2009 4:34 PM

Bret Baier: Election Results Changed White House View Of Fox

"Special Report" host Bret Baier thinks Tuesday's election results changed the White House's view of the Fox News Channel.He further believes that Obama senior adviser David Axelrod's interview with Fox's Major Garrett Wednesday was a sign "they’re gonna start playing ball on the news side."During his Thursday chat with WOR radio's Steve Malzberg, Baier also agreed that Fox's ratings domination…
Noel Sheppard
November 8th, 2009 4:08 PM

Sam Donaldson: GOP Doomed If It Follows Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck

"If the Republican Party follows the course of Palin and Beck and Company it's doomed." So said Sam Donaldson on ABC's "This Week" Sunday.His evidence?Democrat Bill Owens victory Tuesday in the 23rd Congressional district of New York.Readers are strongly advised to stow all fluids, combustibles, and sharp objects for the ignorance on display here might produce uncontrollable fits of anger (video…
Noel Sheppard
November 8th, 2009 2:27 PM