Surprise: ABC’s Sawyer Hits Gore on Profits From Global Warming, Pla

Good Morning America’s Diane Sawyer conducted a surprisingly tough interview with Al Gore on Tuesday, pressing him on profiting from global warming and whether or not climate change legislation is pointless in light of pollution-spewing countries such as China. She also forced the ex-Vice President to respond to a challenge from Glenn Beck. Sawyer even pointed out the amount of methane gas…
Scott Whitlock
November 3rd, 2009 11:55 AM

Erbe: Dems Losing on Election Day Have Fizzled Bush Hatred to Blame

If Democrats get a spanking at the polls today, it's not because American voters are trending conservative or are frustrated with the direction liberal Democrats are leading the country, but because the electorate's disdain for the former Bush administration has abated.That according to liberal PBS "To the Contrary" host and U.S. News contributing editor Bonnie Erbe.From her November 2 blog post…
Ken Shepherd
November 3rd, 2009 11:46 AM

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NB Staff
November 3rd, 2009 10:24 AM

Mediaite: 'If The Election Were Held Today Obama Would Lose

Would you ever in your wildest dreams have imagined a year after Barack Obama's historic victory a new website created by former MSNBC GM Dan Abrams and crawling with ex-Huffington Posters would declare in a headline, "If The Election Were Held Today Obama Would Lose?"Granted, the article written by ex-HuffPoster Glynnis MacNicol took its cue from a recently released Rasmussen poll, and…
Noel Sheppard
November 3rd, 2009 9:46 AM

Bartiromo Predicts Bush Tax Cuts Extended, Worries U.S. Not on the 'As

There's a lot of uncertainty with the U.S. economy and a lot of its recovery hinges on some key policy decisions due from the federal government.  On CNBC's Nov. 2 "The Kudlow Report," CNBC host Maria Bartiromo discussed her interview with former Chairman of the Federal Reserve and Obama adviser Paul Volcker from the Global Financial Leadership Conference in Naples, Fla. One of the topics…
Jeff Poor
November 3rd, 2009 9:15 AM

Couric Glorifies Al Gore as 'Godfather of Green, the King of Conservat

Earning a chuckle even from Al Gore himself for the over the top glorification, CBS's Katie Couric opened her “@katiecouric” CBSNews.com Web show interview with Al Gore by extolling: “I'm honored to be joined today by the Godfather of Green, the King of Conservation: Former Vice President Al Gore.” The very friendly 30-minute Monday interview was prompted by the release of Gore new book, 'Our…
Brent Baker
November 3rd, 2009 9:06 AM

Laughable: 'Countdown' Accuses Palin of Sexism

The willingness of MSNBC on-air commentators to engage in political hackery for the Democratic Party knows no boundaries - as indicated by the latest charged hurled at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.  Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC's "Countdown," who once called conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, "big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick," almost on a nightly basis attacks Rep. Michele…
Jeff Poor
November 3rd, 2009 9:02 AM

New York Times Declares Obama Victory on Health Care! (Again

Obama victory on health care reform is just around the corner! Once again.Monday's collaboration in the New York Times by health reporter Robert Pear and White House correspondent Sheryl Gay Stolberg was headlined "Obama Strategy on Health Care Legislation Appears to Be Paying Off." After months of plodding work by five Congressional committees and weeks of back-room bargaining by Democratic…
Clay Waters
November 3rd, 2009 8:35 AM

David Brooks Writes About Kinky Cell Sex

The next time you read or hear a member of the mainstream media complaining about how much of the blogosphere engages in lurid sensationalism and is not to be taken seriously, then just point them today's New York Times column, Cellphones, Texts, and Lovers, written by house "conservative" David Brooks.Yes, today is election day in several parts of the country but Brooks shuns any analysis of…
P.J. Gladnick
November 3rd, 2009 8:19 AM

Media Ignore Planned Parenthood Leader’s Change of Heart

Remember back in July when Norma McCorvey was arrested for disruptive behavior during the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor? Wait. Maybe not. The networks only gave her a few cursory seconds, if any. McCorvey is "Jane Roe," the plaintiff in the landmark Roe v Wade lawsuit, and the one-time pro-choicer was shouting for the verdict of her 1973 case to be overturned. If that's all…
Carolyn Plocher
November 3rd, 2009 8:19 AM

Ted Danson: Rush Limbaugh, Religious Right 'Really Piss Me Off

There's no better example than political commentary from a Hollywood elite to demonstrate how low some conservatives are regarded. According to actor Ted Danson, some conservatives are just being manipulated by Rush Limbaugh and organized religion because they're not smart to formulate their own beliefs.  Danson, who has starred in both "Becker" and "Cheers," appeared on HLN's Nov. 2 "The Joy…
Jeff Poor
November 3rd, 2009 7:01 AM

NYT: Al Gore Making A Fortune Spreading Global Warming Hysteria

"Few people have been as vocal about the urgency of global warming and the need to reinvent the way the world produces and consumes energy. And few have put as much money behind their advocacy as Mr. Gore and are as well positioned to profit from this green transformation, if and when it comes."For years I have personally challenged mainstream media outlets to admit how much money Nobel Laureate…
Noel Sheppard
November 3rd, 2009 12:13 AM

Joy Behar: Profits the 'Real Immorality' of Abortion

View host Barbara Walters defends Planned Parenthood, allows little dissent in panel discussion about abortion.
Colleen Raezler
November 3rd, 2009 12:00 AM

Gibson Frets: 'Liberal Republican Gets Forced Out, What Happened to th

Following a Monday night look at Tuesday's special election to fill New York's 23rd congressional district seat in which Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out after falling behind the Democrat and the Conservative Party nominee, ABC anchor Charles Gibson -- instead of wondering why the GOP establishment failed to pick a candidate who upholds basic Republican principles -- delivered the usual…
Brent Baker
November 2nd, 2009 9:01 PM