Will the Huffington Post Retract Bogus Limbaugh 'Slavery Had Its Merit

The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack has a fine run-down of CNN’s use of the discredited claim that Rush Limbaugh once said of slavery “it had its merits.” McCormack also reports that the Huffington Post, which originally ran the quote (and another preposterous quote about Limbaugh saying that MLK assassin James Earl Ray deserved “the Congressional Medal of Honor”) in a 2006 post by left-wing…
Rich Noyes
October 15th, 2009 2:01 PM

Behar on Limbaugh: ‘It’s Like Making Michael Vick Own the American

With Rush Limbaugh now out of a group vying to purchase the St. Louis Rams, the continued smearing from ABC's "The View" on October 15 constitutes a late hit. Whoopi Goldberg said that Limbaugh was dropped as a potential buyer because they're not "pleased" with him: "It actually might not be about conservativism. This one might be personal." She also claimed that Limbaugh is "part of the…
Carolyn Plocher
October 15th, 2009 1:51 PM

Broadcast Nets Celebrate Dow 10,000 with Calls to Restrict Wall Street

You might think that the three major networks would look favorably upon the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) breaking through the symbolic 10,000 mark. After all, it they could use it as an opportunity to spin the news as a victory for Barack Obama and his economic policies. But that wasn't the case. Instead ABC, CBS and NBC used the occasion to point out that the rich on Wall Street are…
Jeff Poor
October 15th, 2009 12:26 PM

Essay: Where's All That Liberal Brainpower the Media Promised

Einstein said the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” That may be so, but it certainly is the definition of stupidity. Which is why the behavior of Obama administration and congressional liberals is so puzzling.Wasn’t the Obama administration supposed to be populated by the elite of Ivy League intelligentsia, each cabinet secretary…
Matt Philbin
October 15th, 2009 12:15 PM

CNN Frets About Cigarette Companies' Color Coding 'Tricks

You have to wonder about CNN's priorities. The network that has promoted the legalization of "our friend marijuana," and on Oct. 14 praised the British government's decision to offer free shooting galleries to heroin addicts, was the next day demonizing American cigarette companies for "color coding cigarettes to ‘trick' you."  "American Morning's" Kiran Chetry introduced the cigarette segment…
Carolyn Plocher
October 15th, 2009 12:14 PM

Magazine Editors' Group Creates Award Category for Obama Covers

The Magazine Publishers of America's American Society of Magazine Editors has added a category to its annual magazine cover awards: Obama. This new category is the only ASME category focused on a single person, and highlights the reverential attitude for the President widely held in the magazine publishing community. ASME represents about 850 magazine editors nationwide. According to its…
Lachlan Markay
October 15th, 2009 11:53 AM

NBC and CBS Morning Shows Ignore False Limbaugh Quotes and Failure of

NBC and CBS’s morning shows on Thursday completely skipped any reference to the false quotes that forced Rush Limbaugh to be dropped from a group bidding to buy the St. Louis Rams. Only Good Morning America had any coverage at all. News anchor Chris Cuomo simply recapped the development and added, "[Limbaugh] had been criticized for past statements about black players." Cuomo made no mention of…
Scott Whitlock
October 15th, 2009 11:52 AM

Special Report: The Left's Character Assassination Campaign Against Ru

Vicious personal attacks, distortions of his quotes, and outright lies and fabrications.Those are the three major tactics the Left has deployed in its campaign of character assassination, Media Research Center's Tim Graham illustrates in a brand-new special report: "A Rush to Ruin:  The Left’s Character Assassination Campaign Against Rush Limbaugh."You can click here for the PDF version.Below the…
NB Staff
October 15th, 2009 11:47 AM

Maureen Dowd Attacks Dick, Liz, Mary (Cheney), Palin and Limbaugh

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd must have woken up on the far-left side of the bed Tuesday given the number of prominent conservatives she chose to abuse in her article published Wednesday.In "Daisy Chain of Cheneys", Dowd went after former Vice President Dick Cheney, his two daughters Liz and Mary, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, former Vice President Dan Quayle, Rush Limbaugh, the…
Noel Sheppard
October 15th, 2009 10:45 AM

Newsweek's Fineman Invokes Rahm on Health Care: Obama Not Making Use o

Last fall, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel remarked, "Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things you couldn't do before."  That quote has become part of a rallying cry for conservatives, that those currently in power are trying to create the perception of a crisis to force things through the legislative process that couldn't be done…
Jeff Poor
October 15th, 2009 9:39 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
October 15th, 2009 8:46 AM

NBC's Myers Details Ethics Investigation Against Rangel

Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News aired a full report by correspondent Lisa Myers on the ongoing investigation into Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel’s failure to report income over several years to the IRS. Myers detailed some of the numbers:The powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee recently revised six years of financial disclosure statements, revealing more than $600,000 in…
Brad Wilmouth
October 15th, 2009 4:35 AM

CMI Commentary: Where's All That Liberal Brainpower the Media Promised

Are these people really our best and brightest?
Matt Philbin
October 15th, 2009 12:00 AM

ESPN Guest: 'Racist' Rush Would Never Hire Black Coach

When it comes to slurring Rush Limbaugh in his quest to obtain an interest in the NFL's St. Louis Rams, someone's going to have to work hard to top Adrian Wojnarowski.  The Yahoo Sports reporter today called Rush a "racist" and a "bigot" and implied he would never hire a black coach.Wojnarowski spouted his slurs on Jim Rome's "Rome Is Burning" show on ESPN this afternoon.ADRIAN WOJNAROWSKI:…
Mark Finkelstein
October 14th, 2009 9:07 PM