ABC’s Stephanopoulos Suggests Obama Tell U.S. to ‘Calm Down’ Ove

Former Democratic strategist turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday suggested that it might be a good idea for the Barack Obama, during his address to Congress on Wednesday, to tell Americans to "calm down." Appearing on Good Morning America, the This Week host also lobbied the President to claim that his health care plan would not increase the deficit. Stephanopoulos bizarrely…
Scott Whitlock
September 8th, 2009 5:47 PM

Palin Sends Written Testimony About Death Panels to NY State Senate

Former Governor Sarah Palin created quite a firestorm last month when she issued a statement concerning "death panels" hidden inside pending healthcare legislation.As a result, she was asked to participate in the New York State Senate Aging Committee’s hearing regarding H.R. 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.On Tuesday, she sent her written testimony to Senator Reverend Ruben…
Noel Sheppard
September 8th, 2009 5:29 PM

Pro-voucher D.C. Democrats Lodge Protest Same Day Obama Addresses Amer

Today as President Barack Obama was preparing to deliver a speech to America's students, some school voucher-supporting Democrats in the District of Columbia were gearing up to protest the president's decision to scuttle the city's federal voucher program by blocking the doors to the federal Department of Education building in Washington. Nikita Stewart of the Washington Post's D.C. Wire blog…
Ken Shepherd
September 8th, 2009 4:40 PM

AP Puff Piece Describes Smithsonian Chief's Plan to Bring 'Major Voice

Tim Graham
September 8th, 2009 4:26 PM

MRC’s Dan Gainor on Van Jones: Mainstream Media ‘Kept American Pub

  Dan Gainor, the Vice-President of Business and Culture for the MRC, appeared on the September 8 edition of Fox Business Live to discuss the media's failure to report on President Obama's green jobs czar Van Jones, who resigned late Saturday night. Gainor stated that the mainstream media "absolutely ignored" the Jones stories. He detailed:
NB Staff
September 8th, 2009 4:13 PM

Unmentionable: Best-selling Conservative Books and the Networks That I

What follows is the executive summary of a New Culture & Media Institute Special Report (co-written by myself and Zoe Ortiz). Since the 1940s, an appearance on The New York Times Best Sellers List has been the mark of commercial success for any book. Authors with titles on the list can count on media attention to help sell even more copies. Unless they are conservatives.Conservative books and…
Matt Philbin
September 8th, 2009 3:03 PM

CNN.com Accents Laura Bush's Praise For Obama, Downplays Praise For Ch

A CNN.com article on Monday emphasized how Laura Bush “praised the performance” of President Obama during a recent interview and “criticized Washington’s sharp political divide.” Mrs. Bush also complimented Dick Cheney for defending the Bush administration during the interview with correspondent Zain Verjee, but the article didn’t mention this until 15 paragraphs later.The article, titled “Laura…
Matthew Balan
September 8th, 2009 1:21 PM

ABC Glamorizes the ‘Financial Terrorist’ on a ‘Crusade’ to

Scott Whitlock
September 8th, 2009 1:09 PM

Bozell: 'Here We Go Again' As Lib Media Assail Protesters of Obama's

Just as soon as "average Americans practice their First Amendment free speech rights to protest another outrageous liberal proposal," the liberal media "immediately go into full-on attack mode - against the American people" Media Research Center President Brent Bozell argued in a statement released this morning."Just as with the tea party protesters, and the socialized health care town hall…
NB Staff
September 8th, 2009 12:02 PM

Times Botches Quote By Limbaugh Guest Host on Obama's Address to Schoo

After getting wrong a quote from conservative journalist Mark Steyn in a hostile front-page story, the Times runs a correction.
Clay Waters
September 8th, 2009 12:01 PM

Chicago Tribune Ignores Thousands at Tea Party Express Protest

You might think a major metropolitan newspaper that boasts "The Midwest's largest reporting team" on its front page would report on a suburban demonstration attracting thousands of people.  In the case of the Chicago Tribune, you'd be wrong.Today's Tribune print edition makes no mention of yesterday's Tea Party Express protest in New Lenox, Illinois, located only 36 miles from Chicago's Loop. …
Mike Bates
September 8th, 2009 11:39 AM

Economists Warn Obamanomics Could Create Depression; WSJ's Moore Respo

It's clear that President Barack Obama's $787-billion stimulus hasn't worked as advertised, but some economists are worried it could backfire and cause something much worse. According to a new study by economists Charles Rowley of George Mason University and Nathanael Smith of the Locke Institute and endorsed by Nobel laureate James Buchanan, the Keynesian tactics employed by Obama "will…
Jeff Poor
September 8th, 2009 11:27 AM

The View's Joy Behar Gets Own Show on CNN Headline News

See? It really does pay to be a Bush-hating conspiracy theorist.Just ask The View's Joy Behar who just landed herself a job as the host of her own program on HLN, the network formerly known as CNN Headline News.Even though this is clearly a joke, I kid you not.Just try to keep a straight face as you read the following Associated Press report (h/t Big Hollywood):
Noel Sheppard
September 8th, 2009 10:59 AM

Worse Than Waterboarding: Maimed Man at MoveOn Protest Is Butt of Rach

Tim Graham
September 8th, 2009 10:49 AM