FNC's Kelly Reports Public Opinion Trending Against Sotomayor

Brad Wilmouth
July 2nd, 2009 4:59 AM

What Passes for 'Journalism' At HuffPo Isn't

If you listen to the blabbers and gossipers, the Huffington Post is the talk of the town. It is claimed that Arianna Huffington's "success" is the "new journalism," the future of the news. TechNewsWorld proclaimed it "appropriate" that Huffington appeared in the YouTube series on journalism apparently because she personifies it. The New York Times celebrated HuffPo as "hybrid journalism" for its…
Warner Todd Huston
July 2nd, 2009 4:50 AM

Nets Highlight Obama's Hug at Health Forum; CNN: 'Bold Display of Pres

Network reporters swooned over President Barack Obama hugging a woman, who has cancer and lacks insurance, at his Wednesday “town hall” on health care, as both CNN -- where Suzanne Malveaux heralded the hug as “a bold display of presidential concern” -- and NBC failed to point out how all the questions (just seven in total) were pre-selected or from members of pro-Obama groups. Instead, NBC's…
Brent Baker
July 2nd, 2009 12:11 AM

MSNBC Contributor Doesn't Understand Why 'White Americans' Think Jacks

Touré appears on new Snyderman show to say media should take 'a couple of months, if not a couple of years' before exploring star's troubled past.
Jeff Poor
July 2nd, 2009 12:00 AM

Faded Glory: How Broadcast Networks Trivialize Patriotism

Dan Gainor
July 2nd, 2009 12:00 AM

Helen Thomas and Chip Reid Slam White House Control of Media

John Stephenson
July 1st, 2009 9:39 PM

Helen Thomas, Chip Reid Question White House Control of Media

Is the press corps starting to tire of the Obama Administration? At a press conference today, Helen Thomas and CBS’s Chip Reid got into it with Robert Gibbs over how the administration has been prepackaging media events. First Reid asked why the questions for Wednesday’s town hall on healthcare were being preselected. After Gibbs tried to dodge that question a few times, Thomas became involved…
Mitchell Blatt
July 1st, 2009 8:47 PM

Writer Sneers at Billy Mays in Death

"Hi, Billy Mays here!"Unfortunately we won't be able to hear Billy Mays say that again in person but that recorded line is destined to live on for as long as there are people.  The untimely death of Billy Mays inspired numerous accolades from around the country including this tribute video, one of many that you can find on YouTube. However, in contrast to the almost universal admiration of Mays,…
P.J. Gladnick
July 1st, 2009 7:37 PM

Why Is NYT's Edmund Andrews Still Writing About Mortgages

New York Times reporter Edmund Andrews is again writing about housing -- and about a proposed government agency that could have helped him during his own housing crisis -- on the front page of Wednesday's Business section, "Banks Balk At Agency Meant to Aid Consumers."Andrews courted controversy in May upon the release of his book "Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown," about his own…
Clay Waters
July 1st, 2009 6:45 PM

Global Warming Overshadowed: Media Give Massive Cap-and-Trade Tax Seco

The news cycle has been dominated by celebrity deaths - Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and even TV pitchman Billy Mays - and President Barack Obama's health care initiative. Obama has used the compliant media to keep the focus to health care, and they are neglecting a critical largest news event that could impact the lives of every man, woman and child for the foreseeable future. The U.S. House…
Jeff Poor
July 1st, 2009 6:29 PM

CNN's John Roberts Omits Guest's Past Resignation Due to Scandal

During an interview of Brookings Institution senior fellow Kevin Casas-Zamora on Wednesday’s American Morning, CNN anchor John Roberts not only failed to mention the liberal political leanings of the fellow’s organization, but omitted any mention of the scandal which led to Casa-Zamora’s resignation from the vice presidency of Costa Rica.Roberts brought on Casas-Zamora to discuss the recent…
Matthew Balan
July 1st, 2009 5:56 PM

'U.N. Me' Sneak Peek: Guns Don’t Kill People, Climate Change Does

Managing Editor's Note: This was originally published at Andrew Breitbart's "Big Hollywood" blog. It looks like an entertaining conservatively-themed documentary. It's a shame the liberal MSM is likely to ignore it.I’m putting the finishing touches on my feature film coming out later this year called “U.N. Me”  (unmemovie.com), a satirical documentary on the profound failures of the United…
Ami Horowitz
July 1st, 2009 5:10 PM

Papers Play Up 'Bold' Turn to the Right at High Court, Suggest Sotomay

Tim Graham
July 1st, 2009 4:37 PM

Henry Waxman Questions the GOP's Patriotism; Will the Media Question H

The Democrats spent years complaining that Republicans were questioning their patriotism, so now that they are in power, they certainly won’t question the Republicans’ patriotism just because their views differ on political issue? Yes, that was a rhetorical question. After cap-and-trade passed with just eight Republican votes, Henry Waxman, author of the bill, accused Republicans of “rooting…
Mitchell Blatt
July 1st, 2009 4:09 PM