Rather: Sotomayor Would Be 'Very Good' Supreme Court Justice

As Dan Rather sees it and decrees it, Sonia Sotomayor will make a fine Supreme Court justice. So the former CBS Evening News anchor told MSNBC's Carlos Watson this morning. The pair were discussing the impact of the high court's reversal today of Sotomayor's pro-affirmative action ruling in the New Haven firefighters case.In Rather's opinion, while Sotomayor would have preferred the Supreme Court…
Mark Finkelstein
June 29th, 2009 12:02 PM

Open Thread

NB Staff
June 29th, 2009 9:35 AM

Krugman Accuses Republicans Of 'A Form Of Treason

Remember the good old days—when dissent was patriotic?  Fuggedaboutit.  Dissent isn't merely unpatriotic now.  It's downright treasonous.  Just ask Paul Krugman.If, like virtually all House Republicans and a handful of Dems, you don't agree with the likes of Henry Waxman on the need to take radical measures on the climate, you're guilty of . . . "a form of treason."  Treason against the planet,…
Mark Finkelstein
June 29th, 2009 8:25 AM

Time: Obama Decides to Declare No D.C. Church Home

Tim Graham
June 29th, 2009 8:24 AM

MarketWatch and Rex Nutting Get GDP History Wrong

Those who have followed my posts for a while know that I have a particularly low regard for the work of MarketWatch's Rex Nutting (pictured at right). It goes back to the pre-housing mess days when he tried to tell me that the the drop in housing prices would look like the 75%-plus drop in the NASDAQ from 2000-2002 or the collapse of Dutch tulip prices centuries ago. As of April 2009, according …
Tom Blumer
June 29th, 2009 12:47 AM

Duke U. Official Attempts to Sell 5-Year Old Son for Sex: MSM Out to L

Could the media's epic failure be reluctance to report on a gay dad abusing a black child?
Zoe Ortiz
June 29th, 2009 12:00 AM

GMA: 'Secret Life' Gives 'Great Advice' to Teens

ABC normalizes teen promiscuity and pregnancy.
Catherine Maggio
June 29th, 2009 12:00 AM

Scary Blog Alert: Olbermann is Trustworthy, Fair and Unbiased

In today's "This Is One of the Scariest Things I've Ever Read" segment, a Kos Kid thinks MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is trustworthy, fair, and unbiased.Feels like Halloween, doesn't it?Unfortunately, in this love letter to the "Countdown" host that amazingly made Daily Kos's recommended diaries list, that was just the tip of the iceberg:
Noel Sheppard
June 28th, 2009 8:35 PM

WaPo Says the State Could Have Saved Jon And Kate

Tim Graham
June 28th, 2009 4:32 PM

Milbank and HuffPoster Heatedly Debate Press Conference Plants

As NewsBusters' Tim Graham reported, the Obama administration planted Huffington Post blogger Nico Pitney to ask a question at Tuesday's press conference.The following day, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank also took the White House to task for this shameful episode.  On Sunday's "Reliable Sources," Milbank and Pitney had a rather heated debate about what transpired that included, according to…
Noel Sheppard
June 28th, 2009 4:10 PM

Stephanopoulos and Krugman: Democrats Punish Adulterers More Harshly

"Politicians of both parties stray. The Democrats actually seem to punish their strayers more harshly." So said -- with a straight face no less! -- the New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on Sunday's "This Week."Even more laughable, for at least the third time in so many days, former Clinton advisor, and current "This Week" host, George Stephanopoulos agreed.Make sure there isn't any food or…
Noel Sheppard
June 28th, 2009 3:38 PM

Media Ignore EPA Suppressing Skeptical Global Warming Report

The day before the House was to vote on a controversial energy bill destined to be the largest tax hike in American history, it was revealed that the Environmental Protection Agency had suppressed an internal report challenging the entire global warming myth.Despite the importance of this study, and how it related to a debate about to ensue on the House floor, its existence and suppression went…
Noel Sheppard
June 28th, 2009 11:21 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
June 28th, 2009 10:17 AM

Polar Bear Testimony Suppressed Due to 'Inconvenient' Truths

As the U.S. Senate now prepares to consider the cap-and-trade climate bill recently passed by the House, they will want to consider all the facts related to this landmark spending program. So far we have learned that the Environmental Protection Agency has suppressed an internal report skeptical about the wild global warming claims and now, from across the pond, we find out that a polar bear…
P.J. Gladnick
June 28th, 2009 10:05 AM