Scientific American Magazine Honors Obama For ‘Welcoming Back’ Sci

While sitting in the dentist office Wednesday afternoon I could not escape liberal media bias as I picked up the June edition of Scientific American Magazine and found that President Obama was honored as being one of ten people "who have recently demonstrated outstanding commitment to assuring that the benefits of new technologies and knowledge will accrue to humanity."The ‘Scientific American 10…
Kyle Drennen
June 17th, 2009 3:39 PM

NY Times: Sen. Ensign Swiftly Identified as GOP, Disgraced Dems Not ID

In his Wednesday brief, "Senator Says He Had Affair With An Aide," New York Times reporter David Herszenhorn let us know by the fourth word that U.S. Senator John Ensign of Nevada, the senator who confessed to the extramarital affair, is a Republican. In paragraph four, Herszenhorn poured on the salt, bringing up Ensign's former membership in Promise Keepers, a Christian ministry that promotes…
Clay Waters
June 17th, 2009 3:34 PM

ABC, CBS Grill Obama Aide on Health Care and Regulations

ABC and CBS's morning shows on Wednesday both provided surprisingly tough questioning to Christina Romer, one of Barack Obama's economic advisors. On the issue of health care, Good Morning America co-host Diane Sawyer compared the costs of Medicare to the new health care plan and pointed out past government inaccuracies when it came to accessing cost.She grilled, "You know, in 1965, everyone was…
Scott Whitlock
June 17th, 2009 3:05 PM

Mika Brzezinski: Liberal Reporters Should Be 'Brave Enough to Reveal t

According to MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough, the traditionally left-of-center co-host and daughter of Zbigniew Brzezinski, Mika Brzezinski has had an awakening about the political leanings of the mainstream media. Mika Brzezinski appeared with Scarborough at the Borders bookstore in Falls Church, Va. on June 16 to help him promote his book, "The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism…
Jeff Poor
June 17th, 2009 2:04 PM

Obama Pushes Gov. Health Care; ABC Responds with 'Prescription for Ame

BMI Staff
June 17th, 2009 2:00 PM

Time's Joe Klein: Ahmadinejad Supporters Like Bush's Base Voters, Mous

In the midst of his June 16 Swampland blog screed leveled against the "unhinged" Sen. John McCain for his criticism of President Obama's low-key response to the Iranian election, Time magazine's Joe Klein [shown in file photo at right] also worked in a comparison of hardliner Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's support base with former U.S. President George W. Bush's core supporters:It is not…
Ken Shepherd
June 17th, 2009 1:14 PM

Hypocritical Tears for "Red Scare" Victims in '50s NYC

Ralph Blumenthal on Communist teachers dismissed from NYC schools: "It was the height of the Red Scare, and the nation was gripped by hysteria over loyalty and subversion....The Board of Education's purges came to be widely condemned as the city's own witch hunt..."
Clay Waters
June 17th, 2009 12:51 PM

AP Baghdad Bob of Global Warming Continues Ignoring Reality

Rising sea levels! Sweltering temperatures! Deeper droughts, and heavier downpours!Hey, that looks like fun! Let me try. Here goes:Saudi spring snowfall!Plunging temperatures!Frozen Australians!One big difference in the two warnings, besides my reluctance to call for a massive government spending program, is that mine have actually been happening on a big scale recently as I reported in…
P.J. Gladnick
June 17th, 2009 11:57 AM

Morning Show Anchors Marvel At Obama's Fly Swat

The common, everyday act of swatting a bug is something that happens countless times a day at picnics and ball games across the country, especially during the summer, but when Barack Obama was caught on tape by CNBC's cameras doing it, the fawning liberal press couldn't contain their excitement. All three broadcast network morning shows, on Wednesday, praised the presidential kill as they were…
Geoffrey Dickens
June 17th, 2009 11:32 AM

Obama Supports Defense of Marriage Act … but You Wouldn’t Know It

The Obama Administration's Justice Department threw a curve ball at the same-sex marriage movement last week, filing a 54 page-brief on Thursday in support of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. The Washington Times reported on June 16 that "Gay activists are fuming ... it represents a break in President Obama's campaign promise to repeal the 1996 legislation. The Justice brief upholding DOMA was…
Zoe Ortiz
June 17th, 2009 10:47 AM

The Incredible Disappearing Nobel Prize-Winner

North Korea imprisons his employees, but Al Gore doesn't seem inconvenienced.
Dan Kennedy
June 17th, 2009 9:43 AM

He's No Eliot Spitzer; ABC, CBS and NBC All Brand John Ensign a 'Repub

All three broadcast network morning shows on Wednesday made a point of labeling Nevada Senator John Ensign as a “Republican” after the Senator came forward last night to admit having an extramarital affair last year. NBC, which refrained for days from calling New York Governor Eliot Spitzer a “Democrat” after his relationship with a prostitute was exposed, called Ensign a “conservative…
Rich Noyes
June 17th, 2009 9:38 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
June 17th, 2009 9:35 AM

Global Warmist Champion: 'Think Twice About Retiring To Florida

ABC Intern: Um, Mr. Champion, it's the head of the Florida Chamber of Commerce on the line for you, and he, uh, doesn't sound too happy.Sam Champion: Tell him to go soak his head.That apocryphal bit of dialogue might not be too far off the mark.  On today's GMA Champion warned Americans that "if you're thinking of retiring in Florida, think twice."  The ABC meteorologist made his dire suggestion…
Mark Finkelstein
June 17th, 2009 9:01 AM