ABC Bashes U.S. Maternity Leave Policies: Again Links Them to Swazilan

On Tuesday's Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer complained about America's maternity leave policies for women, and for the fourth time in slightly more than two years, the show connected them to such struggling countries as Swaziland and Papua New Guinea. The host solemnly observed that only three countries "have policies equal to the United States. Swaziland, Liberia and Papua New Guinea."…
Scott Whitlock
June 16th, 2009 5:51 PM

Obama Swatting Fly A ‘Dirty Harry Make-My-Day Moment

During a CNBC interview, New York Times reporter John Harwood shared an intense moment with President Obama: "He had this fly that was persistently buzzing around him during the interview...he swatted his hand and he said ‘I got the sucker’...it was a, you know, Dirty Harry ‘make my day’ moment."Harwood described the showdown at the end of the 4PM ET hour on MSNBC, after anchor David Shuster…
Kyle Drennen
June 16th, 2009 5:46 PM

The NY Times Finds New Way to Insult Ronald Reagan: As a Big Spender

In John Harwood's Sunday Week in Review piece, "Rethinking The Reagan Mystique," he claimed Republicans are rejecting Ronald Reagan as a political inspiration and urging their party to look forward. He probably overstates the case. However, Harwood does come up with a novel insult of Reagan: The man the media labeled a heartless budget-cutter was actually a runaway spender in disguise!For a…
Clay Waters
June 16th, 2009 5:05 PM

WaPo Fails to Mention William Jefferson Is a Democrat

William Jefferson, who was found with $90,000 of cash in his freezer, is now on trial for 16 counts including racketeering, obstruction of justice, and money laundering. The Washington Post's Allison Klein did a story on his trial today, but for some reason Klein failed to mention Jefferson's party identification. Could it be, perhaps, because Jefferson was a Democrat while he was in office,…
Mitchell Blatt
June 16th, 2009 5:00 PM

Real Time, Real Man: Maher Takes His Shot at Palin

Here we go again.  During his opening monologue on ‘Real Time’ Friday night, Bill Maher, couldn’t resist piling on to the David Letterman controversy and the sex jokes made by him earlier in the week regarding Sarah Palin’s daughter. In defending his friend, Maher thought Republicans had over reacted and this was just a case of ‘fake’ outrage. Much ado about nothing. He then went on talking about…
Jimmy Arone
June 16th, 2009 4:56 PM

Nurse Jackie: A New Spin on Nursing

Sarah Knoploh
June 16th, 2009 3:49 PM

Obama Snubs Britain, Sends Gitmo Prisoners to Bermuda w/out Consultati

On Friday's Special Report with Bret Baier, FNC correspondent Jennifer Griffin informed viewers that the Obama administration has once again snubbed the British government, as the administration transferred a group of detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the British protectorate of Bermuda without first consulting the British government as protocol requires. Substitute anchor Chris Wallace raised the…
Brad Wilmouth
June 16th, 2009 3:41 PM

'Nurse Jackie:' A New Spin on the Profession

Showtimes' series gins up controversy with unethical, immoral nurses.
Sarah Knoploh
June 16th, 2009 3:35 PM

'Nightly News': Don't Let the Mild Weather Fool You, There's Still Glo

With a cooler-than-usual winter and a mild temperatures leading up to the beginning of summer, global warming alarmists are finding they are losing steam in the debate. But "NBC Nightly News" won't give up the fight. On the June 15 broadcast, anchor Brian Williams noted the peculiar weather patterns along the East Coast. "The weather along the eastern seaboard has been more like Scotland in…
Jeff Poor
June 16th, 2009 3:20 PM

O'Reilly Highlights Far-Left Threats Against Church

On Thursday's The O'Reilly Factor, FNC host Bill O'Reilly gave attention to threatening tactics from some on the far left, as he focused on the case of a Bishop from the D.C. area who became a target after speaking out against same-sex marriage. O'Reilly began the interview:For example, if you oppose gay marriage, some far-left people will try to hurt you, as Bishop Harry Jackson is finding out,…
Brad Wilmouth
June 16th, 2009 3:12 PM

Glenn Beck Hires Left-Wing Time Hack as Joke Writer

Tim Graham
June 16th, 2009 3:12 PM

Wolffe: President Missed Rev. Wright’s Racist Rants Because 'He Wasn

If you've ever wondered why the mainstream media didn't show much curiosity about how 20 years of attending Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church shaped President Barack Obama, there is a perfectly logical explanation. Obama wasn't really there. According to Richard Wolffe, an MSNBC contributor and former Newsweek columnist that covered the Obama presidential campaign for the weekly magazine, people don…
Jeff Poor
June 16th, 2009 3:11 PM

Liberals Say Conservatives are Haters and Hate Them for it

Journalists help empower anger that now targets constitutional rights; ignore left-wing hate.
Dan Gainor
June 16th, 2009 3:10 PM

MRC's Bozell: Where Does FCC Chairman Nominee Genachowski Stand On 'Fa

Concerned that “we know little or nothing” of President Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Media Research Center President (MRC) Brent Bozell sent an open letter on June 15 to the Senate Commerce Committee urging the members to thoroughly query Julius Genachowski. The panel, headed by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) , will hold hearings today on Genachowski’s…
NB Staff
June 16th, 2009 12:31 PM