AP Calls Terrorism Financier a 'Muslim Charity Member

If you saw the headline "Muslim Charity Member Gets 65 Years In Prison," would you assume his crime was funding terrorist activities, or possibly something totally unrelated?Given that this "charity member" was convicted last November on 108 charges surrounding the transfer of more than $12 million to the terrorist group Hamas, one would think a stronger, more direct and informative headline…
Noel Sheppard
May 27th, 2009 4:42 PM

MSNBC’s Watson: Obama Should Lead on Gay Marriage Like LBJ on Civil

During the 2:00PM hour of live Wednesday coverage on MSNBC, anchor Carlos Watson called on President Obama to stand up for gay marriage, comparing the issue to the civil rights movement: "You know what I predict, just like we saw LBJ in the late 60's, very unexpectedly and very famously, looked into the camera, addressed the nation, and say ‘we shall overcome,’ adopting the language of the civil…
Kyle Drennen
May 27th, 2009 4:42 PM

The New PC Buzzword for Diversity: It Brings 'Integrity

Tim Graham
May 27th, 2009 4:10 PM

Name That Party: Blago’s, Burris’s Party IDs Largely MIA in Latest

Maybe it should be put to music: Blago and Burris, Sitting in a tree, But they'd rather we not know their political party. There has been yet another revelation about contacts between Democratic President Barack Obama's U.S. Senate successor, Democrat Roland Burris and former Illinois Democratic governor Rod Blagojevich over Blago's pre-Senate appointment, uh, deliberations. A released FBI audio…
Tom Blumer
May 27th, 2009 4:02 PM

CBS, NBC Use 'Woman's Right to Choose' Euphemism

During a news brief on the Saturday, May 23, The Early Show, CBS’s Priya David used that famous euphemism of liberals, “woman’s right to choose,” to refer to the legal right to an abortion, as the show gave attention to Liberty University’s recent decision to withdraw recognition of the school’s club for young Democrats. She also incorrectly exaggerated Liberty's action by claiming that the…
Brad Wilmouth
May 27th, 2009 3:50 PM

Cavuto: Sotomayor Appointment Sign of Government's New Role in Busines

Fox Business Network host Neil Cavuto ties Sotomayor's appointment to potential GM bankruptcy and new cyber czar appointment.
Jeff Poor
May 27th, 2009 3:19 PM

Sotomayor Called Herself Liberal, But the NY Times Won't

Wednesday's New York Times led with Obama's choice of Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee -- "Obama Chooses Hispanic Judge for Supreme Court Seat," by Peter Baker and Jeff Zeleny. Baker and Zeleny never directly acknowledged Sotomayor's liberal outlook, although there is enough in her judicial record (and her own words) to indicate her ideology.President Obama announced Tuesday that he…
Clay Waters
May 27th, 2009 2:46 PM

Networks Ignore Trillion Dollar Price Tag of Climate Cap Bill

BMI Staff
May 27th, 2009 2:00 PM

Voters Triumph in California; Nets Cover Protesters

Nobody can accuse the broadcast networks of objectivity when it comes to gay "rights."ABC, CBS and NBC combined devoted nearly 11 minutes of air time during their evening and morning news shows to the May 26 California Supreme Court ruling that upheld Proposition 8, the 2008 state constitutional amendment that banned same-sex marriage. The networks gave gay rights activists more than seven…
Colleen Raezler
May 27th, 2009 1:30 PM

Lauer: Will Opposing First Hispanic Supreme Court Nominee 'Cost' GOP

NBC's Matt Lauer, on Wednesday's "Today" show greeted viewers with the following teaser: "Good morning, Supreme showdown. Republicans gear up for a fight over President Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the nation's highest court," and then asked the racially loaded question: "But will taking on the first Hispanic nominee cost them down the road?" Lauer and other "Today" correspondents…
Geoffrey Dickens
May 27th, 2009 12:24 PM

Choking Freedom of Choice: Policing Soda, French Fries, Smoking

Guests on FNC raise health questions: To what extent should government coerce people into healthy lifestyles?
Lauren O'Reilly
May 27th, 2009 12:16 PM

Essay: A Nation of Social Workers (and the Victims Who Need Them

To a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. To a community organizer, every citizen looks like a victim entitled to someone else's money.The Obama campaign and administration has proved that again and again. But both the president and his wife put a fine point on it with commencement addresses this month. (Joe Biden also gave one, but it's a safe bet that nobody - Joe least of all -…
Matt Philbin
May 27th, 2009 12:07 PM

CBS’s Rodriguez Grills Former Sotomayor Clerk on Judge’s Record

On Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez was unusually tough on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as she asked the judge’s former clerk, Julia Tarver Mason, about some of Sotomayor's past controversial comments: "...she, herself, has rejected the notion that a judge should decide cases based solely on facts and the law...referring to one case – she hopes that ‘a wise Latina…
Kyle Drennen
May 27th, 2009 11:57 AM

ABC Praises 'Obama's Latina Powerhouse,' Even Touts Her 'Mean' Guacamo

ABC’s “Good Morning America” program on Wednesday led their 7 am Eastern hour with three positive reports about Judge Sonia Sotomayor, highlighting her judicial background and personal story.Anchor Diane Sawyer began the program with a promo of this coverage: “The battle begins: How will President Obama’s Latina powerhouse handle the opposition?...And we also go home to bring you personal details…
Matthew Balan
May 27th, 2009 11:56 AM