Liberals Complain, CNBC Caves In

Business network goes from inspiring anti-tax 'tea parties' to adding left-wingers like Dean, Huffington.
Jeff Poor
April 1st, 2009 1:44 PM

CBS’s Reid: Obama ‘Showered With Praise’ in Britain

On Wednesday’s CBS Early Show correspondent Chip Reid reported on President Obama’s first day in Britain: "Arriving at 10 Downing Street this morning, the President and First Lady were warmly greeted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah. They posed for a hoard of photographers who shouted for the President, who is hugely popular here, to give them another wave...Then a short walk…
Kyle Drennen
April 1st, 2009 1:13 PM

Late Show Update: Letterman Calls O'Reilly A Goon -- To His Face

One would think it's bad host etiquette to call your guest a goon.Yet, David Letterman on Tuesday's "Late Show" did exactly that to Fox News's Bill O'Reilly.He also told the "Factor" host, "You're too smart to believe what you say."  All in all, it was a friendlier encounter than we've seen in the past with the following notable lowlights (video part I embedded right, part II below the fold):
Noel Sheppard
April 1st, 2009 11:07 AM

David Letterman Calls Bill O'Reilly a 'Goon' During Heated Interview

Whenever Bill O'Reilly appears on the David Letterman show you just know sparks are going to fly due to Letterman's inability to keep his anger managed and last night's show did not disappoint although it seems that Letterman now appreciates the ratings O'Reilly brings him. First Letterman established once again his liberal credentials in the opening monologue by slamming Republicans but, of…
P.J. Gladnick
April 1st, 2009 10:47 AM

Obama Putting Our Tax Dollars On Auto Pilot

Major media pushed for bailout billions when many knew it was throwing good money after bad.
Dan Gainor
April 1st, 2009 10:37 AM

Big Government in an Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny Bikini

The nanny state waxes huge.
Dan Kennedy
April 1st, 2009 10:28 AM

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: You tell us.
NB Staff
April 1st, 2009 10:06 AM

MRC’s Notable Quotables: Drooling Over Obama’s European Vacation

[UPDATE, 6:45PM ET: For those who only lightly skimmed or otherwise did not notice earlier, this is an April Fools Day edition of Notable Quotables. All of the quotes were made up by various MRC staffers. I hope you enjoyed the parody.] For those of you who enjoy reading MRC’s Notable Quotables newsletter, featuring the most outrageous (and sometimes humorous) quotes in the liberal media, our…
Rich Noyes
April 1st, 2009 9:52 AM

WaPo Skipped Tea Party Protests, But Gives Big Play to...Opponents of

Tim Graham
April 1st, 2009 9:08 AM

AP Scolds Republicans for 'Noncompliance' Over Stimulus $... But is Th

The Associated Press did a masterful job of portraying Republican Governors as perpetrating "noncompliance" for how they want to spend Obama's education stimulus money. But, even as the AP spends the top half of a story wagging fingers at those nasty Republicans for not spending Obama's generous gift the right way, buried in the story it is revealed that the fault is really with how the stimulus…
Warner Todd Huston
April 1st, 2009 4:49 AM

NY Times Story Gives Huge Waxman-Markey Global Warming Tax Bill One-Si

Amy Ridenour
April 1st, 2009 12:02 AM

Bozell Column: Washington Polling Games

Brent Bozell
March 31st, 2009 10:57 PM

ABC and CBS Remind Viewers Obama More Popular than Bush

The day President Barack Obama arrived in London, the broadcast network evening newscasts on Tuesday night noted that he faces some tough challenges from other leaders who are not as enthralled with him as are their citizens, but ABC and CBS went out of their way to point out how Obama is more popular than was former President Bush. From London, ABC anchor Charles Gibson highlighted the American…
Brent Baker
March 31st, 2009 8:37 PM

ABC & NBC Relay Phony Claims of Israeli War Crimes, Fail to Retract

In recent weeks, both the NBC Nightly News and ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson repeated charges that Israeli troops had witnessed the deliberate killing of Palestinian civilians by fellow troops during the Gaza War. In recent days, the New York Times has informed its readers that, after investigation, the Israeli military concluded that the incendiary claims were untrue and that the soldiers…
Brad Wilmouth
March 31st, 2009 8:28 PM