The Huffington Post's New Obsession: CNBC

It's the latest ailment of the left - CNBC derangement syndrome. Since CNBC's Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer took an outspoken stance on the shortcomings of the Obama administration, left-wing storefronts have been popping up all over the place wanting to capitalize on the network after it took a vicious attack from Comedy Central "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart. After CNBC "Squawk on the…
Jeff Poor
March 23rd, 2009 5:43 PM

ABC Actually Examines Economic Effects of Ending CEO Bonuses

On Saturday's "Good Morning America," co-anchor Bill Weir and reporter Gigi Stone actually took a look at whether or not it's a good idea to tax CEO bonuses and what effect it could have on Wall Street. While much of the mainstream media have been playing off populist anger over bonuses, Weir teased the segment by wondering, "With tempers flaring over executive payouts, Congress considers cutting…
Scott Whitlock
March 23rd, 2009 5:17 PM

No 'Tea Party' in NY Times, But Room for Leftist 'Bus Tour' of AIG Hom

A left-wing "bus tour" protest prowled the affluent neighborhoods of Fairfield, Conn. on Saturday afternoon, looking for AIG execs to harass. The protest, run by a group sponsored by unlabeled leftists ACORN, were railing against the bonuses paid out to employees of the struggling insurance giant. The New York Times found the stunt worthy of a full story in the national section of Sunday's paper…
Clay Waters
March 23rd, 2009 5:15 PM

CNBC's Latest Official 'Contributor': Howard 'Scream' Dean

Former Democratic chairman becomes 'CNBC Contributor' on 'Squawk Box.'
Jeff Poor
March 23rd, 2009 4:24 PM

USA Today Religion Blogger Bemoans Church 'Culture Warriors

"Sex! Sex! Sex! Is that all church leaders talk about?" huffed the title of USA Today religion blogger Cathy Lynn Grossman's March 23 post.The "Faith & Reason" blogger lamented that "[s]ummer meeting season looms for many of the nation's leading Protestant denominations and that means the culture warriors are manning the battle stations on sexuality issues." Of course there are two sides to…
Ken Shepherd
March 23rd, 2009 2:44 PM

CNN's 'Vast Grassroots Network' for Obama Not So Vast

On today's American Morning, CNN correspondent Jim Acosta covered the weekend canvass sponsored by the Democratic Party's Organizing for America.  Volunteers collected signatures of support for Barack Obama and his agenda.  Acosta's voice over, interspersed with statements from others, began:Don't tell them the race is over. Once volunteers for the Obama campaign...a vast grassroots network of…
Mike Bates
March 23rd, 2009 2:15 PM

Just In Time For 'Earth Hour': A Thorough Globaloney Debunking

On Saturday, March 28, "World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour – to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions." Of course, the UN has endorsed it. Scroll through the list of supporters and you'll find among them many of…
Tom Blumer
March 23rd, 2009 1:02 PM

Latest Addition to the CNBC Payroll: Former DNC Chair Howard Dean

Is CNBC caving to its critics on the left? It might appear so now that former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, also the former chair of the Democratic National Committee, was officially named a CNBC contributor on the March 23 "Squawk Box" by co-host Joe Kernen. "Joining us for the next two hours, former DNC chair and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who is as of today a CNBC contributor," Kernen said. CNBC…
Jeff Poor
March 23rd, 2009 12:46 PM

'Superstar' Knut: No Longer Media's Poster Bear for Warming Dangers

Maybe he'll fare better than other aging child stars, but for now, he's something of an embarrassment. Cute and cuddly sold climate panic. Predatory and perilous does not.Two years ago on March 23, Knut the polar bear cub who was saved by zookeepers debuted at the Berlin Zoo.According to "Good Morning America," "he was one of the biggest stars in the world." Knut was "big business" for the zoo,…
Julia A. Seymour
March 23rd, 2009 12:43 PM

Rhode Island Paper Predicts 'Under-Ocean' Global Warming Scenario by

Here's a scary newspaper headline: "Could global warming turn R.I. into the under-Ocean State?" The answer to that question could only be, "Yes." And so it was in a one-sided report in a Rhode Island newspaper. A news article in the March 22 Providence (R.I.) Journal by G. Wayne Miller details how a portion of the beautiful harbor town of Newport will be underwater due to the effects of…
Jeff Poor
March 23rd, 2009 12:37 PM

AP, AFP, Reuters: French Supporters of Pope 'Far-Right' or 'Right-Wing

The three largest mainstream media wire services all agreed that supporters of Pope Benedict XVI who dared to stand up to anti-Catholic leftists in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Sunday were extremists of the right of some sort. The Associated Press used the “right-wing” label to describe the faithful Catholics. Both Reuters and the French Agence France-Presse both used the term “far-…
Matthew Balan
March 23rd, 2009 12:21 PM

John Mellencamp Blames Ronald Reagan for Ruining the Music Biz

While Time magazine honors Arianna Huffington as the Oracle of the Internet, anyone reading The Huffington Post knows it’s still a salon for liberal celebrities to channel their own self-involved conspiracy theories about how conservatism is ruining the world, and especially the world of the Artist. In a rant posted on Sunday night, '80s rock star John Mellencamp unfurled the theory that Ronald…
Tim Graham
March 23rd, 2009 11:36 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
March 23rd, 2009 9:58 AM

'Masterful' Obama Performance with Leno 'Calmed Down' Totenberg

Since “I've really been getting pretty upset in the last week, just like every other American,” NPR's Nina Totenberg decided to watch President Obama on the Tonight Show “and he calmed me down. And he was presidential. I thought it was just a masterful performance.”  The eager-to-be-impressed Totenberg made her comment on Inside Washington, a weekly show produced and aired over the weekend by…
Brent Baker
March 23rd, 2009 9:28 AM