NY Times Frets Over 'Socialist' 'Slur' of Obama at CPAC

Although the New York Times never complained when lefties called George W. Bush and other Republicans "fascist" for eight years running, reporter Mark Leibovich is suddenly concerned with rhetorical precision now that conservatives are using "socialist" as a "demonizing" epithet against President Obama's massive spending plans. Leibovich used the news hook of the recent 2009 Conservative…
Clay Waters
March 2nd, 2009 3:53 PM

Fortune Managing Editor Absolves Obama of Blame for Financial Market W

Financial magazine editor blasts Limbaugh speech at CPAC and says market 'not failing in response' to Obama's plans.
Jeff Poor
March 2nd, 2009 3:46 PM

CNN Host D. L. Hughley: Republicans 'Literally Look Like Nazi Germany

CNN host D.L. Hughley turned to the standard left-wing tactic of playing the Nazi card against Republicans on his program on Saturday evening: “The tenets of the Republican Party are amazing and they seem warm and welcome. But when I watch it be applied -- like you didn’t have to go much further than the Republican National Convention....It literally look[s] like Nazi Germany.” He went on to say…
Matthew Balan
March 2nd, 2009 3:38 PM

Vicki Iseman on CBS: NYT ‘Out of Control’ On False McCain Affair S

On Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez spoke with lobbyist Vicki Iseman, who a year ago was named in a New York Times article implying she had an affair with then presidential candidate John McCain, an accusation Iseman flatly denied: "No, I did not. And four New York Times reporters, two editors, their entire institution, 200 people that they went out and sought to try and figure…
Kyle Drennen
March 2nd, 2009 3:02 PM

MSNBC Brings on Nation Writer to Bash Rush, Tout Limbaugh Error

MSNBC host Tamron Hall on Monday talked to a contributor from the liberal Nation magazine who bashed Rush Limbaugh and also highlighted a historical error in the radio host’s address to the Conservative Political Action Conference this past weekend. Introducing Ari Melber, the "MSNBC News Live" host began, “Well, a lot of people are talking about Mr. Limbaugh’s comments and, perhaps, an- even- a…
Scott Whitlock
March 2nd, 2009 2:23 PM

'Early Show' Expert Blasts Obama Economic Proposals

Peter Morici advises Obama to use markets as a 'sounding ground.'
Jeff Poor
March 2nd, 2009 2:18 PM

White House Press Briefing Live Blog [March

I'm hosting a live blog via CoverItLive.com. I'll be watching on MSNBC Follow along in the embed below: 
Ken Shepherd
March 2nd, 2009 2:07 PM

A Challenge for Sen. Arlen Specter

On Thursday I interviewed Sen. John Cornyn, head of the National Republican Sentorial Committee. When I asked him about the NRSC running someone against Sen. Arlen Specter in 2010, given the anger many Republicans feel about Specter's vote on the stimulus bill, Cornyn's answer was basically that he would rather have someone voting with him 80% of the time, rather than a liberal Democrat who would…
Kathleen McKinley
March 2nd, 2009 1:25 PM

Tribute to Paul Harvey from ABC Radio

Brent Baker
March 2nd, 2009 12:53 PM

A Dittohead Profile the MSM Would Never Report

Blogger and former Washington Times staffer Robert Stacy McCain has an article over at The American Spectator's Web site that blows away the stereotype many in the MSM seem to have about Rush Limbaugh's audience being nothing more than "angry white men."In "Taxi Driver Dittos, Rush", McCain relays a brief story of his interaction with a D.C. cabbie originally from Nigeria who loves Limbaugh. Here…
Ken Shepherd
March 2nd, 2009 12:45 PM

Self-Dealing Omitted: Rep. Grace Napolitano Pays Herself $200,000 In I

Tim Graham
March 2nd, 2009 12:36 PM

Physician Declares Global Warming Will Cause Sharp Rise in Kidney Ston

Urology professor says climate change will create a billion-dollar 'kidney stone belt.'
Jeff Poor
March 2nd, 2009 10:49 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
March 2nd, 2009 9:58 AM

NBC’s Chuck Todd Knocks Rush; ‘Backward,’ ‘Dying Medium’ of

NBC White House political director Chuck Todd appeared on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" on Monday to dismiss Rush Limbaugh as "looking backward" and deride the radio industry as a "dying medium." Todd (see file photo above), who was talking with co-host Mika Brzezinski about Limbaugh’s role as a leader in the Republican Party, also suggested a linkage between the radio host and far left bomb thrower…
Scott Whitlock
March 2nd, 2009 9:36 AM