CBS's Rodriguez: Americans ‘Loved’ Obama Speech; Jindal A ‘Debbi

While discussing President Obama’s Tuesday night address to Congress and the Republican response given by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal on Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez observed: "And Americans loved it. The polls show that they're very optimistic, and then out comes Bobby Jindal, Debbie Downer, saying ‘hated it, it's not going to work.’" Rodriguez made the remark while…
Kyle Drennen
February 25th, 2009 5:27 PM

NY Times Got Pranked By the 'Dating a Banker Anonymous' Girls

It's official: The New York Times got pranked by the girls of "Dating a Banker Anonymous," referred to in a fizzy Times profile last month as a "support group" dedicated to women whose "monthly Bergdorf's allowance has been halved."Linda Holmes, blogging at National Public Radio, was dubious from the start: "Isn't it totally obvious that this is a put-on?" She dismissed the idea of a "support…
Clay Waters
February 25th, 2009 4:57 PM

'Access Hollywood' Acts Holier Than Thou

“Access Hollywood,” NBC’s nightly entertainment show, reports salacious celebrity gossip as “news.” It gets ratings and ad dollars for dishing about sex, drugs, violence, rehab and any other misbehavior by people in the public eye. But when it comes to the mother of the octuplets, well, Access Hollywood is suddenly above reporting that story.Entertainment reporter Billy Bush told viewers on the…
Erin R. Brown
February 25th, 2009 4:28 PM

Nationalization: It's Not Just for Communists Anymore

It used to be synonymous with authoritarian regimes, now politicians threaten it and media call it a 'necessary evil.'
Jeff Poor
February 25th, 2009 3:25 PM

Twittering Helen Thomas

Washington Times White House correspondent Christina Bellantoni has online conservatives a-Twitter with some overheard snippets of a Helen Thomas interview, including what may well be a racially-tinged joke about Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.).Around noon today Bellantoni noted via Twitter:breaking Helen Thomas tells filmcrew Bush worst POTUS in history, "too many people are dead" in Iraq sez Kennedy…
Ken Shepherd
February 25th, 2009 3:18 PM

Chris Matthews: GOP 'Outsourced' Response to Indian-American Governor

“Oh, god,” why did he have to use that word? According to MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, the GOP “outsourced” the Republican response to a young, successful Indian-American governor who “had nothing to do with Congress.”They had to outsource the response tonight, the Republican party. They had to outsource to someone who had nothing to do with Congress because the Republicans in Congress had nothing to…
Mike Sargent
February 25th, 2009 2:13 PM

Nationalization: It's Not Just For Communists Anymore

BMI Staff
February 25th, 2009 2:00 PM

NBC Slams Northern Trust Bank for PGA Related Events

"Today Show" attempts to smear company for events that were not paid for by tax dollars.
Edward Schatz
February 25th, 2009 1:59 PM

George Stephanopoulos: Obama 'Made a Start at Inspiring Hope' With Spe

Former top Democratic aide-turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday applauded Barack Obama's address to Congress, lauding it for making "a start at inspiring hope out in the country." The "This Week" host appeared on "Good Morning America" and affirmed co-host Robin Roberts' question about whether Obama "hit his marks last night." Stephanopoulos asserted that the President needed to…
Scott Whitlock
February 25th, 2009 1:12 PM

It's Our Tea Party, Politicians Can Cry if They Want to

Santelli rant touches a nerve with White House, media.
Dan Gainor
February 25th, 2009 11:39 AM

Japanese Commission Challenges UN: Global Warming Not Man-made

A Japanese energy commission released a report last month challenging the supposed international consensus that man is responsible for warming the planet while claiming that climate modeling -- the questionably accurate process of predicting the future so key to Nobel Laureate Al Gore's myth -- is immature and akin to ancient astrology.The study also called the United Nations Intergovernmental…
Noel Sheppard
February 25th, 2009 11:12 AM

Mr. President, Oprah's got the Right Idea

A modest proposal for the Detroit debtors.
Dan Kennedy
February 25th, 2009 10:17 AM

Barack Obama Sparks New-Found Patriotism in Hollywood

Patriotism is cool again. Some would say patriotism, defined as "love of one's country," never goes out of style. But to the Left, it's clearly not an unconditional love. Narcissistic liberals demand a country in their own image. Still, it's good to see so many of the nation's cultural and entertainment elite waving the flag. Hollywood producer and People for the American Way founder Norman Lear…
Colleen Raezler
February 25th, 2009 10:06 AM

AP's Loven Describes Obama Speech -- 5-1/2 Hours Before It Began (See

Who knew that the Associated Press's Jennifer Loven has the ability to see into the future? That must be the case, because yesterday she told us what had happened at Barack Obama's sort-of State of the Union speech -- 5-1/2 hours before Obama uttered a word. As fellow NewsBuster Noel Sheppard is given to say, "I kid you not." Loven's AP story carried at Breitbart (HT to Abe Greenwald a Commentary…
Tom Blumer
February 25th, 2009 9:19 AM