Time’s Amy Sullivan Misrepresents FOCA Battle, Obama's Abortion Supp

Amy Sullivan’s article on Time.com on Thursday, “The Catholic Crusade Against a Mythical Abortion Bill,” tried to downplay President Obama’s past and current support for abortion, and tried to use a technicality to “prove” that there is no chance of passage for the staunchly pro-abortion Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA): “...FOCA has also provided ammunition for those on the right who want to paint…
Matthew Balan
February 19th, 2009 7:21 PM

NB Interview: Ziegler on Clinton, Obama, Palin and 'Media Malpractice

Last month NewsBusters introduced readers to John Ziegler, a conservative filmmaker creating a documentary about the astoundingly poor job the press did covering 2008's presidential campaign. Marvelously entitled "Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted," the movie is set for release on February 23.I chatted with Ziegler earlier in the week about last year's campaign…
Noel Sheppard
February 19th, 2009 5:31 PM

Philosophical Difference or Upset over Stealing the Spotlight? Cramer

Before today, CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer was known for his outlandish statements and crazed antics that would land him in the public spotlight. However, Cramer got one-upped today by CNBC's Rick Santelli, calling for something like a "Chicago Tea Party" revolt against the redistributionism that is plaguing our federal government. Cramer, in his "Stop Trading" segment on CNBC's "Street…
Jeff Poor
February 19th, 2009 5:12 PM

A Lasting Last Carbon Footprint

It was 69-year-old Carole Dunham’s last request: she would like to “be a home for fish.” That’s right; she wanted her remains to construct an artificial, underwater reef.Valerie Streit, of CNN, wrote an article highlighting the Green Burial Council, a nonprofit organization that accommodates the last wishes of those who desire to minimize their final carbon footprint. Streit quotes only the eco-…
Erin R. Brown
February 19th, 2009 4:48 PM

Buffalo Muslim Wife's Beheading Spiked, But False Sex-Abuse Charges Ag

Does the media show religious discrimination in their news judgment? The founder of a TV network devoted to improve the image of Muslims being charged in the beheading of his wife is not a story the major media have leaped on. On Friday, news broke that Muzzammil Hassan, founder and CEO of Bridges TV, was charged with murdering his wife Aasiya after she filed for divorce. After some Nexis…
Tim Graham
February 19th, 2009 4:41 PM

Katie Couric on Bush: 'A Lot More Facile With Information' Than Americ

"CBS Evening News" Anchor Katie Couric asserted in a Daily Beast interview on Thursday that former President George W. Bush "felt a lot more relaxed and was a lot more facile with information and details and policy than I think probably the American people gave him credit for and were exposed to." (The journalist was referring to lunches that she attended prior to Bush announcing the troop surge…
Scott Whitlock
February 19th, 2009 4:25 PM

Rant for the Ages: CNBC's Rick Santelli Goes Off; Studio Hosts Invoke

Wow. Rick Santelli of CNBC (picture at right is from his bio page) let the elitists running what is turning into a planned economy in Washington have it today with a rant for the ages.The direct CNBC link is here, while a YouTube is here. Allah at Hot Air has an embed. What's really revolting about this is the studio reaction. While it's maybe half-kidding at times, the fact that strong…
Tom Blumer
February 19th, 2009 3:42 PM

Rachel Maddow Oversells Former Gitmo Guard's Allegations of Abuse

Jack Coleman
February 19th, 2009 3:01 PM

CNBC's Santelli Explains His Anti-Obamanomics Call for Revolt

It's been called "the rant heard around the world," after The Drudge Report linked to the video with a screaming red headline. However Rick Santelli may have given CNBC viewers a preview of what effects Obamanomics will have on the populace. On CNBC's "Squawk Box" Feb. 19, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange floor reporter, along with several traders, expressed his outrage about President Barack…
Jeff Poor
February 19th, 2009 2:34 PM

MRC's Free Speech Alliance to Obama: Oppose All Govt. Radio Censorship

President Barack Obama's recent statement about his opposition to resurrecting the so-called Fairness Doctrine is a good first step, but shouldn't be the only step his administration takes to burying political censorship by the FCC for good, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell and Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) President Grover Norquist argued in a joint statement released today. [click…
NB Staff
February 19th, 2009 2:14 PM

Dear Wash. Post: 'Lord of Finance' Review Ignores Fact

British return to gold standard caused hardship because the price was set too low.
Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.
February 19th, 2009 1:59 PM

CNN Talking Heads Unanimously Praise Holder's 'Coward' Remarks

Anchor Campbell Brown’s show on CNN is subtitled “No Bias, No Bull,” but the show displayed plenty of bias during a Wednesday night segment about Attorney General Eric Holder calling America “a nation of cowards” on race issues. Brown praised Holder for “cutting through the bull,” and a panel discussion was utterly unanimous: Gloria Borger, Soledad O’Brien, and Roland Martin all toed the liberal…
Matthew Balan
February 19th, 2009 1:47 PM

CBS Criticizes GOP Governors for Opposing Stimulus

On Thursday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith opened the show by declaring: "As President Obama heads on his first foreign trip, some state governors are saying 'thanks, but no thanks' to the stimulus money, even in these desperate times. We'll ask one of them why." Later, co-host Maggie Rodriguez interviewed Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and asked: "Even if it takes a while…
Kyle Drennen
February 19th, 2009 12:48 PM

Katie Couric Paints Gov. Jindal, State of Louisiana As Foes of 'Scient

"Well, the saints might go marching into New Orleans, but the scientists are marching right on out. A group of more than two thousand biologists have decided NOT to hold their 2011 annual meeting in the Big Easy," "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric noted at the open of her  February 18 video blog entry. Couric proceeded to turn a biologists convention's PR stunt into evidence that Gov. Bobby…
Ken Shepherd
February 19th, 2009 12:30 PM