New York Post's Dead Chimp Cartoon Draws Media Ire

A cartoon using the bizarre story of a recently killed pet chimpanzee to depict how terrible the just-enacted economic stimulus package is has drawn the ire of media outlets around the world.Appearing in Wednesday's New York Post, the cartoon (full version available here) shows police officers shooting a chimpanzee with one commenting, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus…
Noel Sheppard
February 18th, 2009 5:47 PM

Actor Kelsey Grammer Pans Stimulus Package, Obamanomics

While many Hollywood stars may have raised a champagne flute yesterday to mark President Obama's signing of the stimulus package, actor Kelsey Grammer was not among them. The actor best known for his roles in "Cheers" and "Frasier" told NewsBusters's sister organization CNSNews.com recently that he was a "free enterprise guy" who feared that CEO pay caps included in the corporate bailouts were a…
Ken Shepherd
February 18th, 2009 5:22 PM

Dear CBS Radio: It Isn't Voluntary When Threats are Involved

Dept. of Agriculture country-of-origin labeling wouldn't actually be a choice.
Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.
February 18th, 2009 4:47 PM

New Yorker Editor Compares Rush Limbaugh to Klansman Bull Connor

New Yorker senior editor Hendrik Hertzberg appeared on Wednesday's "Morning Joe" and compared Rush Limbaugh to 1960s segregationist and Ku Klux Klan member Bull Connor. He also linked Barack Obama to Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King. According to Hertzberg, "And I'm not saying that Obama is Martin Luther King or that Rush Limbaugh, the leader of the opposition, is Bull Connor. But the…
Scott Whitlock
February 18th, 2009 4:34 PM

NASA's Hansen Films Ad For Upcoming Protest Against Coal

NASA's James Hansen has created an advertisement for a protest at the Capitol Power Plant in Washington, D.C., on March 2.In the piece, Hansen claims: We cannot burn all the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet. The only practical way to solve the problem is to phase out the biggest source of carbon and that is coal.Is this what someone working for the United States government…
Noel Sheppard
February 18th, 2009 3:19 PM

Abstinence, Biology and Bozo on 'View

Bristol Palin's comments about abstinence sparked a lively discussion about sex education on the Feb. 17 broadcast of ABC's "The View" in which Whoopi Goldberg insisted she would be okay if Bozo the Clown gave teens the information they needed about sex.   Palin, a new teenaged mom and daughter of Alaska governor Sarah Palin, stated during her Feb. 16 interview with Fox's Greta van Susteren…
Colleen Raezler
February 18th, 2009 2:46 PM

Obama's Lunch Money Tax Break Hurts Those in Pricey Areas

President tries penny-ante plan to placate progressives.
Dan Gainor
February 18th, 2009 2:16 PM

The NY Times Plants Pro-ACORN Propaganda

New York Times metro-beat reporter Fernanda Santos seems to truly believe that the left-wing housing activist group ACORN is some bottom-up citizens organization conducting a new civil rights "resistance movement" against unfair foreclosures. That's judging by her credulous story, "A Bid to Link Arms Against Eviction -- Grass-Roots Effort Takes Shape To Support Families Facing Foreclosure." There…
Clay Waters
February 18th, 2009 2:13 PM

How the Networks Promoted the Biggest Spending Bill in History

BMI Staff
February 18th, 2009 2:00 PM

US News/PBS's Erbe: 'Forced' Ultrasound Before Abortion an 'Invasive A

If the right to an abortion is really about about a woman's choice, then it logically follows that a fully-informed choice is a proper concern for public policy makers on the state level. But don't tell that to pro-choice liberal journalist Bonnie Erbe. The US News & World Report contributing editor unleashed her fury at "Antiabortion Fanatics' New Invasive Attack: The Forced Ultrasound" in a…
Ken Shepherd
February 18th, 2009 1:33 PM

AFP Report Waters Down Pope's Life-Related Rebuke of Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi had an audience with the Pope earlier today at the Vatican.Life Site News (HT Gateway Pundit via Michelle Malkin) covered what the Vatican had to say about that meeting:Pope Rebukes Pelosi, Tells Her Catholic Legislators Obligated to Protect LifeThe Vatican Press Office released a note this morning detailing part of the conversation which Pope Benedict XVI had with Nancy Pelosi, the…
Tom Blumer
February 18th, 2009 12:56 PM

WaPo: Gov. Palin Faces 'Lingering Resentment' From GOP for Role in McC

Today on The Washington Post's front page appears the article "Back Home in Alaska, Palin Finds Cold Comfort: Scrutiny Has Been Intense Since Election."  Staff writer Michael Leahy reports that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has had a rocky return following her run on last year's Republican national ticket.  Writes Leahy:A number of factors seem to have contributed to the bumpy homecoming: a residual…
Mike Bates
February 18th, 2009 11:45 AM

Time Lists Daily Kos As One Of The Most Overrated Blogs

Whether it's a shot at competitor Newsweek for putting Markos Moulitsas on the payroll, or a brief moment of clarity, Time magazine has named the disgustingly liberal website Daily Kos as one of the most overrated blogs on the Internet.I kid you not.  Such a revelation seems even more odd given the absence of any conservative websites in Time's "25 Best Blogs of 2009." But before we get there,…
Noel Sheppard
February 18th, 2009 11:30 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
February 18th, 2009 10:27 AM