Early Show: Matrimony is Merely Monetary

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and the Early Show decided to talk love: love of money that is. Host Harry Smith and his male guests agonized over losing assets in a marriage, while Julie Chen rightly called them out, saying marriage is much more than a business deal. Matt Titus, a guest on the February 10th broadcast and co-author of the book Why Hasn’t He Proposed, lamented over the…
Erin R. Brown
February 10th, 2009 1:38 PM

British Politico Urges Video Game Manufacturers to Include Message abo

The message has made it everywhere else - Hannah Montana songs, every night on the news, in books and cartoons, so why not video games? If you want a preview of tactics that could be on the way in the name of curbing global warming, take a look across the pond at what they're doing in Europe. In Britain, Lord Puttnam, the founding chairman of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and…
Jeff Poor
February 10th, 2009 1:18 PM

Time 'News' Piece Compares GOP to Geese Who Caused Hudson River Plane

Tim Graham
February 10th, 2009 1:16 PM

Ed Schultz Makes it Up As He Goes Along About Obama the Author

Jack Coleman
February 10th, 2009 12:53 PM

In Housing Segment, ABC Ignores Truth Behind 'Bank Terrorist

On Tuesday's "Good Morning America," financial correspondent Bianna Golodryga promoted the efforts of a radical housing group run by CEO Bruce Marks, a self proclaimed "bank terrorist." Of course, Golodryga skipped that description and glossed over the extreme actions of the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America [NACA]. Instead, she simply asserted that the organization tries "to help…
Scott Whitlock
February 10th, 2009 12:09 PM

CBS ‘Early Show’ Fact Checks Obama Press Conference

On Tuesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Julie Chen took an unusually critical tone toward President Obama’s first press conference on Monday night: "President Obama takes to prime time to pitch his nearly trillion-dollar rescue plan...But does the president have his facts straight? And what does a trillion dollars really buy you? We'll tell you." In a later report on the press conference…
Kyle Drennen
February 10th, 2009 11:57 AM

Laura Ingraham to Renegade Sen. Specter: 'Is It Nice to Be Wined and D

Conservative radio host quizzes Republican Pennsylvania senator on why he is one of only three out of 229 Republicans to support the $827 billion stimulus.
Jeff Poor
February 10th, 2009 11:45 AM

Networks Silent on White House Grab of 2010 Census

The Obama administration’s decision to have the White House supervise the 2010 Census -- a response to left-wing complaints that the Census was too important to leave under the authority of Republican Judd Gregg, the nominee for Commerce Secretary -- has thus far (as of Tuesday morning) drawn absolutely no attention from the three broadcast networks, with not a single mention on the ABC, CBS or…
Rich Noyes
February 10th, 2009 11:17 AM

Reuters: Despite Bailout, GM Bankruptcy Possible; Uncle Sam Isn't Firs

A week ago (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I noted that government bailout recipients General Motors and Chrysler had horrible sales in January, and that their declines are accelerating. GM was down 49% year over year in January, compared to -32% in December; Chrysler was down 55% in January, compared to -53% in December. Meanwhile, the companies' main foreign competitors turned in January sales…
Tom Blumer
February 10th, 2009 11:01 AM

Steele-as-Sambo Meme Lives On in Radical Left Blogosphere

Liberal blogger Steve Gilliard passed away in 2007, but his most infamous contribution to the blogosphere lives on as leftist bloggers continue to lodge racists attacks at Michael Steele, the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee.Gilliard's 2005 photoshop depicting then-Lt. Gov. Steele as a minstrel was re-syndicated by the leftist blog perceptionmanagers.org on…
Ken Shepherd
February 10th, 2009 10:59 AM

Liberal Talker Ed Schultz Gets Front Row Seat At Obama Presser

Imagine for a moment John McCain had won last November, and Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, or Laura Ingraham were seated in the front row of his first primetime press conference.Think the media would have gone completely nuts?Well, as the Washington Times reported, liberal radio talk show host Ed Schultz and Huffington Post reporter Sam Stein were both accorded such an honor during President Barack…
Noel Sheppard
February 10th, 2009 10:52 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
February 10th, 2009 9:57 AM

Newsweak: Shrinking Mag to Include a 'Bluffer's Guide

Newsweek Magazine, referred to frequently by yours truly as "Newsweak," is deliberately shrinking its circulation base by half, in effect giving up on its formerly mass audience, and going through a top-to-bottom redesign.As is the case with its fellow declining competitor Time, it never occurs to these people that their legacy of bias, double standards, and inexplicable sloppiness have chased…
Tom Blumer
February 10th, 2009 9:48 AM

After Generations, CNN Suddenly Discovers That 'Alaska Families Strugg

The winter in Alaska has been a particularly harsh one this year. The early winter piled on top of economic hard times has caused some troubles for native people and those that live in remote areas in Alaska. But this is not a new tale of woe, it IS Alaska, after all. While nothing to entirely dismiss, one wonders, why CNN suddenly found this story so compelling? Could it be that they want to…
Warner Todd Huston
February 10th, 2009 5:35 AM