ABC's Sam Champion Touts Living With Filth, Worm Composting

Extreme environmentalist and "Good Morning America" weatherman Sam Champion on Thursday admiringly recounted the story of a Los Angeles resident, Dave Chameides, who has been living with his garbage for the last year. The liberal meteorologist also extoled the benefits of Chameides' unorthodox methods of disposing waste, including the worm composting program he has set up in the basement of his…
Scott Whitlock
February 5th, 2009 12:40 PM

CNN and MSNBC Stereotype Pro-Lifers as Possible Terrorists

On Wednesday, both CNN and MSNBC raised the specter of past bombings against abortion clinics during their coverage of an Arkansas doctor who was critically injured in an apparent car bombing. During CNN’s Newsroom program, anchor Rick Sanchez asked former DC police detective Mike Brooks if the injured physician was an “abortion doctor.” He replied, “No, no. That was the first thing I thought.”…
Matthew Balan
February 5th, 2009 12:27 PM

Daschle's Tax Problems Stem From Media Company's 'Gift

By now most people have heard that Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle, has backed out due to some major tax problems. Many have probably even heard that the bulk of his problems involve his affinity for free limo service, not to mention the inevitable limousine liberal jokes that followed. However, most have no idea exactly who was paying for Daschle's…
Stephen Gutowski
February 5th, 2009 12:21 PM

AP: Palin 'Makes New Enemy' in Ashley Judd

"Sarah Palin Makes New Enemy: Ashley Judd," reads a February 5, 2009 AP headline.But in truth, there's hardly anything new about the controversy in question save for a celebrity chiming in to resurrect the issue of aerial wolf hunts in Alaska:It's not the first time Defenders of Wildlife has targeted Palin. Last fall, when Palin was John McCain's running mate, it ran ads in several states…
Ken Shepherd
February 5th, 2009 11:59 AM

CBS VP & London Bureau Chief: 'Just Another Typical Liberal Reporter

If you were to construct, from everything you know about the species, a stereotypical, liberal member of the MSM, Jennifer Siebens would be it. Recently, Ms. Siebens gave an interview to the student newspaper--the Oberlin Review--at her alma mater, Oberlin College. In it, she revealed her admiration for the radical movements of the '60's and current infatuation with President Barack Obama. Yes, I…
Jacob S. Lybbert
February 5th, 2009 11:55 AM

Van Morrison Asks YouTube to Remove 'Two Below Honey' Satire

On Wednesday, NewsBusters premiered a new video from our friends at Minnesotans for Global Warming called "Two Below Honey."Those that watched it saw and heard a clever global warming parody sung to Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey."The video has now been removed by YouTube with the following explanation:
Noel Sheppard
February 5th, 2009 11:24 AM

USA Today's 'Helpful Advice' to Obama: Drive a Boat Through Mash Potat

Two weeks ago, ABC's Good Morning America featured kids who offered up silly liberal platitudes for President Barack Obama (“I want you to make people stop littering because our Earth is dying”) , but in retrospect they seem downright insightful compared to the collection of letters from children showcased in Wednesday's USA Today -- which embarrassed itself with a headline that characterized the…
Brent Baker
February 5th, 2009 11:23 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
February 5th, 2009 10:43 AM

Beck Asks 'When Did Socialism Become a Happy Thing for Us

While most of the liberal media gush and fawn over President Barack Obama's plans to radically expand government while imposing constraints on the private sector and ridiculing companies for actually wanting to make a profit -- oh the humanity!!! -- Fox News's Glenn Beck Wednesday night asked a question that should be on the minds of all Americans:When did socialism become a happy thing for us?…
Noel Sheppard
February 5th, 2009 10:19 AM

'Che' Star Discovered His 'Groovy' Hero From Rolling Stones Song

The only thing more shallow than the "Che" box office receipts which are currently stuck at less than a measly million are the reasons given by the star of that movie, Benicio del Toro, for admiring the character he portrays. One can only shake his head in sadness at the pathetically shallow nature of del Toro's admiration while reading this American Thinker article written by the author of…
P.J. Gladnick
February 5th, 2009 9:12 AM

Reporter Arrested by Sec. Service, Jumped Rope Line Seeking Obama Auto

A reporter apparently couldn't resist the siren call of The One yesterday, so, like a star struck 15-year old at a Hannah Montana concert, he jumped the rope line separating the press from the president and ran up to him seeking Obama's autograph. Needless to say the Secret Service was not amused, interdicted the man's Obammessiah signature seeking, and led him off to be investigated. The…
Warner Todd Huston
February 5th, 2009 2:30 AM

Williams Pleased Obama, Unlike Bush, Admitted He 'Screwed Up

NBC anchor Brian Williams, apparently still bristling over former President George W. Bush's failure to admit mistakes (at least in media interviews), twice in 24 hours felt it newsworthy to contrast Bush's reticence with President Barack Obama's “I screwed up” admission over the Tom Daschle nomination. On Tuesday's Hardball, following his interview with Obama, Williams relayed how the White…
Brent Baker
February 5th, 2009 2:03 AM

Yet Another Fallacious Op-Ed on Church Abuse Scandal From the LAT

As we've stated before, no one can challenge the awful harm wrecked upon youth at the hands of Catholic clergy. The harm is real, incredibly sad, and unspeakably damaging. But that is no excuse for the Los Angeles Times to continue its dishonest practice of false and misleading presentations on the narrative of Cardinal Roger Mahony and the Los Angeles Catholic Church abuse scandal. The latest…
Dave Pierre
February 4th, 2009 11:32 PM

Cheap Shots: NYT Executive Editor Attacks O'Reilly, Coulter, and Krist

New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller is participating in the paper's "Talk to the Newsroom" online chat this week, discussing, among other things, the potential for the Times to again start charging for online content, but also taking cheap shots at conservatives Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter and even just-released columnist Bill Kristol in an ill-advised attempt at satire. Keller's running…
Clay Waters
February 4th, 2009 8:27 PM