ABC Exclusive: Former Obama Pastor Admits to Being 'Arrogant...Evil

In a January 18 ABC News exclusive interview, former Obama pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright confessed to, but did not repent of, his inflammatory rhetoric directed at the media. Wright's excuse:"They were arrogant, they were evil, they were devious and I responded in kind," Wright said. "I just talked to you about a 500-year tradition but you don't ask me one question about that because that's not…
Ken Shepherd
January 19th, 2009 12:49 PM

ABC Touts 'Obama-Stock' and 'The American Pilgrimage' of D.C. Visitors

During Monday's "Good Morning America," the show's anchors and reporters did not hold back on the hyperbole while discussing Barack Obama's inauguration. While co-host Diane Sawyer discussed those Americans who drove across country to see the inauguration of the 44th president, an ABC graphic trumpeted, "Inauguration of Barack Obama: The American Pilgrimage." During an earlier segment, referring…
Scott Whitlock
January 19th, 2009 12:37 PM

CBS’s Smith Climbs Aboard the Obama Train

On Monday’s CBS Early Show co-host Smith recounted being a passenger on Barack Obama’s inaugural train on Saturday: "On a freezing cold Saturday, people stood for hours just to get a glimpse. They wanted to be able to say in the years to come, ‘I was there that day when the train went through.’ In his fawning report, Smith used poetic language to describe the train ride from Philadelphia to…
Kyle Drennen
January 19th, 2009 11:41 AM

Dear WaPo: Why Does Lobbying Come as a Shock

Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.
January 19th, 2009 11:01 AM

Dear NY Times: Hero's Impact on Stock No 'Coincidence

US Airways' market value increased predictably as a result of pilot's heroism.
Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.
January 19th, 2009 10:55 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
January 19th, 2009 10:28 AM

Are We Entering Era of Global Cooling Alarmism

Pity the poor global warming alarmists such as Al Gore, James Hansen of NASA, and the Weather Channel's Heidi Cullen. They went way out on the limb in promoting the absolute certainity of global warming and now Mother Nature is sawing it off behind them with the coldest weather in decades. To spare themselves complete embarrassment, you might have noticed that many media outlets and global…
P.J. Gladnick
January 19th, 2009 10:02 AM

Jon Meacham Sneers: Bush's Low Polls Prove He's Below Mediocre

Tim Graham
January 19th, 2009 7:08 AM

New York Times: 'It's Even Cool to Wave the Stars and Stripes' Because

Byron York from NRO's The Corner Blog noticed an interesting little tidbit in The New York Times on January 18. In the Times' recounting of all the interesting events going on in the Capitol surrounding the inauguration of The One, the Times seemed very excited that it was suddenly "cool" to be patriotic. WASHINGTON is suddenly hip again, infused with the heady double-barreled combination of a…
Warner Todd Huston
January 19th, 2009 12:19 AM

Michelle Obama, First Recessionista

The new First Lady's fashion choices may be affordable in the eyes of the media but they still remain out of the budget of many average people.
Colleen Raezler
January 19th, 2009 12:00 AM

Will Ferrell Update: Partner Says Bush Burned Down America's House

Tim Graham
January 18th, 2009 11:13 PM

'Fox & Friends' Discusses Power of Prayer With Plane Survivor

On Sunday, the good folks at "Fox & Friends" interviewed a survivor of the Miracle Plane that safely landed in the Hudson River Friday. Apparently, like many of the other passengers, Fred Berretta, a private pilot, said some prayers before the plane hit the water (video embedded below the fold):
Noel Sheppard
January 18th, 2009 9:33 PM

WaPo: Inaugural Pilgrims 'Loaded with Luggage But Lightened by Hope

"The president-elect popped into a party at Bobby Van's restaurant, as well as The Washington Post's newsroom, where hard-bitten journalists fumbled for their cellphone cameras and reached for his hand."So noted Post staffer Paul Schwartzman in his January 18 Metro section front-pager "Mr. Obama's (Giddy) Neighborhood." Yet for a supposedly hard-bitten bunch, the Posties sure are giddy over Obama…
Ken Shepherd
January 18th, 2009 8:09 PM

Media Matters Bashes NYT for Exposing Sundance's Green Hypocrisy

The good folks at Media Matters for America are displeased with the New York Times having the nerve to point out the hypocrisy inherent in environmentalists destroying the environment.For those that don't actually care about such things, the Sundance Film Festival began last Thursday, and as the video embedded right demonstrates, the organizers are supposedly going to great lengths to make this…
Noel Sheppard
January 18th, 2009 8:05 PM