'Lost' In America

In 2008, we've lost a lot more than mere wealth.
Dan Kennedy
December 17th, 2008 2:43 PM

FishBowlDC: WaPo Not Taking Inaugural Ads Criticial of President-elect

Ken Shepherd
December 17th, 2008 2:27 PM

Macabre Soda Ad Finds Suicide Funny

Erin R. Brown
December 17th, 2008 2:25 PM

CNN Plays Scrooge in Credit Card Hit Piece

John Roberts and Carol Costello attack 'warm and fuzzy' ads, promote greater regulation of plastic.
Julia A. Seymour
December 17th, 2008 2:04 PM

Taking the Federal Government to Kindergarten

Education reporter Sam Dillon only talks to liberals who argue that massive pre-school spending by the federal government would be a wise investment: "...experts are debating how best to improve America's early childhood system, which they call fantastically fragmented, unconscionably underfinanced and bureaucratically bewildering."
Clay Waters
December 17th, 2008 1:46 PM

Bozell Column: What Democrat Scandal

Brent Bozell
December 17th, 2008 1:36 PM

Big Media's Many Similarities to the Big Three

As media company after media company fall on hard times, the amount of handwringing within the journalistic community is reaching epic proportions. One point not often noticed, however is that there are many similarities between the American media business and our auto manufacturing industry as Tony Hopfinger points out in an excellent Alaska Dispatch post:There are many reasons for the downturn…
Matthew Sheffield
December 17th, 2008 12:56 PM

Obama Lap Dog du Jour: CBS's Cynthia Bowers

The first of just three questions asked of Barack Obama at his December 17 press conference [audio available here]:CYNTHIA BOWERS, CBS News Chicago correspondent: I have a question. You ran on a platform of transparency. How difficult is all this having to wait to release your inquiry business when the American people expect transparency?Yes, you read that correctly. Bowers prompts Obama for an…
Ken Shepherd
December 17th, 2008 12:39 PM

MRC's Bozell Discusses Kennedy/Palin Double Standard, Iraqi Shoe-throw

Appearing live in the D.C. studio of Fox News this morning, MRC President Brent Bozell talked with the "Fox & Friends" gang about the media's lack of concern about Caroline Kennedy's lack of experience in elected office [audio excerpt here]:Caroline Kennedy, God love her, has zero public experience, and I'm putting every single one of my liberal friends out there who spent the last four…
NB Staff
December 17th, 2008 10:59 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
December 17th, 2008 10:17 AM

So Now It's Cool For Presidents To Dodge Questions

What a difference an administration makes. During the Bush years, if a spokesman or the president himself attempted to dodge a tough question, the media would go into their Sam Donaldson impressions and pundits would see a conspiracy of silence.But now that it's Obama, the dodging that was once denounced is suddenly celebrated.  Thus, appearing on today's Morning Joe, Larry O'Donnell declared "…
Mark Finkelstein
December 17th, 2008 9:56 AM

NY Post Movie Reviewer Hilariously Pans 'Che

It looks like the best thing about the  movie "Che" is the absolutely devastating but hilarious review given to you by New York Post writer Kyle Smith. The movie which glorifies the life of communist thug Che Guevara seems doomed to bomb at the box office since it runs for over 4 very tedious hours plus the fact that it is yet another in a long line of leftwing propaganda films promoted by…
P.J. Gladnick
December 17th, 2008 8:46 AM

Obama Lectures Reporter: 'Don't Waste Your Question' on Blago

Tim Graham
December 17th, 2008 8:22 AM

After Attacking McCain for Them, Suddenly Newsweek Finds Lobbyists Are

During the recently completed presidential campaign, Newsweek's Michael Isikoff was all excited over his "web exclusive" piece on staffers with the McCain campaign that had connections with past lobbying efforts. Back in those days Newsweek was all about the evils of those darn lobbyists. For their part, Obama supporters at the time ballyhooed the pledges that Barack Obama had made stating that…
Warner Todd Huston
December 17th, 2008 8:01 AM