Newsweek Trashes 'American Idol' as Too Much Like George Bush

While President Bush concludes the lame-duck days of his presidency, Newsweek is still trying to look down its snobby nose with disdain. Arts writer Marc Peyser has found the television equivalent of Team Bush in this week's magazine: Start with the title: in England, the show was called "Pop Idol"—but when it migrated here in 2002, it apparently needed an infusion of patriotism. So, much like…
Tim Graham
December 15th, 2008 8:07 AM

Leftwing Blogosphere Cheers Iraqi Shoe Thrower

The shoes had hardly left the hand of the Iraqi who tossed them at President Bush during the Baghdad press conference yesterday when the leftwing blogosphere began cheering him as some sort of hero. The incredible success of the Surge in Iraq has been very frustrating for the left. Along with Joe Biden they claimed that the Surge could never work. Problem was that it worked. That is why they…
P.J. Gladnick
December 15th, 2008 8:01 AM

Chicago Tribune Stopped Working With Prosecutors, Forced Arrest of Ill

Looks like we can possibly thank our meddling media for another possibly bungled investigation, this time over the selling of Barack Obama's Senate seat by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojavich. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune was working with Fitzgerald's office on the investigation but decided to stop doing so in favor of printing the sensational story they were sitting on…
Warner Todd Huston
December 15th, 2008 1:57 AM

Colin Powell To CNN: We Should Review 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was interviewed Sunday afternoon by CNN's Fareed Zakaria. Zakaria asked Powell about his thoughts on the Military's 1993 Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. ZAKARIA: Let me ask about one social issue that you were associated with, which was "don't ask, don't tell," the policy toward gay people being in the military openly. Do you feel like the country has…
Kerry Picket
December 15th, 2008 1:07 AM

Newsweek Gets LGBT Applause for Prop 8 Propaganda

Author talks to gay group about Religious Right reaction to her article presenting the religious case for gay marriage.
Matt Philbin
December 15th, 2008 12:00 AM

Grinch-o-Meter Alert: Playboy Mexico Mocks Virgin Mary

Magazine publisher claims it never meant offense.
Dan Gainor
December 15th, 2008 12:00 AM

Farewell to Liberalism's Legal Advocate

ABC's Boston Legal was little more than liberal propaganda thinly disguised as entertainment. Conservatives shouldn't be heartbroken to see it go.
Colleen Raezler
December 15th, 2008 12:00 AM

AP: 'Global Warming Is Accelerating. Time Is Close to Running Out

Despite the nation experiencing its tenth straight year of temperatures cooler than 1998's peak, and much of New England experiencing its worst ice storm in decades (video embedded right), the Associated Press on Sunday published one of the most hysterical articles concerning global warming I've ever seen.In writer Seth Borenstein's view, climate change is "a ticking time bomb that President-…
Noel Sheppard
December 14th, 2008 8:48 PM

Krugman Worried Obama Doesn't Have 'Enough Stuff To Spend On

As Americans across the fruited plain worry about their jobs and how they're going to make ends meet during the current recession, Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman showed Sunday morning just how separated from reality and the common man he actually is.Appearing on ABC's "This Week," the New York Times columnist said that he wasn't worried about how expensive president-elect Barack Obama's economic…
Noel Sheppard
December 14th, 2008 5:26 PM

Media's First Blago Instinct: Exile the Crook, Deny Any Link to Obama

Tim Graham
December 14th, 2008 4:40 PM

Gregory and 'MTP' Guests Defend Blago: It's 'How the World Works

The media defense of disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and corruption in politics continued Sunday morning as new "Meet the Press" host David Gregory, along with his guests, actually defended Blago's actions as "pay to play" business as usual that's just "part of the system" and "how the world works." Such seems an astounding about face from the press's disgust and incessant focus on…
Noel Sheppard
December 14th, 2008 1:32 PM

Google Plans To Use Editorial Judgments In Search Results

Despite conservative grumblings of liberal bias, Internet behemoth Google has for years claimed its search engine exclusively uses algorithms to provide accurate and impartial results for those interested in finding out information concerning a particular subject.Google's CEO Eric Schmidt affirmed this contention while speaking to a group of conservative bloggers during the Republican National…
Noel Sheppard
December 14th, 2008 11:34 AM

Sunday Sports Open Thread

Joe Concha is on vacation. Today's NFL schedule below the fold.Before we get there, any final thoughts on last night's Heisman pick? And how about the San Jose Sharks becoming the fastest team to reach 50 points in a season since the 1929-1930 Bruins? On to today's football schedule which has some great games:
NB Staff
December 14th, 2008 10:44 AM

Bush's Newest Iraq Visit Already Drawing Media Swipes

The country awoke to surprising news that President George W. Bush had flown off to visit Iraq in a sort of farewell tour of the place that drove his presidency. With an early report, Reuters gave a few backhanded slaps at Bush that we are sure to see grow throughout the Old Media as the day progresses. In its very first sentence, Reuters reminded us all, as if we didn't already know, that the…
Warner Todd Huston
December 14th, 2008 10:40 AM