Saturday Fights: Neil Cavuto and Ben Stein Battle Over Bailouts

Neil Cavuto and Ben Stein had quite an argument about bailouts on FNC's "Cavuto on Business" Saturday morning that nicely covered the issues people on both sides of this contentious debate will likely be discussing around dinner tables this Thanksgiving, though hopefully with less screaming:
Noel Sheppard
November 23rd, 2008 8:54 PM

TWC Clear-Cuts Enviro Show; Status of Critic Who Wanted to De-License

Who says there aren't some positive side-effects to a slowing economy?I'd say this one, as reported by the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang" blog, qualifies:NBC Universal made the first of potentially several rounds of staffing cuts at The Weather Channel (TWC) on Wednesday, axing the entire staff of the "Forecast Earth" environmental program ..... The layoffs totaled about 10 percent of…
Tom Blumer
November 23rd, 2008 8:19 PM

Brokaw Ignores Obama's FDR-Like Refusal to Work With Bush Economic Tea

Though given a perfect opportunity to do so, Tom Brokaw on Sunday chose not to discuss the similarities between Franklin D. Roosevelt's refusal to work with President Herbert Hoover on solving the Depression before he was inaugurated in March 1933 and president-elect Barack Obama doing the same thing today with George W. Bush. For those not familiar with the historical reference, the financial…
Noel Sheppard
November 23rd, 2008 3:21 PM

Obama and Government Job Creation

Kathleen McKinley
November 23rd, 2008 2:42 PM

'Regret' Not Enough: Brokaw Calls Lieberman On Lack Of 'Apology

Mark Finkelstein
November 23rd, 2008 1:11 PM

Obama Appointee Questionnaire Demands Info on Individual and 'Immediat

It may not be an automatic disqualifier for an Obama administration appointment, as Ed Morrissey at Hot Air suggested on Friday, but it's certainly an affront to the personal privacy rights of individuals and families.The Politico reported Thursday evening about the fallout resulting from an intrusive question on the president-elect's 63-question personnel form:President-elect Barack Obama’s…
Tom Blumer
November 23rd, 2008 11:27 AM

NFL Sunday Week 12 Open Thread

It's week 12, and Joe's gotcha covered below the fold:
NB Staff
November 23rd, 2008 10:25 AM

'Joe the Plumber' Data Dive Whistleblower Nearly Invisible

It's very doubtful that the name "Vanessa Niekamp" rings a bell with very many readers here. That's because the media elites like some whistleblowers, and not others. In other circumstances, someone like Ms. Niekamp would be a heroine. In the current circumstances, she's barely a footnote. In my opinion, it's because she was involved in exposing shenanigans conducted on behalf of the then-…
Tom Blumer
November 23rd, 2008 10:23 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
November 23rd, 2008 10:07 AM

Kate Calling For Coup

In an MSM eager for the advent of the Age of Obama, Kate Snow may have taken the cake.  The weekend GMA co-host almost sounded as if she were calling for some kind of coup d'etat, musing whether Obama should be urgently "forcing" change before he takes office. How over the top was Snow?  She had to be talked down from her fin de regime fantasy but none other than . . . Paul Krugman.ABC reporter…
Mark Finkelstein
November 23rd, 2008 10:03 AM

L.A. Times Teaches Kids About Pilgrims and Economic Freedom

A caller to Rush Limbaugh's show on Friday alerted him that on Sunday, the Los Angeles Times "Kids Reading Room" section would explain how the Pilgrims discovered that holding all their goods in common led to poverty, but economic freedom -- allowing each to keep their own crops -- led to prosperity. Jennifer James told the story from a Thanksgiving dinner, where Grandpa explained the Pilgrim…
Tim Graham
November 23rd, 2008 8:47 AM

Time's Halperin Scolds Press for 'Extreme Pro-Obama Bias

The Politico reported on November 22 that Time Magazine's Mark Halperin scolded the media for it's sycophantic treatment of Barack Obama during this election cycle calling the favorable treatment "the most disgusting failure" of the press he's seen for years. "It was extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage," Halperin said at a Politico/USC conference held on Friday. It's all pretty amusing,…
Warner Todd Huston
November 23rd, 2008 4:36 AM

Anti-SNL Comedy Video Open Thread

UPDATE: More absolutely must-see videos have been added below the fold. Some great additions. Keep 'em coming, NBers! Let's do it again. Here are the rules: suggested videos should be tasteful, unoffensive, and sent this evening to both Noel and Warner via PM or EM (nsheppard@newsbusters.org, igcolonel@hotmail.com). Please don't link videos in the comments section, for we want all content to be…
NB Staff
November 22nd, 2008 8:35 PM

Chicago Tribune: All Obama, All the Time

Mike Bates
November 22nd, 2008 5:11 PM