Bartiromo Says Bailout 'Not About Wall Street Firm

CNBC host suggest Treasury secretary explain how bailout would help average Americans.
Nathan Burchfiel

Open Thread

NB Staff

Brit Finds Biden Wisdom Lacking While USA Media Keeps Slamming Palin

P.J. Gladnick

Newsweek's Gross Blames GOP for Bailout Failure

Giving a pass to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her failure to cajole enough Democrats to vote for the bailout agreement, Newsweek's Daniel Gross blamed the minority Republican conference, accepting without skepticism the argument that a partisan speech by the San Francisco Democrat caused some Republicans to vote "nay" out of spite alone:Was the bailout bill killed by malice or by incompetence?…
Ken Shepherd

NewsBusted

Topics in today's show: Are online polls accurate, one-third of Democrats have negative perceptions of black Americans, FDA approves patches to prevent nausea, and PETA urges Ben & Jerry's to stop using cow milk. Click play on the video to the right to watch.
NB Staff

Dobbs: Biden Makes 'Many More Misstatements Than Sarah Palin

An astounding thing happened on CNN Monday evening: not only did Lou Dobbs say that Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden makes "many more misstatements than Sarah Palin," but he also chided Wolf Blitzer and the "Situation Room" crew for failing to point it out during their Bash Sarah session.In preparation for the upcoming vice presidential debate, Blitzer brought on CNN analysts Gloria…
Noel Sheppard

Nancy Pelosi Bailout Bill Failure: A Tale of Two Timeses

P.J. Gladnick

Iraq Documentary Honors Service of Younger Brothers, Captures Pre-Surg

Kevin Mooney

US Deaths from Hostile Action in Iraq Hours Away from All-Time Single

UPDATE, Oct. 1, 11:25 p.m.: The final number for deaths from hostile action came in at 8, which ties the previous lows of July 2008 and April 2003. _________________________________________________ This item will likely not make an Old Media splash, because overall US troop deaths in Iraq in September will be higher they were in July and August. But they're probably not interested anyway. To be…
Tom Blumer

Blame Game: Lauer Calls Clyburn Out

Let's award a point of light to Matt Lauer.  On this morning's Today, he called out Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) for calling for an end to the blame game . . . right after the congressman blamed John McCain for failing to rally his Arizona troops to vote for the bailout.  But that didn't stop Clyburn from continuing to try to pin the tail on the elephant.JAMES CLYBURN: We promised 50% of our…
Mark Finkelstein

No 'D' for Congressman Apologizing For Smearing Palin, Gun Owners

Tim Graham

Matthews Interviews Daughter, Doesn't Tell Viewers; She Disses Tax Cut

The news comes from Media Bistro's DC Fishbowl, with a twist that the post overlooked: On Friday's "Hardball," Chris Matthews interviewed a number of student members of the group Concerned Youth of America. One of those students -- Caroline -- is his daughter, a student at the University of Pennsylvania. Did Matthews disclose that fact as he interviewed her? Not so much. One tipster tells…
Tom Blumer

Networks Bend Knee to Religulous, Ignore Fireproof

ABC, NBC and CBS feature Bill Maher's mock documentary while skipping a faith-affirming hit movie.
Kristen Fyfe

Obama Campaign Stifles Free Speech At University Rally

The candidate of change, the shining proponent of a "new way" in national politics, says that you aren't allowed to bring a sign to his rally. So much for the right of free political speech. To add insult to injury, this rally was held at the publicly funded University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. So, now the government is lending the weight of its authority to squelch free…
Warner Todd Huston