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Maher Buys Into Claim Sarah Palin's Baby Son Really Her Grandson
Declaring “I'm not that convinced that that's her baby,” far-left comedian Bill Maher, Friday night on his HBO show Real Time, forwarded left-wing blog rumors about how Trig Palin, born in April, is really the son of Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter Bristol who is now pregnant. Maher raised his theory during a one-on-one interview with CNN's Jeffrey Toobin, who didn't accept Maher's belief in…
Oprah Refuses To Interview Sarah Palin
When I saw this headline at the Drudge Report, I thought it had to be a mistake:OPRAH REFUSES: PALIN WON'T BE ON Are you kidding me? The strongest and most popular voice for women in this country is refusing to interview the first woman nominated to be vice president in 24 years?WHAT? According to ABCNews.com, in an article stunningly titled, "Is Oprah Biased? Host Won't Interview Palin," such…
Convention Reminded NYT of 'Belligerent' Buchanan Speech from
In his Friday "Political Memo," "Firing Up the Faithful With Echoes of Culture War Rhetoric," the New York Times's conservative-beat reporter David Kirkpatrick, watching the Republican Convention, uniquely managed to hear echoes of the GOP's 1992 convention -- specifically what Kirkpatrick called the "belligerence" of Pat Buchanan's "cultural war" speech, widely cited in the media (though not…
Matthews: 'Foul Play' Behind Balloon Drop on Mitchell
Were those evil Republicans attempting to carpet-bomb Andrea Mitchell with balloons at the RNC last night? Chris Matthews mused about the possibility on Hardball this afternoon. The footage of Andrea gamely batting away the balloons has received a lot of play. This morning, the Today show had fun with it. But Matthews seemed to conceive a more sinister scenario:CHRIS MATTHEWS: If you were…
GOP Senate Leader: Greens Have 'Just Gotten More Nutty
McConnell pushes pro-energy agenda, remarks liberal media bias not as bad as it once was.
Time Rejects Climate Change as Cause of Storm Intensity
Magazine reports disasters worse due to population, not global warming
Convention Acknowledgments From NB's Managing Editor
ATLANTA, Georgia-- As I wait for my plane back to Washington, D.C., I thought I'd take the time to thank those who made our NewsBusters trip to cover the Republican National Convention successful.First off to you, the readers of NewsBusters, for loyally coming back day after day, and many of you hour after hour, to catch our in-depth coverage of the media's liberal bias, thank you. It was an…
'American Morning' Fact Checks Palin But Not Obama or Biden
Friday's "American Morning" featured a segment dedicated to fact checking Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech to the Republican National Convention. In introducing the reporter who did the fact checking, co-host Kiran Chetry claimed, "CNN's Deborah Feyerick is here to fact check Palin's speech and I'm sure whenever politics is involved we have to fact check these."…