P. Diddy Grounds Private Jet: 'Gas Prices Is Too Motherf---ing High

Hip-hop mogul asks Saudi Arabian 'brothers and sisters' for free oil.
Jeff Poor

Celebs for McCain: Yes, Virginia, There are a Few

In my short time here at NewsBusters, I've pounded away at the left's obsession with celebrities and especially their outsized role in Obama's campaign--going so far as to "advise" the candidate. You won't see any of that from the celebrities supporting John McCain. They're happy to keep their involvement to voice-overs for campaign ads and donations.The Weekly Standard reports on a recent…
Jacob S. Lybbert

SF Chronicle Enthuses Over 'Hotshot' Mayor Newsom

What do you do when you are the mayor of San Francisco and your poorly timed push for gay marriages is blamed for your party's loss in a presidential election, you get yourself involved in a sleazy sex scandal where you get caught sleeping with the wife of your campaign manager, and a much criticized policy of declaring the municipality you represent a "sanctuary city" results in a multiple…
P.J. Gladnick

CNN Uses Liberal Expert to Tout Biden's Foreign Policy Experience

Thursday's "American Morning" featured a segment focused on Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden's foreign policy experience. During the report, CNN correspondent Mary Snow used Michael O'Hanlon of the liberal Brookings Institution to make the claim that Biden's foreign policy experience is "praised" by the experts. While O'Hanlon has helped write foreign-policy speeches…
Lyndsi Thomas

Is MSNBC Feud More Serious Than Management Admits

As more and more media outlets begin to notice the feud going on between some of MSNBC's highest profile on air personalities, a question begins rising to the surface: just how serious is it?Although the network's President Phil Griffin told the Wall Street Journal he wasn't concerned, others at MSNBC say this situation is much worse than management is letting on.As reported by Jossip Wednesday (…
Noel Sheppard

MSNBC Still Complaining about Lack of Red Meat

It's Day 4 of the Democratic convention and MSNBC just can't get over the lack of "red meat" thrown to the party faithful.  Commentator Pat Buchanan raised the issue during the 7:00 hour of this morning's "Morning Joe" while critiquing Bill Clinton's convention speech, noting that John McCain and the Republicans "skated free for this convention" and calling the current crop of Democrats "a…
Colleen Raezler

Matt Lauer Lauds Liberal Jon Stewart: 'Respected and Listened to

"Today" host Matt Lauer scored an interview with "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart for Thursday's show and praised the liberal comic as "one of the most respected and listened to political voices in this country." Continuing his fawning profile, he attributed a rise in the number of young people voting, in part, to the work of Stewart. It was just after that exchange that the comedian jabbed at…
Scott Whitlock

MSNBC Feud Lampooned by The Daily Show

Well, folks, even the good people at "The Daily Show" have noticed the squabbling at MSNBC:
Noel Sheppard

Chris Matthews: Scranton, Pa. Stuck in 1957; Media Were McCain's Base

Update: Scott Whitlock reminds me that Matthews said something very similar about West Virginia Democratic Democratic primary voters back in May. Ah the wit and wisdom of Chris Matthews. Did you know that Joe Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pa., is stuck in 1957? Or that Sen. McCain hopes to peel off Michigan from the Democrats due in part to white voters anger at black Detroit Mayor Kwame…
Ken Shepherd

We're Not In Recession? ABC Finds It Hard to Swallow

Tim Graham

'The Hill' Notes Obama-Biden Wiki Wackiness; Dems 'Not Returning Calls

In a "Leading the News" story primarily about Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden's prior praise of John McCain, Susan Crabtree at The Hill noted previous posts made by yours truly about the alterations made to Biden's Wikipedia entries shortly before and after he was named by Barack Obama. Those posts showed that at least these changes were made since I downloaded -- and kept --…
Tom Blumer

Plouffe Your Pillow? Nets Go Easy On Obama Campaign Manager

Tim Graham

Behind the Scenes at the DNC: Trashed American Flags

Something behind the scenes footage I don't expect the MSM to show.From our friends at RedState.com (pictures below page break):Remember the mystery of the missing flags?FOUND THEM:
Ken Shepherd

Obama's Acceptance Stage Built by Britney Spears' Set Designer

Remember a few weeks ago when supposedly impartial media members were angered by a McCain ad that likened Barack Obama to Britney Spears?Well, the stage that Obama will be giving his acceptance speech from Thursday evening was actually built by the same guy that designs Britney Spears' concert sets.I kid you not.As reported by the NY Post Thursday (emphasis added, photo courtesy NYP):
Noel Sheppard