AP Reports Kilpatrick Can't Travel to Dem Convention

Yesterday I noted how the Washington Post practically scolded disgraced Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) for fighting in court for the right to travel out-of-state to the Democratic Convention in Denver later this month. I noted that Kilpatrick's party affiliation and superdelegate status were noted in the first two paragraphs of that article, something most reports by the Associated Press have…
Ken Shepherd

Open Thread

NB Staff

AP Shreds Corsi, Pretends Obama Didn't Attend 'Radical Black Church

Tim Graham

Blogosphere Leaves MSM in Dust Reporting on John Edwards Scandal

P.J. Gladnick

Larry King Interviews Corsi -- With Media Matters Almost Co-Hosting

Tim Graham

Science Daily: Linking Depression With 'Americanization' in Latinas

Another day another "study" of dubious worth. This time it is Science Daily letting us know that "Latinas" in the United States have high rates of depression because of that dreaded "Americanization" they apparently unfairly face. So now, just the gall-darn, odiousness of becoming "Americanized" is enough to send "Latinas" to the funny farm, I guess. But, it seems to me that this "study" tends to…
Warner Todd Huston

NewsBusted

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NB Staff

New Rap Song Advocates Killing Bill O'Reilly and Michelle Malkin

Although the hatred for conservative media members by leftists in this nation knows no bounds, a new "song" by the rap group East Coast Avengers represents a new low in vitriolic musical expression.Entitled "Kill Bill O'Reilly," the piece actually advocates the murder of "The Factor" host, as well as a similar fate for Michelle Malkin.Included in the number are recordings of media members such as…
Noel Sheppard

Ellen to Wed Portia; What about DOMA

The Hollywood same-sex nuptials give the media a tremendous opportunity to address the issue of same-sex 'marriage,' the Defense of Marriage Act and Democratic support of California's gay marriage ruling. Will they take it?
Kristen Fyfe

CBS's Expert: Obama's Site 'Clean,' McCain's 'Cluttered' w/ 'Chaos

For the fourth straight weekday as Barack Obama vacations, he received better coverage on the broadcast network evening shows than the non-vacationing John McCain. Without fresh video of Obama, the CBS Evening News came up with a new way to tout Obama's campaign as they compared the Web sites of the two candidates and declared Obama's far superior. Reporter Daniel Sieberg asserted “McCain's Web…
Brent Baker

CNBC Host to Obama Advisor: Ask Yourself – 'What Would Milton (Fried

It's not often someone in the media challenges the liberal point-of-view - especially on the issue of taxes when they become a means to redistribute income. CNBC "Squawk Box" fill-in co-host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera wasn't afraid to buck the trend and challenge Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama's senior economic adviser Austan Goolsbee. Goolsbee appeared on the August 14 "Squawk…
Jeff Poor

CBS: Elizabeth Edwards Not Motivated By ‘Craven Ambition

On Thursday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez talked to People magazine correspondent Sandra Westfall, who recently interviewed friends and family of Elizabeth Edwards who: "...wanted to put out there that she wasn't this wind-up doll that went on stage and let the campaign continue out of some sort of craven ambition, but that she really was going through a lot of anguish." That despite…
Kyle Drennen

CNBC Anchor Ask Obama Advisor 'What Would Milton (Friedman) Do

Obama advisor who teaches where Friedman one taught attempts to defend raising taxes on 'Squawk Box.'
Jeff Poor

Shuster Freaked Out by 'Dishonest' Swift Boaters Attacking Obama

On Wednesday's "Hardball," substitute host David Shuster previewed a new book targeting Barack Obama by issuing the following warning to viewers at the top of the show: DAVID SHUSTER: It was right around this time four years ago that the dishonest and highly effective Swift Boat attacks on John Kerry began. Now the man who started it all, with a book about Kerry, has one out attacking Obama. Can…
Geoffrey Dickens