Chris Wallace: 'MSNBC's Coverage Went So Far Over the Line

According to Variety, Chris Wallace, anchor of "Fox News Sunday," differentiated Fox News's coverage of the '08 election and MSNBC's while speaking to reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour. From the article: "I think MSNBC's coverage went so far over the line that it lost all credibility," Wallace told reporters Monday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour.Wallace…
Terry Ann Rendon

19 Times Bigger than Enron, and the Networks Didn't See It Coming

Cooking the books but protected by powerful politicians, the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac financial crisis was seen a mile away by print media, but mostly overlooked by networks.
Julia A. Seymour

CNN Split Screen Pits ANWR-drilling Advocate vs. B-roll of Wildlife

So much of the liberal bias on cable networks is visual. It can impact the casual viwer on the treadmill at the gym watching with the audio off. Case in point is the video embedded at right from the July 15 edition of "The Situation Room" on CNN. [audio available here]In it, anchor Wolf Blitzer tries to put a substantial wedge between House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and presumptive…
Ken Shepherd

Econ 101: Is the Fed a Source of Our Economic Problems

A look at how the Federal Reserve works, and its effects on the economy, reveals the source of many of today's issues.
Gary Wolfram, Ph.D.

The Biz Flog – Oil in ANWR

Although media reports on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) usually contain majestic pictures of animals frolicking, few mention the financial benefits and public support for drilling there. “[T]he 1.5-million-acre tip of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is critical for the health of an ancient caribou herd,” weatherman Sam Champion said on the May 6 “Good Morning America.” “It…
Paul Detrick

CBS: Bush Iran Policy Moving Closer to Obama’s

While reporting that a top U.S. diplomat will attend an international meeting with an Iranian negotiator on Wednesday’s CBS "Early Show," correspondent Bill Plante suggested such a meeting represented the Bush Administration moving toward Barack Obama’s goal of direct negotiations with Iran: "Absolutely a first and it's a sharp break from what has been the policy of the Bush Administration...Now…
Kyle Drennen

MSNBC's Brewer: Don't Sex Offenders Deserve a Good Life

During the 9:00 a.m. hour of the July 16 "MSNBC News Live," Richard Pompelio, a lawyer with the New Jersey Crime Victims' Law Center, appeared as a guest for a segment on a New Jersey appellate court’s recent decision that cities cannot implement their own laws regarding child sex offenders. After asking Pompelio to describe Megan’s Law -- which requires law enforcement personnel to provide…
Lyndsi Thomas

19 Times Bigger than Enron, and the Networks Didn't See It Coming

BMI Staff

After Scaring Viewers About 'Recession,' ABC Finally Mentions Media Ro

On Sunday's "Good Morning America," after 14 "Recession Rescue" segments or teases in less than a month, weekend co-host Kate Snow asked an economic psychologist if "part of [the negative financial outlook of Americans is] our fault, the media's fault, for constantly talking about how bad things are?" Snow and psychologist Kit Yarrow were discussing how much of the nation's current financial…
Scott Whitlock

Indymac: Cuomo Shy About Saying 'Schumer

H/t texascajunWe can debate the propriety of mentioning the name of banks that might be in financial trouble.  But one thing appears clear to Chris Cuomo [file photo]: it would be wrong to mention the name of a Democrat who could be in hot water.  Wouldn't want to cause a run on the Dem's political capital, after all. Cuomo's discretion was on display during today's Good Morning America. …
Mark Finkelstein

Wednesday Funnies: JibJab Takes on the Candidates

Four years ago, JibJab practically became a household word with its fabulous video spoof of George W. Bush and John Kerry. Well, they've done it again this time taking on John McCain, Barack Obama, the Clintons, and much, much more:
Noel Sheppard

CNN: Did Colombia Commit War Crime in FARC Hostage Rescue

Update at bottom of post.Leave it to CNN to worry that the Colombian government committed a war crime in its recent rescue of FARC hostages, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.This morning in the Latest News menu on CNN.com, I found this teaser headline (shown in screen capture at right): "Did Colombia skirt law in hostage rescue?"My curiosity piqued, I followed the link to…
Ken Shepherd

Open Thread

NB Staff

Obama Stands Against Lobbyists? Well, Not To Fund His Big Party He Ain

The leftists of the nutroots went gaga when Barack Obama claimed that he'd stand against taking money from lobbyists with his campaign for president and so did the media. It was because, of course, he was for a "new era" in politics. He is for "change." Isn't he special, the nutrooters and media sigh contentedly. Well, apparently Obama's standard of a "new age" in politics doesn't carry too far…
Warner Todd Huston