Sunday Sports Open Thread

For all things sports related including but not limited to Big Brown's failure yesterday, Federer v. Nadal at Roland Garros, Jim McKay's passing, and this evening's NBA Finals game two.
NB Staff

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Hillary concedes.What did you think about her speech yesterday? Was this actually a concession speech, or a victory lap? Was this her attempt to repair the damage between herself and Obama enough to become his vice presidential candidate?Maybe more important, did she do enough to motivate her followers to vote for Obama in November? Will…
NB Staff

Former LA Times TV Critic Skewers Olbermann as Bad for News Industry

Keith Olbermann is not good for the news industry.Such was the opinion of former Los Angeles Times television critic and Pulitzer Prize winner Howard Rosenberg in a rather scathing article published Saturday.Adding delicious insult to injury, Rosenberg didn't have very nice things to say about Chris Matthews, Dan Abrams, MSNBC, or that network's obvious love affair with Democrat presidential…
Noel Sheppard

The Ari Fleischer 'Human Pinata' Files

Tim Graham

In WaPo, Ari Fleischer Shreds McClellan's Press 'Enablers' Theory

Tim Graham

Film Producer Lucas: Obama My 'Hero' for Offering 'Dreams and Hope

Brent Baker

Democrat Superdelegate Accuses Clinton of Exploiting Racism, Media Mum

Now that Hillary Clinton has officially conceded the Democrat presidential nomination, will media be as interested in former supporters bashing her campaign tactics as they are former Bush administration officials that write negative tell-all books about the president?Given the media's almost total boycott of Friday's revelation from a New Jersey Democrat superdelegate who claims the Clinton…
Noel Sheppard

Hillary Touts Her Own Commander-in-Chief Credentials—But Not Obama's

Some endorsement! Barack Obama's greatest vulnerability as a candidate is, perhaps, his lack of national security credentials—the doubt in voters' minds as to whether he is qualified to be Commander-in-Chief. So if there was one thing Hillary Clinton could have done during her speech today to bolster Barack, it would have been a clear-cut statement that, yes, she believes in his ability to be…
Mark Finkelstein

Financial Times Notes Creepy Chinese Olympic Cheering Guide

Ken Shepherd

Will Media Ignore Obama-Khalidi Connection

John Stephenson

More Obama Gaffes Media Will Ignore

Noel Sheppard

Will Energy Prices or Republicans be Blamed for Global Warming Bill's

In case you hadn't heard yet, the big, bad global warming bill authored by Senators Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Virg.) was pulled for consideration Friday as sponsors were unable to drum up enough support for it to have any chance of passing.This presents an interesting opportunity for climate alarmists in the media to have to choose what they will blame the speedy demise of this…
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread

Matthew Sheffield

WaPo Highlights Its Own Web Secularists In Wright-Hagee Story

Tim Graham