CBS Blames Gas Prices In GM Closures, Disregards Expensive Union Labor

High gas prices strike again, says the "CBS Evening News." The June 3 "Evening News" blamed surging gas prices and General Motors reluctance to produce "more fuel-efficient vehicles" for closure of several plants, including one in Janesville, Wisc. "It's not just here and it's not just GM. Since 2005, the big three - GM, Ford and Chrysler - have had 70 plants and supplier shutdowns with a…
Jeff Poor

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NB Staff

'Evening News' Blames GM Cutbacks on Gas Prices, Ignores Union Effect

Report blasts automaker for producing 'gas-guzzling' vehicles but doesn't mention expensive labor agreements.
Jeff Poor

AP Buries Party Label of Dem Politician Accused of Sexual Advance

Ken Shepherd

Guess the Party Label of Imprisoned Ex-Sheriff

P.J. Gladnick

'A Night Only Barack, Michelle and Chris Matthews Believed Would Happe

If Joba Chamberlain's debut as a Yankee starter didn't go that well last night, Joe Scarborough wasted no time this morning in demonstrating that, after a stint on the DL, he still has his stuff. Within minutes of reassuming his host's role, Scarborough unleashed a high hard one in the direction of Chris Matthews's chin.Scarborough, back from an extended leave spent with his wife who's…
Mark Finkelstein

John Cusack on NPR: Laugh While Bush Ideology Destroys America

On Sunday, I mentioned that the Saturday night version of NPR’s All Things Considered was a pacifist’s dream. It was also a Bush-basher’s delight. Leftist actor John Cusack explained his new anti-war comedy (read: the next box office flop) this way: "The ideology behind this war is so radical and it's so destroying the country that I think a somber serious take on it would just add to the sense…
Tim Graham

CNN's Jeffrey Toobin: Liberals on SCOTUS are 'Surprisingly Moderate

If we needed more proof that CNN's legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin, is one of the most disingenuous legal minds of our day, the Saginaw News helped us out with that quest. Toobin made an appearance at a Midland, MI event this week where, among other comments, he ridiculously claimed that the left leaning Justices that sit on the Supreme Court are "surprisingly moderate."We will remember one of…
Warner Todd Huston

Matthews Jokes About Larry Craig, Bridge Collapse as GOP Embarrassment

Brad Wilmouth

Brokaw Chides Olbermann for 'Unfair' Crack About Hillary

During MSNBC's live coverage of Tuesday's Democratic primaries in Montana and South Dakota, former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw appeared visibly annoyed at a crack made by MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann at Hillary Clinton's expense -- ironic given the timing of reports that Chris Matthews and Tim Russert are not happy with the ultra-left face Olbermann is giving MSNBC. Shortly before 8:00 p.m…
Brad Wilmouth

Shielding Obama with the Power of Ridicule

How do you protect your candidate from a dangerous revelation? Attack the messenger.
Robert Knight

ABC Goes Live in Prime Time to Carry Triumphant Obama Speech

ABC, which on May 14 was so excited about the John Edwards endorsement of Barack Obama that its 6:30 PM feed of World News went live to Obama introducing Edwards -- complete with a Bruce Spingsteen song as Edwards bounded on stage -- on Tuesday night cut into Boston Legal at 10:08 PM EDT/9:08 PM CDT to go live for 14 straight minutes of a triumphant Barack Obama at a rally in the Xcel Energy…
Brent Baker

Media Double-Standard on Global Warming "Censorship

Amy Ridenour

Media Get It Wrong: 1 in 4 Teens Do NOT Have STDs

Could science and statistics be beyond the media's ability to understand and report upon them? One might be excused to think so by the hash the MSM made of the supposed claim that in the U.S. one in four teenaged girls have a sexually transmitted disease. On March 11, the CDC issued a press release announcing a study that made the claim, but did not release the full study so that anyone…
Warner Todd Huston