With Exit From Race Near, ABC Fawns Over 'Iconic' Clintons

Now that all signs point to Hillary Clinton's exit from the presidential race, Tuesday's "Good Morning America" chose to laud both Bill and Hillary Clinton as "iconic" and speculate, yet again, about an Obama/Clinton "dream ticket." Over the span of just ten minutes, various GMA personalities cooed over video of Bill Clinton on a plane gently placing a hand on his wife's face and shoulder. Co-…
Scott Whitlock

The Kelo-New London Calamity Continues ('Barren Land

It has been nearly three years since the Kelo v. New London ruling by the US Supreme Court, and just short of two years since the city of New London, CT settled with the final two Fort Trumbull holdouts, Susette Kelo and the Cristofaro family. The Supreme Court's majority, in their June 2005 Kelo ruling, declared that "public use" as stated in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution really means…
Tom Blumer

McClellan Promised Look at How Media Hostility to Bush 'Rooted in a Li

FNC's Brit Hume highlighted Monday night how Scott McClellan's original book proposal, posted Saturday by the Politico, “promised to be quote 'supportive of the President' and take a penetrating look at how the liberal media slant their coverage of him.” Interviewing McClellan on Sunday's Meet the Press, Tim Russert highlighted the proposal and declared: “That's not the book you wrote.” (Matt…
Brent Baker

Pat Buchanan Exposes Media's Racial Hypocrisy Concerning Obama

Since the first Democrat caucuses and primaries began in January, there has been a consistent media theme that it's acceptable for blacks to vote for Barack Obama because he's black, but racist for whites to vote for Hillary Clinton because she's white.On Tuesday's "Morning Joe," MSNBC's Pat Buchanan exposed how utterly absurd and hypocritical this view is even as the Washington Post's Richard…
Noel Sheppard

Time Notes Argentine Prez's Falling Poll #s, Fails to Note She's Lefti

"A Meltdown for Argentina's Hillary" blares the teaser headline in the Top Stories slideshow on Time.com's front page."The fortunes of Argentina's new leader are falling even faster than those of the former First Lady she's been compared to," continues the caption on the front page. The June 2 article in question by Uki Goni delves into how President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has seen her…
Ken Shepherd

BMI’s Gainor: Media Should Think ‘Maybe We’re Just Doing This Wr

Nathan Burchfiel

Open Thread

NB Staff

Arrogance Loves Arrogance: Aaron Brown Digs Olbermann's Show

Tim Graham

WaPo's Capehart: Hard for Media 'Not to Get Swept Up' in Obamamania

There's a great moment in the video clip here in which WaPo editorial writer Jonathan Capehart dithers, then palpably decides to bite the bullet and tell the truth: yeah, the media's in the tank for Obama. His admission against interest came in response to a question from Pat Buchanan on today's Morning Joe. PAT BUCHANAN: That brings up the question of the substance of what Clinton said when he…
Mark Finkelstein

NewsBusted

Some of the topics in today's show: Barack Obama quits his church, finally, John McCain and the youth vote, Scott McClellan's sleazy new book, Fox News Channel #1 in news ratings for 77th consecutive month, Sharon Stone and China.Like the show and want more conservative comedy? Get involved! Add NewsBusted as a friend on MySpace or subscribe to our YouTube channel and do battle with hate-filled…
NB Staff

California Voters to Decide on Same-Sex 'Marriage' – Where's the Med

Only ABC's Good Morning America reports that Californians will have an opportunity to overrule the state Supreme Court.
Kristen Fyfe

Is Obama Off the Hook

The man is out of Jeremiah Wright's radical church. Is the church out of the man? Inquiring media minds don't want to know.
Brian Fitzpatrick

Sex and the Skittish

Newsweek seems to lament how the movie isn't outrageous enough. The headline is Girls Gone Mild.
L. Brent Bozell III

Clinton Calls Vanity Fair Writer 'Sleazy' 'Slimy' 'Scumbag

Bill Clinton's hysterical response to Todd S. Purdum's Vanity Fair exposé hit a fevered pitch on the campaign trail Monday when the former president called the author "sleazy," "dishonest," "slimy," and a "scumbag"Even better, he blamed the whole article on "the national media's attempt to nail Hillary for Obama." This followed a statement revealed by FoxNews.com Sunday from the Office of the…
Noel Sheppard