WaPo: Lara Logan's 'Tabloid' Tales Are True

Tim Graham

Obama Still Using Variation on Presidential Seal

Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for Obama's campaign, said Monday that the altered seal would not be used again. She said it was only intended for that event, in which Obama held a round-table discussion with Democratic governors. -- AP story, June 23, 2008 [emphasis added]Hat tip teoman.Add Obama's pledge to drop the faux presidential seal to his list of "inoperative" statements.  The image shown here…
Mark Finkelstein

Former Clinton Aide Joins 'Evenhanded' Fox News Channel

Howard Wolfson has become the latest prominent Democrat to join forces with Fox News Channel during the general election, hailing it for its "comprehensive and fair and evenhanded" coverage during the primaries.That's quite an endorsement coming from one of the Democratic party's biggest communications mavens, and not one known for being especially soft-gloved. It's the equivalent of MSNBC…
Matthew Sheffield

NewsBusted

Jodi Miller is on vacation this week, please help us give "NewsBusted" guest host Al Sonja Schmidt a warm welcome!Topics in today's show: Barack Obama's flip-flops, "24" supposedly paving the way for a black president, Rush Limbaugh's big contract, and Jessica Simpson's latest award. Click the "Play" icon in the video to the right to watch.
Matthew Sheffield

RIP Sir John Templeton

CMI mourns the death of our benefactor, a great and humble man.
Robert Knight

Jesse Helms and Mangled Manners

Leftwingers in the news media and the blogosphere embarrassed themselves with meanspirited slurs directed at the fallen American patriot.
L. Brent Bozell III

Swingtown Swings for Sleaze Fences; Advertisers Head for Exits

Has CBS gone too far in pushing sexy programming?
Colleen Raezler

CBS Reality Show Goes Blue

Big Brother recruited a Hooters waitress, a body builder and a gay cowboy for the new season.
Julia Seward

Actor Donald Sutherland: Obama's Being 'Gutted' for Hillary

As far as conspiracy theories go, the one actor Donald Sutherland posited at the Huffington Post Monday certainly doesn't rank very high. After all, there's a long line of political pundits predicting the Clintons are conspiring to steal the Democrat presidential nomination from Barack Obama.But, coming from Kiefer's dad, and the original "Hawkeye" Pierce from "M*A*S*H," the entertainment value…
Noel Sheppard

Time Mag Latches Onto 'Controversial Relic' to Question Christian Orth

Here we go again. Another relic pops up of questionable authenticity that one or two experts is saying casts doubts on the unique claims of Christian orthodoxy. So of course Time.com put the story of the so-called "Gabriel's Revelation" tablet in its July 7 top stories lineup (see screencap at right), with the teaser headline, "Was Jesus' Resurrection a Sequel?" The story by David Van Biema and…
Ken Shepherd

American Morning: Slow Down To Save The Environment

Last week at NewsBusters we noted how conservative commentator Pat Buchanan on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" summed up global warming hysterias as just another "neo-Marxist idea for the transfer of wealth and power from people to elites." Now it seem that rival cable morning show "American Morning" has proved his point by highlighting a Japanese group fighting modern-day convenience with a vengeance.On…
Peter Sasso

CNN.com Headline: 'Climate Change Makes Island Kids Bony, Stunted

Terry Ann Rendon

One Month In, NY Times's Campaign Coverage Blatantly Pro-Obama

The general election campaign began in earnest when Barack Obama wrapped up the Democratic nomination the night of June 3. Since then, the New York Times has continued to flatter the Obama campaign with superior coverage, as shown in a story count conducted by Times Watch. Consistently, Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were portrayed as racial trailblazers whose religious beliefs and patriotism…
Clay Waters

GMA: Daughter of 'Pregnant Man' Will Have Normal Life

Mixed in with stories on cooking for the Fourth of July and how soldiers deployed in Iraq were spending their Independence Day, the July 4 "Good Morning America" managed to give nearly two full minutes to a story on Thomas Beatie, more commonly known as the "pregnant man," and "his" newly born daughter on Friday. Unsurprisingly, the segment featured only a positive take on the situation…
Lyndsi Thomas