Weekend Captionfest

Hillary Clinton appears with a young mariachi at a campaign event in Texas.H/t to lunaticcringeradio.
NB Staff

NYT Interviews Rush Limbaugh, Triggering Avalanche of Reader Hate

New York Times media reporter Jacques Steinberg interviewed conservative talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh on his strong opposition to GOP presidential front-runner John McCain for Friday's "Warring on McCain, Limbaugh Sees No Reconciliation." The interview was OK, but the response from the Times's liberal readership was vitriolic."Rush Limbaugh took his show on the road this week, forsaking his…
Clay Waters

NPR Analyst Sells Book -- At Woman's Democratic Club of DC

Tim Graham

'Today' Ignores Necessity of Airline Merger

Delta/Northwest merger portrayed as bad for consumers even though it could be in the best interest for both airlines.
Jeff Poor

In the Dark, She Delivers

The media has been reporting Hillary's latest "talk is cheap" line of attack on Barack. In the same vein, here's the opening paragraph of an email just received from the Clinton campaign:When the bright lights are off and the speeches are over, who can you count on to listen to you, to stand up and deliver solutions? Hillary Clinton: delivering in the dark. Good to know.
Mark Finkelstein

Olbermann Previews Thursday's Anti-Bush Rant at Daily Kos

Noel Sheppard

AP: No Party Label for Dem DUI; GOP Label Prominent in Child Porn Sti

Sure, it's garden variety AP labeling/double-standard bias, but it bears busting anyway. At KnoxNews.com (h/t NB reader coffee260), one can read the tale of Nashville, Tennessee, state representative Rob Briley, who "has pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and property damage prior to leading authorities on a high-speed chase last September." Briley is a Democrat, but his party…
Ken Shepherd

AP: Tenn. Pol. Pleads Guilty to DUI... Democrat or Not

Warner Todd Huston

Only ABC Marks One Year Anniversary of the Successful Surge in Iraq

If the surge in Iraq did not work, you can be sure the networks would all use its one-year anniversary to highlight its failure, but on Thursday night only ABC's World News, of the three broadcast network evening newscasts, marked the anniversary. With “Surge Success” on screen, anchor Charles Gibson noted “it was one year ago today that the surge began in Iraq -- the troop buildup ordered by the…
Brent Baker

WaPo Hillary Reporter Blames Bill, Staff for Hillary's Woes, Not Hilla

Tim Graham

Hillary Clinton's Old Church Plans Same-Sex Union Blessings

Given the lack of media concern over the teachings of Barack Obama's church, I don't expect much media interest in this either: A conservative Christian group yesterday criticized a large Methodist church in the District for planning to offer services that recognize gay and lesbian relationships, saying they violate the United Methodist ban on same-sex unions. Foundry United Methodist Church,…
Ken Shepherd

Head to Head: Media Turn to Greenspan When Bernanke Says No Recession

Fed Chairman's persistent 'no-recession' forecast isn't good enough for media who stick with 'bleaker' headlines.
Nathan Burchfiel

AP Defends Pelosi’s FISA Delay Tactic

Americans will be in far greater danger of a terrorist attack after midnight Saturday due to House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.), deciding to leave town for a break rather than vote on a surveillance bill that cleared the Senate Tuesday. Sadly, the good folks at the Associated Press don't seem concerned, for instead of painting an accurate picture of this truly abysmal delay…
Noel Sheppard

Story About Supplier of Mentally Ill Bombers in Iraq Largely Ignored

Tom Blumer