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Saturday Sports Open Thread
Real sports fans know that when the Super Bowl ends, one of the most exciting events of the year isn't far away: March Madness, Baby!As such, let's talk some College B-Ball.Will Memphis run the table? Is Duke as good as their record indicates? How about the Tarheels?When you look at the current top 25, who'll be in the Final Four two months from now, and who are the surprises to keep an eye on?…
Today's Unbalanced 'Real-People' Panel
Call it Today's homage to John Lennon: imagine there're no conservatives. The NBC show so much enjoyed the conservative-free citizens panel it hosted back in November that it brought it back this morning.As I wrote about at the time, two timid Republicans were pitted against two partisan Dems. In November, one of the "Republicans," Susie O'Neil, claimed that the country is in decline due to the…
Bob, People Have the Big Ideas, Not Government
Admission: over the course of my NewsBusting, I've actually developed a certain admiration for Bob Herbert. Not that I agree with virtually anything the NY Times columnist has to say, but that I appreciate his directness and the absence in his work of the superfluous sarcasm that marks that of a number of his colleagues.That said, I offer up Herbert's lament of this morning, "Where Are the Big…
Maher: Why Didn’t Rush Die from Drugs Instead of Heath Ledger
The hatred from supposedly compassionate and open-minded Hollywoodans is something to behold, isn't it? After all, just imagine despising a radio talk show host so much that you would suggest, on national television, that he should die of a drug overdose. Alas, such was the case Friday evening when HBO's Bill Maher actually asked guest P.J. O'Rourke, who was talking about Rush Limbaugh's use…
Weekend Captionfest
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) enters the voting booth to vote in the New York primary election at the Douglas Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, New York February 5, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
MSNBC’s Shuster Suspended for 'Pimped Out' Chelsea Remark
Although MSNBC representatives make disgracefully offensive comments about President George W. Bush on a daily basis, it appears there is something the network won't tolerate: over-the-top remarks about Chelsea Clinton.Such appears to be the case as MSNBC correspondent David Shuster has apparently been suspended for comments he made about the former first daughter on Thursday's "Tucker."*****…
Lauer to Coulter: Aren't All You Conservatives Like 3-Year-Olds
Friday’s edition of Today on NBC had several conservative-denigrating moments over the ideological direction of presumptive GOP nominee John McCain. Matt Lauer interviewed columnist Ann Coulter. He threw a spitball about conservatives being babies: "Critics of conservative voices right now are saying for the first time in a very long time, the conservatives have lost. They haven't been able to…
BMI’s Gainor Criticizes Media for Coverage of ‘Flash, Not Substanc
In an appearance on the Fox Business Network February 8, Business & Media Institute Vice President Dan Gainor criticized the media's refusal to fully report the costs associated with campaign promises being made by presidential candidates."You would actually think the media had talked about how much it's going to cost," Gainor said of the hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending…