CNN’s Cafferty Overlooks Soros Connection to ‘Bush Lied’ Study

CNN’s Jack Cafferty, on Wednesday’s "The Situation Room," unsurprisingly heralded the study by the Center for Public Integrity that Bush Administration officials made hundreds of false statements in the lead-up to the Iraq war. He did not mention, however, the Center’s funding by various left-wing individuals and foundations, most notably George Soros.Cafferty, who commented on the study during…
Matthew Balan

Cambodian Mass Murderer, Dick Cheney -- Morally Equivalent

After discussing on the Washington Post website how he’s an atheist who’s enjoyed recreational drugs and who giggles at calling hemorrhoids "asteroids," Washington Post Magazine editor Gene Weingarten truly offers too much of a peek into his soul. He suggests murderous Cambodian tyrant Pol Pot and Vice President Cheney are somehow morally equivalent. Weingarten also writes a humor column in the…
Tim Graham

ElectionWatch: ABC's Donaldson: Economy 'Going in the Dumper'; Likens

Former reporter and 'World News Sunday' anchor advises Democratic candidates what issues to focus on and explains why he yelled down Reagan.
Jeff Poor

Soros Calls for Government Control of Markets, Even If It Means ‘Wip

Billionaire investor George Soros called for more government monitoring and involvement in markets in an interview on CNBC January 23."Now we really have to reconsider the whole policy, which has been in my opinion misplaced, of relying on the markets to police themselves," Soros told Maria Bartiromo in Davos, Switzerland, "to recognize the risks. And there are risks which it is the job of the…
Nathan Burchfiel

'Today' Lights Up Your Life with Puff Piece on Replacing Bulbs

Vieira changes one light bulb in her house, praises government mandate for compact fluorescents, and forgets to mention her big boss profits from their sale.
Nathan Burchfiel

David Letterman, John Edwards Bash Fox's O'Reilly

"I like how you think, senator," cooed "Late Show" host David Letterman in agreement with John Edwards's charge that "most of what" Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly says "is crap." Letterman had asked the former senator about his "feud" with O'Reilly over Edwards's charge that the Bush administration is failing to care for military veterans to the extent that hundreds of thousands are winding…
Ken Shepherd

Econ 101: What does 'Recession' Mean

We don't even know we've been in one until we're out.
Gary Wolfram, Ph.D.

Couric Praises Media for Predicting Recession

In a "Notebook" entry at her blog on the CBS News Web site Wednesday, "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric boasted of the media's ability to predict a recession.In spite of the fact that no one knows for sure if the U.S. economy is in a recession, Couric seemed sure the nation is facing economic hard times, and she's proud to say the media called it."The economy's going through one of its roughest…
Nathan Burchfiel

'World News' Spreads 'Main Street' Fear with Worst-Case Investing Scen

Report emphasizes potential losses from investing at the market peak last October.
Jeff Poor

NYT: 'Remarkable' New Left-Wing Database Shows Bush Lied Us Into War

Clay Waters

Media Stimulate Recession and Tax Rebate Frenzy

BMI Staff

Media Stimulate Recession and Tax Rebate Frenzy by Twisting Fed Chairm

Networks report Bernanke 'confirmed recession fears' even though he specifically said he is 'not forecasting recession.'
Nathan Burchfiel

1960s Brokaw: NBC Correspondent and 'Weekend Hippy

Justin McCarthy

ABC's Sawyer Longs for Calm Between Clinton and Obama

"Good Morning America" co-host Diane Sawyer used an interview with Senator Barack Obama on Wednesday to repeatedly plead for a truce between the Democratic presidential contender and his chief opponent, Hillary Clinton. Discussing the verbal battle that took place during Monday's debate, Sawyer implored, "We have heard a lot of people say they are exhausted by this charge, counter charge." Later…
Scott Whitlock