NYT Stunner: Is Environmentalism The Politics of Fear

How often have you heard folks in the media, and climate alarmists such as Nobel Laureate Al Gore, state unequivocally that the global warming debate is over? Too many to count, yes?On the flipside, did you ever think you'd see a major media report suggesting the environmental movement, including global warming alarmism, was "premised on a 'politics of fear'?" Well, on Wednesday, Sewell…
Noel Sheppard

CNN Legal Analyst Spouts Against Death Penalty

Sunny Hostin, a legal analyst for CNN’s "American Morning," demonstrated that she could not give an objective analysis on the legality of the death penalty during a segment on Wednesday’s show. Hostin, in a response to a question asked by co-host Kiran Chetry on the future of capitol punishment in the U.S., answered, "I think, as a society, perhaps, now we're moving towards the fact that, perhaps…
Matthew Balan

NYT Columnist: Do You Have a Right to Your Own Money

Jeff Poor

Media's Eye for Detail on Cheney Flag Flap

I had every intention of letting "Cheney Flag-gate" go uncommented upon as a non-story. Vice President Cheney went pheasant hunting at an exclusive preserve in Dutchess County, New York yesterday, and the hunt itself left only pheasants hitting the ground. It was a local interest story for the most part, until a sharp-eyed photographer and a self-promoting blowhard turned this local interest…
Bob Owens

Halloween Captionfest: Rosie and Martha Stewart

Ken Shepherd

WaPo Stifles Yawn at News of Falling Casualty Rates in Iraq

Ken Shepherd

CBS: Bush Administration has ‘Ruined’ Halloween & Christmas

On both Tuesday’s "Evening News" and Wednesday’s "Early Show" CBS gave prominent coverage to Nancy Pelosi’s call for the resignation of the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Nancy Nord. In an interview with Nord on Wednesday’s "Early Show" co-host Julie Chen asked: American parents are upset, they're frightened, they feel like their Halloween and their Christmas is now ruined. They…
Kyle Drennen

Dancing Obama: Chris Cuomo's Lame Pro-Hillary Spin of the Day

Tim Graham

Ann Coulter Lashes Out at Colmes's Suggestion She's Anti-Semitic

Boxing enthusiasts saw quite a barnburner Tuesday evening when conservative author Ann Coulter took on liberal media member Alan Colmes on Fox News's "Hannity and Colmes." As this was the first time the pair met since Coulter's now famous "Jews need to be perfected" comment, it was a metaphysical certitude this issue would surface. Not surprisingly, Colmes did not disappoint, as irrespective of…
Noel Sheppard

Republican Accused of Gay Sex? AP Will Be Sure to Mention in Lede

In the same vein as NewsBusters Warner Todd Huston's earlier blog today about labeling bias, the Associated Press found a Republican politician's alleged episode of gay sex worthy not only of mentioning his party affiliation, but of doing so in the lede.SPOKANE -- A Republican state legislator from southwest Washington had sex with a man he met at an erotic video store and then told police he had…
Ken Shepherd

Chris Matthews Agrees 'With the Sentiment' of Left-Wing Protestor

It is no secret that Chris Matthews is a shill for the Democrats and adamantly opposed to the Iraq War. The former Democratic staffer, who the previous night wrote a speech for Obama attacking Hillary Clinton from the left, endorsed "the sentiment" of a disruptive protestor. After the October 30 Democratic debate, upon interviewing John Edwards campaign strategist Joe Trippi, a lone protestor…
Justin McCarthy

Lou Dobbs Calls Eliot Spitzer 'Arrogant Abuser of Office

Those that wisely shun CNN for its obvious liberal leanings have been missing an epic on-air battle between anti-illegal immigration anchor Lou Dobbs and New York's Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D). In case you also eschew news from the Empire State, Spitzer wants to give all illegal immigrants in New York driver's licenses, which so offends Dobbs that he said on "Lou Dobbs Tonight" Monday evening: "I…
Noel Sheppard

The Future of News Is All That Is Left

Liberal media experts populate journalism conference co-sponsored by communications union.
Dan Gainor

Open Thread

For general debate and discussion. Possible talking point: What are you dressing as today for Halloween?
NB Staff