If Government Is So Good, Let It Fix Journalism

Media show support for socialist solutions like Hillarycare, but few back similar involvement in news.
Dan Gainor
 

ABC's Roberts Again Assumes Clarence Thomas Guilty of Harassment

On Wednesday’s "Good Morning America," co-host Robin Roberts, for the second day in a row, intimated that Clarence Thomas was guilty of sexually harassing Anita Hill. Interviewing Anucha Brown-Sanders about her successful harassment lawsuit against New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, Roberts gratuitously segued, "Yesterday, sitting where you are right now, Anita Hill, who was here to talk about…
Scott Whitlock
 

WaPo Furthers Anti-war Agenda with IED Series on Front Page, Buries Po

Ken Shepherd
 

CNN: Flying Mexican Flag Over US Flag Is OK

Richard Newcomb
 

Newsweek Editor: Global Warming Skepticism Like Denying Moon-Landing

Jeff Poor
 

Feeling Her Pain: CNN Awards Anita Hill a Softball Interview

Matthew Balan
 

CNN Article on Bush Veto Omits President's Call for Boost to SCHIP

Ken Shepherd
 

Democratic Congressman Calls for Fairness Doctrine 'to Ensure the Tone

Justin McCarthy
 

Newsweek: Global-Warming Skeptics Are Like Moon-Landing Deniers

Magazine's Senior Editor dismisses 'fairness/accuracy/balance' in climate change reporting because deniers lack 'empirical merit.'
Jeff Poor
 

Al Gore Getting Rich Spreading Global Warming Hysteria With Media’s

Americans willing to look at the manmade global warming debate with any degree of impartiality and honesty are well aware that those spreading the hysteria have made a lot of money doing so, and stand to gain much more if governments mandate carbon dioxide emissions reductions. In fact, just two months ago, ABC News.com estimated soon-to-be-Nobel Laureate Al Gore's net worth at $100 million,…
Noel Sheppard
 

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate...
NB Staff
 

Wesley Wants Rush Whacked From Military Radio; Vieira: Treat Him Like

Ah, those diversity-loving liberals. You know, the kind who would stifle free speech with their Orwellian "Fairness Doctrine," who threaten legal action against mom-and-pop T-shirt makers who criticize MoveOn.org. Wesley Clark would now take things one step further, whacking Rush Limbaugh off the Armed Forces Network radio airwaves. "Today" co-anchor Meredith Vieira interviewed the retired…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Frank Luntz Slams GOP Front-Runners, NPR Omits His Tavis Ties

Last Thursday, on her new show "Tell Me More," NPR talk show Michel Martin held another one of those non-debates on whether the Republican front-runners should have submitted to the debate organized by leftist PBS host Tavis Smiley. She invited both former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele and former Gingrich pollster Frank Luntz to come on and denounce the GOP no-shows for political stupidity and…
Tim Graham
 

Shocked Pro-choicer Discovers Falsity of Media's Stereotypes of Pro-li

In the information age, misinformation is too often traded as a counterfeit currency in our marketplace of ideas.The recent Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh non-scandelettes have proven this in spades. But disingenuous attacks on individual public figures are hardly the only kind of falsehood you'll find in the partisan press. Today's merchants of disinformation also trade frequently in false…
Matthew Sheffield