The NYT on Giuliani's 'Political Exploitation' of

Clay Waters

Job Numbers Bring Out Worst-Case Scenario Reporting

Recession predictions accompany lobbying for Federal Reserve rate cut, even though job data is a lagging indicator.
Jeff Poor

WaPo: Hagel a 'Mainstream Conservative'; No Mention of Hinting Possibl

Persistent Bush critic and recurring Sunday morning talk show fixture Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) is announcing his retirement from the U.S. Senate. Reporting the story in the Sunday paper, the Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman and Chris Cillizza described the Iraq war critic as a "mainstream conservative who raised his profile nationally through his fierce opposition to President Bush's Iraq policies…
Ken Shepherd

DailyKos: Osama Bin Laden Much Like Reagan

DailyKos.com, the Left's most popular website and a key source of fund-raising for Democrats from coast to coast, says Osama bin Laden and Ronald Reagan have a lot in common:So is Osama bin Laden truly "evil?" Most people who lost family members at the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001 would probably consider him to be evil. Was President Ronald Reagan evil? Most residents of Beirut who lost family…
Bill Hobbs

According To ABC’s Wright, 100 Percent of Anbar Iraqis Oppose Troop

On Monday’s "Good Morning America," correspondent David Wright highlighted an ABC poll which claims a "stunning" 100 percent of Iraqis in Baghdad and Anbar Province view the troop surge negatively. Wright offered this rather amazing statistic during a dour preview of the Iraq progress report that General Petraeus will give to Congress this week. In October of 2002, the veteran journalist…
Scott Whitlock

Keith Olbermann: ‘Fox News Is Worse Than Al Qaeda

Chalk up another in a litany of absurd statements made by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. As part of an interview published in Playboy magazine's October issue, Olbermann actually said, "Fox News is worse than Al Qaeda." I kid you not. The entire disgraceful quote, offered as a teaser for the full interview at Playboy's website (be advised that pictures of scantily clad women exist on the page as…
Noel Sheppard

High Noon for TNR

Bob Owens

FNC's Dhue Charges Any 'Shame' of Homosexuality a GOP Creation

Rich Noyes

Open Thread

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NB Staff

For CNN, Petraeus Report All About Withdrawal

"This is John Smith, reporting live from the beaches of Normandy, where Allied troops have launched a massive invasion aiming to defeat the Axis.""John, this is Bob Brown back in the studio. When does General Eisenhower think the first Allied troops can start to come home?""What the . . . ?" OK, the surge isn't D-Day. But surely an important part of what we are looking for in General Petraeus's…
Mark Finkelstein

Will Media Report Al Gore’s Hypocritical Private Plane Flights

By now, most conservatives have likely seen or heard about the video Fox News's Sean Hannity aired on Sunday's "Hannity's America" wherein the Global Warmingist-in-Chief, soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore, was seen getting off a private, fuel inefficient jet at San Francisco Airport before stepping into a non-hybrid, Lincoln Town Car. This raises a question: Should we expect to see this video on CNN and…
Noel Sheppard

CNN's John Roberts on First Name Basis With Democrat Illinois Congress

Jason Aslinger

Absolut Elitism: Globe Says Subprime Lending 'Like Handing Vodka ' to

Mark Finkelstein

NYDaily News Distorts Fred Thompson's al Qaeda/Smoking Comment

Warner Todd Huston