Denver Post Puts Colorado's Tax Past Down Memory Hole

Joshua Sharf
 

Salon Editor Bashes Katie Couric’s Reports From Iraq

"CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric couldn't possibly expect to be criticized by a fellow, female, liberal journalist when she went to Iraq last week to report firsthand what was going on in that embattled nation. Yet, on Sunday's "Reliable Sources," Salon editor-in-chief Joan Walsh ripped the leading member of the media sisterhood for "lobbing kind of softball questions," and not "working…
Noel Sheppard
 

What Media Won’t Tell You About August Unemployment Numbers

If you watched any television newscasts Friday, or read a paper Saturday, you were bombarded with claims of doom and gloom as a result of the August unemployment report showing 4,000 fewer people on American payrolls than in July. Yet, what media largely ignored were shifting sociological population dynamics indicating this summer's poor jobs gains could be caused by the smallest percentage of…
Noel Sheppard
 

Is the First State Racist for Not Having a Black Supreme Court Justic

D. S. Hube
 

Open Thread

For general debate and discussion.
NB Staff
 

ABC's Big Scoop: All Not Perfect in Iraq

Mark Finkelstein
 

WashPost Reporter Peter Baker Casts Clintons as Dazzling Comets

Tim Graham
 

Dowd, Who's Your Daddy

Mark Finkelstein
 

Reports of Record Arctic Ice Melt Disgracefully Ignore History

In the past couple of days, the media have reported "grim" melting of ice in the Arctic while disgracefully ignoring the history of the region prior to 1979 and explorations of the area as far back as 1903. As the Washington Post reported Friday (emphasis added): The Arctic ice cap is melting faster than scientists had expected and will shrink 40 percent by 2050 in most regions, with grim…
Noel Sheppard
 

WaPo Finds Gay Dilemma With NBC's 'Bionic Woman

Ken Shepherd
 

NYT’s David Brooks Says Bin Laden Sounds Like a Lefty Blogger

You better put down your drinks, and make sure there's nothing in your mouths, for the New York Times's David Brooks made a comment on Friday's News Hour that is guaranteed to evoke uncontrollable fits of laughter from those on the right side of the aisle.*****Updates at end of post include similar opinions from conservative bloggers, as well as a video of a CNN correspondent saying roughly the…
Noel Sheppard
 

Weekend Captionfest II

Original caption:Presidential hopeful, former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters after his campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa, Friday, Sept. 7, 2007.
NB Staff
 

Worse Initial Job Loss Reports in 2000 Failed to Generate Yesterday's

Tom Blumer
 

NASA’s James Hansen Finally Releases Climate Data Computer Codes

Much as when the organization he leads quietly made changes to the United States historical climate record at the prodding of Climate Audit's Stephen McIntyre, James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies finally released critical computer codes scientists have wanted for years, but did so with absolutely no official press release. As a result, not one media outlet covered this…
Noel Sheppard