Time’s Joe Klein Not On The ‘Things Are Getting Better In Iraq

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Such might be the case with Time columnist Joe Klein, who despite a seeming parade of liberal journalists and analysts admitting that withdrawing troops from Iraq might not be a good idea right now, Klein has made it clear that he's not jumping on that bandwagon without a fight. Hours after members of the Brookings Institution published a…
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread

Monday, Monday...Speaking of pop songs, did you see Barry Manilow and Rosie O'Donnell have a duet on his upcoming CD?
NB Staff

Shocking New York Times Op-ed: Iraq Is ‘A War We Just Might Win

On Sunday, NewsBusters reported a shocking discussion that ensued on "The Chris Matthews Show" wherein five liberal media members actually debated why America shouldn't withdraw its troops from Iraq. Maybe more shocking, the following day, an op-ed was published in the New York Times claiming that "We are finally getting somewhere in Iraq, "morale is high," and, as a result, this is "a war we…
Noel Sheppard

Gloom & Doomers: Despite Good Numbers, Times & Globe Talk Down Economy

Last week's economic report couldn't have been much rosier. The economy grew at a faster-than-expected rate, faster than any time in over a year. But far from sparking runaway prices, inflation actually moderated. But that didn't stop the Axis of Gloom, AKA the New York Times and its Beantown subsidiary the Boston Globe from publishing op-ed items this morning finding the cloud on the silver…
Mark Finkelstein

Slate Attacks Plagiarizing Journalists

Warner Todd Huston

Columbia Journalism Review Equated Milbloggers to Chickenhawks

The Columbia Journalism Review hit a new low with Paul McLeary's latest article when apparently claimed milbloggers didn't serve in the military. Outraged that milbloggers and the right dared to question the veracity of Scott Beauchamp's fantastical writings which claimed US soldiers in Iraq played with the skulls of Iraqi children, McCleary asked “Why do conservatives hate the troops” and…
Lynn Davidson

'Doesn't Bother' Brzezinski If Cleavage Coverage Helps Hillary

Mika Brzezinski is so outraged that people are discussing Hillary's cleavage . . . that she hopes it helps the Dem prez candidate.The topic arose at 6:18 A.M. EDT on today's "Morning Joe." The affable Willie Geist, a frequent panelist, is serving this morning as guest host for the absent Joe Scarborough. He broached the subject.MORNING JOE GUEST HOST WILLIE GEIST: One of the other big stories…
Mark Finkelstein

CNBC Pundit Compares Hillary's Cleavage to Barry Bonds, Andrea Mitchel

Tim Graham

CBS Looks at Cuba's 'Gift' to American Med Students, Finds 'No Health

Brad Wilmouth

ABC's Harris: British PM 'Potentially No More Poodle' to Bush

Brad Wilmouth

USAToday Reports More Bluster on Hurricanes, Global Warming

Ken Shepherd

Broder Baffled Why Bush 'Against Providing Health Insurance for Kids

Washington Post reporter and columnist David Broder, known as the “dean” of the Washington press corps, perfectly encapsulated, on Friday's Washington Week on PBS, the media establishment's more government spending is the answer to everything attitude when he acted bewildered as to how anyone could oppose a massive expansion of a federal health insurance program. When host Gwen Ifill raised how “…
Brent Baker

Brooklyn Student Arrested for 'Hate Crime': Flushing a Koran

Media overlook the story: hate crimes laws are being used to punish speech.
David Niedrauer

NBC Uses One Mom's Woes to Argue for More Food Stamps

Emotional manipulation: nice storytelling, terrible reporting.
Kristen Fyfe