ABC Derides America: ‘U.S. Doesn't Make it Easy’ For Working Paren

For the third time in 2007, ABC has used its "Good Morning America" program to deride the United States for not being generous enough in providing paid leave for employees. On the Thursday edition of the show, reporter David Wright complained that "the U.S. doesn't make it easy" for working parents. He used a 2007 study to claim that, on this issue, America is no better then several Third World…
Scott Whitlock
 

Media Head over 'Heelys' with 'Dangerous Toy' Hype

What you don't know about your kids' sneakers can kill them!Hmm, I'm getting a strange sense of déjà vu.The Washington Post's Fredrick Kunkle let a leftist group skate away with the bland "nonprofit group" tag. The group, the Boston-based World Against Toys Causing Harm (WATCH) named Heelys -- a pair of sneakers with small wheels recessed into the heel -- the worst toy of 2006.But a review of…
Ken Shepherd
 

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NB Staff
 

Study: Journalists Donate Overwhelmingly to Democrats

Pam Meister
 

Sheryl Crow's Toilet Paper Concerns Echoed by Environmental Group

Remember back in April when Al Gore sycophant Sheryl Crow actually suggested “a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting,” and then after being ridiculed for her stupidity had the nerve of saying, “It was just a joke?”Well, an environmental group called Worldwatch Institute appears to share Crow’s concerns about Americans using too much toilet paper (h/…
Noel Sheppard
 

NY Times: Ruthless Cuban Communist 'Advocate for Women's Rights

Clay Waters
 

NYT: Journal Staffers Don't Like Anyone to Own Paper

Reporters, editors fight current bosses and oppose Murdoch and G.E./Pearson bid as 'trash or slash.'
Dan Gainor
 

Michael Moore Espouses Jesus, Yet He Mocked the Crucifixion, Supports

Dave Pierre
 

Looking for Love at the Globe, Has McCain Signaled End to Prez Ambitio

Mark Finkelstein
 

Sci Fi Cartoon: Evil Humans Invade Alien Planet - An Allegory for US

It was bound to happen. A Sci Fi film is being produced presenting humans as the evil, alien aggressors invading a peace loving alien planet, the allegory, according to the producers, being a comment upon the "imperialism" of the United States. Innocent aliens being killed by evil, imperialist space faring humans and it appears to be all George Bush's fault... again. Science Fiction has used the…
Warner Todd Huston
 

BBC Sought to Broadcast Tips on Troop Movements

Matthew Sheffield
 

Bush vs. Science

Media showcase critics of President's stem cell veto, ignore supporting scientists.
David Niedrauer
 

Networks Convey Excitement Over Bloomberg, 'Candidate of the Media

OpinionJournal.com's James Taranto on Wednesday proposed that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is the preferred presidential “candidate of the media, ideologically as well as professionally,” a supposition demonstrated by media excitement over his separation from the Republican Party in preparation for a possible independent bid. “The presidential race just got a whole lot more interesting…
Brent Baker
 

ABC Uses Fire Tragedy to Push More Government Regulation

After nine firefighters lost their lives, network promotes mandatory sprinklers, low-balls cost.
Jeff Poor