Media Spread Suspicion of Gas 'Gouging

BMI Staff

Bozell Column: Al Gore, Media Scholar

Brent Bozell

WashPost Pushes Feminist Complaints, Puffs Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Late

Update posted below w/link to NRO's Bench Memos. "Over Ginsburg's Dissent, Court Limits Bias Suits," blared the May 30 front page headline by the Washington Post Supreme Court reporter Robert Barnes. While the 5-4 ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. hinged on a plain and simple application of a 1964 federal law, Barnes front-loaded his article with the dissent of liberal…
Ken Shepherd

Coal State Senators Compared to Tony Soprano in CNN ‘Green’ Segmen

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have said she saw evidence of climate change in a recent trip to Greenland, but leave it to CNN to press her and other Democrats from the left for not doing enough to stop greenhouse gas emissions "in their own backyard." Both "American Morning" and "The Situation Room" on Tuesday featured CNN congressional correspondent Andrea Koppel's segment on how the heating…
Matthew Balan

'Was It Fair?' ABC Attempts to Justify Anti-American Booing of Miss US

Updated with video (14:35 EDT).On Wednesday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program attempted to justify and explain away the booing that Miss USA, Rachel Smith, received in Mexico City during Monday night’s Miss Universe pageant. In a tease for the segment, GMA anchor Diane Sawyer even wondered aloud, "Was it fair?"Video (1:21): Real (2.19 MB) or Windows Media (2.49 MB), plus MP3 (376 kB)
Scott Whitlock

CBS's Harry Smith Urges Gore to Declare Presidential Run, Presses Gore

Updated with video (13:50 EDT).Is "Early Show" anchor Harry Smith stumping for an Al Gore presidency? On the May 30 edition of the show, it appeared like he did as he tried to place a "Gore 2008" pin on the former vice president’s suit. Before a tee ball interview, Smith demonstrated his desire for a Gore presidency to co-anchor Hannah Storm.Video (0:29): Real (798 kB) or Windows Media (906 kB),…
Justin McCarthy

NYT: Poor Sen. Kyl 'Vilified' by 'Angry,' 'Ferocious' Right on Immigra

Clay Waters

Pelosi Talks Global Warming in Germany as Late-May Snows Rock the Regi

This is really getting hysterical. As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) tours Europe to discuss the imminent doom to the planet at the hands of the left’s recent bogeyman anthropogenic global warming, late-May snows are falling all around her.Honestly, folks, you can’t make this stuff up.As she set out on her journey, such late-season white stuff hit parts of America, Canada, and Great…
Noel Sheppard

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Sicko: GMA Uses Moore Movie, Liberal Group to Push Universal Health Ca

Based on its own ABC poll, "Good Morning America" could have run a segment this morning on the theme "support for universal coverage slipping as Americans express increased concern for keeping taxes down." But that wouldn't have fit ABC's big-government paradigm. So instead, GMA used this prescription for pushing universal health care:Cherry-pick results from a poll you've conducted; ignoring…
Mark Finkelstein

Newsweek Mocks Bush 'Progress Report' From Iraq -- and Then Writes a P

Tim Graham

Samuelson: Gas Gouging Good

Mark Finkelstein

Unintentionally Funny Online Petition to Fire Elisabeth from 'View

Lynn Davidson

ABC News Used Rolling Thunder to Promote Helmet Agenda

Lynn Davidson