Quill, a monthly magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists, carries an April cover story on media coverage of the 2008 election. The table of contents asked: "Was the media coverage of…
Donald Trump and Rush Limbaugh are sending the same message to New York’s Governor David Paterson: Hike taxes for high-income earners and your major taxpayers will leave the state.
Trump…
Sticking up against those ol' playground bullies on the Right, CBS's Katie Couric tells conservatives in a recent blog post to " give the new kids on the block" in the Obama administration "a…
On Friday’s World News with Charles Gibson on ABC, substitute anchor Diane Sawyer previewed the same night’s special on guns in America, "If I Only Had a Gun," and, on World News, ran a report…
After the premiere of his MSNBC cable show on April 6, liberal radio host Ed Schultz spent considerable time telling his listeners about the television show.Here's Schultz on Thursday, boasting of…
President Barack Obama was "crisp and decisive" but also lucky in his handling of the Maersk Alabama hostage crisis, exults Time magazine's Joe Klein [depicted in NewsBusters screen cap/file photo…
David Bauder of The Associated Press is interested in speaking to some regular viewers of Glenn Beck's show on Fox News Channel. If you're interested, contact him at dbauder@ap.org, and leave him…
While U.S. banks and automakers may be benefiting from taxpayer bailouts, they certainly haven’t escaped criticism of everything from their executive compensation and their business practices to…
When Hollywood movies and their stars trash America's brave soldiers, the anti-war press can't give them enough attention.
Yet, when cast and crew members of the soon to be released prequel…
Associated Press White House reporter Jennifer Loven was quick on Monday to declare the rescue of an American hostage a victory -- for Barack Obama. In a news analysis, Loven declared:
The…
For general discussion and debate: Shouldn't EVERYONE pay income tax?
Today, Mr. Obama and many congressional Democrats want the "wealthy" to pay even more so there is more money for them…
Amid the widespread relief that the captain of the Maersk Alabama, Richard Phillips, was freed from the Somali pirates, there is a growing feeling among the left that those pirates are "…
showing a dramatic partisan tilt to David Shuster's evening "Hypocrisy Watch" segments drew amusing bluster from Shuster when Howard Kurtz reported the study's results briefly in Monday's…
Joseph Russo over at Conservatives 4 Palin is wondering if The New York Times is about to unleash another hit piece against Alaska Governor Sarah Palin? His suspicions have been roused because…
Mark Levin's red-hot new book Liberty and Tyranny has an amazing list of media alarmism in the chapter on "Enviro-Statism." Levin says Dr. John Brignell, a retired professor of industrial…
With the Tax Day tea party rallies just three days away, outside of the Fox News Channel, the coverage has been lacking. And, it was something that even Washington Post media columnist and host of…
In case you were hungry for really, really bad news from Iraq, one set of stations is still pumping it out: radical Pacifica Radio, subsidized by millions from the Corporation for Public…
If you've got other sports matters to discuss, please feel free to do so...but let's talk Masters (those interested in live chat should go here).
Interesting round yesterday (leader board…
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: top talent leaving banks and Wall Street.
There is an air of exodus on Wall Street — and not just among those being fired. As…
Court victories for "gay rights" are often a defeat for other rights, most notable the freedom to associate or not associate – but largely for people who with traditional religious convictions,…
MSNBC's Chris Matthews, infamous for getting a “thrill” up his leg while drinking in a speech by Barack Obama and his ongoing adoration for the President (“He is the new us!”), became the punch…
Clinton’s White House aides complained about all the British press clips the "Clinton haters" used to start up negative coverage in the United States. Here’s one for the Barry Era: From the London…
The Chairman of the Associated Press had some sharp words for those darned ol' Internet interlopers out there. He said he's "mad as hell" over those who "walk off with our work." Though Chairman…
If you want to argue that Rush Limbaugh the radio sensation will soon crumble and fail, that he's headed for a "last hurrah," would you sign up as your expert....an Air America executive? That’s…