Some have accused the media of trying to undermine the war effort by swaying public opinion with images of flag-draped coffins returning from Iraq, but the visuals are justified and important,…
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media are making constant references to economic days gone by.
Theyve exaggerated scares of…
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain is using the idea of global togetherness to promote “a cap-and-trade system” to battle climate change. He said “Americans and Europeans need…
You really can't make this stuff up, as they say.
This is from the New London Day last Friday (link probably requires registration, and would require a paid subscription after this coming…
On Wednesday's "Good Morning America," various hosts and reporters could barely restrain their glee and admiration for Senator Barack Obama's Tuesday speech about race and the incendiary comments…
Applauding Barack Obama's March 18 speech, Time's Joe Klein (file photo at right) argued that most people will understand why the Illinois senator could not throw his pastor under the bus, even as…
Is there something in the water at NBC that gives its TV talent restless leg?
MSNBC's Chris Matthews is the latest journo to bust a move, on the March 19 "Ellen DeGeneres" show.
Looks…
Concerned about the pending climate crisis and think the United States needs to be more proactive? Well, you might be more concerned about your wallet if American politicians decide to…
Exactly five years ago, an international coalition of troops led by the U.S. invaded Iraq, overthrowing Saddam Hussein's tyrannical dictatorship in just three weeks. Since then, Iraqis have voted in…
A survey conducted late last year and released Monday, by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, confirmed the obvious -- that compared to the views of the public, conservatives are…
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For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: McCain reverses trend, now leads in head-to-head poll against Obama (paragraph breaks eliminated):
The poll showed Arizona Sen.…
Despite the glowing praise from supposedly impartial press representatives across the fruited plain, March 18, 2008 could go down in history as the day Barack Obama destroyed his chances of becoming…
Like so many of his colleagues, Jeff Greenfield comes to the MSM from a background in Dem politics, having served as a speechwriter for RFK. But more than most, the CBS senior political…
The Washington Post's coverage of Barack Obama's speech on race -- and his stark refusal to disassociate himself from his bilious preacher, Jeremiah Wright -- was blatantly one-sided on Wednesday…
It's embarrassing to watch the media gush over a presidential candidate, especially one whose feet they should be holding to the fire.
Illinois Senator Barack Obama is selling himself to…
Its been a rewarding yet predictable day as one liberal after another have fallen all over themselves to praise Obama's speech. One of the more outrageous ones was Chris Matthews stating the…
The ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts on Tuesday framed coverage of Barack Obama's speech, in reaction to the furor over the racist, paranoid and America-hating remarks of his long-time pastor,…
The Newsweek article "When Reason Meets Rifles" discusses the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, which was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court today. The basic dispute in the case is whether D.…
Flipping the channels I am seeing the media fawning in awe over Obama's speech on race. Chris Matthews even compared his speech to Abraham Lincoln.
It seems that, once again, the media have…
In light of our ongoing analysis of liberal media coverage of the District of Columbia v. Heller gun ban case, yesterday NewsBusters Senior Editor Rich Noyes brought to my attention a 2005 survey…
On Tuesday night's "Hardball", Chris Matthews praised the current Democratic frontrunner's speech on race as "Worthy of Abraham Lincoln," and also claimed it bypassed Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I…
Want to get on a national TV newscast? Your best bet is to strike while the iron is hot – that is while the economy is the issue of the day.
The March 17 “NBC Nightly News”…
Playing the moral equivalence card in his speech this morning, Barack Obama said this:I can no more disown [Rev. Wright] than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my…
District of Columbia v. Heller goes to the Supreme Court today, as a group of Washington, D.C. residents contend that the ban on operable firearms inside homes in the District of Columbia—…
It’s Damage Control Time for the liberal press. Count New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof as one in the media masses who have been outraged, just outraged at the supposed conservative bigotry…