Former Dem Congresswoman Pens Anti-Israeli Piece for Arab News

It isn't just the pro-Palestinian press that is attempting to distort the reality behind the recent flotilla incident off the coast of Gaza.  Former Democratic Congresswoman, and 2008 Green Party candidate for President of the United States, Cynthia McKinney, has voiced her own version of reality through an anti-Israeli rant in Arab News.  McKinney is of course, a reliable source on the topic,…
Rusty Weiss
June 2nd, 2010 12:07 AM

Helen Thomas Accuses Israel of 'Deliberate Massacre, An International

Helen Thomas was her typical, Israel-hating self Tuesday when during the White House press briefing, she called the previous day's flotilla incident a "deliberate massacre, an international crime."When she got her chance to ask White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs a question at the proceeding, Thomas was relentless in her accusations. "If any other nation in the world had done it, we would…
Noel Sheppard
June 1st, 2010 11:39 PM

Fmr. Clinton Labor Sec. Reich: It's Time for White House to Take Over

If you think government has all the answers, you'll certainly approve of this call. Former Clinton Secretary of Labor and CNBC contributor Robert Reich has determined it's time for President Barack Obama to seize the reigns of control from BP (NYSE:BP) and put the North American operations of the company into a "temporary receivership." He told host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera on CNBC's June 1…
Jeff Poor
June 1st, 2010 11:27 PM

Bozell Column: Tavis Smiley's Outrage

PBS station managers made a big push last year to drive any trace of “sectarian” Christianity out of the taxpayer-funded broadcasting system, banning any church services or religious lectures that appeared on a handful of stations. They ultimately compromised and banned any new church programming. But on at least one program, PBS sounds like it’s declaring war on Christianity, including smears on…
Brent Bozell
June 1st, 2010 9:54 PM

Does Rachel Maddow Hate White Men

Journalists, never known to shy from giving each other awards, will always make room for one more. How about this for a possibility?... And our final nominee for gratuitous reference to race in cable-show polemic, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, shown here on May 26 -- MADDOW: Today in Alaska, crude oil production was all but stopped on the North Slope. Oil companies operating there were told to cut their…
Jack Coleman
June 1st, 2010 9:46 PM

Matthews: Clintons [$100,000,000+ Since Leaving WH] 'Not Committed To

Yeah.  And Tiger Woods wasn't committed to chasing women . . . Chris Matthews got off one of the all-time whoppers on this evening's Hardball.  Seeking to explain why the Clintons have managed to stay together while the Gores haven't, Matthews claimed that Bill and Hillary are "committed to the core not to making money but to public life itself."  H/t NB reader Ray R.Is Chris simply clueless…
Mark Finkelstein
June 1st, 2010 8:48 PM

CBS Decides Al and Tipper's Separation is the Fault of....George W. Bu

Is there anything a journalist cannot or will not twist to bring the topic back to how life would be so much better if only not for that awful George W. Bush? On Tuesday's CBS Evening News, with the help of the Washington Post's Sally Quinn, Sharyl Attkisson managed to blame news, that Al and Tipper Gore are separating, on how they never got over being denied the presidency despite winning the…
Brent Baker
June 1st, 2010 8:17 PM

CNN's Borger Gushes Over Separating Gores: 'Very Thoughtful People

On Monday's Rick's List, CNN's Gloria Borger waxed ecstatic over Al and Tipper Gore, even as the two announced their separation: "This is a genuine couple....They have always been a real team." Borger also described them as "two very thoughtful people" and sang individual praises to both, lauding Tipper for being an "accomplished photographer" and labeling Mr. Gore "deliberative" [audio clips…
Matthew Balan
June 1st, 2010 7:08 PM

Fmr. Clinton Labor Sec. Reich: It's Time for White House to Takeover B

CNBC contributor argues only way Obama administration is authorized legally to intervene in Gulf Coast spill is to put oil giant in receivership.
Jeff Poor
June 1st, 2010 6:42 PM

Chris Matthews: Palin Issued Anti-McGinniss 'Fatwa' on Her Facebook Pa

Calling your political opponents Nazis can get old after a while. That's why one needs to mix it up, perhaps by suggesting that they're akin to the radical Islamic clerics that inspire terrorism. Just ask MSNBC's Chris Matthews.During the "Political Sideshow" segment of his June 1 program, the "Hardball" host compared Sarah Palin's Facebook page posting about author Joe McGinniss renting the…
Ken Shepherd
June 1st, 2010 6:23 PM

NY Times Critical of Food Industry Opposition to Salt Regulation

Newspaper leads with salt's 'ill effects on the nation's health,' buries study about portion control.
Kyle Gillis
June 1st, 2010 6:04 PM

Left-wing Pundits Tougher on Obama's Gulf Spill Response Than 'Account

The mainstream media is of course replete with liberal opinionistas who criticize Republicans far more harshly than Democrats. That is nothing new. It is truly shocking, however, when supposedly "objective" news outlets employ even more egregious double standards than the openly-biased commentators.The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto caught the Associated Press employing one such double…
Lachlan Markay
June 1st, 2010 4:48 PM

NYT's Kristof Characterizes 'Provocateur' Ayaan Hirsi Ali as Bomb-Thro

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has a bad habit of inappropriate flippancy, and it's on display in his review of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's new memoir "Nomad," introduced with the headline "The Gadfly," that efficiently captures Kristof's condescending tone.Hirsi Ali is a feminist intellectual born Muslim in Somalia, raised in Saudi Arabia, escaped an arranged marriage, fled to the Netherlands…
Clay Waters
June 1st, 2010 4:15 PM

Bill Maher: Post-Racial Racist

Editor's Note: The following originally appeared at Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood. Bill Maher a racist?  Who’da thunk it?  Actually, anyone who pays even remote attention to the far-left comedic mouth piece could have figured that out pretty quickly. Yes, Bill, I am calling you a racist.  This accusation which he so glibly levels at anyone slightly to the right of Che Guevera  may come as…
Brad Schaeffer
June 1st, 2010 4:14 PM