The War on the War on Christmas

Every year, millions of Christians that celebrate the birth of their Savior are faced with the attacks on Christmas - "holiday trees," atheist ad campaigns and even outright blasphemy in mocking nativity scenes. To Christians and conservatives, the evidence is overwhelming. But in recent years, the left and the mainstream media have actively denied that the war even exists. From the hard left…
Erin R. Brown
December 13th, 2011 1:48 PM

Rudy Giuliani and Piers Morgan Want Campaign to Get Drunken Alec Baldw

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and CNN's Piers Morgan want a campaign to get actor Alec Baldwin back on Twitter. As they discussed Baldwin's now infamous plane incident on Piers Morgan Tonight Monday, the host noted, "When he's had a couple of glasses of wine at midnight, he's absolutely hysterical" on the social networking website. Even more comically, Giuliani agreed (video follows…
Noel Sheppard
December 13th, 2011 1:09 PM

TEAM Work Needed From the GOP Presidential Contenders

Casey Stengel, a baseball legend who played on five teams and managed four, said: "It's easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that's the hard part." What's true in sports is definitely true in politics — even more so. Many say that 'tis the season for GOP rivalry, but when does inference turn to infighting? When does public debate abandon solidarity? And when does…
Chuck Norris
December 13th, 2011 1:00 PM

Piers Morgan Shills for Obama; President Has His 'Gander' Back

CNN's Piers Morgan easily could have been mistaken for Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod on his Monday night show. In two separate interviews -- with RNC chairman Reince Priebus and Hollywood Obama supporter Harvey Weinstein -- Morgan kept chipping in on behalf of the President's re-election in 2012. When RNC chairman Reince Priebus attacked Obama's low poll numbers, Morgan countered…
Matt Hadro
December 13th, 2011 12:59 PM

Hyperbolic John Berman on Newt vs. Romney: 'Boom!' 'Political Shivs' A

All three morning shows on Tuesday hyped the fight between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, but it was snarky John Berman who offered the most hyperbolic take, exclaiming on "Good Morning America," "Boom! Boom!" The opinionated journalist offered inflamed rhetoric to describe the nomination battle, saying that the attacks follow "24 hours of political shivs and sharp elbows." Berman narrated…
Scott Whitlock
December 13th, 2011 12:32 PM

Joe Scarborough: I Can Name 200 House Republicans More Qualified Than

MSNBC's supposedly conservative host Joe Scarborough on Tuesday continued his months-long attack on the Republican presidential candidates. After telling his Morning Joe viewers that he would consider voting for potential third party candidate Ron Paul if Newt Gingrich won the nomination, Scarborough said he could "in five minutes write a list of 200 Republican members of the House of…
Noel Sheppard
December 13th, 2011 12:08 PM

WaPo TV Critic Pans Chelsea Clinton's Debut on 'Rock Center

"Either we're spoiled by TV's unlimited population of giant personalities or this woman is one of the most boring people of her era," observed Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever regarding Chelsea Clinton's television journalism debut on last night's Rock Center. "It's no surprise whatsoever that Chelsea Clinton didn't electrify broadcast journalism with her debut" on last night's Rock…
Ken Shepherd
December 13th, 2011 11:47 AM

NBC's Nancy Snyderman Declares Romney Bet 'A Disastrous Move

During a panel discussion on Tuesday's NBC Today, NBC chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman decried Mitt Romney proposing a $10,000 bet in the latest Republican debate: "I watched it live, and it was one of those moments where I immediately went [gasp] and you could just – even in your own living room, everything came to a halt. It was a disastrous move." Advertising executive Donny Deutsch…
Kyle Drennen
December 13th, 2011 11:41 AM

Euro-Loving NYTimes Paints 'Isolated' Britain As 'Big Loser' in Battle

British Prime Minister David Cameron was embraced by conservatives and euro-skeptics after rejecting a European Union agreement aimed at stabilizing the troubled economic union. Yet the tone of the New York Times news coverage is that he blundered, “isolating” Britain by failing to accept the accord’s requirements, including that members submit their budgets to the EU for approval even before…
Clay Waters
December 13th, 2011 10:36 AM

Pick the Worst Liberal Media Bias of

Every year a panel of leading expert conservative media observers pick the most-biased media quotes for the Media Research Center’s annual awards for the year’s “worst reporting.” And these judges have done so again this year to decide the 2011 award “winners,” with the choices to be announced on Monday, December 19. In the meantime, you can have some fun making your own choices now in this…
NB Staff
December 13th, 2011 10:09 AM

CNN Guest Accuses Network of Waging 'War on Republicans

Conservative columnist Rich Galen lampooned CNN for its liberal bias during his appearance on Monday's The Situation Room. During the bottom of the 4 p.m. hour, anchor Wolf Blitzer threw water on right-wing claims that President Obama is waging a "war on religion," and Galen called him out for one-sided coverage of the matter. GOP candidate Rick Perry had recently produced a campaign ad…
Matt Hadro
December 13th, 2011 9:54 AM

Pulitzer Prize-Winning WaPo Cartoonist Mocks Newt Gingrich: Americans

Ever since Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made his historically accurate claim that Palestinians are an "invented people," the Israel-hating media have been predictably on the attack. Doing his part Tuesday was Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles who offered readers a strip mocking the former Speaker of the House calling Americans an invented people:
Noel Sheppard
December 13th, 2011 9:28 AM

Scarborough: Like Beck, I'd Consider Third-Party Ron Paul Over Gingric

Today's Morning Joe has been one long festival of Gingrich gouging.   Joe Scarborough set the tone early. During the opening segment Scarborough announced that, like Glenn Beck, if the choice comes down to Obama vs. Gingrich, and Ron Paul is running as a third-party candidate, "I'm going to give him a long look." Video after the jump.
Mark Finkelstein
December 13th, 2011 8:59 AM

In Report on November Deficit, AP's Crutsinger Miscasts Post-9/11 Econ

Uncle Sam's Monthly Treasury Statement for November came out yesterday. The results: Tax collections through two months of the fiscal year are up 4.4% over fiscal 2010; spending is down 5.5%, but only because about $31 billion in checks which would ordinarily have gone out on October 1 (a Saturday) were sent on September 30; and the deficit of $235 billion is $55 billion less than last year.…
Tom Blumer
December 13th, 2011 8:53 AM