Weekend Captionfest

Actual caption: In this photograph provided by 'Meet the Press', former Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet, appears during a taping with moderator Tim Russert on NBC's 'Meet the Press.'
NB Staff
 

Bill Moyers: From Queen in DC to Prince Harry to Stinking Tax Cuts for

Tim Graham
 

Anti-Bush General John Batiste Dismissed from CBS News

Updates at bottom of post.The CBSNews.com blog "Public Eye" reported today that a retired general who has appeared in anti-Bush TV ads has been dismissed as a CBS News military analyst due to his political activism. Yet the CBS executive who defended the move seemed to almost blame CBS's at-home audience for the personnel decision.Maj. Gen. John Batiste (US Army, Retired) may still be quoted on…
Ken Shepherd
 

ABC Excludes Capitalist Reason Behind 'No Impact' Experiment

'Nightline' lauds the man without toilet paper, but never mentions his book contract.
Julia A. Seymour
 

Polar Bear Baby Boom Occurring in Eastern Arctic, Will Media Notice

This one is really too funny, folks, and definitely requires all potables, combustibles, and sharp objects be properly stowed (grateful and humorous h/t to NBer dscott).Despite all the carping and whining by folks like soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his not so merry band of sycophant devotees about global warming killing polar bears, there is actually a baby boom occurring in this species in Canada’s…
Noel Sheppard
 

GMA Frets That Pope is ‘Pushing his Pulpit’ and ‘Interfering

On Friday’s "Good Morning America," ABC anchors and reporters worried that the Pope may be "interfering in American politics." Correspondent Dan Harris discussed the Pope’s comments about pro-choice Catholic politicians and an ABC graphic offered this leading question, "Is Pope Pushing his Pulpit?" Talking to conservative pollster Kellyanne Conway, Mr. Harris adopted a tone of surprise that the…
Scott Whitlock
 

Happy Mother's Day from CBS: Stay-at-home Moms 'Don't Use Full Talents

Kristen Fyfe
 

Mag Complains Couric's Sex a ‘Challenge’ Yet Focuses on Anchor's

Paul Detrick
 

Bozell Column: Celebrity Media, Heal Thyself

Brent Bozell
 

CNN’s Situation Room Asks ‘What If the World Took Climate Change

The mainstream media’s promotion of climate change hype continues unfettered. A segment on Thursday’s "The Situation Room" wholeheartedly embraced the theory of human-caused global warming, and the International Panel on Climate Change’s recent "action plan" to do something about it.Video (1:27): Real (2.37 MB) or Windows (2.79 MB), plus MP3 (996 kB).During his actual report, CNN correspondent…
Matthew Balan
 

Open Thread Friday

Joke of the week: There was a swimming competition to cross the English Channel doing only the breaststroke, and the three women who entered the race were a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead. After approximately 14 hours, the brunette staggered up on the shore, and was declared the winner. Upon being interviewed, the brunette expressed delight at having won the competition.About 40 minutes…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Ethical Lapses in Congressional Travel -- Where is MSM Reporting

Warner Todd Huston
 

Warm Welcome for Hillary on MSNBC: 'You Have Been a Unifying Force

Boycotts are falling everywhere. With the French having elected Sarkozy, American conservatives are feeling good about buying Beaujolais again. And with Imus gone from MSNBC, Hillary Clinton has ended her one-woman boycott of the network's morning-show slot. Hillary had famously shunned the shock-jock's show in the wake of his suggestive shtick at a Radio & TV Correspondents dinner with Pres…
Mark Finkelstein
 

LAT: Trust Us More Than Source We Quoted

Matthew Sheffield