Tornado Survivors Overwhelmed by Government’s Quick Response, Media

During the 2005 disaster in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina, you couldn’t turn on a television set without seeing some washed-out resident complaining about the terrible job the federal government was doing with rescue, relief, and evacuation.By contrast, in the days following the destruction of Greensburg, Kansas, by an F-5 tornado, the only one complaining is the state’s Democrat…
Noel Sheppard
 

Another Obama Error: Will Media Report It

After grossly overestimating the number of people killed in the recent tornado in Greensburg, Kansas, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made another unforced error this week at a speech in Detroit.As reported by Chicago Tribune columnist Jim Mateja, Obama criticized the U.S. auto industry for not being sufficiently environmentally friendly but made a significant mistake (h/t Paul…
Matthew Sheffield
 

USA Today Promotes Hillary Books -- Well, the Liberal Ones at Least

Tim Graham
 

Wisconsin Columnist: We Just Need to 'Understand', 'Educate' These 'So

Warner Todd Huston
 

CBS Carps About Moms Opting Out to Raise Families

Deciding to bring up your own children is a supreme expression of personal responsibility, but CBS attacks moms who choose motherhood just days before Mother's Day.
Kristen Fyfe
 

Gun Control: Clueless in Chicago

Howard Nemerov
 

Glenn Beck’s Global Warming Special ‘Exposed: The Climate of Fear

As NewsBusters reported here and here, CNN’s Headline News last Wednesday broadcast a special on global warming hosted by Glenn Beck. In it, Beck exposed multiple mistakes in soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore's schlockumentary "An Inconvenient Truth," as well as identified many of the fallacies and misnomers surrounding the Kyoto Protocol.For those that missed it, “Exposed: The Climate of Fear” is now up at…
Noel Sheppard
 

'Combat Casualties' of Iraq War, 'Civilian Casualties' and Now Blair a

The broadcast network evening newscasts, reflecting the focus of the media's approach to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's announcement that he will step down on June 27, framed their reviews of his ten-year tenure around the unpopularity of his decision to join the U.S. in the Iraq war. On CBS, however, Elizabeth Palmer uniquely found time to recall how Blair won in 1997 by “dragging Britain'…
Brent Baker
 

Matthews Accuses Romney of 'Sucker Punch;' Sharpton Offers Non-Apology

Mark Finkelstein
 

Michael Moore Under Investigation By US Treasury Department for Cuba T

 Updated below:David German, the AP movie writer, reported that notorious liberal bomb-thrower and fact-fudger, Michael Moore “is under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department for taking ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers to Cuba for a segment in his upcoming health-care documentary 'Sicko.' " The May 10 article seemed very matter of fact, but Moore and his movies were presented from the…
Lynn Davidson
 

'Early Show' Follows Other Nets with Blair 'Bush's Poodle' Line

Justin McCarthy
 

Shock Jocks Opie and Anthony Discuss Sexual Assaults on Condi Rice and

In the wake of Don Imus’ firing for his remarks about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, what should happen to shock jocks that actually discuss violent sexual assaults on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and First Lady Laura.With that in mind, Breitbart TV reported that XM Satellite Radio’s Opie and Anthony had a guest on recently (date unknown) with whom such vulgar acts were happily and…
Noel Sheppard
 

CNN.com Finds Oedipal Mother's Day Spoof a Laugh Riot

Ken Shepherd
 

Haditha Hearings: Two Different Versions of Testimony

Robin Boyd