Hillary Clinton’s Poll Numbers Plummet, Will Media Report It

Poll fixation by the media has been a frequent topic of discussion for conservatives as the press have focused ad nauseum on the falling approval numbers of President Bush the past couple of years. With that in mind, will the press show equal interest in a study just released by the Gallup Organization identifying Hillary Clinton’s favorability rating plummeting an astounding thirteen percentage…
Noel Sheppard
 

NPR Host: 'Do Black Folks Really Use Stuff Like iPods

Paul Detrick
 

Barbara Walters: Rosie's Gun Control Surrrender 'Made Me Sad

Justin McCarthy
 

Green Day(s) All Year 'Round

BMI Staff
 

Green Issues Are the Place to Be

Global warming goes glossy as magazines turn up heat on business with environmental ideas.
Dan Gainor
 

Lefties Scorn Bush As 'Mourner-In-Chief,' But to ABC, Clinton Was 'Cha

Over at the Huffington Post's Eat the Press blog, Jason Linkins objected Tuesday night to MSNBC's description of President Bush as "mourner-in-chief," demanding they stop because "It's emo and it's weird." Linkins admitted MSNBC was not the first to use this terminology. But perhaps liberals forget that the network news people employed it with Bill Clinton, too. In fact, on the July 25, 1996…
Tim Graham
 

CNN.com Finds Court Upholding Partial Birth Ban Unremarkable

Ken Shepherd
 

Green Day(s) All Year 'Round

Media uncritically report on climate change rallies, protests and concerts without pausing to count the cost to businesses and individuals.
Julia A. Seymour
 

So Simple, Even a Journalist Can Do It

I've roundly criticized ABC's Brian Ross for his blatant falsehoods regarding the "assault weapons" ban provision of the 1994 Crime Bill, but it appears that not only has ABC News refused to retract these false claims, it appears that the lie is spreading among other members of the ignorati. Enter one of the least, shall we say, "mentally agile" disciples of this profession at MSNBC. Ian…
Bob Owens
 

Leftist Blogger: Media Use 'Imperfect' Sharpton to Give Cover to Racis

Matthew Sheffield
 

More 'Stagnant Wages' Myth-Busting, Courtesy of the Bureau of Labor St

From the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Real Earnings News Release yesterday: Average weekly earnings rose by 4.4 percent, seasonally adjusted, from March 2006 to March 2007. After deflation by the CPI-W, average weekly earnings increased by 1.6 percent. And here's one for Paul "the rich are getting it all" Krugman of the New York Times -- Note who is being surveyed when these numbers are…
Tom Blumer
 

Open Thread

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NB Staff
 

NY Mag: Global Warming Cure Depends on ‘Fat, Spoiled 21st-Century Am

A few weeks ago as the world awaited the release of the most recent report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, some well-known scientists were quoted as saying that the media’s sensationalistic coverage of the issue was interfering with a reasoned discussion on the topic. Their thinking was that the more the press and Hollywoodans suggest that the problem is so…
Noel Sheppard
 

Journalist Union Calls For a Boycott of All Israeli Goods

Terry Trippany