CNN E-Mail Ignores the Past Week's Strong Stock Market Performance

From a CNN e-mail I received shortly after the close of Friday's stock markets (this was the entire message): Wall Street fights off mortgage-risk-induced woes to end the week higher, with small gains Friday. Anyone reading this e-mail would have thought that this was a net ho-hum week on The Street. After all, the e-mail merely said that the week ended "higher." "Higher"? More like "way, way…
Tom Blumer
 

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough Speaks Out Against Rosie O'Donnell, Blames Bar

Justin McCarthy
 

HuffPo Commenters Wish Tony Snow Ill Upon Learning of Upcoming Surgery

Ken Shepherd
 

Weekend Captionfest

Original caption: Al Roker, weather and feature reporter of the NBC 'Today' television program, reacts during a segment of the show in the studio as audience members in New York's Rockefeller Center hold up photo likenesses of the show's cast.
NB Staff
 

FNC's Bill O'Reilly Exposes MSM's Omissions in Attorney Firings

Justin McCarthy
 

‘Scarborough Country’ Addresses Why Conservatives Dislike Al Gore

Want to have some real fun at your next dinner party? Well, invite an equal number of liberals and conservatives, and ask them the following question: “Why do conservatives dislike Al Gore so much?”It’s guaranteed to be a huge success making you the toast of your neighborhood.With that in mind, the host of MSNBC’s “Scarborough Country” marvelously did exactly that on Wednesday, pitting Republican…
Noel Sheppard
 

Colbert Asked Katie Couric If She Got a 'New Hatchet' for Anti-Bush Ha

Katie Couric was a guest on Thursday night's "Colbert Report" on Comedy Central. Her answers seemed rehearsed, just as if her Hillary-hand-me-down media consultant Matthew Hiltzik prepared her for the mock-hardballs. Two questions stood out as the most insulting: whether she had a "new hatchet" for anti-Bush hatchet jobs, and which job prepared her better for the anchor desk, being a cheerleader…
Tim Graham
 

Bill O’Reilly Rips Rosie O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen and 9-11 Conspirac

There are a lot of conspiracy theories running through extreme left-wing circles about the attacks on 9/11. One such piece of drivel is an Internet movie called “Loose Change.”On Thursday’s “O’Reilly Factor,” the host invited a New York City detective named Bo Dietl, and author Gerald Posner to discuss some recent developments surrounding the conspiracy theorists. O’Reilly began (video available…
Noel Sheppard
 

NY Times Reporter on Al Gore, 'Compelling' 'Pop Culture Icon

Clay Waters
 

CNN's Harris: Iraq Bill's Pork Will Help 'Real People In Trouble

Mike Bates
 

CNN's 'American Morning' Shines A Little Light on Democrats' Pork

Matthew Balan
 

Open Thread Friday

Discuss the news of the day and anything else...
NB Staff
 

Geraldo Blames Rise of Hugo Chavez On Anti-Illegal Immigrant 'GOP Extr

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Behind Kucinich: Will MSM Cover Hillary's Fifth-Place Finish in Dean O

At the end of his 2004 campaign, Howard Dean started Democracy for America, billed as a grassroots Democratic political action committee "dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government." Last week, DFA staged an online Dem presidential candidate preference poll. As a proud DFA member [meaning that I joined the email list], I just…
Mark Finkelstein