Ego Unchecked: Does Rosie Think The Show's All About Her

On Monday’s The View, co-host Rosie O’Donnell made light of a near-verbal mistake which may clue in to what she is thinking. In a nutshell: this is really MY show, with three sidekicks who chime in occasionally.When opening a segment on fashion on a budget, O’Donnell stated "it is budget week here on The View. I almost said the Rosie O’Donnell Show [laughing]. That would have been a mistake!"
Justin McCarthy

CNN Reporter Complains of Billions Spent on Iraq

Joshua Levs cites only left-leaning budget items as missed opportunities.
Ken Shepherd

Open Thread

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NB Staff

Another Scientist Strikes at Global Warming Hysteria

A wonderful thing is happening in the scientific world now that the United Nations has claimed that it is 90 percent certain anthropogenic global warming is real: scientists around the world are speaking out against this assertion.Another such scientist, Canada’s Timothy Ball, wrote an article today addressing his view of the media hysteria which marvelously began (h/t QandO, emphasis mine…
Noel Sheppard

Expect Soundbite Surgery: Dungy Says He's Proudest to Be Christian Coa

Tim Graham

New Media War Begins: Mark Levin Tears Keith Olbermann Apart

“Countdown” host Keith Olbermann made a huge mistake last Thursday night: he chose to make radio host Mark Levin “The Worst Person in the World” for nominating Rush Limbaugh as a potential Nobel Peace Prize recipient.In response, Levin spent a large part of his show on Friday ripping this abomination apart. Audio links are available here and here courtesy of our friend at Olbermann Watch (h/t Dan…
Noel Sheppard

Reagan Birthday Bashes

Ken Shepherd

'Lib-pedia'? Anti-Conservative Bias Rampant At Wikipedia

Dave Pierre

Diane Doesn't Challenge Despotism of Syria's Assad

When a despot you're interviewing denigrates the value of democracy in another country, wouldn't your journalistic instincts prompt you to ask him about the utter lack of democracy in his own? Not in Diane Sawyer's case.The ABC powerhouse is in Syria this week. This morning's GMA aired an interview she scored with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Joe Biden would surely declare Assad "articulate…
Mark Finkelstein

WashPost Labeling: 'Landmark Gay Rights Activists' vs. Falwell's 'Reli

Sunday's Washington Post Magazine had another one of those true Post chestnuts, chronicling how cruel and backward the state of Virginia is to lesbians. April Witt's story focused on two women who entered into a civil union in Vermont now battling for custody of an artificially inseminated daughter. Vermont says Janet the lesbian partner is automatically a parent, Virginia says not so fast. The…
Tim Graham

NY Times Ignores NIE Warning on Consequences of Iraq Withdrawal

Mark Finkelstein

A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Feelings

Ken Shepherd

Friends of God Not Friendly to Evangelicals

Why bother trying to discover who evangelical Christians are, when all you're really doing is reinforcing tired old stereotypes?
Kristen Fyfe

New York Times Melts Down Over Miami

Dan Riehl