The Media's Annual 'Let's Downplay the Washington March for Life' Day

Life News has the real story: Proving the pro-life movement is alive and well despite abortion advocates obtaining control of Congress last November, hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates participated in the annual March for Life. The mood was optimistic and positive despite 34 years of legalized abortion since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. Independent confirmation of the…
Tom Blumer

Fox News: Internet Store Tells Ordering US Soldier 'Pull Out of Iraq

One of my correspondents on my own site, Publius' Forum, has been trying to clear up a wretched email that was sent to one of our boys in Iraq refusing him service and telling him he should "pull out of Iraq". Fox News has picked up this story that I have been watching for a few days. I've been trying to ascertain if it was real or another example of an internet hoax -- sometimes it isn't easy…
Warner Todd Huston

Washington Post Misses the Point on Health Care

Amy Ridenour

Goth Gotcha

Which children's story does the Post emphasize? The American Library Association's award winners? Or Goth culture and fashion?
Kristen Fyfe

Olbermann: Did Bush Admin Politically Time Release of 'Lame Terror Thr

Brad Wilmouth

Nets Provide Warm Welcome for Candidate Hillary Clinton with Fairly Ea

Senator Hillary Clinton sat for interviews aired Monday night on all three broadcast network evening newscasts to promote her presidential candidacy, though only ABC’s World News got her live. CBS’s Katie Couric first pushed her from the left: “You're against sending additional troops to Iraq, and according to our latest poll, 66 percent of Americans agree with you. So why not vote to cut off…
Brent Baker

Global Warming: Weekend Roundup

NPR gave liberal coverage to Pelosi's push for global warming-focused committee, while networks ignored the story.
Ken Shepherd

If the Biased Lead the Biased

Ken Shepherd

Hillary Opponents Beware: Oppo Research Underway

Having hit Chris Matthews hard here in recent weeks, let's give him credit for flashing some real reporter's instincts in going after Hillary aide Howard Wolfson on this afternoon's Hardball on the issue of whether the campaign is conducting opposition research on its Dem rivals.And while Wolfson wouldn't flatly admit it, by the end of the interview there was little doubt that Hillary's campaign…
Mark Finkelstein

Gas Prices Falling ... Too Much, or Not Enough

Difference between oil and gas prices 'really makes me mad,' says CNN correspondent.
Rachel Waters

News Producer Applauds Car Smoking Ban as 'Common Sense' on NBC Blog

Network's Ed Deitch praises local ordinance, while reporter Mike Taibbi fails to get reaction from law enforcement officers.
Ken Shepherd

NBC's Fictional Peek in Brian Williams' Office: 'Katie Couric Sucks

NBC's Thursday night comedy "30 Rock" took some good-natured potshots at "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams in a scene that depicted his office as rife with liquor bottles, dirty underwear, pornography ("Junk in the Trunk") and wall graffiti declaring "Katie Couric Sucks." (h/t TVNewser.com)
Rich Noyes

HBO Filmmaker Liked Ted Haggard; He Wasn’t The Usual ‘Holy Roller

Documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has directed a new film that takes a look at the evangelical movement in America. Appearing on Monday’s "Good Morning America," she discussed the now disgraced Reverend Ted Haggard who served as a guide for her film crew’s tour of Red State America. Pelosi told host Diane Sawyer that most people think of evangelical…
Scott Whitlock

Bad News For Obama, Hillary Clinton Is Still CBS's Media Darling

Michael Rule