Bill O’Reilly Talks With the Troops in Iraq

Noel Sheppard

Boo Hoo: NY Times on "Frightened" Illegal Immigrants in Hiding After R

Clay Waters

Media Shocker: Newsweek Reports Iraq Economy Booming

In the midst of all the civil war, quagmire, cataclysmic, doom and gloom reports about Iraq comes a shocking story from an even more shocking source. According to Newsweek, Iraq’s economy is booming (hat tip to Drudge, emphasis mine throughout):Civil war or not, Iraq has an economy, and—mother of all surprises—it's doing remarkably well. Real estate is booming. Construction, retail and wholesale…
Noel Sheppard

CNN's 'In The Money' Laments 'Soaring' College Costs with Extreme Exam

Segment complains of lower grants, using one school's 18-percent tuition hike as a benchmark.
Rachel Waters

Baltimore Sun Relays Nigerian Terrorists' Complaints About Shell Oil

Ken Shepherd

ABC's Dan Harris: Possible U.S. Troop Surge in Iraq Already 'Very Unpo

Megan McCormack

Baltimore Sun Leaves Terrorism out of Nigerian Oil Violence

Foreign reporter Scott Calvert avoided 'terrorist' label for car-bombing, hostage-taking insurgency.
Ken Shepherd

NPR Host Asks If Sen. Johnson's Family 'Has The Right' To Ruin Dem Maj

Tim Graham

Ahmadinejad's Description as Time's 'Person of the Year' Candidate Cha

Tom Blumer

ABC's Take on the Episcopal Rift

Ken Shepherd

AP's 'Unlikely Peace Activist' Far from Average Granny

Dan Riehl

Open Thread

Today's startersMedia: Keith Olbermann wants a raise (despite still remaining in fourth-place). The champion of the people is gunning for $4 million a year. TV reporter Max Robbins says CNN is purportedly interested in hiring the left-wing commentator but I doubt that."Why did CNN and MSNBC give air time to David Duke? What purpose did it serve the viewers?" Media columnist Jon Friedman asks…
Matthew Sheffield

Liberal Extremism Doomed Air America's Success

This was certainly a bizarre headline to see in Monday’s New York Times: “After Bankruptcy Filing, Recriminations Fly at Air America.” Now, follow that up with these opening paragraphs (emphasis mine throughout):In its search for a new chief executive this past summer, Air America Radio interviewed seasoned media executives in an effort to revive the faltering network. One interview took a…
Noel Sheppard

Behar's Person-of-the-Year Nominee: 'A Hitler Type, Like Donald Rumsfe

It was such a cheap play to the left-wing peanut gallery that it doesn't even pay to be disgusted. Discussing the "Time" magazine person of the year choice on "The View" this morning, yenta-in-residence Joy Behar blurted out:"You have to put like a Hitler type. Like you put Donald Rumsfeld there or something."When some in the audience began to jeer, Behar broke into a huge, mock-surprised smile…
Mark Finkelstein