CNN Reporter to GOP: Learn Lesson of Midterms And Move Left

On Thursday’s "Situation Room," CNN reporter Bill Schneider proclaimed that Republicans need to move left in order to recover from their midterm losses: Bill Schneider: "Will Republicans move further to the right? Not if they got the message of the election. Republicans lost because they abandoned the center. Independents voted Democratic by the biggest margin ever recorded. The election also…
Scott Whitlock

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NB Staff

Geraldo 'Delighted' GOP Got 'Their Butts Kicked

Geoffrey Dickens

CNN Host Derides Haggard Spiritual Counseling as a ‘Tremendous Reali

Aren’t liberals supposed to be the tolerant ones? On Wednesday’s "American Morning," co-anchor Miles O’Brien derided a plan by disgraced former minister Ted Haggard to seek spiritual counseling as a "reality show." Haggard resigned his positions as pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado and head of the National Association of Evangelicals after being accused of drug use and a gay affair. He…
Scott Whitlock

Rather's Still Fiercely 'Independent,' With a Bias Against Caving In t

Tim Graham

MSNBC: The Official Election Night Network for Democrats

Geoffrey Dickens

ABC's Rosie O'Donnell: 'Don't Fear the Terrorists, They're Mothers and

One would have thought that the Democratic takeover of Congress and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation would have preseted plenty of fodder for the women of  ‘The View’ to debate on Thursday’s show. However, it was a discussion on Iraq and the war on terror that dominated today's 'Hot Topics' segment. Not surprisingly, co-host Rosie O’Donnell equated the post-September 11th America…
Megan McCormack

Despite Media's Pelosi Hype, Press Are Hypocrites About Diversity

Matthew Sheffield

NY Times: Stick a Fork in Him, Bush Is Done

Clay Waters

CNN's Lou Dobbs Celebrates Minimum Wage Hikes, Slams Conservative Detr

Lou Dobbs must be perfecting his “Stewie Griffin" impression. “Victory is mine,” he seemed to gloat to viewers as with smug delight CNN populist gadfly and resident protectionist applauded the passage of six minimum wage increases in states ballot booths across the country. Before the election, Dobbs was quite active in pushing such an increase both on his show and in his book, “War on…
Ken Shepherd

Progress in Afghanistan Makes Miracle Turnaround in Three Days - Thank

Jason Smith

Dobbs Knocks Conservative, Business Groups on Wages

CNN anchor lectures opponents of a minimum wage increase.
Julia A. Seymour

Bill Maher Tells Larry King That RNC Chair Ken Mehlman is Gay

As NewsBuster Brad Wilmouth reported, comedian Bill Maher was on with CNN’s Larry King Wednesday night saying some rather outrageous things. Beyond his derogatory comments about President Bush, Maher told King: “A lot of the chiefs of staff, the people who really run the underpinnings of the Republican Party, are gay.” When King pressed Maher for names, Maher said, “Ken Mehlman” (video here).  …
Noel Sheppard

WaPo: CBS News Correspondent Ed Bradley Dies

Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post reports that veteran "60 Minutes" journalist Ed Bradley passed away today at the age of 65. Mr. Bradley had won 19 Emmy awards over his long career.May he rest in peace.
Mike Bates