Rumsfeld's Out; Media Losing a Favorite Punching Bag

Rich Noyes
 

Media Pushes Notion 'Conservative' Democrats Won On Tuesday

Michael Rule
 

David Gregory Portrays Bush As Out Of Touch, NYT Highlights Voter Repu

Michael Rule
 

Contrary to Reports, Dan Rather Made Brief Jokey Appearance on Comedy

It seems we were misled by Dan Rather about playing it "straight" on The Daily Show on Election Night. He made a brief appearance to draw laughs by spouting a few canned "Ratherisms," in case anyone missed the biennial tradition of the disgraced CBS anchor’s homespun Texas phrases. (By the way, we coined the term "Ratherisms" in Notable Quotables back in 1992, and were recounting the election-…
Tim Graham
 

Too Giddy: Vieira Tells Montana Democrat She Hopes He Keeps Smiling

Tim Graham
 

Iraq Diary: on the Road with Air America

Mark Finkelstein
 

Media: U.S. Should Throw Billions of Dollars at Global Warming

BMI Staff
 

ABC's Morning Economist Sees Dem Majorities As 'Very Good' for the Eco

Tim Graham
 

Media: U.S. Should Throw Billions of Dollars at Global Warming

What will new Congress do? Though emissions-lowering programs have failed around the world, the media continue to embrace plans for more regulation that could crush the American economy.
Amy Menefee
 

CNN Anchor Snidely Asks Tom DeLay: ‘Think Karl Rove is Still a Geniu

CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien talked with former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Wednesday and displayed a snide attitude over the Republicans’ midterm losses. She even tried to goad DeLay into bashing Karl Rove: O’Brien: "Think Karl Rove is still a genius?"Delay: "Oh, yes. Just because you lose one ball game doesn't remove your genius." O’Brien: "Really, you think that -- this is kind of a big…
Scott Whitlock
 

Open Thread

Starter topic: Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer on the election's impact: "There are some people who want to argue that ... this was what the Republicans needed, a kick in the pants [...] But it’s also a shift of responsibility to the Democrats. They now have to join in the government in a very hard situation in Iraq and elsewhere. If things don’t go well, they will share in the…
Matthew Sheffield
 

NY Times Hints Racism a Factor in Democrat Ford's Failure in TN Senate

Like Chris Matthews last night, The Times seems to be bitter about not having everything go the Democrats' way last night, putting its usual racism spin on one of the GOP's few bright spots -- Bob Corker's win over Harold Ford Jr. in the race for Senate in Tennessee.Adam Nossiter's "Republican Hangs on to Frist's Senate Seat" opens: "Tennessee's open Senate seat stayed in Republican hands on…
Clay Waters
 

Trans Fats: Public Health Enemy No

Media focus on trans fats is misleading and distracts from serious health threats.
Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan
 

Bozell Blasts Biased Media Coverage: National Press Is 'A Laughingstoc

MRC President Brent Bozell appeared with other conservative leaders at the National Press Club this morning to urge that the Republican Party respond to their election defeat by returning to their conservative Reaganite roots. During his remarks, Bozell lambasted the national media’s biased campaign coverage, blasting them as “a laughingstock when it comes to the idea of objective journalism.”…
NB Staff