Real Wages Up 2.2 Percent Since September ’05, Will Media Notice

One of the continual carps of the media concerning the current economic expansion has been that only low-paying jobs are being created that aren’t keeping up with inflation. Well, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday:Average weekly earnings rose by 4.0 percent, seasonally adjusted, from September 2005 to September 2006.  After deflation by the CPI-W, average weekly earnings increased…
Noel Sheppard
 

For Chicago Tribune Endorsements, It's a Democratic Sweep

Mike Bates
 

Rosie Refuses to Say That She Wants US to Win In Iraq

Greg Tinti
 

CNN's Jack Cafferty Sounds Like Ohio-Obsessed Olbermann On Leftist Rad

Tim Graham
 

Tuesday Night Fights: Bill O’Reilly vs. ‘Tough on Terrorism’ Cha

I don’t know about you, but I love it when a liberal member of Congress tries to talk tough about terrorism. It’s kind of like watching my 13-year-old daughter try to bully my 18-year-old son. Such was the case on the “O’Reilly Factor” last night when Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) tried to look tough in front of Our Boy Bill – sorry for the “Carousel” pun to those who caught it (hat tip to…
Noel Sheppard
 

Open Thread

Talk amongst yourselves...
NB Staff
 

A Massive Reporting Deficit

Networks harp on federal deficit as a negative while downplaying how it was halved three years ahead of Bush's prediction.
Amy Menefee
 

GMA Brings In Berkeleyite To Blast Bush Iraq Policy

Mark Finkelstein
 

L.A.Times Sows Dissent Among Christians and Republicans

Warner Todd Huston
 

Drive-By Media: Highlighting Hit-n-Run Rise, 'Today' Ignores Impact of

Mark Finkelstein
 

NBC's Not 'Entirely Clear' N.J. Democrat's Being Probed, Despite WNBC

Tim Graham
 

Olbermann Slams Bush's 'Radio Yackers' Meeting, Confuses Boortz and Cl

Brad Wilmouth
 

ABC Most Hostile to Military Commissions, Frame Story Around Left-Wing

Of the broadcast network evening newscasts on Tuesday, ABC aired coverage the most hostile to the “Military Commissions Act of 2006," which President Bush signed earlier in the day. World News anchor Charles Gibson noted how Republican objections had been addressed, but “civil liberties groups," a nice euphemism for liberals, "are calling the new law a violation of American values and have…
Brent Baker
 

David Kuo: Contract Said My Book Was To Be Released In

Did publisher Simon & Schuster adjust its release schedule and rush into print a new book unflattering to the Bush administration to make an impact on the forthcoming mid-term elections? If the words of its author, David Kuo, are any indication, it's certainly a possibility. In an interview today (Tuesday, October 17, 2006) on the Laura Ingraham radio show, Kuo was a guest in addition to…
Dave Pierre