Shrill Baby Shrill: Maddow Still Spewing Nonsense About Oil Industry

After falsely claiming that oil companies pay no federal royalties for offshore drilling, an assertion later undermined by one of her own guests, Rachel Maddow rewrites the history of the oil industry's last 40 years.   "We've had a lot of response to the NBC News archival footage that we played this week showing just how much hasn't changed in the past 30 years of oil drilling disasters," told…
Jack Coleman
 

The Flotilla Choir Presents: We Con the World

What do you do when you're a radical Hamas sympathizer who wants to wage a public relations campaign against Israel? You arm yourself with knives and attack Israel Defense Force officers who stop your boat at an Israeli maritime blockade - but don't worry, as long as you call yourself a "peace activist," the network news stations will take your word for it! Watch the "Flotilla Choir" sing about…
Alana Goodman
 

Open Thread: N.J. Gov. Christie Takes on Teachers Union

"If you don't think this is a screwy system, I don't know what is!"
NB Staff
 

Former USA Today Editor Says Media Bias Is a 'Myth

Former USA Today editor Kenneth Paulson attacked what he called "The myth of 'media bias'" in an article on Thursday. He just described the claims of media bias as untrue, without offering any evidence or considering any criticism: Despite the perception of news media bias, the truth is that most traditional news organizations — primarily newspapers, their Web sites and local TV and radio —…
Tim Graham
 

Teen Acceptance of Single Parenthood on the Rise

Approval of out-of-wedlock motherhood could spell disaster for future families.
Nathan Burchfiel
 

WaPo Cheers Obama's Move to Provide Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of F

O'Keefe touts 'important day' for gay federal workers.
Katie Bell
 

Commentary: Bible Belt Texas Should be More Like Godless Denmark, Post

Writer drags God into otherwise standard liberal America bashing.
Matt Philbin
 

CBS: Memos Show Kagan ‘Stood Shoulder to Shoulder with the Liberal L

On Thursday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent Jan Crawford filed a report recounting revelations that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has a history of taking solidly liberal positions on issues like abortion, gay rights, and gun control – with evidence in the form of memos, some going back to her days working for liberal Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Crawford: "Documents buried in…
Brad Wilmouth
 

NBC's Mitchell: 'What Is It About Testosterone That Gets Us Into War

In what was a twist of "Blame America First" attitude into one of "Blame Men First" both NBC's Andrea Mitchell and Newsweek's Evan Thomas, on Thursday's Andrea Mitchell Reports, used pop psychology to dissect the causes of past and recent American wars, with both of them citing insecure men as a key reason. Mitchell even pondered: "What is it about testosterone that gets us into war?" On to…
Geoffrey Dickens
 

CBS Sees 'Good News' in Obama Gulf Visit; Touts 'Backlash' Against BP

At the top of Wednesday's CBS Evening News, during a report on the Gulf oil spill, correspondent Mark Strassmann found a silver lining: "The good news: since President Obama's visit to Grand Isle [Louisiana] last Friday, local officials report better coordination with BP and federal agencies." Strassmann went on to add: "Since the President's visit, the local fire chief says there are three…
Kyle Drennen
 

CNN Waits 2 Weeks to Release and Then Bury Anti-ObamaCare Poll Results

CNN tried to downplay poll results it released on Wednesday which indicated continuing opposition to ObamaCare, while emphasizing how the poll also found "growing support" for the President's call for increased federal regulation of the financial institutions. The network and its partners at Opinion Research also took two weeks to publish the results of only two questions from the poll.The…
Matthew Balan
 

PBS Features Former Harvard President Arguing Govt. Should Engineer Ha

Is it the government’s job to spread happiness? A former president of Harvard University, who was profiled on the June 2 PBS “NewsHour,” seems to think so. Derek Bok, author of The Politics of Happiness, believes the government should be in the business of manufacturing happiness.“I think a government that tries, systematically, to relieve what causes lasting misery and emphasize what gives…
Alex Fitzsimmons
 

Breaking: Oil Spill Could Reach East Coast By Summer

The National Center for Atmospheric Research believes that oil from the leaking deep water rig in the Gulf of Mexico could impact much of America's East Coast by summer.As reported by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Thursday, scientists using a detailed computer modeling program have created a video image of what they feel is possible in the coming months."'I've had a lot of…
Noel Sheppard
 

Joe Scarborough Bizarrely Touts: 'Last Couple Days' of Obama's Oil Spi

MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday touted Barack Obama's handling of the BP oil spill and enthused, "I think they're doing better now, right? I think the past couple days have been great." It was left to Time magazine's Mark Halperin to offer the non-White House spin. He deadpanned, "Except the hole's not plugged." [Audio available here.] Reversing the usual positions of a conservative and a member…
Scott Whitlock