Newsweek's Alter Called Bush a Dictator, But Says GOP Emboldens Terror

When The New York Times broke open the story of NSA monitoring of overseas phone calls to terrorist cells at the end of 2005, Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter proclaimed "We’re seeing clearly now that Bush thought 9/11 gave him license to act like a dictator, or in his own mind, no doubt, like Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War." He suggested the story could lead to Bush’s impeachment. But on Tuesday…
Tim Graham
 

Susan Estrich: 'Lack of Diversity' at Apple Caused 'iPad' Name

There are some stories that make you cover your eyes with your hand and groan. And this column by Susan Estrich about what she thinks is the poorly named Apple iPad is definitely one of those. Here is Estrich putting on her feminist cap and making a very long stretch on blaming the name "iPad" on a "lack of diversity" at Apple:Is there a woman in America who did not laugh, or at least roll her…
P.J. Gladnick
 

Bozell Column: A New Abortion Scandal

In his book "The Courage to Be Catholic," author George Weigel surprised readers by insisting that the very secular and liberal Boston Globe and the New York Times had done the Lord’s work in rooting out the story of child sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Church.Weigel is correct, and never mind that the newsies at the Globe and the Times were relishing making the Church cringe. But these…
Brent Bozell
 

Broadcasts Networks Lead Cheers for JCS Opposition to 'Don't Ask, Don

ABC's Diane Saywer calls testimony 'dramatic' and 'truly historic.'
Brent Baker
 

CNN Boosts Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Gay activists in favor of changing military policy outnumber others 11 to 1 in coverage.
Colleen Raezler
 

Beck Demolishes Huffington: She's 'Media Matters After a Few Drinks

Glenn Beck on Tuesday addressed recent attacks by liberal publisher Arianna Huffington and in so doing thoroughly demolished the proprietor of the Huffington Post on national television.Beck did such a good job that even the left-leaning website Mediaite took his side.As NewsBusters reported Sunday, Huffington went on ABC's "This Week" and accused Beck of "inciting the American people" to commit…
Noel Sheppard
 

Jack Cafferty: 'Abstinence-Only Sex Education Might Just Work

CNN's Jack Cafferty, during a commentary on Tuesday's Situation Room, fairly presented the results of recent "landmark" study which indicates abstinence-only sex education has better results than "safe sex" classes in preventing teenagers from having sex : "This just in: abstinence-only sex education might just work... [The] study...could have huge implications on the national debate over…
Matthew Balan
 

Schultz Still Accusing O'Keefe Of Trying To 'Tap' Phones

MSNBC reprimand coming for Ed Schultz?  Five full days after MSNBC rapped David Shuster's wrists for improperly accusing James O'Keefe of attempting to "tap" Sen. Mary Landrieu's phones, Ed Schultz has pulled the same stunt.Here was Schultz, teasing an upcoming segment on his show tonight:
Mark Finkelstein
 

WaPo's Paul Farhi Dismisses 'Blind Side' As Trite Movie with 'Magic Ne

Why let facts get in the way of a good liberal meme?Paul Farhi sure didn't when he panned Oscar-nominated movie "The Blind Side" during a special "Hardball on Hollywood" segment with Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff and host Chris Matthews on the February 2 program.The Washington Post media critic slammed the Best Picture-nominated drama -- based on a true story -- as just another movie in which the…
Ken Shepherd
 

Matthews: How Do You Make Pompous Republicans 'Pay' for Being Against

Chris Matthews demanded Republicans be punished for their, as he put it on Tuesday's Hardball, opposition to "everything that tries to solve the country's problems." During a discussion about White House strategy, Game Change co-author John Heilemann suggested to the MSNBC host that Barack Obama should make "Republicans pay for their intransigence," which prompted Matthews to question how best to…
Geoffrey Dickens
 

Has White House Compromised National Security To Make Itself Look Bett

Has the Obama administration compromised national security by leaking the fact that it's obtaining actionable intelligence from Umar Mutallab?  On this afternoon's Hardball, Justice Department correspondent Pete Williams reported the breaking news that Obama admin officials have told him that the Christmas Day bomber, Umar Mutallab, is providing actionable, fresh intelligence.Williams stated that…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Memo to MSNBC: Media Companies Are Corporations Too

The left is up in arms over the Supreme Court's recent decision in "Citizens United v. the Federal Elections Commission". But few voices have been louder than those emanating from the echo chamber at MSNBC. It seems that the cable network's talking heads feel that their parent company, General Electric, deserves a special exemption to what should be a blanket ban on unrestricted corporate…
Lachlan Markay
 

Huffington: Fox News 'Tumor' Label 'A Legitimate View'; Alleges Beck

If someone's going to play speech police, one might think it would be wise to make sure her own house was in order prior to hurling charges. But, for Arianna Huffington, editor of The Huffington Post, there are two sets of rules. Huffington, in an appearance on HLN's Feb. 2 "The Joy Behar Show," defended a Jan. 12 post by the Huffington Post's TV-Radio critic Bill Mann, which he called the…
Jeff Poor
 

Scarborough Shows Low Taxes = Low Unemployment in New Hampshire

Want proof low taxes work? Just take a look at the state of New Hampshire, as MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough astutely pointed out. On the Feb. 2 broadcast of his MSNBC program, Scarborough interviewed Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. Shaheen's home state was hosting a jobs town hall put on by President Barack Obama and Scarborough used the occasion for a teachable moment. "Now, usually…
Jeff Poor