O'Reilly Slams Olbermann's Claim Fox Viewers Are Paranoids and Racists

On Tuesday, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann said Fox News is "serving propaganda to tin foil hatters, conspiracy theorists, paranoids and racists."On Wednesday, Fox's Bill O'Reilly struck back.Speaking during his "Pinheads & Patriots" segment during Wednesday's "O'Reilly Factor," the leading voice on cable news once again went after NBC (video and partial transcript embedded below the fold, h/t…
Noel Sheppard

ABC Spins Kennedy’s Liberal Legislation as His ‘Legacy’ to All A

On Thursday’s Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer and other ABC journalists spun liberal legislation by Ted Kennedy as gifts to the whole country. While bills related to the senator appeared on-screen, Sawyer gushed, "Can you see this going by? It's a scroll. And it's going to continue. We will not finish it before we take a break, because it's Senator Kennedy's legacy." Correspondent John Berman…
Scott Whitlock

CNN Reports Car Price Spike Coming Due to 'Success' of Clunkers

What is it about consequences that the liberal media and government simply cannot grasp? CNN "Newsroom" admitted Aug. 27 that new car prices are "expected" to go up as a result of the government Cash for Clunkers giveaway. Heidi Collins told viewers, "The success of the Cash for Clunkers program may be pushing new car prices higher. Dealerships are expected to have lower inventory over the…
Julia A. Seymour

Rush Tells Beck: 'It Is the Most Dangerous Time in My Life for Freedom

"This whole administration is as radical and far left as any that the country has ever had. What they're trying to do here to communications is simply stifle dissenting voices. They're trying to wipe out any opposition...And the things that he is talking about doing -- and I watched your show for the first half hour today -- and the things he is talking about doing to shut down radio are simply…
Noel Sheppard

New Republic: TV Networks Should Treat Town Hall Protesters Like Unrul

ObamaCare supporter Anthony Wright has a suggestion for TV networks in their coverage of the town hall protests: treat the protesters the way ESPN covers unruly sports fans. In other words, avoid pointing the cameras at them. Here are some of Wright's thoughts about censoring the town hall protesters published in The New Republic:The Fox network has done more than any other network to showcase…
P.J. Gladnick

Open Thread

NB Staff

Daily Kos: 'We Let the Republicans Kill a Major U.S. City

Tim Graham

Susan Estrich Writes Surprisingly Frank Remembrance of Ted Kennedy

Susan Estrich worked for a number of years on the staff of Senator Ted Kennedy. Of course, she has some warm memories about working for him. However, in contrast to the almost uncritical lionization of Kennedy by such outlets as the Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times as well as by Evan Thomas of Newsweek, Estrich was able to look at her former boss, warts and all,  in a surprisingly frank…
P.J. Gladnick

Schultz, Huffington: Obama Should Use Kennedy Death to Promote Left-Wi

The announcement of Sen. Ted Kennedy's death came at 2 a.m. Eastern on Aug. 26 and a little over 15 hours later, two prominent liberal voices were scheming as to how the president and other Democratic leaders could use his passing to advance a political agenda. Huffington Post editor Arianna Huffington appeared on MSNBC host Ed Schultz's Aug. 26 program and was asked by Schultz if it somehow…
Jeff Poor

Rachel Maddow as Pope? Stephanie Miller Says Going to MSNBC Set 'Like

Tim Graham

Chicago Tribune’s 'The Swamp' Blogger Likens Palin’s Endorsement o

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been out of office over a month and there are still those working at major media outlets that just can't get over their obsessions with dissecting everything the former GOP vice-presidential nominee does. Case and point - Mark Silva, a blogger for the Chicago Tribune's "The Swamp," in an Aug. 26 post took it upon himself to try to rationalize why Palin would…
Jeff Poor

NBC Exploits Kennedy to Push ObamaCare: 'National Sorrow Has Created P

Proffering how “national sorrow has created political momentum before,” Wednesday's NBC Nightly News devoted a story to the hope of Democrats that Senator Ted Kennedy's passing will propel ObamaCare to victory. Noting how Kennedy was “passionate” about more government in health care, from Hyannis anchor Brian Williams proposed “ironically, the fact that he did not live long enough to see a…
Brent Baker

Rush, Beck Warn Obama Administration Trying to Bring Country to Its Kn

They warned back in 2008 what might happen if Barack Obama was elected president, and according to conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh and Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck, a lot of bad stuff is unfolding right before our eyes. Limbaugh appeared on Beck's Aug. 26 program to discuss the threat of the federal government attempting to regulate the media. He explained the president's policy…
Jeff Poor

Brian Williams: In Lieu of Flowers for Ted, Pass Health Care Reform

NBC's Brian Williams, during NBC News' live coverage of the President's remarks about the passing of Ted Kennedy on Wednesday, cited what sounded like a spam e-mail rallying support for health care reform, as a way to remember the Democratic Senator. Quoting from his in-box Williams suggested: "In lieu of flowers, pass health care reform." Responding to a question from "Today" co-host Ann Curry…
Geoffrey Dickens