Obama Press Conference Bumped By Britain's Susan Boyle

In another example of Barack Obama's appeal diminishing with the public, the White House was forced to reschedule Wednesday's press conference to 8PM from 9PM as NBC didn't want its summer hit "America's Got Talent" to be pre-empted.Appearing on Wednesday's program will be an interview with "Britain's Got Talent's" Susan Boyle, who became an international star earlier this year with her…
Noel Sheppard

Chevron/Ecuadorian Amazon Film Tries Not to Take Sides, but Fails

'Crude' relies heavily on footage of anti-oil company plaintiffs and alleged victims, but does give behind scenes glimpse of eco-litigator.
Jeff Poor

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NB Staff

ABC’s Stephanopoulos Says No Quick Health Care Bill: 'The Votes Are

Former Clinton campaign operative George Stephanopoulos generally tries to put a happy face on big Democratic Party initiatives, but on Tuesday’s Good Morning America the ABC chief Washington correspondent was gloomy about the prospects for Barack Obama’s health care bill. He told co-host Diane Sawyer that “the votes are not there right now” for the White House to get a bill before the August 8…
Rich Noyes

AP Health Care Article Misses Mark

Phillip Elliott's report glosses over other countries' problems with socialized medicine while exaggerating U.S. situation.
Sarah Knoploh

Anderson Cooper: Both Cronkite and Porn Star

Tim Graham

MSNBC: Everyone Already Pays for Health Care

Clyburn and Rather argue for ObamaCare on 'Morning Joe.'
Catherine Maggio

Deutsch's Health Care Prescription: 'Redistribute Income, Outlaw Tobac

In the grand scheme of things, Donny Deutsch's radical prescription for health care might not count for much.  Just a former-ad-man-turned-pundit spouting off.  But let's consider.  Deutsch is well-off and presumably harbors no electoral ambitions.  He is free to say whatever's on his mind.  And he is immersed in the liberal media-political culture.  Is Deutsch giving voice to the radicalism that…
Mark Finkelstein

O'Reilly: Cronkite 'Had No Use for' Dan Rather, Said He 'Shouldn't Suc

On Monday’s The O’Reilly Factor, FNC host Bill O’Reilly asserted that former CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite "had no use for" his successor, and was "bitter about being replaced by [Dan] Rather." Citing an interview from a few years after Rather raplaced Cronkite on the Evening News, O’Reilly recounted that Cronkite expressed his view that Rather "shouldn’t succeed." O’Reilly: "He didn't…
Brad Wilmouth

O’Reilly Interviews Harry Alford After Confrontation with Barbara Bo

On Monday’s The O’Reilly Factor, FNC’s Bill O’Reilly gave attention to the recent dustup between Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer and National Black Chamber of Commerce CEO Harry Alford, as O’Reilly hosted Alford to discuss Boxer’s recent attempt to use other black organizations to discredit Alford’s opposition to Cap and Trade during a Senate hearing. While Boxer declined to appear on the show,…
Brad Wilmouth

Campbell Brown: ‘CNN Only One Still Doing Journalism

**Video Below The Fold** On an interview show called “Give and Take,” hosted by sometime TV pundit Julie Menin, CNN’s Campbell Brown patted herself and her network on the back for being “the only one that is still doing journalism” in cable land. Menin asked Brown if she felt odd being a “political independent” in this world of cable pundits and lamented that journalism seems to be scant these…
Warner Todd Huston

Natives Getting Restless: HuffPo Blogger Wants to be Paid

In How The Huffington Post Can Pay Its Bloggers, HuffPo blogger Michelle Haimoff seems to have gotten a tad miffed at how Arianna Huffington is making millions on the backs of her bloggers without “paying it forward,” as it were. Consequently, Haimoff has developed a prototype scheme on how Arianna can pay her long toiling bloggers to help fulfill her “responsibility” to journalism. I think that…
Warner Todd Huston

AP Report on WH Budget Delay Avoids Details, Buries Predix That 3Q Wil

Noel Sheppard mentioned this Associated Press story by Tom Raum yesterday at NewsBusters (Raum is tagged as the writer at this version of the report).Noel characterized Raum's report as suggesting that "the White House's delay in releasing an update about the budget might be tied to the administration's desire to get controversial bills on healthcare reform and cap and trade passed before…
Tom Blumer