NYT Home Page Virtually Ignores Sept. 12 DC Rally, Gives Obama MN Spee

Not that any of this will surprise anyone, but it should go on the record nonetheless. The New York Times's home page as of its 10:15 a.m. update looked like this (click to enlarge in a separate window): You'll note no mention of the D.C. rally yesterday that drew an estimated 1-2 million people.
Tom Blumer

Best Tea Party Protest Sign Yet

From a Tea Party in Quincy, Illinois, comes the following (h/t Glenn Reynolds):
Noel Sheppard

Hartford Courant Reporter Uses Pejorative 'Tea-Bagger' Term in Story

Gee! Guess where a reporter is coming from if he uses the vulgar and childish term "tea-bagger" when referring to tea party protestors?Anderson Cooper was among the first "journalists" who used the "tea bagging" term back in April. Despite his initial glee over injecting "tea bagging" as often as possible into his comments on the tea party protests, Cooper was eventually forced to apologize for…
P.J. Gladnick

NFL Opening Day Open Thread

Are you ready for some football?A full slate on tap today with two on Monday. What are the must-see games, and who's going to start the season with a HUGE upset (full schedule below the fold)?How 'bout that Kim Clijsters? What the heck happened to Serena last night? What's going to happen today?Anything else?
NB Staff

Open Thread

NB Staff

Washington Post Home Page Buries Massive 9-12 Rally in Teeny-Weeny Typ

Tim Graham

CNN's Lemon Praises Maher for Raising Anti-Obama Racism: 'Finally Some

Left-wing “comedian” Bill Maher is setting the news agenda for CNN. Literally. With “Motivated by Race?” on screen, CNN anchor Don Lemon previewed his 7 PM hour Saturday night by citing Joe Wilson, “town hallers yelling at lawmakers” and those “refusing to let kids hear the commander in chief. And on and on and on. What's behind it? Is it racial?” In the subsequent segment, Lemon revealed his…
Brent Baker

Maureen Dowd: Joe Wilson's 'You Lie' Outburst All About Racism

One of the biggest concerns most conservatives had about a Barack Obama presidency was that any criticism of him or his policies would be reported by liberal media members as an act of racism.  Sadly, such fears ended up actually being understated, for since Inauguration Day, the left-wing punditry have routinely depicted anyone with the guts to question the new President -- from Tea Party goers…
Noel Sheppard

NYT Reports Rally Crowd in Thousands, Daily Mail Says Two Million

It goes without saying the Obama-loving media are going to do everything in their power to downplay Saturday's Taxpayer March on Washington, and the New York Times is certainly living down to such expectations.As evidence, consider the Times headline,"Thousands Rally in Capital to Protest Big Government."Thousands?That's certainly not how Britain's Daily Mail saw it (h/t NBer MrShy and reader…
Noel Sheppard

Sour Lemon: CNN Anchor Vents Rage at Joe Wilson's 'Very Rude and Uncal

Tim Graham

MSNBC, Thy Name is Racist

You would think MSNBC would have learned after getting caught in a deliberately doctored piece of video, which tried to portray town hall protestors as white racists.  The video showed a man ‘packing heat' outside an event where the President was speaking, but was edited in such a way as to conceal the fact that the man was actually African-American. Yet, the opposite has occurred.  MSNBC seems…
Rusty Weiss

Tea Party Speaker: 'I Thought You Would Want to Hear a Black Man Speak

UPDATE: Absolutely fabulous time lapse aerial video of the March now below the fold! Videos of today's "Taxpayer March on Washington" are starting to get uploaded to YouTube, and some of them are just priceless.With this mind, as many NewsBusters readers likely couldn't attend, it seems fitting to share what went on in our nation's capital Saturday.To get you in the mood, let's start with author…
Noel Sheppard

Should Americans Have to Choose Between Health Insurance and Booze

In the midst of all the debate over healthcare reform, the Left and their media minions conveniently ignore an irrefutable fact: many Americans can't "afford" health insurance because they'd rather spend their money on other things.Those include such "necessities" as fancy cars, big screen TV sets, iPhones and their monthly fees, designer jeans, and -- ahem -- alcohol.With this in mind, the good…
Noel Sheppard

Tea Party Protesters Chant 'Tell the Truth' to CNN Reporter

Taxpayer tea party activists got their chance earlier to today to speak against CNN during a live television discussion between CNN reporter Lisa Desjardins and anchor Fredricka Whitfield.With chants of "tell the truth," and "Glenn Beck," protesters made known their great displeasure with the former #1 cable network. The Beck taunt, of course, is a reference to the former CNN host turned FNC star…
Matthew Sheffield