Media Deride Tax Haven 'Cheats' and 'Loopholes;' Ignore Benefits

BMI Staff

CBS: ‘Controversial’ Miss California May Lose Crown

At the top of Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez teased an upcoming segment on the possibility of Miss California, Carrie Prejean, losing her crown over some racy photos: "And will Carrie lose her crown? Suggestive photos of the already controversial Miss California hit the internet. Are they a deal-breaker?" Later co-host Harry Smith similarly declared: "More hot water for Miss…
Kyle Drennen

Media Deride Tax Haven 'Cheats' and 'Loopholes;' Ignore Benefits

Broadcast news portray Obama policy as increasing government revenue; MSNBC, CNN depict it as eliminating unethical behavior.
Jeff Poor

Politico Hit Piece on Sen. Sessions Uses Left-Wing Racial Talking Poin

Now that Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. has been named the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, some on the far-left are gunning for Alabama's junior senator. The battle is happening as President Barack Obama is on the verge of naming an appointee to the Supreme Court to fill void of Justice David Souter.Some of the left-wing points that suggest Sessions has racist tendencies were…
Jeff Poor

Time Honors ABC’s Chat-fest; Walters Admits Liberal Thought Rules

Newsflash: ABC's "The View" leans left. Barbara Walters, host of the daytime chat-fest revealed to CNN's Anderson Cooper on May 1 that "in general, [the] panel, with the exception of Elisabeth [Hasselbeck], tends to be, shall we say, more liberal." Even casual viewers of Walters and company can tell the show is a liberal bastion. It features Joy Behar's repeated calls for the impeachment…
Colleen Raezler

Colin Powell Bashes Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and GOP

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has once again bashed conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh as well as Alaska Governor Sarah Palin while going a step further this time by piling on the GOP.Following up on last December's acrimonious interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Powell told corporate security executives Monday, "The Republican Party is in deep trouble" adding "I think what Rush…
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread

NB Staff

Olbermann Guest Likens Miss California to Nazi Doll, Makes Crude Sexua

On Thursday’s Countdown show, Michael Musto of the Village Voice made an appearance to help MSNBC host Keith Olbermann lambast Miss California, Carrie Prejean, because of her expression of opposition to same-sex marriage. After Olbermann set up the segment by revealing that Prejean had received breast implants paid for by the Miss California organization, Musto made a number of crude sexual jokes…
Brad Wilmouth

John Edwards Flashback: Praised by Rolling Stone as the 'Real Liberal

How the mighty have fallen.John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, are back in the news because of a book written by the latter about her philandering husband.  Even the New York Times which less than a year ago shunned any mention of the John Edwards scandal which was all over the Blogosphere has weighed in on his fate in the form of a Maureen Dowd column:Elizabeth Edwards would have made a…
P.J. Gladnick

Third CNN Staffer Joins Obama's Team, As Does ABC Vet; Revolving Door

Following the path of CNN Middle East correspondent Aneesh Raman and producer Kate Albright-Hanna, who both jumped aboard the Obama campaign last year, senior political producer Sasha Johnson this week announced she's leaving the network's Washington bureau to take the Press Secretary slot at the Department of Transportation. She won't be the only media vet in that shop. As The Politico's Michael…
Brent Baker

The Non-TARP Lenders Aren’t Making Stories of WH Pressure Up; That M

As of early Tuesday evening, according to a report by Liz Moyer at Forbes, the latest news on the Chrysler bankruptcy filing is that: The recalcitrant non-TARP lenders who would not agree to the deal the government attempted to force on them are now attempting to challenge the deal the government and Chrysler have proposed in bankruptcy court.These lenders want to keep their identities hidden.In…
Tom Blumer

Shuster-fied Tolerance

Inflammatory MSNBC reporter lectures Joe the Plumber on accepting others.
Colleen Raezler

'The Early Show' Uses Palin Drama to Bash Abstinence

As Bristol speaks out for abstinence, CBS focuses on Levi Johnston's disagreement with the family.
Iris Somberg

MSNBC Uses Daily Kos GOP Logo to Bash 'Grand Obsolete Party

Has General Electric's news division at MSNBC officially announced its unequivocal support for the far-left in this nation while abandoning what little remains of its journalistic integrity? Before answering, consider that during Monday's "Countdown," a new GOP logo, created for the perilously liberal website Daily Kos, was used  in a hit piece thoroughly disparaging the Republican Party.Is this…
Noel Sheppard