CNN's Rick Sanchez: Democrat Think Tank Is 'Down Now in the Middle

Today on CNN Newsroom, anchor Rick Sanchez attacked Senator James Inhofe's (R-OK) assertion that Barack Obama is disarming America.  Joining Sanchez was Jim Arkedis of the Progressive Policy Institute.  Sanchez wanted viewers to believe the PPI is a nonpartisan think tank.  He ran a video of Inhofe denouncing Obama's proposals followed with:SANCHEZ: Cutting and gutting the military budget.Joining…
Mike Bates

MSNBC Pro-Union Host Ed Schultz Received $22K from Labor in

New TV talking head took money in 2008 from steelworker, air traffic controller and plumber unions for speaking, public relations fees.
Jeff Poor

FNC’s Beck on Left-Wing Media Tea Party Criticism: 'They Don’t Get

Some groups on the left may have it out for anti-tax tea party movement, but according to one of the movement's biggest proponents - it is because they don't understand it from a hierarchical perspective. Although there are reports that ACORN, The Huffington Post and the Daily Kos wanting to infiltrate the rallies, or crying foul for other reason - Beck, who appeared on Fox News Channel's April…
Jeff Poor

Fraud-Proof Ratings System Reveals Talk Radio's Higher Numbers, So Lef

The Left's Preferred Weaponry - Sometimes The Left is so often keen on science and technology - until they're not.  The moment modernity proves them wrong, they demand a return to the Dark Ages. They bawdily bandy about the "scientific consensus" on global warming.  Until mounting contrary evidence and with it an ever-growing number of scientists…
Seton Motley

Steve Harvey: Wait 90 Days to ‘Give Up the Cookie

In a surprising turn for the network, ABC’s “Nightline” included a strong pro-abstinence message on April 6 when it featured comedian and radio host Steve Harvey.Harvey is the author of the New York Times bestseller “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” which is all about love and relationships and includes advice on waiting to “give up the cookie.”Sharyn Alfonsi’s insightful interview with Harvey…
Erin R. Brown

LA Times Columnist's Farewell: 'Bail Out Journalism

Is this really what it has come to - columnists lobbying the government for a bailout? Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University law school professor, wrote in her last column for the Los Angeles Times on April 9 that it is time for a government bailout for journalism because our way of society is reliant on that profession for its survival. "If newspapers become mostly infotainment websites - if…
Jeff Poor

LA Times Columnist: 'Bail Out Journalism

Rosa Brooks ask readers, 'Other democracies pay for accurate reporting, so why shouldn't the U.S.?'
Jeff Poor

Bob Schieffer Whacks Bernie Goldberg: He 'Makes A Living Criticizing C

Tim Graham

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Ken Shepherd

CBS Lines Up Three Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Against One Opponent

[Update, 3:34 pm Eastern: Please read Erin Brown's analysis of the CBS segment on the Culture and Media Institute's website.] In a promo on Thursday’s Early Show, CBS asked if same-sex “marriage” is “inevitable in all 50 states,” and during their segment on the issue, seemed to answer this rhetorical question affirmatively. The network also lined up four sound bites from three individuals who…
Matthew Balan

ABC's Dan Harris: Is Bad News the New Porn

Is pessimism about the economy really the new porn? ABC's Dan Harris inquired about that possibility in an April 9 "Quick Fix" video for ABCNews.com. But he didn't examine ABC's role in promoting pessimistic or apocalyptic news which has been happening for years. "Here's something I'm fixated on this week," Harris teased. "A little something called pessimism porn. That is a term coined by…
Julia A. Seymour

Couric Campaigns For Gun Control, Tosses Softballs To A.G. Holder

Katie Couric is on the warpath, so to speak.In her "Evening News" interview with Attorney General Eric Holder last night, Couric pushed Holder several times to commit to heightened restrictions on access to firearms. This comes in light of her recent biased blog post on Couric and Co., which NewsBusters noted yesterday.First, Couric pressed Holder on reinstating the assault weapons ban, noting…
Mike Sargent

Biden's Latest Whoppers on Meetings With Bush: Something You'll Likely

That Joe Biden and the truth have been distant acquaintances from time to time was recently seen in March (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog) when the Vice President claimed that Louisiana was losing 400 jobs a day. Louisiana at the time was actually gaining jobs.The math-challenged Biden, who infamously said during the presidential campaign that the word “jobs” has three letters, is now making claims…
Tom Blumer

ABC Asks: Is Bad News the New Porn

Some people are becoming addicted to bad economic news and ABC should share some of the blame.
Julia A. Seymour