Howard Dean: Part-Time CNBC Contributor, Part-Time MoveOn.Org Activist

Since former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean stepped down as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, he has ventured into other opportunities. One of those opportunities was to be a business pundit for the financial news channel CNBC, even though Dean's background prior to politics was in medicine. But just over a week later, in an e-mail dated April 2 to MoveOn.org mailing list subscribers…
Jeff Poor

ABC's George Stephanopoulos Lauds 'Star' Michelle Obama

Former Democratic political operative-turned journalist George Stephanopoulos appeared on Friday's "Good Morning America" to tout what a "star" Michelle Obama became during the trip to the G-20 summit in London. After being asked by co-host Chris Cuomo about the decision by the President to take his wife, the "This Week" host effusively responded, "That turned out to be a no-brainer, didn't it,…
Scott Whitlock

Saying Limbaugh Had Taste for Drugs and Murder, Jon Stewart Tells Rush

Tim Graham

ABC's Yunji de Nies Gushes Over 'Cinderella Story' of Michelle Obama

"Good Morning America" reporter Yunji de Nies continued to fawn over Michelle Obama on Friday, lauding how the First Lady shared her "Cinderella story" with a girls school in London. An ABC graphic for the segment opined, "Michelle Wows Europe: First Trip Big Hit." Recounting the positive reception the speech received, de Nies cooed, "But it was her personal touch that made the biggest impact."…
Scott Whitlock

ABCNews.com Misleading Headline: Iowa Gives 'Thumbs Up' to Same-sex Ma

Ken Shepherd

WaPo Collaborates on Front Page Piece With Far-left ProPublica

The Washington Post published an extensive investigative piece about Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Friday which was a collaboration with the far-left media outlet ProPublica (h/t Carter Wood).As NewsBusters executive editor Matt Sheffield and I reported last September, ProPublica was founded by Herb and Marion Sandler, the California billionaires that have contributed millions to liberal…
Noel Sheppard

Dear WSJ: Dumping Is Not Harmful

Despite criticism of dumping, the trade practice is not unfair or damaging.
Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.

Open Thread

NB Staff

Obama in London: Journalists Applaud, Take Keepsake Photos

We've seen this before, self-proclaimed "objective" journalists getting so swept up in infatuation with Barack Obama that they literally applaud his public speeches: The line to get in stretched about 500 feet down a long hallway at the convention center hosting the conference and the 800 seats were all full inside, prompting scores of reporters to line the walls. When Obama arrived, dozens of…
Matthew Sheffield

Kathleen Parker: Is Meghan McCain the GOP's answer to Rush Limbaugh

Kathleen Parker, a "conservative" columnist who has discovered that slamming real conservatives was an easy way to lift herself from her earlier state of relative anonymity, has now turned herself into an inadvertent comedienne. I mean, how can you beat this comedy line on the title of her latest column appearing in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel: "Is Meghan McCain the GOP's answer to Rush…
P.J. Gladnick

Ed Schultz Skeptical of GM's Volt on Radio Show, But Swoons in Commerc

Jack Coleman

Barbara Walters: Hypocrite-in-Chief

“People are looking for something to criticize.” Yes, Barbara they are. And you were once among them.Barbara Walters took exception to complaints from some that the Obamas made a royal mess of British protocol when meeting the queen of England. However, just over a year ago, Walters herself sniffed at the Bush White House for sending her a Christmas card containing [gasp!] “Scripture.”On the…
Erin R. Brown

Enviro-Elmo Gives Green Gospel to Terrible Twos

If the recession has been as hard on Madison Avenue as on other sectors, a lot of marketing types are probably free to watch daytime TV. And if marketing’s your game, that’s time well-spent. You can surf the kiddy shows and learn from the true masters of your art: environmentalists.Their latest coup? Elmo, the most popular character on PBS’ “Sesame Street,” has gone “green.” Literally.The…
Matt Philbin

NYTimes: Obama's Economic Ideas Great... Just Like Hitler's Were

For The New York Times economic scene section for March 31, David Leonhardt came across with one of the most amazing admissions about Obama that I've ever seen in the Times. Namely that Barack Obama is just like Hitler. Now, many of you may be solemnly shaking your head in agreement, but in so doing you would be missing why the Times was comparing Obama to Hitler. You see, Leonhardt didn't mean…
Warner Todd Huston