It's Easy Being Green: Just Listen to Celebrities

Nickelodeon inserts green propaganda into Kids' Choice Awards program.
Colleen Raezler

'Hardball' Host Matthews Refers to Sarah Palin as a 'Mail-Order Bride

If you watch MSNBC's "Hardball," you really have to scratch your head and wonder what host Chris Matthews is thinking when he opens his mouth sometimes. On the March 30 broadcast of "Hardball," Matthews, MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan and Newsweek's Howard Fineman were discussing what they perceived to be a rift between former GOP vice-presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her…
Jeff Poor

ABC Trumpets How Japanese Use Obama to Learn English

Monday's World News concluded with a story touting how a school in Japan, which ABC failed to note is affiliated with the Washington Post Company, uses President Obama's speeches to help teach English. Anchor Charles Gibson poured on the flattery:Finally tonight, there's the old saying that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well if that is the case, hundreds of students in Japan are…
Brent Baker

Fox News Host Beck Slams Connecticut AG: 'You are an Insult to George

Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck has already shown he's a rating success and is leaving a mark in cable news. However, he may have pulled one of his most successful performances yet. Beck interviewed Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on his March 30 broadcast. But, the radio and TV host took the opportunity to tell Blumenthal what he thought of his investigation into the bonuses…
Jeff Poor

Ayers Visit to High School Canceled, Book Store Follows Suit

The school district reviewing the invite of Bill Ayers to a Napervile Illinois High School has canceled the appearance by the former terrorist and his wife Bernardine Dohrn. The community was up in arms after having learned of the invite. Also canceled was the post appearance book signing at Anderson's Book Shop in the same town. School Superintendent Alan Leis released the following statement:…
Terry Trippany

Wall Street Bets Obama Will Fire Bank CEOs Next Says CNBC Reporter

After General Motors (NYSE:GM) Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner was forced out by President Barack Obama, Wall Street is betting bank CEO firings will be the next shoe to drop.  CNBC's New York Stock Exchange floor reporter Bob Pisani told viewers of CNBC's March 30 "Street Signs" the market's actions, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropping as much as 300 points, are reflect, in part…
Jeff Poor

CBS’s Rooney Dismisses Viewers Criticizing His Pro-Obama Bias

On Sunday’s CBS 60 Minutes, commentator Andy Rooney read from some viewer letters: "It's always fun to read the letters people send, I get a lot of them, although, to be honest, if I took all the letters seriously I wouldn't ever say anything again. I get quite a few bad letters and, of course, I pay least attention to those. I don't want you to see me cry."Some of those "bad letters" came from…
Kyle Drennen

Newsweek Editor Defends Notre Dame in Op-ed, Fails to Disclose Son Wor

Update (March 31, 18:42 EDT): This blog post was mentioned on the "Grapevine" segment on FNC's "Special Report with Bret Baier." Video added at 13:00 EDT on April 1, 2009.[audio available here]A contributing editor of a major weekly news magazine pens a newspaper op-ed defending a controversial decision by a prominent Catholic university. Said editor's son is a marketing executive for said…
Ken Shepherd

NBC's David Gregory, Unintentional Comedian

File this one in the "When I Need a Laugh" folder: David Gregory, host of NBC's "Meet the Press," told this week's Parade Magazine, "I don't accept the proposition that I have an ideological point of view that comes through. I work very hard to avoid that." Gregory must have adopted a new attitude toward his work after taking over "Meet the Press" following the death of his colleague, Tim…
Colleen Raezler

NBC's Lewis Shuns Global Warming Skeptics

NBC climastrologer and all-around nice guy George Lewis said on Sunday's "Today" show that global warming is at least partly the fault of mankind. More disturbing, however, is the fact that exactly zero consideration was given to actual scientific criticism of such a viewpoint. CARTER ROBERTS, World Wildlife Fund: We're definitely asking people to do a couple things. To turn off the lights, but…
Mike Sargent

CBS: Embryonic Stem Cells Could Provide ‘An Unlimited Supply of Bloo

Monday’s CBS Early Show promoted embryonic stem cell research as co-host Julie Chen declared: "And blood shortages at hospitals could become a thing of the past. We're going to tell you how stem cells could hold the key to creating artificial blood." She later teased the story: "Up next, a doctor's dream, an unlimited supply of blood. We're going to tell you how one researcher thinks it can…
Kyle Drennen

CNN Segment Blames 'Stingy Voters' for Rejecting Tax Hike for Mass Tra

Should the voters in St. Louis feel guilty? If you're a CNN viewer, you would assume so.  A segment that aired on CNN's March 29 "State of the Union" looked at some of the cutbacks that will go in effect on March 30 to the St. Louis bus and light rail systems. "Metro faces a more than $50 million budget gap, two dozen bus routes are being eliminated, others shortened or put on less frequent…
Jeff Poor

MSNBC Skips ID of Lefty Filmmaker; Grilled Conservative Documentarian

During the 10am hour of "MSNBC News Live" on Monday, host Tamron Hall completely skipped the ideology of a left-wing documentarian as she talked with him about his new movie "Rethink Afghanistan," which claims that "troops are not the answer" in that country. Hall never identified Director Robert Greenwald, who has made documentaries such as "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism," and "…
Scott Whitlock

CBS’s Smith: GM CEO’s ‘Head Went Rolling Off The Guillotine

While reporting on President Obama forcing General Motors CEO Richard Wagoner to resign, on Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith happily declared: "It's the end of the road for GM's CEO, Rick Wagoner, ousted by President Obama as the White House demands more from the U.S. auto industry...we saw Bob Schieffer's interview with Barack Obama Sunday Morning and he said we need more from the…
Kyle Drennen