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

CNN: Even With Obama Gun Control Agenda, Gun Owners 'Might Even Be Par

During a segment on Friday’s Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull program, CNN tried to perpetuate left-wing stereotypes about gun owners, and sent mixed messages about whether or not President Obama and his administration is pushing for gun control. Correspondent Sean Callebs interviewed two Texas professionals who owned guns and concluded, “A nurse, an attorney -- not the usual portrait of Second…
Matthew Balan

Open Thread

NB Staff

AP: Boos for Bush Change to 'Sustained Applause' for Obama on Global W

Tim Graham

Were Shooters Unidentified in Press Because They Were Muslim

Here is something that you NewsBusters fans can help me with because I am having difficulty deciding what is going on with this one. We have a shooting incident in Minnesota perpetrated by three Muslim Somali immigrants but for some reason almost every single media report about the incident omits the names of the shooters, names of obvious North African or ethnic origin. So, the question is, did…
Warner Todd Huston

Shocking LA Times Op-Ed: Liberal Critics Never Listen to Limbaugh

How often have you wondered whether or not the liberals who are so outraged by conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh have ever actually listened to his program?Shockingly, an op-ed in Sunday's Los Angeles Times asked such a question.In fact, author Andrew Klavan took it a step further:If you are reading this newspaper, the likelihood is that you agree with the Obama administration's recent…
Noel Sheppard

CBS: Embryonic Stem Cells Could Provide 'An Unlimited Supply of Blood

Correspondent, scientist avoid discussing the destruction of human life necessary for research to take place.
Kyle Drennen

The Sadness of 'Sexting

New trend of kids sending nude or semi-nude photos of themselves to other kids raises questions of what violates child-pornography laws.
L. Brent Bozell III

ABC Jumps to Publicize Spanish Judge's Quest to Charge Bush Officials

ABC on Sunday night jumped to beat the other networks with the news that a judge in Spain may issue arrest warrants charging several former Bush administration officials with violating the Convention Against Torture. World News Sunday anchor Dan Harris announced: “Six former high level officials of the Bush administration are being targeted tonight by a court in, of all places, Spain. This court…
Brent Baker

The 'GM CEO Resigns at Obama's Request' Open Thread

Did you feel the earth shake under your feet in the past couple of hours?It's because GM CEO Rick Wagoner has resigned...at the request of President Barack Obama.As reported moments ago by Politico (h/t NBer AgentAmerican):
Noel Sheppard

WaPo Blog Poster: 'Way To Be More Retarded Than Palin's Down Syndrome

Barack Obama promised to elevate the level of political discourse.  Some of his apparent admirers didn't get the memo. Take, for example, this user comment on the Washington Post's 44: The Obama Presidency blog today:Considering how many people donated small amounts to his campaign, I imagine it would be difficult to find people who couldn't be considered "backers" in some way. I mean one of…
Mike Bates

Greta Responds to Politico: 'I Have Never Given Gov. Palin Advice

Greta Van Susteren is clearly sick and tired of people accusing her of advising Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.She's also fed up with what she referred to Sunday as a "hit and run":This is why I hate “sources” and where journalism can be grossly unfair — in the law you have to step up on the witness stand and identify yourself and take an oath to tell the truth.According to Van Susteren, that's not what…
Noel Sheppard

Bill Ayers Invited to Speak to Illinois High School Students

This afternoon I learned that Bill Ayers has been invited to speak to high school students in the suburb of Naperville Illinois where he will discuss his days in the Weather Underground. (h/t Doug Ross Journal). The school district is defending the decision with the laughable claim that they would never invite anyone to the school that advocated violence. No kidding, this isn't a joke."While we…
Terry Trippany

Report: Gore’s Lights Left on for Media-Hyped 'Earth Hour

We're nearly 24 hours out of Earth Hour and the media are already proclaiming it a success as Michael Bates pointed out for NewsBusters in a blog post earlier today. However one prominent global warming alarmist reportedly didn't fully participate in the Earth Hour festivities. According to Drew Johnson, president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, global warming activist and former…
Jeff Poor