False 'Moderation' from NY Times Legal Reporter Neil Lewis

Liberally slanted legal reporter Neil Lewis has a scoop-let on President Obama's anticipated first court appointment, the "moderate" Judge David Hamilton, to the federal appeals court in Chicago ("Moderate Is Said to Be Pick for Court"). Lewis saw this upcoming move as a "signal" Obama's future appointees would be "moderate" as well. But how truly moderate is David Hamilton, federal trial court…
Clay Waters
 

'Today' Continues Trek to Discover Obama's Global Appeal

Picking up from Al Roker's puffery about Barack Obama's Irish heritage from yesterday, NBC's Meredith Vieira, on Tuesday's Today show asked Ireland's President Mary McAleese to gauge the U.S. president's popularity on the Emerald Isle as she queried, "Barack Obama, our new president...I understand much loved here...What is it about Barack Obama that instills in, in the people of…

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Santelli: AIG Bonuses Only a 'Political' Outrage of Millions, Focus on

Since his now-famous Chicago Tea Party outburst from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in February, CNBC's Rick Santelli had seemingly disappeared from the spotlight. However, on CNBC's March 17 "Squawk Box," Santelli, using similar theatrics, noted that the Obama administration as been very concerned about $165 million in bonuses paid out to American International Group (AIG)…
Jeff Poor
 

NewsBusters' Noel Sheppard Cited on FNC's 'Special Report

On Monday, Fox News's Bret Baier referred to a NewsBusters piece concerning the coverage of the nationwide Tea Parties being staged to protest the profligate spending under President Obama's economic and housing recovery plans.As NewsBusters reported Sunday, "with the exception of Fox News and CNN, no major television outlet has covered even one of these events except the original proposed by…
NB Staff
 

Santelli: AIG Bonuses Only Millions, Let's Focus on Billions and Trill

Outspoken CNBC Chicago floor reporter questions populist, political outrage over $165 million bonus paid to bailed out executives.
Jeff Poor
 

Time's Joe Klein: Obama May Have to Lecture Israel on Its 'Moral Stand

President Obama may need to call out Israel on its compromised "moral standing" in the world, Time's Joe Klein [file photo at right] argues in a March 17 Swampland blog post.So what does Klein see as Israel's sin? Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu's choice of the hawkish Avigdor Lieberman for foreign secretary. Lieberman's campaign for prime minister was distinguished by his call for a…
Ken Shepherd
 

David Shuster Frets Over Conservative 'Fear Mongering,' 'Wing Nuts

"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" host David Shuster on Monday worried that "conservative fear mongering" about President Barack Obama could be "seriously dangerous." A graphic for the segment hyperbolically read, "Stoking Hatred?" Shuster brought on Republican strategist Brad Blakeman and Democratic counterpart Chris Kofinis to discuss the topic. [audio available here] In a tease for the piece,…
Scott Whitlock
 

Did Stephanopoulos Help Democrats Create GOP Bashing Ad

In January, Politico's John F. Harris exposed a liberal cabal involving telephone calls between White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, ABC's George Stephanopoulos, and CNN's Paul Begala and James Carville.Since then, Americans on both sides of the aisle have wondered just how far-reaching the political influence of these four is on the mainstream media.More importantly, just how much is the…
Noel Sheppard
 

ABC's Stephanopoulos, Sen. McCain Conduct 'Twitterview'; Blogger Mal

Going on right now: the first-ever "Twitterview" between Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and a mainstream journalist. McCain is being interviewed by ABC's George Stephanopoulos. You can follow the debate by checking out the @SenJohnMcCain and @GStephanopoulos feeds on Twitter.Update (12:53 EDT): Below is a transcript of the interview, courtesy of MRC intern Mike Sargent. Sargent also noticed that at…
Ken Shepherd
 

MSNBC’s O’Donnell: Cheney’s Wrong, Bush To Blame For Economy

Near the end of the 3:00PM EST hour on MSNBC on Monday, anchor Norah O’Donnell attacked former Vice President Dick Cheney for arguing that the Bush administration should not be blamed for the economic crisis, exclaiming: "Can't blame the Bush administration? Well, let me show you this. The unemployment rate during the Bush administration rose from 4.2% to 7.6%. Poverty jumped from 32.9 million…
Kyle Drennen
 

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: You tell us.
NB Staff
 

Ultra Secret Website for Behind Scenes Media Planning Sessions Reveale

First came word of the daily secret planning session phone calls between Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and several highly placed Old Media types (Here and here) and now Politico has revealed the existence of a hush, hush web message board where denizens of the lefty media get together on a daily basis and plan how they will all cover the news for the great unwashed out there. But don't worry…
Warner Todd Huston
 

Newsweek Explores 'Jihad Chic' in London

Tim Graham
 

Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Seems to Drop Acid as Newspapers

Today the Seattle Post-Intelligencer publishes its final print edition. So what kind of advice are newspapers getting from people whose job it is to help them remain in business? If they are relying upon advice from Lee Abrams, the Chief Innovation Officer of the Tribune Company,  the future of newspapers is indeed bleak. The advice offered by Abrams sounds like nothing more than the street…
P.J. Gladnick