Obama's Pre-approved 'Press List' At Last Getting Notice

A month ago, I noted a comment by Chicago Sun-Times writer Carol Marin who was mildly complaining that President Obama never goes before the press without having a list of pre-approved journalists upon whom he'll call during a press conference. She offhandedly quipped that in the press corps, "most of us don't even bother raising our hands any more to ask questions because Obama always has before…
Warner Todd Huston

Lincoln in Lavender

CBS fuels one-sided gay myth about America's 16th president
Erin Brown

Glamour-ous Terminations

Popular women's magazine promises 'unbiased' information; delivers one-sided pro-abortion take.
Colleen Raezler

AP Credits 'First Woman to Swim Atlantic' for Impossible 2,100-mile

Well, this sports feat is one for the record books.Not as a legitimate accomplishment, mind you. No, this story is a leading candidate to win the "Biggest Sports Hoax Ever Swallowed by a Wire Service" prize.Danica Coto of the Associated Press got duped into believing that 56 year-old Jennifer Figge had completed a 2,100-mile swim across the Atlantic Ocean in a jaw-dropping 25 days (HT to…
Tom Blumer

Pelosi Posts YouTube Video of Frank Saying Bonuses are Bribes

While most people might be offended by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) saying bonuses are like bribes, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) was so enamored with such talk that she actually posted a video of the Massachusetts Congressman's disgusting remarks at YouTube.As NewsBusters previously reported, during Wednesday's House Financial Services Committee hearing, Frank chastised the CEOs in…
Noel Sheppard

Maddow Guest Leahy Wants Bush-era Show Trials for 'Investigating' of C

Jack Coleman

Couric Celebrates 'Stimulus' Deal by Giggling Along with Pelosi

Katie Couric teased Wednesday's CBS Evening News by excitingly trumpeting: “Tonight, they've got a deal! Congress reaches agreement on an economic stimulus plan.” She soon shared her enthusiasm in a taped interview with a triumphant House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Couric giggled along with Pelosi while asking if she was “surprised how intimately involved” President Obama “is in the whole process?”…
Brent Baker

Sessions Pledges to Lead Filibuster Against Fairness Doctrine

There's been a lot of news about Democratic senators supporting the reinstitution of the Fairness Doctrine. Last week Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said it was "absolutely time to pass a standard." Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, came out with a similar message, saying, "We need the Fairness Doctrine back." However, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is serving as the voice of sanity in the debate and has…
Jeff Poor

NBC Relays Ahmadinejad’s Call for ‘Mutual Respect,’ Skips Anti-A

Tuesday’s NBC Nightly News presented a more whitewashed view of prospects for better relations with Iran compared to ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson as NBC’s Brian Williams portrayed Iranians as receptive to Barack Obama’s recent call for talks between the two nations as long as there was "mutual respect." Williams: "President Obama called on Iran to send a signal that it was ready to talk,…
Brad Wilmouth

Chris Matthews Charmed: Obama is 'Fred Astaire Out There

When "Hardball," guest and former John McCain adviser Mark McKinnon suggested Barack Obama, in his first few days in office, is discovering what George W. Bush found out, that being President is "a hard job," Chris Matthews, on Wednesday night's show, vehemently disagreed, saying Obama "doesn't look he's having a hard time...he's Fred Astaire out there...he still moves around with incredible…
Geoffrey Dickens

On PBS, Bill Moyers Invited Two Leftists to Indict Media For Aiding an

On Friday night, PBS star Bill Moyers took up the question of the media’s coverage of President Obama. It was not a liberal vs. conservative debate. His panel was two left-wing bloggers: Glenn Greenwald of Salon and Jay Rosen of PressThink. Unsurprisingly, they felt the media weren’t "progressive" enough. But Greenwald went far beyond that, making claims that "establishment media venues" forged a…
Tim Graham

CBS: Cutting Greenhouse Emissions Needed to Save Birds from Global War

On Tuesday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent John Blackstone presented the view that cutting greenhouse gas emissions is necessary to save birds from global warming, as the report related that migration patterns have changed as a result of rising temperatures. Blackstone vaguely relayed that Audubon scientists somehow "found" that "reducing greenhouse gas emissions" could be beneficial to birds…
Brad Wilmouth

ABC's Terry Moran to Obama: Why Don't You Just Fire Bank Execs

Scott Whitlock

CBS: Israeli ‘Hardliner’ Netanyahu is ‘Hitch’ to Pro-Obama Liv

On Tuesday’s CBS Evening News, even after Katie Couric introduced a story about Israel’s election which will determine the next prime minister as being "too close to call," correspondent Richard Roth’s report spent more time focusing on the popularity of center-left Kadima party candidate Tzipi Livni – whom the report linked to Barack Obama – and featured positive soundbites of her supporters,…
Brad Wilmouth