CBS Reporter: NewsBusters Prompted Story on Bosnia 'Sniper Fire

Confirming the important role that NewsBusters played in exposing Hillary Clinton’s bogus “sniper fire” story, CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson told the Los Angeles Times’s “Web Scout” blog that it was in fact our March 18 NewsBusters item that prompted her to debunk Clinton’s claims in a March 24 report for the CBS Evening News.According to the April 8 posting by David Sarno, the Times’…
NB Staff

Media Pile on Airlines over 'Safety Concerns

BMI Staff

'Today' Jokes About 'Eco-Mom' Hypocrisy

NBC morning show glosses over shortcomings of fad environmentalism.
Nathan Burchfiel

ABC Spins Elizabeth Edwards as 'Passionate Voice' for Change

During an interview with Elizabeth Edwards, "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts spun the wife of the former Democratic presidential candidate as a non-partisan advocate for change on the issue of health care. She lauded her fellow cancer survivor as a "passionate voice in the debate" over the subject. Roberts also nonchalantly explained that a new chapter in Edwards's life includes "…
Scott Whitlock

CBS’s Mitchell Throws Softballs at Biden, NBC’s Lauer Asks Real Qu

On Wednesday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Russ Mitchell began an interview with Senator Joe Biden on the testimony of General Petraeus before Congress this way: "As a long-time critic of the way the Bush Administration has handled the war, were you encouraged by anything General Petraeus said yesterday?" After Biden responded by saying "I'm not at all encouraged that the president has any plan to…
Kyle Drennen

Bozell Column: 'Remarkable' Ted Turner

Brent Bozell

Media Pile on Airlines over 'Safety Concerns

Network news shows finally get on board with criticism of Federal Aviation Administration.
Nathan Burchfiel

Open Thread

News of the day, funny links, etc.
NB Staff

Econ 101: ElectionWatch: Presidents Shouldn't Have 'Plans

Candidates race to present plans for the economy, education, health care and global warming - but a planned economy has never worked before.
Gary Wolfram, Ph.D.

Conservative Rapper Takes on Barack Obama

Matthew Sheffield

PBS Angling For Another Dem Debate -- On Science Issues

Tim Graham

Washington Examiner CEO: Free Content Key to Newspaper Success

Michael Phelps advocates editorial posture 'slightly right of center' and 'pro-business.'
Jeff Poor

Absolut Bias: Leftists Fail to Keep Ad Controversy Out Of Wikipedia

More news from the front of the Wiki Wars, the ideological battle for the soul of Wikipedia: it seems left-wingers at the online encyclopedia site are angry that anyone would want to mention Absolut's reconquista controversy in the vodka maker's article.How do we know this? From reading the "Talk" page for the Wikipedia entry "Absolut Vodka," where people can discuss the article and changes they'…
Matthew Sheffield

Dowd: Condi 'Instrumental in 9/11 Blunder

As accusations against Americans go, surely there's none more serious than that of responsibility for 9/11. Yet Maureen Dowd has seen fit to level just such a charge against Condi Rice en passant: as a simple afterthought, no explanation offered.There I was this morning reading Maureen's musings on yesterday's hearings with Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker. Pretty standard Dowd fare: a…
Mark Finkelstein