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Topics in this episode (filmed before McCain news): Barack Obama hires an old JFK speechwriter, Hillary Clinton campaign hits financial trouble, U.S. Latino population expected to triple by 2050, NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg says "threat" of global warming just as bad as terrorism, and a musical version of "Fight Club?"Like the show? Get involved! Add NewsBusted as a friend on MySpace, subscribe…

All three broadcast network evening newscasts led Thursday night with the New York Times story alleging an improper relationship by John McCain with a female lobbyist, but questions about the journalistic standards of the newspaper were given as much consideration as the allegations against McCain. All three ran a soundbite from Rush Limbaugh denouncing the paper while ABC and CBS featured…

What do the Academy Awards -- and mainstream media movie critics -- have against family-friendly films?

For 20/20 it's infidelity, for Nightline it's the merits of porn.

The network leaves one question unanswered: why do some physicians still say infants don't feel pain?

Show aired one day after Jane Fonda dropped the c-word on NBC's Today.

From Elisabeth Bumiller's New York Times follow-up article of today [emphasis added]:Later in the day, one of Mr. McCain’s senior advisers directed strong criticism at The Times in what appeared to be a deliberate campaign strategy to wage a war with the newspaper. Mr. McCain is deeply distrusted by conservatives on several issues, not least because of his rapport with the news media, but he…

Guilt by association, that's the trick that the AP just pulled on the wife of GOP presidential candidate John McCain. In a story about the non-story du jour, AP writer Libby Quaid has placed Cindy McCain in with jilted political wives of the likes of Hillary Clinton, Suzanne Craig, Dina McGreevey, and Carlita Kilpatrick. They even reached back into the graveyard of political careers and dug up…

The remaining Democratic presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, are squaring off for what may be their final battle in Texas. The two will be debating tonight at 8:00pm Eastern. The debate will be carried on both CNN and Univision. Join your fellow NBers either here on this thread or in the live chat and share your comments about the event. Web video for the television…

Associated Press writer Tini Tran, in covering the fallout inside Mainland/Communist China from Steven Spielberg's decision to resign from his position as artistic adviser to the Beijing Olympics over that country's involvement in Darfur, introduced the critical reaction to his decision as a "groundswell" rising up from the public. But the detail presented indicates that the reaction came from…

The Left is positively gleeful at news that John McCain may have had a "close bond" with lobbyist, Vicki Iseman. Apparently, anonymous claims that people close to the campaign were "concerned" is all it takes to justify a major story in the New York Times. And exuberant blogging from the Leftosphere. Fortunately, one Lefty blogger -- Greg Sargent -- stopped to think about what they were making a…

The folks in North Dakota could certainly use some of that global warming right about now, for all through the state, sub-zero temperatures are breaking records.As reported by the Bismarck Tribune Thursday:

One of the cornerstones of climate alarmism is that global warming is causing stronger, more destructive tropical storms.If you don't believe me, just ask the Global Warmingist-in-Chief Al Gore.Well, on Thursday, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration issued a press release that should make the Nobel Prize committee demand Gore immediately return his award and their money.As…