CNN Popping Off About Guns

Every event is a chance for the media to spin. CNN twisted the latest college shooting to blame it on business, instead of a crazed killer.On the Feb. 17 "American Morning," Veronica De La Cruz showed how two Web sites, operated by "the same owner," sold products to the shooters in both the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University tragedies. She said it was "pretty shocking to figure this…
Dan Gainor

Reuters: Danish Rioters Merely 'Youths

The British newswire that strenuously avoids calling a terrorist a terrorist also has trouble identifying the radical religious motivations for rioters setting Denmark ablaze.Roger Kimball of Pajamas Media has the story:Consider the opening of this story from Reuters about the latest rash of rioting in Copenhagen:Danish youths riot for sixth night Gangs of rioters set fire to cars and garbage…
Ken Shepherd

Open Thread

NB Staff

CNN Targets Gun Web Sites

Following college murders, reporter goes after company that has 'shocking' connection to two big shootings.
Dan Gainor

Boston Globe Celebrates 'Year of Rat' With List of All Democrat Rats

In a multicultural extravaganza, the Boston Globe celebrated the Chinese New Year, the "year of the rat," by giving us a nice list of "famous" Americans who are "rats." (Rats are those born in the years 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, and 1996) The Globe defined a "rat" as someone who is "charming, clever, hard-working, intelligent, practical, and social," this according to "Chinese…
Warner Todd Huston

Nets Don't Disclose Bill Clinton Confronted African-American

Update: Rush Reads From ItemRush Limbaugh read the first two paras of this item during his first half-hour today, citing "our buddies at NewsBusters." Thanks, Rush! Audio here.If a supremely prominent Republican who was John McCain's chief surrogate had gotten into an angry confrontation at a campaign event, do you think the broadcast networks would have promptly let us know his interlocutor was…
Mark Finkelstein

WaPo Ombud Counts Primary Photos, Admits Obama Overdone

Tim Graham

So Much for Compassion: Leftist Trashes NIU After NIU Shooting

Tim Graham

Nets Slam Gun Rights

Following the Valentine's Day shootings at NIU, the network tom-toms pounded out the familiar anti-Second Amendment beat – even taking whacks at Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Brian Fitzpatrick

Kids, Courage and Character

Sometimes facing your fears can have unexpected results.
Kristen Fyfe

NYT Publishes Suspicious Political 'Conversion' Story

Anybody who has spent even a little time reading the left-wing blogs on the Web have probably run across frequent political "conversion" stories. The theme is all too familiar. A friend or relative is an insensitive Republican who just won't listen to the enlightened liberal soul posting the story. However, due to the perceived excesses of the evil Bush administration or the ever wise arguments…
P.J. Gladnick

Howard Kurtz Bashes Media's Presidential Campaign Coverage

I'm not sure what got into Howard Kurtz Sunday morning, but the Washington Post/CNN media analyst, and "Reliable Sources" host, really laid into the press for their horrible coverage of the presidential campaign.Maybe more surprising, Kurtz voiced his displeasure with both print and television news coverage, as well as what was being written and said about the candidates on both sides of the…
Noel Sheppard

AP Lets Hillary Adviser Ickes Play Both Sides of MI-FL Delegate Issue

In changing his tune on whether delegates from Michigan and Florida should be able to vote their preferences at the Democratic National Convention based on the results of those states' primaries, Harold Ickes has gone from DNC hack to Hillary Clinton flack. Yesterday, Associated Press reporter Hope Yen gave Ickes an open microphone to "explain" himself, and showed no skepticism regarding Ickes's…
Tom Blumer

Another Aging Rocker Tells a Republican to Stop Using Song

Warner Todd Huston