'Top Ten Signs Your Presidential Campaign Is in Trouble

From the January 4 Late Show with David Letterman, the “Top Ten Signs Your Presidential Campaign is in Trouble.” 10. When asked what you'd do about Iraq, you say, "Do I Rock?" 9. You're often described as "John Kerry without Charisma" 8. Many of your supporters have been hospitalized because you ordered your campaign buttons from China 7. You've been running negative ads about yourself 6. Only…
Brent Baker

US Media Ignore British Health Service's 'You're on Your Own' Mandates

I've said this before, but it merits saying again: We'll know that the news we're fed every day by the wire services, "newspapers of record," and TV networks is fair, accurate, and complete when those in search of the full picture no longer have to go to the editorials of the Wall Street Journal and Investors Business Daily to fill in Old Media's yawning information and coverage gaps. Among the…
Tom Blumer

CBS, WaPo Trots Out Has-been McGovern: 'Impeach Bush,' 'Worse Than Nix

Warner Todd Huston

Helen Thomas: Bad Journalism and Iraq War Traced Back to Bloggers

The so-called "dean of the White House press corps" is at it again - not abusing her front row position at White House press briefings and criticizing the Bush administration, but this time by taking shots at the new media.Helen Thomas, columnist for Hearst newspapers and long-time White House Press Corp member, blamed bloggers for contributing to the "deterioration" of journalism that led to the…
Jeff Poor

GOP Debate: 8:00 ET

Fox News Channel is hosting another weekend debate tonight featuring the top five Republican presidential candidates. Tune in at 8:00pm ET or watch via the internet.Take part in our live chat or make comments on this thread as it happens.
NB Staff

Ouch: Parade Sunday Insert Touts Bhutto Interview -- As If She Lived

Tim Graham

Silky Won't Pony Up on Populist Flip-Flop

Move over, Bill Clinton. There's a new kid on the block when it comes to looking into the camera and not telling the truth to the American people . . . and his name is John Edwards. To his credit, George Stephanopoulos caught Edwards out today on a key tenet of Silky's candidacy . . . but then let things slide.Edwards was a guest on This Week, and it didn't take him long to don his scourge-of-…
Mark Finkelstein

Fred to MSM: 'I Owe You Nothing

Fred Thompson today blasted the media for propagating a false rumor about his impending withdrawal, while reinforcing the role he has created for himself as the candidate in this race who does not suffer unwelcome questions gladly. Back in Iowa, Thompson famously refused to respond to the debate moderator/school marm's demand for a hand-show on global warming. On this morning's Today, he…
Mark Finkelstein

Hillary's Hired Guns Continue to Shoot (with Bad Aim) at 'Whitewash

The Hillary-lovers continue to attack our book "Whitewash" as full of lies. On his website ConWebWatch, Terry Krepel claims the book "ignores context and exculpatory evidence." His article is headlined "Brent Bozell’s Blackwash." His liberal take is quickly advertised when he attacks the concept of interviewing leading conservatives for the book, from Rush Limbaugh to Sean Hannity to Laura…
Tim Graham

Weekend Captionfest II

Discussing the issue of change, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) looks at former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) during the ABC debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH on January 5, 2008.
NB Staff

CNN's Schneider Labels Obama 'Liberal,' Toobin Labels 'Very Liberal

Brad Wilmouth

ABC's Charles Gibson Provides Balanced Debate Agenda

ABC News and Charles Gibson are no CNN and Anderson Cooper when it comes to skewing the agenda of presidential debates. In the back-to-back Republican followed by Democratic debates from New Hampshire aired between 7 and 11 PM EST Saturday night on ABC, moderator Gibson challenged the presumptions of both sets of candidates with a key talking point being pushed by the other party: He hit…
Brent Baker

Debate Saturday Post Mortem

Win, lose, or draw? Your thoughts on tonight's presidential debates...
NB Staff

CNN's Roland Martin Suggests Most Pro-Lifers Seem 'Hateful

Brad Wilmouth