Weekend Captionfest

Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee holds a pheasant he shot during a hunting trip in Osceola, Iowa December 26, 2007.
NB Staff

California Spendin’: WSJ Notes, Rest of Media Ignore

A hard-hitting subscription-only editorial in the Wall Street Journal today needs some reinforcement. That's because Californians relying on Old Media for their news about the Golden State's dire financial situation are being conditioned to believe that only a tax increase will solve the state's problems. The latest offering in that regard is a Field poll covered at the San Jose Mercury News and…
Tom Blumer

NBC: Musharraf Will Crush Democracy In the Name of 'War on Terror

Tim Graham

NBC: Bhutto Death Boosts Hillary, Cripples War on bin Laden

Tim Graham

Google Claims Conservative Website ‘May Harm Your Computer

A funny thing happens if you Google the name of one of America's leading conservative magazines: a warning comes up stating, "This site may harm your computer." Think I'm kidding? A screen-capture of the first page of Google web search results for "American Spectator" follows, although readers are strongly encouraged to investigate for themselves (image is blurry due to space constraints):
Noel Sheppard

Ann Curry Dismisses Reagan's Foreign Policy Credentials

Justin McCarthy

Oprah Fans: 'Stop Pushing Obama Down Our Throats

Celebrity endorsements, helpful or harmful? The LA Times explores that question with Oprah Winfrey and her endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama as a test case:Although it's true that rallies featuring Winfrey in Iowa and South Carolina have drawn some of the biggest crowds of the campaign so far, Obama's people won't know whether they also triggered a backlash until election day.Winfrey's website…
Matthew Sheffield

Rosie Voted 2007's Most Annoying Celebrity

Rosie O'Donnell may have been one of Time's 100 Most Influential People, but now she is 2007's Most Annoying Celebrity. The woman who surprised blacksmiths everywhere when she claimed that fire can't melt steel trounced her competition in the Parade.com poll, getting 44% of the vote, nearly double the amount of second place winner Paris Hilton. Ann Coulter was third. The woman who admitted that …
Lynn Davidson

Open Thread

What's news today?
NB Staff

The Worst 'Notable Quotables' of

Before we ring in 2008, it's worth taking a look back at some of the liberal media's goofiest or most outrageous moments, courtesy of the Media Research Center's Best Notable Quotables of 2007: The Twentieth Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting. The awards were determined by a panel of 53 distinguished media observers, including radio talk show hosts, magazine editors, editorial writers…
Rich Noyes

Mika Finds 'Friend' to Blame Bush for Bhutto

Call it the Brzezinski Variation of the Some-Say Gambit. In the wake of the Bhutto assassination, Morning Joe panelist Mika Brzezinski has broken out a "friend" to put the blame on George Bush. Joe Scarborough spoke with Mika from Florida, where he has been spending the week. View video here.Excerpts:
Mark Finkelstein

Washington Post Mocks Newt's Book As a 'Smokey the Bear' Pose

Tim Graham

More Lazy Reporting From UPI: Internet 'Not Ideal' For Political Ads

Warner Todd Huston

Winners and Losers of

A look at some of the entertainment triumphs and tragedies of 2007.
L. Brent Bozell III