NYT Defends Running 'Kiddie Porn

Mithridate Ombud

LA Times Wrong, But This Time They Admit It

I hope this doesn't throw you out of your chair, but the LA Times was wrong in an article. The difference between this day and every other day is that this time they admit it. The story in question was one that ran 18 months ago about baseball players on steroids named in court documents which by now you've probably heard plenty about. The LA Times, using anonymous sources of course, (do you see…
Mithridate Ombud

'Tis the Season for Post-Christmas Bias at the New York Times

Does the New York Times let bias creep into its post-Christmas reports on the shopping season just completed? Smart-aleck answer: Is Maureen Dowd obsessed with Dick Cheney? (His name appears in 295 of her columns, all but four appearing during the last seven-plus years. That would be almost 40 Cheney inclusions per year, probably close to half the number of columns she has written during that…
Tom Blumer

Matthews: 'Conservative Gut But Liberal Beliefs Because I've Thought T

Any man who is under 30 and is not a liberal has no heart; and any man who is over 30 and not a conservative has no brains. - Winston Churchill I guess we know what old Winston would think of Chris Matthews, then. Appearing on Morning Joe today, the Hardball host turned the Churchillian maxim upside down, claiming his gut leans right but his head pulls him left.Chris was conversing with MJ…
Mark Finkelstein

Controversial Study on Illegal Immigration to Be Released Tomorrow

Lynn Davidson

Open Thread

NB Staff

Fear Factor: 'Everybody Scared to Death of Clintons

Chris Matthews was in full flight on today's Morning Joe, vividly expressing himself on everything from the historic shockwaves that an Obama Iowa victory would send, to Media Matters's role as a Hillary front, to the attitude of NewsBusters. But the Hardball host was especially animated in describing the way the Clintons use intimidation to keep people in line.CHRIS MATTHEWS: In the world, in…
Mark Finkelstein

AP Gets a Whackin' Over Thompson Attackin

Warner Todd Huston

Dan Gainor Praises Velshi, Golodryga on FBN

Business & Media Institute Director Dan Gainor appeared on the Fox Business Network December 21, 2007, to discuss the media's coverage of the economy. Full of Christmas spirit, Gainor had kind words for two mainstream reporters."Even in the mainstream media there are people who get it. Looking back this year one of the big stars whose improvement was surprising is CNN's Ali Velshi who…
Nathan Burchfiel

Washington Post Iraq Gloom: Not Even Dogs Should Live There

Tim Graham

Huck-a-unbeatable? Shuster Says Mike Would Defeat Any Dem

See Update at Foot: Matthews suggests MSM pushing Mike because he's a sure loser.Should we call him Mike "Huck-a-unbeatable"?As noted here, on Monday David Shuster predicted that Mike Huckabee would win the White House if matched up against Hillary Clinton. Appearing on Morning Joe today at 6:05 AM ET, the MSNBC correspondent took his optimism about Huckabee's prospects a quantum leap further,…
Mark Finkelstein

AP Buries Dem Label Plus Omits Claims of Corruption, Money Trouble

How thoughtful of the AP to give NewsBusters a Christmas contestant for “Name That Party.” Consider this post our thank you note for the timely gift! In this December 25 article, the AP buried the party affiliation of Democratic Philadelphia mayor John F. Street in the very last sentence of a ten-paragraph article about the mayor taking an extra $111,000 in pay raises that he rejected while in…
Lynn Davidson

Cleverly Firing Back at Atheism

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible fires back at the cultural clout atheists in America have been enjoying.
Robert Knight

Holding Breath and Turning Blue: Denying Bush's Power

Tim Graham