ABC: High Gas Prices Cancel Church, Christmas and Doctor Visits

In one of the more hyperbolic segments to air on "Good Morning America," ABC reporter Bianna Golodryga fretted that November's unusually high gas prices could lead to poor health, less church and no Christmas. On Monday's program, Golodryga warned viewers that unnamed "reports" allege that "some people are foregoing routine visits to the doctor and are opting for cheaper foods, like pasta and…
Scott Whitlock

CNBC Anchor's 'Gut Feeling' Says No Recession

'Face of CNBC' Maria Bartiromo tells 'Today' she has doubts about economic downturn despite gloom and doom reporting.
Jeff Poor

Is the Media More Liberal Than the United Nations

The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is meeting this week in Valencia, Spain, to adopt and approve the contents of its Fourth Assessment Report first released in February. If expectations for the proceedings pan out, it seems quite likely that media will change their view of this organization, and begin attacking it as too conservative. In fact, in anticipation of this…
Noel Sheppard

AJC's Rhonda Cook Dusts Off Max Cleland Victimization Meme

A red meat speech to Gwinnett County, Georgia, Democrats was cause for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Rhonda Cook to whip up a 15-paragraph Max Cleland press release just in time for Veteran's Day. Not once were any Georgia Republicans quoted for balance in Cook's November 11 story, as the former senator and Vietnam veteran thundered about impending doom for Republicans both nationwide an in…
Ken Shepherd

Open Thread

For general debate and discussion. Possible talking point: How serious are the recent crack's in Hillary's campaign? Will her two-week stumble lead to a train wreck, or will her campaign, aided by an adoring media, regain its footing in time for the upcoming primaries and caucuses?
NB Staff

Conspiratorial Wink of the Hillary Plant

UPDATE, see below: Shuster says "watch the wink."Sometimes, the smallest gestures are the most significant . . . Have a look at the freeze-frame. It shows the moment at which the young woman in Iowa this weekend is retaking her seat after posing that planted question to Hillary about climate change. As you'll see, she's flashing someone a conspiratorial wink and smile. "Morning Joe" rolled the…
Mark Finkelstein

Michelle Obama: Inferiority Complex Prevents Blacks From Supporting Ob

Guess I won't be calling Mika Brzezinski a "newsreader" again anytime soon. The "Morning Joe" panelist went to Iowa over the weekend and scored an in-depth interview with Michelle Obama that elicited a highly-controversial suggestion from the candidate's wife. According to Mrs. Obama, her husband isn't polling better among African-Americans because in the back of their minds, many blacks think…
Mark Finkelstein

Streep, Clooney Compare Right Wing to Nazis, Salem Witch Burners

Tim Graham

KMYL Radio: Calling Rapist Hispanic Is 'Racist

If a person of Hispanic origin rapes a woman and, in an attempt to catch this violent criminal, police publish a description identifying the suspect's general racial makeup, is that a "racist" thing to do? Apparently the folks at KMYL (1190 AM) in the metro Phoenix, Arizona area think it is. It appears that we cannot even discuss the basic appearance of a wanted criminal now without being "racist…
Warner Todd Huston

NBC Reports Saddam Hussein Planned to Re-start Nuclear Program

Brad Wilmouth

Will Gore Be Time’s ‘Person of the Year

How could Global Warmingist-in-Chief Al Gore best finish a year in which he won an Academy Award, an Emmy, and a Nobel Peace Prize? How about being named Time magazine's "Person of the Year?" Wouldn't that be special? Well, according to Jon Friedman at Market Watch, Gore is a shoo-in (emphasis added throughout):
Noel Sheppard

A Global Temperature Chart Not in Gore’s Movie

Noel Sheppard

CNN Uses Wounded, Homeless Vets to Indict Bush, U.S

On Veteran's Day, the cable network says America's treatment of retired servicemen is a national shame.
Brian Fitzpatrick

Two Nets Salute Vets

Fox, NBC honor American military veterans without playing politics.
Kristen Fyfe