GOP Debate Live Thread

The GOP presidential candidates will be debating this afternoon at 4:00pm Eastern. This will be the first debate in which Fred Thompson will be participating.Discuss the debate on this thread or (if you are a registered NB user), join the live chat here.
Matthew Sheffield
 

'American Morning' Criticizes Southwest Airlines for Not Allowing Offe

CNN leaves out airline policies regarding Floridian's suggestive shirt that 'uses sexual double entendre to promote a fictional fishing tackle shop.'
Jeff Poor
 

NBC’s Las Vegas Takes Dirty Swipe at Rush Limbaugh

"It hotter than Rush Limbaugh's scrotum in polyester pant!"For an episode focused on prostitutes, robbery, and bowling, the executives at NBC still managed to insult conservative Rush Limbaugh. Last Friday’s episode of Las Vegas had the casino spa's manicurist Polly, known for her racy sexual commentary, taking a yoga class. Her instructor warns her against drinking too much water, and the…
Kristine Lawrence
 

Climate Project Brings Gore’s Global Warming Slideshow to a Senior C

Have you heard about The Climate Project? This is an organization founded by soon-to-be-Nobel Laureate Al Gore designed to train mindless automatons the Global Warmingist-in-Chief’s factually flawed slideshow so that they can travel around the world inciting hysteria about manmade global warming. And, of course, make Al Gore more money! Maybe most deplorable, their lectures are given at…
Noel Sheppard
 

AP Once Again Neglects Party Label for Phony Soldier Mayor

Ken Shepherd
 

NYT Called Haditha a 'Massacre' -- But Murder Case Against Marines Col

Clay Waters
 

David Gregory Wonders Is West Turning Blue, Discovers Democrats Say Ye

Geoffrey Dickens
 

ABC Gleefully Plays Watergate Tapes Attacking 'Dumb' Thompson

On Tuesday's "Good Morning America," ABC contributor Brian Ross chose the day of Fred Thompson's first debate to slam the 2008 candidate for his work as a lawyer on the Watergate hearings 34 years ago and also play clips questioning the then-attorney's intelligence. The investigative correspondent intoned that although Thompson has touted his role in the hearings, "a much different, less valiant…
Scott Whitlock
 

Alerting Bin Laden's Compatriots (ABC): Al Qaeda Goes Dark Thanks to N

Ken Shepherd
 

Who's the Bigot Now? WashPost Finds Self-Loathing Latino Lobbyist

Tim Graham
 

‘Fox & Friends’ Takes on MSNBC’s Dan Abrams and Chris Matthews

As NewsBusters reported, MSNBC's Dan Abrams pointed an accusatory finger at Fox News Monday claiming, "The Republicans have had Fox News, and O'Reilly in particular, in their pocket on the Republican talking points since 1996." Clearly not pleased, the "Fox & Friends" crew took Abrams to task for his statements Tuesday, especially co-host Gretchen Carlson (file photo above right) who…
Noel Sheppard
 

NewsBusted Comedy Webcast, Episode

It's Tuesday which means another episode of "NewsBusted!" Watch the show over at the top of the sidebar of this page. We're mixing it up this week, mainly by featuring Jodi Miller as the comedian. Click here to see the show archive, you can also subscribe to "NewsBusted" to be automatically notified via email whenever we post new vlogs.I'm pleased to report that thanks to the link Matt Drudge…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate...
NB Staff
 

Chait Doesn't Just Hate Bush: Loathes Lower Taxes, Too

Jonathan Chait is one of the Founding Fathers of Bush Derangement Syndrome. Way back in '03, the New Republic senior editor authored one of BDS's early, seminal works: "The Case for Bush Hatred," whose very sentence was the subtle: "I hate President George W. Bush."Ah, but Jonathan Chait isn't a mere one-hatred man. As of this morning, we can conclusively state that in addition to his animus…
Mark Finkelstein