'GMA' Discourages Enforcement of Immigration Laws

Sawyer offers one-sided account that includes need for Mexican labor, emotional pleas and misleading information.
Jeff Poor

Couric Lobs 11 Softballs for Feminist Reporter on Blog Interview

Writing at her "Couric & Co." blog this morning, CBS's Katie Couric gave journalist/feminist polemicist Susan Faludi a platform to flesh out her theory that the mainstream media have harnessed fears of terrorism post-9/11 to socially repress women and resurrect myths of the Old West. Here, for example, is Faludi's response to Couric's question about why Faludi penned her latest book:
Ken Shepherd

Left-Wing Think Tank Complains of Bulgarian Hooker Shortage

Stuart James

MSNBC Bought Out Newsvine.com

Ken Shepherd

ABC Blames Angry, Emotional Americans for Immigration Debate

On Monday's "Good Morning America," co-host Diane Sawyer reported live from Mexico and repeatedly blamed U.S. rage for much of the controversy over illegal immigration. After introducing a segment on the problem, Sawyer lectured, "So a lot of Americans are erupting in anger. While others say, 'Who are we kidding? It's too late to complain.'" Sawyer then opined that efforts to stem the tide of…
Scott Whitlock

Should Chris Matthews be Allowed to Moderate GOP Debates

In the wake of MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews's deplorable comments regarding the Bush administration having "finally been caught in their criminality," many conservatives are wondering if this clearly left-leaning pundit should be allowed to moderate GOP presidential debates including this Tuesday's.To address the growing controversy, Fox News's "Fox & Friends" invited media members…
Noel Sheppard

Say Goodbye to Baseball and 'Bulgarian Hookers,' Say Hello to Genocide

Liberal think tank the media cite issues its list of 'Top 100 Effects of Global Warming.'
Stuart James

Gallup Poll: Republicans and Independents Think Media Skews Left

Warner Todd Huston

Eek! FNC's Greg Kelly Asks Isn't Media Matters Just Like MRC

Tim Graham

MSNBC Republican: Scarborough Wants to 'Write a Campaign Check' to Bob

Joe Scarborough: MSNBC's kind of Republican. The sort who not only tells a Democrat he's "very badly" needed in Washington. Who not merely expresses the desire to write him a campaign check. But who even volunteers [tongue-in-cheek, one would hope] to do illegal check-bundling for him a la Norman Hsu.After recently putting in an embarrassingly sycophantish performance when interviewing Hillary…
Mark Finkelstein

Extra! Extra! NYT Corrects A Mistake

Mike Bates

Open Thread

Happy Columbus Day!
NB Staff

What If a Republican Called, Like Obama, for God's 'Kingdom on Earth

"This is Anne Jones, reporting live from the headquarters of the ACLU, where the organization has issued a 'DEFCON 1 Threat-to-the-Constitution Alert' in the wake of a Republican presidential candidate's call for the creation of God's 'kingdom on earth.' We're speaking with ACLU representative Amanda Rogers. Ms. Rogers, now that a Republican candidate has brought the wall that separates church…
Mark Finkelstein

WashPost: Charles Gibson Marched in Vietnam Protests

Tim Graham