CBS's Storm Blogs About Toby Keith, Actually Praises His Patriotism

As a country music fan, it often frosts me to flip open the pages of a newspaper and read snide, left-of-center snark from music reviewers about the right-leaning, patriotic sentiments of country musicians. Toby Keith, in particular, has been a favorite target of liberal journalists, although the tide's been turning a bit of late.So here's something that might just end up "Shock'n Y'All": CBS "…
Ken Shepherd

Rappers Testify Before Congress as Lawmakers Examine Lyrics

Are profane, sexist, and violent rap lyrics harming America? That question was asked at a House hearing convened yesterday to examine the role of the music industry in public affairs:Lawmakers, music industry executives and rappers disagreed Tuesday over who was to blame for sexist and degrading language in hip-hop music but united in opposing government censorship as a solution. "If by some…
Matthew Sheffield

Katie Couric Opposes Iraq War, Flag Pins, and the Dan Rather Lawsuit

Tim Graham

Even Columbia Journalism Review's Sales Pitches Skew Left

Ken Shepherd

Will Media Expose Global Warming Alarmism’s Ties to Child Labor Expl

Assume for a moment that one of the world's leading oil companies was identified to be using child laborers in various countries in order to cut payroll costs. Do you think that would be front page, headline news in the States? Well, it appears that the carbon offset scam, devised largely to assuage the environmental guilt of wealthy people, is resulting in the exploitation of children in India…
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread

Talk amongst yourselves.
NB Staff

Marie Claire Fuels Old Fears about Beauty Products

Magazine promotes 'green goodies' over 'test tube' products as it rehashes potential dangers of chemicals in cosmetics.
Genevieve Ebel

NPR Snubs Interview With the President, So It Airs on Fox News

Does National Public Radio have a nose for news? Or a nose that's offended by the scent of President Bush? NPR news boss Ellen Weiss has snubbed an exclusive interview opportunity with President Bush. Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz reported Wednesday that the White House offered NPR’s Juan Williams an interview on race relations, but NPR didn’t want it on its airwaves. So it aired…
Tim Graham

Mika Fave? Maureen Dowd, of Course

Figures. Who else would Mika Brzezinski's ink-stained doppelganger be but Maureen Dowd?"Morning Joe" has apparently introduced a new feature, "Three Things to Read Today," in which each of the panelists recommends an item from that morning's newspaper crop. Willie Geist went first today, and being the pop-culture maven he is, suggested the New York Post's coverage of the sexual harrassment…
Mark Finkelstein

Cleveland Plain Dealer Misses New Imam's 2003 Anti-Semitic Rant, and O

Tom Blumer

'The View' to Dump Shepherd Over 'Conservative Religious' Views

Are the producers and Barbara Walters over at TV's "The View" already about to dump a new View co-host over her controversial views? Rumors to that effect are beginning to leak out, anyway. While Rosie got well over a year to spout her anti-American, anti-Bush garbage before the folks at The View finally got motivated to dump her for a new hostess, it looks like the new gal isn't as lucky. What…
Warner Todd Huston

General Criticized Media Bias and Paper Proved Him Right

Lynn Davidson

Juan Williams Defends Bill O’Reilly, Calls CNN Idiots

Anybody that has logged on to the Internet in the past couple of days is well aware that the far left in our nation are doing what the far left are best at: calling people racists, and hoping folks will be fired as a result. The latest conspiracy fabricated by the left - albeit in a long line of conspiracies - deals with comments made by Fox News's Bill O'Reilly on his radio program. Tuesday…
Noel Sheppard

Bozell Column: Dan Rather, In Shameless Denial

Brent Bozell