NBC, ABC Champion Oprah's 'Magic' to Boost Obama

Two days before Oprah Winfrey is to host a celebrity-packed fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, NBC's Andrea Mitchell championed her potential ability to “turn her magic into votes for Barack Obama” and ABC's David Wright marveled: “Imagine the power of Oprah in an Obama campaign ad.” In a soundbite, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile gushed that “O plus O equals…
Brent Baker
 

NY Times: Charity is Bad - It's Better to Give Your Money to Gov't

Article criticizes private philanthropy, asserting that it messes with the government's redistribution of wealth.
Jeff Poor
 

Why Isn’t There a Conservative Daily Kos

Whether or not one agrees with the political views of Markos Moulitsas, there's no getting around the fact his website has become not just a powerful force in the blogosphere, but is also shaping the Democrat Party. This raises an important question: Why isn't there a conservative website like Daily Kos?
Matthew Sheffield and Noel Sheppard
 

Are Men as Dumb as the Media Say We Are

In today's media, anti-male sexism is the rule far more than anti-female sexism. Whether it's calling men "idiots," creating smart mom/stupid dad TV shows, publishing books with titles like "Are Men Necessary," our culture is full of what some scholars are calling the "WAW effect," short for Women are Wonderful. These days, it's tough to catch a break if you're an unapologetic male. What's…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Independent Newspaper Says Redistributing Wealth Not Okay in Some Inst

Pam Meister
 

Scarborough Shout-Out: 'Call NewsBusters Now

If part of NewsBusters' mission is keeping the MSM on its toes, it looks like we're succeeding when it comes to the MSNBC show "Morning Joe." For two days running, host Joe Scarborough has mentioned our site, conscious that we're on the prowl for evidence of liberal bias. Yesterday at about 6:30 A.M. EDT, Joe and newsreader Mika Brzezinski were discussing the fact that President Bush had…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Rivera, Olbermann Prove Once Again That Misogynism Is OK If You're Lib

Dan Riehl
 

Larry King to Bill Clinton: ‘You Almost Got Him’ [Bin Laden

Matthew Balan
 

ABC’s Stephanopoulos Attacks Thompson Again: Campaign Must Be Perfec

For the third time in less than a week, ABC anchor and former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos appeared on "Good Morning America" to dourly assess Republican Fred Thompson’s 2008 chances. On the Thursday edition of GMA, the host of "This Week" attempted to set an impossible bar for the former senator. "...He can't make a mistake," Stephanopoulos breathlessly claimed. Earlier in the segment, the…
Scott Whitlock
 

Mining Industry Publication Yearns for 'Impartial Journalists

Bill Hobbs
 

More Biased Journalism Could Stop Global Warming, Journalist Says

Editor & Publisher columnist says newspapers should abandon objectivity to fight global warming.
Amy Menefee
 

Media Silent On Justice Department Fraternization With Terror Defendan

The crew at Power Line has been doing a superb job of following up the case of the Holy Land Foundation, in which the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) was named as an unidicted co-conspirator. The offical indictment can be found in the previous link.
Richard Newcomb
 

Helen Thomas Speaks to College Dems, Blasts Bush

Ken Shepherd
 

WaPo Denounces Iraqi Market as 'Potemkin Village

Writing at National Review Online, Kimberly Kagan of the Institute for the Study of War talks about the revitalized Dora Market in Baghdad as a sign of success in Iraq. Kagan attributes the Petraeus strategy significant credit and in doing so takes a swipe at the Washington Post for its slanted reporting on the Dora success (h/t Instapundit):In Wednesday’s Washington Post, Sudarsan Raghavan,…
Ken Shepherd