German Mag: US Military in Iraq More Successful Than World Wants To Be

Read the following paragraph, and imagine it being written by a member of the mainstream media (emphasis added throughout): Ramadi is an irritating contradiction of almost everything the world thinks it knows about Iraq -- it is proof that the US military is more successful than the world wants to believe. Ramadi demonstrates that large parts of Iraq -- not just Anbar Province, but also many…
Noel Sheppard
 

The Numbers Behind TimesSelect, Dissappointing Any Which Way

As NewsBusters reported earlier (here and here), the New York Times is likely to soon abandon its TimesSelect pay-subscription online service. That's hardly a surprise when you look at the numbers writes Brett Arends: The New York Times Web site is extremely popular. According to figures tracked by Nielsen/NetRatings, nytimes.com attracted about 12.5 million readers worldwide in June, the month…
Matthew Sheffield
 

CBS's Plante to Bush: ‘If [Rove’s] So Smart, How Come You Lost Con

For those that watched Monday's announcement by President Bush concerning the departure of White House advisor Karl Rove, as the two were walking away from the microphones, someone yelled out a rather disgraceful question (h/t NB reader Damian G). According to FishbowlDC, that someone was CBS's Bill Plante, and the question was: "If he's so smart, how come you lost Congress?"Don't believe it?…
Noel Sheppard
 

'Today' Follows Nurse Hillary on Her Rounds in Labor Union Stunt

Yet another Democratic candidate played nurse for a day, as part of a stunt to garner labor union support, and once again "Today" show's cameras were there to cover the photo-op. On this morning's "Today" show, NBC's Andrea Mitchell followed Hillary Clinton as she made the rounds with a nurse to, both soften her image, and suck up to the Service Employees International Union. Interestingly, "…
Geoffrey Dickens
 

Time.com Picks Liberal Guest Blogger Despite Call for Conservative Gue

On August 1, I wrote about how Time.com's "Swampland" blog was soliciting suggestions for guest bloggers on its 39-member Facebook group home page. I gave NewsBusters readers the address and sure enough some of you left suggestions in the topic thread.[For NewsBusters' home on Facebook, check here.] As of publication of this blog post, there were but a few liberal suggestions (such as strategist…
Ken Shepherd
 

Rove Derangement Syndrome: Most Polarizing Political Figure Besides Pr

The media have been in full Rove Derangement Syndrome since Monday's announcement that the famed White House adviser would be stepping down at the end of the month. NewsBusters has already reported some fine examples here, here, here, here, and here. However, I would like to nominate the following opening paragraph from Tuesday's San Francisco Chronicle article entitled "Pundits, Bloggers Go…
Noel Sheppard
 

Open Thread

Can we talk?
NB Staff
 

John Gibson Suggests That Jason Leopold Was Source for David Shuster's

P.J. Gladnick
 

NYT: 'Dogged by Detractors,' General Petraeus Has 'Flagging Spirits

In a report that is supposed to be about General David Petraeus and his efforts to pacify Iraq by commanding the forces in president Bush's Iraq surge, The New York Times speculates instead about his state of mind and generally tries to tear him down. Times writer John Burns seems to be putting in a bid for his own late night psychic TV show by being able to read the General's mind and divining…
Warner Todd Huston
 

Dispatch from the Briar Patch: NYT Demands Dems Investigate Rove

When it comes to investigating Dems, the MSM is all Moveon.org. But when a Republican is potentially in the crosshairs, the liberal media suddenly goes Eliot Ness . . . Take the New York Times editorial of this morning, Mr. Rove Gets Out of Town, which amounts to an extended plea to Democrats to investigate Karl Rove on matters sundry. Huffs the Times:
Mark Finkelstein
 

ABC Blames Karl Rove for Swift Boat Ads, All Nets Scold Him for Plame

Reporting on the resignation of presidential political adviser Karl Rove, ABC's World News on Monday night absurdly blamed Karl Rove for the ads from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and featured John Kerry's condemnation of Rove as all three broadcast network evening shows castigated Rove for his criticism of how Democrats want to coddle terrorists and highlighted his “leaking” of Valerie Plame's…
Brent Baker
 

The Daily Kos Bile Fest

How can politicians cooperate across the aisle when their backers are hurling hateful, shocking language at political adversaries?
David Niedrauer
 

Time.com: Are Baseball Umpires Racist

In its August 13 article, Time.com asks the question: "Are Baseball Umpires Racist?" As you can imagine, the title itself suggests the answer. The article begins with this ominous opening: Bad calls by the ump are as much a part of baseball as home run records, rabid fans and watery beer, but a new study shows that an umpire's decision may have a disturbing ulterior motive: racism.
Jason Aslinger
 

More See 'Surge' Success, But CBS Buries Poll Finding 20 Minutes Into

When a CBS News poll in July found 73 percent believed the surge of troops in Iraq was making the situation “worse” or having “no impact,” the CBS Evening News led with that number. But on Monday, when a new CBS poll discovered that percent had fallen 12 points to 61 percent, as the percent who think the surge is making the situation “better” jumped ten points from 19 to 29 percent, CBS gave it…
Brent Baker