Chris Matthews 'Sympathizes' with Bringing Troops Home Now

While interviewing far-left antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan, "Hardball" host Chris Matthews said he sympathized with her point of view that enough money should be appropriated to bring the troops home and end the war in Iraq. Video of the exchange is available here.
Ian Schwartz
 

Hysterical Satire: 'Global Warming Now World's Most Boring Topic

In the wake of the dismal failure of Al Gore’s Live Earth concerts, an Australian journalist has written a deliciously satirical look at anthropogenic global warming. Published at Australia’s The Age Wednesday, Jim Schembri’s “Global Warming Now World’s Most Boring Topic: Report” offered readers a much-needed chuckle about this issue by presenting results of a study, “conducted by a non-…
Noel Sheppard
 

CNN/YouTube Special Features Liberal Videos Disproportionately

On Monday night, CNN aired a special hour promoting the upcoming "CNN/YouTube" presidential debates. CNN is encouraging viewers to record their questions for the presidential candidates and post them on YouTube.com. In anticipation of this historic event, hosts John Roberts and Kiran Chetry shared just a few of the thousands of video submissions CNN has already received. Of the videos aired on…
Michael Lanza
 

Running Up the Taxpayers' Tab in Washington. A New Website Counts the

Ken Shepherd
 

Bozell Column: Michael Moore's Jihad on CNN

Brent Bozell
 

Bill O’Reilly Disgusted ‘JetBlue Would Sponsor Hatemongers Like Da

As NewsBusters reported Monday, Bill O’Reilly isn’t pleased about airliner JetBlue sponsoring the upcoming convention of Daily Kos devotees and Democrat presidential candidates referred to by the netroots as YearlyKos. In fact, Monday’s “O’Reilly Factor” began with the host observing: What do you think of someone who says the following: the world would be better off without him? That…
Noel Sheppard
 

Why Is Fox News Channel So Smitten with the Kennedy Family

Fox and Friends anchors Gretchen Carlson and Steve Doocy, along with author C. David Heymann (there to discuss his new book on the death of JFK Jr.), fawned over the eighth anniversary of the plane-crash death of John F. Kennedy Jr. Meanwhile, by comparison, CBS, CNN, NBC, and ABC were silent about JFK Jr. Monday morning.
Brendan Jones
 

CNN's Anderson Cooper 360's Puff Piece on Edwards ‘Political Photo-O

Call it killing two birds with one stone. The mainstream media tries to keep the recovery from Hurricane Katrina in the public consciousness, while highlighting one of their favorite sons. That was the gist of a segment on Monday's "Anderson Cooper 360" on CNN. Host Anderson Cooper has consistently played-up the government's poor response to Hurricane Katrina (his appearance on ‘Oprah' as a…
Matthew Balan
 

WashPost Failed to Talk to Winners of Gun Rights Case

Reporting on Mayor Adrian Fenty (D-D.C.) and his decision to appeal a gun rights case to the Supreme Court, the Washington Post failed to consult any of the half-dozen citizens of the District of Columbia who won the lawsuit in federal Circuit Court four months earlier. Reporter David Nakamura quickly revealed to readers that the liberal mayor was couching his appeal as an effort to protect…
Ken Shepherd
 

MSNBC: Women Re-entering Work Force Face Peril

Pam Meister
 

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Matthew Sheffield
 

'Today' Depresses Troop Morale, Highlights Group Calling for War Defun

Geoffrey Dickens
 

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NB Staff
 

Flying Pigs at 'Today': Booming Economy Benefits Many Americans

When Matt Lauer introduced a segment on the booming stock market by asking "is the rising tide lifting all boats?" I braced myself for another MSM excursion into class warfare. But surprise, surprise . . . CNBC's Erin Burnett narrated the segment, and her opening also made me figure we were in for more bash-the-rich rhetoric. "Another day, another record on Wall Street . . . As stocks rise…
Mark Finkelstein