Leonardo DiCaprio Introduces ‘The 11th Hour,' AKA ‘An Inconvenient

Given the dismal failure of Al Gore’s Live Earth concerts, now seems hardly the time to be releasing “An Inconvenient Truth, Part II.”Yet, on August 17, Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary about how man is destroying the planet, “The 11th Hour,” premieres to a society that seems to be losing interest in global warming alarmism. How delicious.The seemingly over-worked premise is described thusly (…
Noel Sheppard
 

Senate Democrats Block Amendment to Prevent Reinstatement of Fairness

If you had any question concerning how much the left wants the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine in order to kill conservative talk radio, you got your answer on the floor of the Senate Friday.Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minnesota) offered an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from reinstituting this archaic edict. As NewsBusters…
Noel Sheppard
 

Weekend Captionfest

Original caption: President Bush, right, answers questions during his press conference, Thursday, July 12, 2007, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.
NB Staff
 

Record Dow Downplayed After Largest Gain in Nearly 4 Years

Network newscasts put emphasis on threats from home loan foreclosures, '$4 gas' prices.
Jeff Poor
 

'I'm Not a Congressman, but I Play One on TV': Rob Lowe Shills for Hyb

Pam Meister
 

For NY Times, No Sexism Among Indian Lacrosse Players (Just Those at D

Clay Waters
 

Muslim Group Loses Muhammed Cartoon Libel Case

Pam Meister
 

Hypocritical Media Bashing of Mrs. Fred Thompson

A very peculiar thing is happening with a normally feminist media that has the potential to have a huge impact on the 2008 presidential campaign.As press outlets go out of their way to advance the presidential aspirations of Hillary Clinton, and laud the first female Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, attacks on Jeri Thompson, the wife of soon-to-be candidate Fred Thompson, are quite in vogue.It…
Noel Sheppard
 

Name-Calling Cafferty Criticizes Boehner's ‘Wimp' Comment on CNN

Matthew Balan
 

Cindy Sheehan Confronted by Bush Supporter, Gets Booted By Daily Kos

Thursday was a bad day for anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan.First, she got booted from the ultra-liberal website Daily Kos (h/t Ace) due to her decision to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California).Then, during a visit to Montgomery, Alabama, as part of her “Summer of Love 2007” tour, Cindy was confronted by a Bush supporter who actually asked a rather cogent question that frankly few…
Noel Sheppard
 

Open Thread

Happy Friday!
NB Staff
 

Charlie Gibson Recycles Joke About Amateurish Bloggers As 'Citizen Sur

Tim Graham
 

Good Grief. Time Magazine Calls Democrats 'The New Moral Majority

Time magazine has a lengthy piece on Democrats and religion called, "How the Democrats Got Religion." (HT: Drudge) (Btw, the original title on the web yesterday was "Leveling the Praying Field.") It focuses on efforts by Democrats (most notably, Sens. Obama, Clinton, and Edwards) to attract voters who are religious. There is certainly an attempt at balance in the article, but the folks at the DNC…
Dave Pierre
 

'Today': Natalie Knocks W for Reminding Congress He's Commander-in-Chi

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States. -- U.S. Constitution Article II, Section 2.The faces occasionally change at "Today," but the bias remains the same. Natalie Morales sat in for Meredith Vieira this morning, but the show didn't lose a liberal beat…
Mark Finkelstein