Comparing Economies: Two Respected Measures Put Bush 43's at or Near t

Today's release of the Institute for Supply Management's Non-Manufacturing Activity Report, which measures business conditions in the 86% of the economy other than manufacturing, came in with a reading of 60.7, after recording a 59.7 last month. As has been customary, the report whipped the pants off of "expectations." This Thomson Financial article at Forbes predicted a decline to 58.1 instead…
Tom Blumer

Holiday Bush Derangement Syndrome: Crisis in Gaza All White House’s

American foolish enough to read anything by the clearly anti-Bush McClatchy news service were treated to an astoundingly disgraceful Independence Day gift Wednesday with an article that blamed all the problems in Gaza on – wait for it – the White House (h/t Dan Gainor).In this smear piece published on the occasion of our nation’s 231st birthday, the hits started right in the glorious headline: “…
Noel Sheppard

Meredith Vieira: Presidential 'Pardon' of Libby

Pam Meister

Open Thread

For general, and not so general discussion.
NB Staff

Thompson Hit Piece Disguised as Bio On Bloomberg’s “News” Servic

Is it just me, or did the Bloomberg "news" service just release a hit piece on Senator Fred Thompson disguised as a bio on the Senator just in time for a Michael Bloomberg entrance into the race as an independent presidential candidate? On June 28th Bloomberg writers Kim Chapman and Julianna Goldman brought us "Thompson's Backers Check His 'Fire in the Belly' for 2008 Race", a piece that reads…
Warner Todd Huston

ABC Honors the Naturalization of True Immigrant Patriots

161 U.S. military personnel from 54 countries become U.S. citizens in Baghdad on July 4.
Kristen Fyfe

Al Qaeda Atrocity Follow-up: Old Media Member 'Explains' Non-Coverage

Michael Yon doesn't have an answer (HT to NewsBuster reader "acumen") as to why Old Media won't cover the Al Qaeda massacre of a small village near Baqubah, Iraq that he reported earlier this week (related NewsBusters posts are here and here): Coordinates to the area of the gravesites are MC 679 381. In my dispatch, I reported that six people were killed, but mentioned that Iraqi soldiers were…
Tom Blumer

Conservative Cal Thomas Attacked by CAIR

Ken Shepherd

Media Get Tricked by More Fake News

Matthew Sheffield

Open Thread

Happy Independence Day!
NB Staff

Hot Air: NBC's 'Emotional Terrorism' Following 'Bogus' Armor Report

Via Bryan Preston at Hot Air:On May 17, NBC reported a blockbuster exclusive on the superiority of Dragon Skin body armor over Interceptor, the body armor that the US Army issues to soldiers in combat zones. But NBC’s story has a major flaw: It’s wrong about nearly everything.Watch the latest installment of Hot Air's Vent and actually hear an Army official, Brigadier General Mark Brown, conclude…
Dave Pierre

Hillary 'Eloquent': Just Ask ESPN

Politics has once again managed to work its way onto the pages of ESPN. I recently wrote about Kenny Mayne adopting "Obama!" as a new signature call. For the record, Mayne wrote me to say that he was an independent, didn't intend any political overtones by "Obama!" and didn't realize, when agreeing to endorse Progressive Insurance, that head honcho Peter Lewis is a huge donor to a variety of…
Mark Finkelstein

Fourth Finds Times in Melancholy Mood: America Falls Short in World's

I was confident the New York Times would find a way to pour cold water on the Fourth of July. Still, turning to it this morning, I was curious to see just what kind of wet [with that cold water]blanket the Times would throw on our national holiday. And the Grey Lady didn't disappoint, with a sour, melancholy editorial viewing America through the eyes of other countries -- and naturally finding…
Mark Finkelstein

C-SPAN2 Today Will Air the MRC's 20th Anniversary Gala with 'DisHonors

NB Staff