Americans 5x More Confident in Military Than in Congress

The MSM delights in highlighting President Bush's anemic poll numbers. Congress's approval rating in the latest Gallup poll was so shockingly, historically, low at 14% that the MSM could hardly ignore it.But there was another finding emerging from that same Gallup poll that has received very little media attention: the societal institution that enjoys, by far, the highest confidence among…
Mark Finkelstein
 

A Convenient Double Standard

Liberals want to impose balance on conservative talk radio but not liberal television news and entertainment.
David Niedrauer
 

Paris Hilton to Make Pokey Time Pay Off

For 25 days or so of indignity the heiress will turn over a quick million bucks, thanks to checkbook journalism. Has NBC lost its collective mind?
Robert Knight
 

'Conservatives' for Sleaze TV

This kind of conservative has embraced the anarchical libertarian worldview ... that the market – society's lowest common denominator on cultural issues – should decide. And if this erosion of traditional values leads to the disintegration of the culture, so be it.
L. Brent Bozell III
 

NPR Snobbery: 'Feather-Brained' Men Might Dip Into Porn If Denied Thei

Tim Graham
 

For Second Night, It's 'ABC's World News with George Stephanopoulos

Brent Baker
 

‘Today’ Frightens Student Borrowers with Horror Music and Hype

Complete with a background track fit for an indie horror flick, NBC’s “Today” bashed student loan companies and colleges with a segment on “student loan schemes.”On June 21, consumer correspondent Janice Lieberman ignored personal responsibility as she bashed colleges and lenders without giving them a chance to rebut.“You would assume that the college you choose would be on your side and find the…
Julia A. Seymour
 

Media Blame America For China's CO2 Emissions

When it was announced Tuesday that China surpassed the United States as the world’s leading emitter of carbon dioxide, NewsBusters asked, “Will Media Notice?”In reality, the answer is a mixed windbag, with most press outlets totally ignoring the revelation, and a few actually blaming the problem on – wait for it! – the United States. I kid you not.However, before we address that stupidity, it…
Noel Sheppard
 

Chris Matthews Blurts: Send Scooter to Iraq

Geoffrey Dickens
 

CNN Contributor Advises Democratic Presidential Candidates to Emulate

Matthew Balan
 

Michael Medved: Excessive TV Viewing Leads to Liberal Attitudes

Michael Medved, author, film critic, and talk-radio host, argues in one of his latest columns--"Why TV Addiction Links to Liberalism"--that excessive TV viewing may lead some people to embrace "distinctly liberal attitudes on a range of crucial issues, placing them well to the left" of people with lighter TV viewing habits. Medved bases his views on the new study by the MRC's Culture and Media…
Michael Chapman
 

Journalism's Faulty Paradigm

Yesterday, OpinionJournal featured an fantastic essay (found via Ace) from critic James Bowman about the faulty paradigm that modern journalism has embraced, the idea that "getting the facts right" ought to be the foremost goal of government.It's a ridiculous premise, Bowman argues, because that isn't what government is supposed to do. In an imperfect world populated by imperfect humans, mistakes…
Matthew Sheffield
 

'View's' Behar on Bush's Stem Cell Veto: He 'Listens to the Extreme Re

Justin McCarthy
 

In Debate, Matthews Cheers Obama for Sounding Like RFK, ‘The Sixties

Michael Lanza