Pinkerton: For Open Borders' Sake, MSM and Bush Admin Spiked Terrorist

Mark Finkelstein
 

'Sopranos' Open Thread

                                                           The last episode of "The Sopranos" is tonight. Please feel free to discuss your predictions and post facto thoughts.
NB Staff
 

Top British Scientist Says Biofuels Are Scam, Rainforests at Risk

Given the American media’s fascination with spreading global warming alarmism, how likely would it be to see the following headline in one of our papers:Top Scientist Says Biofuels Are Scam.Not very likely, right?Well, such was the headline in England’s Sunday Times today (emphasis added throughout, h/t Alister McFarquhar):
Noel Sheppard
 

Open Thread

Happy Sunday.
NB Staff
 

Katie Couric Contradicts College Commencement Address Four Days Later

Are you sick and tired of Paris Hilton and all the attention given to this wealthy debutant when there are so many more important issues facing the nation?Well, if so, you’re in good company, for in a commencement address at Williams College last Sunday, CBS “Evening News” anchor Katie Couric accurately stated that this “fluff…can rot your mind and distort your values.”Yet, just four days later,…
Noel Sheppard
 

Rachel Carson: Debunked, but Still Lionized

It has become clear to anyone with eyes and an open mind that the worldwide ban on DDT that is just now in the process of too-slowly being lifted has caused massive loss of human life over a period of decades that could, and should, have been avoided. So you would think that the person who began the DDT scare in the early 1960s would be discredited, or her work at least shunted to the background…
Tom Blumer
 

Stem Cell Advance 'Surprises' the NY Times and Old Media

Tom Blumer
 

Status Kuo: Ex-Bush Aide Making A Routine Out of Trashing Conservative

Tim Graham
 

Liberal Reader Calls WashPost on Liberal Bias in DDT Story

This was a rare treat. Seeing a self-described liberal hitting the Washington Post for liberal bias. In this case the writer, one Philip Evans of Kensington, Md., sees the bias stemming from a case of lazy reporting:
Ken Shepherd
 

No More Queen of Nice: By Posting Anti-Military Article, Rosie Reveale

All I can say is Rosie O’Donnell’s mask is slipping. Rosie was so motivated by an article in the Gay City News written by contributing writer Brendan Keane, that on June 4, she cross-posted it on her own site. By posting the article, Rosie at least tacitly approved of its content, and thus Keane’s anti-military stance gives some insight into who Rosie really believes are the terrorists as well as…
Lynn Davidson
 

NBC's Andrea Mitchell: Conservative GOP Base Loves Torture

Tim Graham
 

Former TV News Anchorwoman to Purchase Cindy Sheehan’s Camp Casey

The next time someone tells you that there aren’t any liberals in the media, make sure to point out the following to said person.Former WCBS TV (New York) and KCBS TV (Los Angeles) anchorwoman Bree Walker is buying Cindy Sheehan’s Camp Casey near President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas.For those unfamiliar with Walker, she is now a "progressive" talk radio host on Air America’s affiliate KTLK…
Noel Sheppard
 

Weekend Captionfest II

Original caption: U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) laughs with CNN host Soledad O'Brien during at a Presidential forum on faith, values and poverty at the George Washington University in Washington, June 4, 2007.
NB Staff
 

Media Miss Irony of Anti-Gun Rep. William Jefferson Possessing Firearm

Rep. William Jefferson (D-Louisiana) was ordered by a U.S. district judge to surrender his firearms Friday. Yet, media outlets that reported this ignored the delicious irony inherent in the Congressman’s anti-gun positions throughout his career.As reported by the Associated Press Friday (h/t Marc Sheppard, emphasis added): “As conditions for his release, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III denied…
Noel Sheppard