Former German Chancellor Calls For End of Media Hysteria Over Global W

Most climate change watchers are aware that leaders from the eight most developed nations will be meeting in Germany this week to discuss, among other things, issues related to global warming.With a delicious sense of irony, former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt put his two cents into this debate with comments that will surely not be reported by America’s alarmist media even though he was…
Noel Sheppard
 

Open Thread

For general comment and discussion...
NB Staff
 

With S&P 500 at Record Level, USA Today Writer Focuses on the Index's

While the relatively narrow Dow Jones Industrial Average has been achieving alltime highs for a couple of months, it took until last week for the broader S&P 500 index to beat its previous record of 1527. The index closed at 1536.24 last week. Instead of writing up the big winners in the 77% of companies that have brought the index back from its 2000 low, USA Today writer Matt Krantz looked…
Tom Blumer
 

With Hillary Books Comes More Ridiculous Loving-Marriage-Full-of-Adult

Tim Graham
 

Hearing Hillary Harrowing

Away visiting friends the last few days, I've been using GoToMyPC.com to access the video-capture capabilities of my home desktop. While it works well [unpaid testimonial] and lets me view the video once I've moved it to an editing board, for some reason while tuning in live to a show, the screen-within-a-screen is black. Thus, in "watching" Today this morning live, I could only hear, but not…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Brian Williams Saves His Opinions for Mrs. Williams? Don't Buy It

Tim Graham
 

Warming Up Possible MSM Slam Angles on Fred Thompson

Warner Todd Huston
 

Press Release: Paris Hilton Goes to Jail

MRC's Culture and Media Institute Applauds Hilton for Finally Taking Personal Responsibility for Actions
CMI Staff
 

When Doubling the Money Isn't Enough: Media Slam Bush AIDS Plan

Press cites experts who say increased spending is insufficient, and savages spending on abstinence education.
David Niedrauer
 

REAL Simple Life Awaits Paris

Heiress pays consequences with jail stint, finally provides a worthwhile lesson for the public.
Kristen Fyfe
 

Media Ignored Criticisms of Socialized Medicine in Story of Quarantine

The media was fascinated with the story of the Americans in Michael Moore's "Sicko," who left the US for medical treatment in Cuba, a country with socialized medicine, and it was used to highlight the failings of the US health care system. When the exact opposite occurred, and an American fled Italy's socialized medicine for medical treatment in the privatized care of the US, the media decded…
Lynn Davidson
 

‘Chris Matthews Show’ Demonstrates How Awful an Unbalanced Panel C

As opposed to the fabulous discussion that occurred on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” as a result of the presence of a balanced panel, “The Chris Matthews Show” was the epitome of what transpires when a program is stocked with exclusively liberals.Though “Matthews” also focused on the 2008 presidential candidates, without the existence of even one conservative guest, the 30-minute segment was…
Noel Sheppard
 

‘Meet the Press’ Demonstrates How Marvelous a Balanced Discussion

In April, NewsBusters commended HBO for actually having a balanced panel on “Real Time”: “Maher ought to try this format of having two liberals (including himself) and two conservatives more often, for a much more balanced discussion ensued than normal, making for one of the most interesting 'Real Times' of the season so far.”For a change, Tim Russert employed the same strategy on Sunday’s “Meet…
Noel Sheppard
 

New Anti-War Hero Admits to Violating Military Rules

Robin Boyd