NB's Tim Graham Discusses Cindy Sheehan Coverage on NPR

NB Staff
 

CBSNews.com Salutes Pace Exit with Grainy Photo Illustration

Update added below foldThe Secretary of Defense has decided to recommend a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, rather than re-nominate General Peter Pace. Reporting this development, this CBS/AP story noted that the Pentagon personnel move by Secretary Robert Gates was done to avoid a contentious Senate circus, more so than with dissatisfaction with Pace's performance. "It would be a…
Ken Shepherd
 

NYT Sobs Over Plight of Illegal Immigrants: "Any Sense of Sanctuary

Clay Waters
 

Weekend Captionfest

Original caption: Media representatives wait for Paris Hilton to arrive at a Los Angeles municipal courthouse Friday, June 8, 2007. They were disappointed because she was driven in using an underground entrance as she arrived.****Closed to further comments
NB Staff
 

NPR's Motto: 'We Really Span The Spectrum Here From Sort of Left to Ve

Tim Graham
 

Reader Survey

As part of our continuing efforts to keep NewsBusters on the cutting edge, we're conducting a general survey of readers in conjunction with the Blog Readership Project. If you have a few minutes, please take a moment to participate. The nice thing about this survey is you can skip questions you don't want to answer.
Matthew Sheffield
 

ABC’s Cuomo Slams Tancredo For Spreading ‘Scary’ 'Anti-Immigrant

Scott Whitlock
 

Humorous Journal Page Reveals NYT Disdain for Murdoch

So much for objective journalists.From the moment word got out that Rupert Murdoch had offered billions to buyout The Wall Street Journal, the media have cried foul. Journalists and media critics charged that a Murdoch takeover would turn the prestigious business newspaper into a journalistic joke, that the media mogul would page six-ify the Journal.An art director at The New York Times, carried…
Julia A. Seymour
 

The AP Worries for 'Right-Wing' Book Publishers' Future

The AP has given us a piece on how "Right-Wing" book publishers are "worried" over the future success of publishing books on conservatives topics. One cannot help wonder, though, if the "worry" by the so-called "right-wing" publishers is more like the APs glee when you read their piece titled, "Right-Wing Publishers Worry About Future", by Hillel Italie, AP National Writer. The first half of…
Warner Todd Huston
 

Open Thread

Your opportunity to discuss whatever is on your mind...
NB Staff
 

The Pope as Tinhorn Dictator? Time Writers Mock 'Useful Catholic Autho

Tim Graham
 

Director Affleck Casts Literal Bible Believers as 'Neanderthals

What are the odds Ben Affleck would refer to Muslims who believe literally in the Koran as "Neanderthals?" But when it comes to Christians . . . As NewsBuster Geoffrey Dickens has noted, Affleck appeared on yesterday evening's edition of Hardball. And while it's true that the actor/director/Dem activist offered a generally innocuous analysis, he did manage to engage in a bit of religious…
Mark Finkelstein
 

USA Today: Did Sandy Berger 'Steal' Secret Docs? We're Debating That S

You know, it seems pretty cut-and-dried to me. Stuffing secret documents down your pants and removing them from a secure room in a federal facility, that constitutes stealing.USA Today's "On Deadline" blog isn't sure, though. (bold/italics are USA Today's):Sandy Berger, the national security adviser under former President Clinton, was disbarred yesterday in the District of Columbia.The…
Ken Shepherd
 

The Battle Between Time’s Joe Klein and the Liberal Blogosphere

Much to his chagrin, Time’s Joe Klein has become a Democrat that liberal bloggers love to hate, thereby making him the Joe Lieberman of journalism.Of course, rightwing bloggers don’t care for him much either, conceivably making Klein more like Rodney Dangerfield.Fortunately for our entertainment pleasure, since Klein isn’t a politician – actually, his frequent disabuses of fact lead one to…
Noel Sheppard