CBS and ABC Offer Wrong 'Two Cents' on Gas Prices

Julia A. Seymour
 

NYT Front Page Photo: Queen Elizabeth II With Unnamed 'American Escort

Update below (May 9, 23:30 EDT)First Time magazine drops the President from the '100 Most Influential' list, and now this: The big front-page photo in Tuesday's New York Times was of Queen Elizabeth (who did make Time's list of important movers and shakers) with President Bush walking past a row of photographers at the White House after her official welcome. But the photo cropped off the top…
Rich Noyes
 

Gloria Borger Calls For ‘Moratorium on Invoking the Memory of Ronald

Don’t you find it amazing how liberal media members just can’t stand it whenever former President Ronald Reagan’s name is raised in conversation?It’s one thing when the currently unhinged host of HBO’s “Real Time” Bill Maher complains that Republicans “love Ronald Reagan in a way that’s just gay.”But when CBS and U.S. News & World Report’s Gloria Borger calls for a “moratorium on invoking the…
Noel Sheppard
 

CNN Gives Democrat Governor a Second Chance to Deliver Her Iraq-Ruined

Matthew Balan
 

GMA’s Sawyer Compares Slight Stock Increase to Historic Wall Street

Scott Whitlock
 

France Bans Non-reporters from Covering Riots

Following the election of conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy to France's presidency, there have been a series of riots from angry protesters upset at his victory. Unfortunately, it's a little hard to know much about the rioters due to the French government's passing a law that makes it a crime to report on riots unless you are a professional journalist:The French Constitutional Council has…
Matthew Sheffield
 

CBS and ABC Misreport 'Record' Gas Prices, Again

Both evening newscasts use faulty math to hype rising pump costs.
Julia A. Seymour
 

House Speaker Pelosi Accused of Earmarking Funds for Husband’s Benef

If Democrats had accused former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) last year of earmarking funds that could help real estate investments owned by his wife, would the media have reported it?Probably on the front pages of every newspaper, and as the lead story of all of the evening news programs, right?Well, the Associated Press published a story Monday about current House Speaker Nancy…
Noel Sheppard
 

The Rush of Politically Correct Science

When it comes to the subject of global warming, is science being sacrificed on the altar of political activism? Yes, says the German magazine Der Spiegel (h/t Glenn) in a report that sounds strangely familiar. It's funny how many on the left are now complaining that we "rushed to war" in Iraq are now rushing to implement far more expensive and economy-destroying programs on the subject of global…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Is MSNBC.com Already Bored of Fort Dix Terror Plot Story

Ken Shepherd
 

Double-standard Ends? Racist Radio Host 'Indefinitely Suspended

Matthew Sheffield
 

Open Thread

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NB Staff
 

Sawyer Frets Gas Will Continue to Climb, Stock Market Will Crash

With gasoline prices going up, Diane Sawyer worries they will continue to rise. With stock prices going up, the same Sawyer worries they will experience a crash of historic proportions.Sawyer's guest on Good Morning America today at 7:15 AM EDT was Mellody Hobson, a GMA financial contributor. Here's how Sawyer kicked things off.GMA CO-HOST DIANE SAWYER: Will runaway gas prices keep soaring,…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Post Ad Promotes Democratic 'Diversity' vs. All-White Guy Republicans

Tim Graham