CNN Suggests Tancredo's Call for End to Race-Based Caucuses Makes Him

In the topsy-turvy world of CNN, Tom Tancredo's call to end racially-exclusive congressional caucuses might make him a racist. His call for an end to segregated caucuses might make him a segregationist.As reported here, in the wake of a Dem congressman who represents a 60% black district being excluded from the congressional Black Caucus because he's white, Tancredo today said:"It is utterly…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Toward a New Political Labeling System

Matthew Sheffield
 

Bozell Column: The Black Hole of Sundance

Hollywood types speak gauzily of their "art," even if nothing seems to fit the definition of some of this "art" better than "films almost no one wants to watch." Robert Redford became a hero of the "art" film world by founding the Sundance Institute in 1981, based on the call for "creative risk-taking" and "nurturing the diversity of artistic expression." But the search for risk-taking-cum-…
Brent Bozell
 

Mike Wallace on Colbert: Kick Bush Out With Vote of No Confidence

Appearing on Thursday’s "Colbert Report," former "60 Minutes" anchor Mike Wallace mostly discussed innocuous subjects such as the joys of smoking. However, after being prompted by host Stephen Colbert to share his "doubts about our system of government," Wallace segued into an odd digression about how a parliamentary system would give Americans an easier way to get rid of its leaders. In other…
Scott Whitlock
 

Kudos to Andrea Mitchell’s Report on the Jimmy Carter Kerfuffle

As NewsBusters reported here and here, most news organizations have been presenting a rather one-sided perspective of the brouhaha that has been ignited over former President Jimmy Carter’s recent book about the Israeli-Palestinian issue. For a change, someone chose to do an extremely well-balanced report on this subject.  NBC’s Andrea Mitchell stated the following on the “Today” show Friday…
Noel Sheppard
 

David Gregory Tries to Right Jimmy Carter’s Wrongs

If you’re a Democrat having public relations problems, there is probably no better place to go than NBC’s “Today” show. With that in mind, former President Jimmy Carter, in desperate need of a sympathetic voice to act as a magic elixir, spoke to NBC’s David Gregory Friday morning (video available here).At first, it appeared that Gregory was actually going to take the former president to task for…
Noel Sheppard
 

Weekend Captionfest

Original caption: U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) speaks as he is interviewed by moderator Tim Russert (R) during a taping of 'Meet the Press' at the NBC studios in Washington, January 21, 2007. Sen. Kennedy spoke on U.S. President George W. Bush's new strategy on the war in Iraq.
NB Staff
 

WashPost Features Teacher Who Can't Find Any Evidence Against Al Gore

Ken Shepherd
 

AP, NY Times Lament Low Union Participation

Reporters highlight concern about 'intimidation,' leave out possibility that unions work against employees' self interest.
Ken Shepherd
 

NY Times Details Efforts to Circumvent Affirmative Action Bans

Terry Trippany
 

Open Thread

Comment on topics of your choosing.
NB Staff
 

"Today" Lines Up A Republican Story -- But Only Bush Surge Critics

Justin McCarthy
 

Rush Limbaugh Interviewed by NPR, Glenn Beck Claims Divisive Radio Cou

Tim Graham
 

GMA Clips Screechin' Hawkeye Hillary

Whoever produced GMA's segment on Hillary's prospects in Iowa is no big fan of the junior senator from New York. Among other things, the decidedly downbeat piece [from Clinton's perspective] reached back to 2003 for a clip of Hillary, campaigning in Iowa in 2003, screeching "it begins in Iowa and ends on Pennsylvania Avenue!" Not quite "sick and tired" screechy, but not a pretty sight by any…
Mark Finkelstein