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NBC Trumpeted the Launch of Liberal 'Counterweight' Air America, Skips
When the liberal radio network Air America debuted on March 31, 2004, NBC trumpeted it as the “counterweight” to the "right-wing bent" of talk radio. Katie Couric enthused that Al Franken and his colleagues hoped “to break into what has been a conservative lock on the radio.” However, when the beleaguered Air America announced bankruptcy on Thursday, both the Nightly News and Friday's Today…
CNN's Christine Romans Connects the Dots Between Dow Drop and Obama's
The news media have often taken President Barack Obama's side against banks, portraying bankers as the villains. But that was not the case on "American Morning" Jan. 22. Business correspondent Christine Romans surprisingly blamed the previous day's stock market slide on "tough new rules" proposed by Obama the same day. According to CNN, Obama wants to limit the size of banks, separate commercial…
CNBC Elitism: Harwood Claims Public Doesn’t Know Enough to Make Judg
CNBC "Squawk Box" co-hosts Joe Kernen and Becky Quick get it. Unfortunately, their CNBC colleague that covers Washington, D.C. for the network doesn't. On the Jan. 22 broadcast, Harwood appeared on the program to give a status report on the current version of health care reform being negotiated in Congress and what it means in the aftermath of Scott Brown's filibuster-proof busting election…
CBS’s Smith: Some Are ‘One Medical Catastrophe Away From Bankruptc
Speaking to former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean on Friday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith repeated standard liberal talking points as he urged Republicans and Democrats to quickly pass some form of health care reform: “...to help the 40 some million that don’t have insurance or the vast majority of other folks who are one medical catastrophe away from bankruptcy.”Dean…
NY Times Dismisses First Amendment Victory at Supreme Court, Sees 'Str
As the nation's leading newspaper and a beneficiary of the American tradition of free expression, the New York Times would of course celebrate a First Amendment victory at the Supreme Court, right? Well, not exactly. Friday's lead slot was dominated by the Supreme Court's expected but still momentous decision rejecting limits on corporate campaign spending in elections.But the subhead to Adam…
CNBC's Harwood Claims Public Doesn't Know Enough about Obamacare
Washington correspondent makes case for health care reform despite Brown victory; 'Squawk Box; co-hosts Kernen, Quick refute claim.
Corporate-owned WaPo Slams Court Ruling that Corporations Can Engage i
A publicly-traded corporation, The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) publishes a daily newspaper which includes daily editorials aimed at influencing public opinion inside the corridors of Congress, White House, and regulatory agencies, and ultimately over voter preferences at the polls. What's more, the Post Company's newspaper has demonstrated its willingness to devote virtually limitless…
CNN's Romans Includes Criticism of 'Anti-Business' Obama
Business correspondent connects the dots between Dow drop and Obama's proposed bank rules.
Admin Note: Working Out Bugs on New Server
Thank you everyone for being patient yesterday while we made the switch to the new server. A number of users have already contacted NB administrators regarding small changes in the comments sections and other minor issues. During yesterday's switch many of the site's settings were reset, and need to be brought back to standard NB settings.If you have noticed any bugs or abnormalities today,…
ABC Fawns Over Elizabeth Edwards as an ‘Adored,’ ‘Passionate
On Friday's Good Morning America, Claire Shipman gushed over Elizabeth Edwards as a “smart, passionate, sometimes fierce woman with many different sides to her personality.” She lauded the wife of John Edwards as a complex “heroine” who is “increasingly hard to define.” At the same time, Shipman downplayed the negative portrayal of Mrs. Edwards in a new campaign book. Recounting the story of the…
UPDATED | Newsweek: Young Women MIA at the March for Life
Updated : Nearly 6-out-of-10 young adults are pro-life a new survey finds.Every January, hundreds if not thousands of busloads teeming with teenagers and college students, many of them young women, descend on the nation's capital for the annual March for Life. But if one were to believe Newsweek's Krista Gesaman, the March is an aging senior citizen affair that is hurting for attendance by young…
Scott Baio Gets Death Threats For Joke About Michelle Obama
Former "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi" TV star Scott Baio has received death threats for a joke he made on Twitter about Michelle Obama.Baio on Tuesday tweeted an unflattering picture of the First Lady with the caption, "WOW He wakes up to this every morning."According to FoxNews.com, this immediately resulted in hostile attacks from other Tweeters including threats on the actor's life (h/…
NewsBusters Interview: Tim Carney, Author of 'Obamanomics
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Americans were treated to a number of populist sermons on the "special interests" who would oppose "reform" at any cost to maintain the "status quo" from which they "profit financially or politically." The drug companies, the energy companies, the Wall Street bankers, and the health insurers were the corporate enemies of a just and harmonious America, or so…