Weekend Captionfest

Sgt. James Crowley and Pres. Barack Obama during the White House beer summit, July 30, 2009.  AP Photo/Alex Brandon
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NBC Refuses to Revise Claim Israelis Shot Boy, Accuses Critics of 'Che

NewsBusters previously documented a claim made by NBC News correspondent Richard Engel on the June 22 Countdown show on MSNBC that the apparent murder of 27-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan during a crackdown by Iranian government forces, and the possibility that she will become the visual symbol for her country’s pro-democracy movement, was reminiscent of the Mohammed al-Dura video of September 2000…
Brad Wilmouth

Snyderman Not the Doctor to Trust the With Your Daughter's Health

On 'Today,' NBC medical editor downplays risks of Gardasil vaccine.
Catherine Maggio

Dear Abby, Is There Any 'Lifestyle' You Won't Embrace

Porn money for college? No big deal.
Matt Philbin

Abortion Episode Goes Too Far, Even for 'Family Guy

Fox nixes topic for its raunchy, left-wing animated series.
Dan Gainor

Newsweek: 'Traditionalists Better Get Used to' Polyamory

Article further diminishes the ideal of traditional family by downplaying effects of open relationships.
Colleen Raezler

AP Headline Distorts Cambridge Cop Lashley's Position on Crowley-Gates

Cambridge Police Officer Sgt. Leon Lashley, the African-American cop who was with James Crowley during Crowley's arrest of Henry Louis Gates last week, is learning the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished -- especially one that involves speaking out in support of a fellow officer who happens to be white.He's also learning that the wretches who write headlines for the Associated Press can…
Tom Blumer

Liberal Blogs Call Bachmann a Birther, Expose Their Own Ignorance

Mitchell Blatt

Wikipedia Protects Heckled Toledo Mayoral Candidate

Call it the Press Conference From Hell.Toledo mayoral candidate Ben Konop, an earnest young liberal, thought it would be a great idea to conduct a press conference in front of the home where his mother grew up. Little did Ben know that Maxwell the Heckler, the next door neighbor, would completely destroy his press conference and forever burn that incident into the public memory of Mr. Konop. To…
P.J. Gladnick

ABC and NBC Jump to Herald Obama's Presidential Medal of Freedom Picks

When Obama does it, it's news. ABC and NBC on Thursday night made time to highlight who President Barack Obama will bestow with a Presidential Medal of Freedom in two weeks -- on Wednesday, August 12. Both started with Senator Ted Kennedy. On ABC's World News, which never touted President George W. Bush's picks in advance, fill-in anchor Elizabeth Vargas trumpeted: The White House announced that…
Brent Baker

Buffalo Overbills: Medicaid Recipient Calls Ambulance 600 Times at Fed

Tim Graham

Matthews Condescends To Crowley: 'We've Got Our Susan Boyle Here

Call it damning with fat praise . . . After Sgt. James Crowley did a good job at his post-beer press conference, a condescending Chris Matthews—apparently surprised that a policeman could handle himself well in such a situation—said "I think we've got our Susan Boyle here."Here's how Matthews ended the post-Crowley press conference kibitzing on the 7 PM edition of Hardball:
Mark Finkelstein

When Was Biden Invited To Beer Blast? Obama Spoke Of 'Three Folks

Were you, like me, surprised to see that Biden turned up at the beer fest? I hadn't picked up any prior indication he was going to be there.  To the contrary, check out what Pres. Obama said just before the event:A short time earlier from the Oval Office, Obama had done what his aides had been doing for days: lowering expectations."I noticed this has been called the 'Beer Summit.' It's a clever…
Mark Finkelstein

ABC’s Pierre Thomas Quizzes AG Holder on Race; Skips ‘Nation of Co

UPDATED: 2009-07-31 10:30:18 -0400 ABC’s Pierre Thomas landed an exclusive interview with Eric Holder on Wednesday’s Nightline, quizzing the Attorney General on race relations in America. Somehow, however, the reporter managed to completely ignore Holder’s incendiary remark from February that America is a "nation of cowards" when dealing with race relations. One would assume such a statement …
Scott Whitlock