Erbe: Erin Andrews Incident the Fault of Women Who Promote ‘Sports

In the world according to U.S. News & World Report contributing editor Bonnie Erbe, voyeuristic video of a female sportscaster primping naked in a hotel mirror is ultimately, in part, the blame of female sportscasters and sports fans. In Erbe's July 27 blog post, the PBS "To the Contrary" host notes that she wishes "women would stop propping up men's sports" and that this type of a perverted…
Marie Mazzanti

Newsweek's Embedded Obama Campaign Reporter Joins Obama Administration

Tim Graham

As Palin Exits, ABC Slams ‘Madcap’ Gov; Knocks ‘This Real-life N

ABC’s Nightline on Monday didn’t allow Sarah Palin’s resignation as governor of Alaska to pass without airing yet another dismissive segment, reminiscing about the "madcap" politician. Co-anchor Martin Bashir derided her exit as a "real-life Northern Exposure." Reporter Neal Karlinsky proceeded to drag out every cliched Tina Fey clip and supposed gaffe from the 2008 election. Speaking of Palin's…
Scott Whitlock

LA Times Health Blog: Twinkie Taxes = Tough Love for Fatsos

Don't think of it as another tax. Think of it as tough love from Uncle Sam.That's how Melissa Healy tried to sell Los Angeles Times readers on the notion of junk food sin taxes in her July 27 entry -- "Tough love for fat people: Tax their food to pay for healthcare" -- at the paper's Booster Shots blog:When historians look back to identify the pivotal moments in the nation's struggle against…
Ken Shepherd

Obama's Health Care Plan Stalled, But Not Because Media Haven't Been P

Liberal hopes for a quick health care bill are in collapse, as Senate Democrats push any floor action off until the fall, a move House Democrats may match this week. But if the Obama White House is upset that their plans for a huge expansion of government health care have been delayed, they surely cannot complain about the media coverage.Last week, a new study by the Media Research Center’s…
Rich Noyes

Bill Maher Pushes For ObamaCare; Bashes ‘Stupid’ U.S

[Update, 2:15 pm Eastern: Audio and video clips from the segment added.] HBO’s Bill Maher, after being asked during a segment on Monday’s Situation Room on CNN to explain his recent “soulless vampire bastards” moniker of the current health care system, pushed for President Obama’s “reform” plan, paraphrasing the Democrat’s own words: “We can’t do nothing- doing nothing is actually worse.” He also…
Matthew Balan

Nightline: 'Your Brain is Hijacked by Food

Sarah Knoploh

CBS: Jesse Jackson Claims ‘Racial Profiling’ In Gates Case

Appearing on Tuesday’s CBS Early Show, Reverend Jesse Jackson continued to promote the idea that Harvard Professor Henry Gates was a victim of racial profiling, despite new evidence to the contrary: "This issue of Dr. Gates being a victim of excessive force and bad judgment is a much bigger subject...This one case could open up the issue of the pervasiveness of race profiling."Co-host Harry Smith…
Kyle Drennen

NYT's Krugman Conducts Informal Canadian Health Care Poll; Result: 'Ba

The New York Times' Paul Krugman is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and staunch champion of government medicine a la the Canadian model of our neighbors to the north.  Just this past Saturday in "Toyota, Moving Northward" he flogged the advantages of the single-payer system Canada offers.  He postulated that one reason why the Japanese auto maker is locating it's new RAV4 plant in Ontario is…
Seton Motley

WaPo Sports Writer Demands Lesbian Kisses on the Jumbotron Screens

Tim Graham

NewsBusted

Topics in today's show: President Obama's popularity hits a new low, Blue dog democrats refuse to vote for Obamacare, Obama's comments on the Gates arrest, and Cops has been renewed for another season. Love the show? Then help spread the word by embedding it on your blog or telling your friends on Myspace and Facebook. Think you're funny? Send your (short) jokes to newsbusted at dialognewmedia.…
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Open Thread

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NYT 'Ethicist' Urges Henry Louis Gates to Sue

The ethically-challenged "ethicist" of the New York Times Magazine, Randy Cohen, who writes The Ethicist column has inserted himself into the Henry Louis Gates situation by urging the Harvard professor to sue in order to "pursue social justice." To see where Mr. Ethicist is coming from, let us start off with his laughable money quote in his current column on the subject of lawsuits:Gates should…
P.J. Gladnick

ABC Special on Oil Could Have Been Titled 'Charlie Gibson Hates the Oi

ABC News' Friday special, "Over a Barrel: The Truth About Oil," was reviewed by David Almasi, one of my colleagues at the National Center for Public Policy Research.  He found so much bias in the special, I knew his review would be of interest to Newsbusters readers:ABC News Finds Selective "Truth About Oil"by David AlmasiLast Friday, July 24, ABC News aired the special "Over a Barrel: The Truth…
Amy Ridenour