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Dear WSJ: Market is Risk Regulator
Systemic risks are small when the market is free, voluntary and open to competition.
WaPo Loopy Labeling: 'Victims' Advocates' Oppose Gun Rights for Abuse
As veteran readers of NewsBusters know, a good deal of liberal media bias comes in subtle labeling and phrasing. Today's Washington Post provides an excellent example of just that in a Metro section article pitting "victims' advocates" against "gun rights advocates" in a story about new gun restrictions lobbied for by Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D) and approved by the Maryland House of Delegates.The…
Attack Dogs? No, Democrats Walk the Dinosaur
Left and media go from post-partisan to Jurassic in less than two months.
NewsBusters Talks to Senators Ensign and Thune About Budget
Senators John Ensign (R-Nev.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) participated in a blogger conference call on Monday.On the agenda was President Obama's 2010 budget proposal which Thune cautioned if enacted in its current form would double the federal debt in five years and triple it in ten.Those interested can listen to this fascinating discussion here (5.9 mb MP3).
NBC/Wonkette Writer Praises Bush... for Refusing to Criticize Obama
Former President George W. Bush is a "classy guy" who might "mature into a proper elder statesman" some day.That's the verdict of NBC and Wonkette contributor Sara K. Smith in her March 18 article about how Bush refused to publicly criticize his successor to the presidency when given the chance at a Q&A session following at a luncheon in Canada. (h/t Twitter tipster @Thatcher):The one thing…
Global Warming Alarmist Irked by Cold Weather
Why, oh why, can't Mother Nature cooperate so we can promote our global warming agenda? That pretty much sums up the attitude of global warming alarmist and documentary filmmaker, Gabriel London. His frustration came about over the fact that lately the very cold weather we have been experiencing has made the public more skeptical than ever over global warming. London explains in his Huffington…
CBS News Poll: Limbaugh Has Higher Approval than Pelosi
“Limbaugh’s Favorable Rating: 19 Percent,” shouts the headline at the top of CBSNews.com tonight. A look, however, at the PDF of the full CBS News poll results, posted at 6:30 PM EDT Tuesday, pegs House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's favorable rating a point lower at 18 percent -- within the margin of error, but evidence Limbaugh is no less popular than the leader of congressional Democrats. (Friday's…