CBS ‘Early Show’ Interviews Blagojevich, No Democratic Mention

On Tuesday’s CBS ‘Early Show,’ embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was interviewed over the course of two segments, totaling 10 minutes, and was never described as a Democrat. Co-hosts Maggie Rodriguez, Harry Smith and Julie Chen all spoke with the governor at some point and none mentioned his political party. The only acknowledgment of the governor’s party affiliation was in an on-screen…
Kyle Drennen

Cynthia McFadden: Reporters Saw Obama as 'Bright Hope in the Distance

According to "Nightline" co-anchor Cynthia McFadden, during the 2008 presidential campaign "many in the media" saw Barack Obama as a "bright hope in the distance." The ABC journalist made that admission during a "Morning Media Menu" podcast interview with TV Newser editor Steve Krakauer on Tuesday. In a justifying tone, she quickly added, "It's also clear that a lot of Americans thought that."…
Scott Whitlock

Senator Warns White House Will 'Create Crisis' and 'Panic' to Push Sti

Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., criticizes mainstream media for not reporting loads of pork in proposed legislation.
Jeff Poor

White House Press Briefing Live-blog [Jan

Ken Shepherd

CBS and NBC Minimize Obama’s Abortion Funding Order; ABC Highlights

Catching up on an item from Friday night, the three broadcast evening newscasts aired virtually nothing on January 23 about President Obama’s executive order permitting federal funding of abortions, overturning orders signed by President Bush in his first week in office back in 2001. Both CBS and NBC’s White House reporters squeezed in a single sentence about Obama’s action during stories about…
Rich Noyes

Bozell Column: Tony Blankley's Untimely Cry

Authors often try to release their books at an absolutely perfect moment for stoking sales. Exhibit A is PBS anchor Gwen Ifill, who scheduled her liberal "era of Obama" thrill-fest about hot-shot black Democrats for Barack Obama’s Inauguration Day. Tony Blankley did almost exactly the opposite. To paraphrase the famous Bill Buckley slogan for National Review, Blankley’s new book stands athwart…
Brent Bozell

Gore to Turn Up Heat as Snow, Ice Hit Washington

Jeff Poor

Gore to Turn Up Heat as Snow, Ice Hit Washington

BMI Staff

Congresswoman Claims to Have Asked Gore About Global Warming on 19-Deg

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., warns about forthcoming cap-and-trade legislation and says earth is entering into a long-term global cooling stage.
Jeff Poor

It's Winter, So That Must Be Gore Talking about 'Warming

The left's own Punxsutawney Phil brings more hot air to a chilly Washington.
Dan Gainor

CBS Reporter Calls Environmentalists ‘Long-Suffering

Matt Philbin

Talking About the Economy, Couric Drops the ‘D-Bomb

Matt Philbin

Pool Reports Page Gone, Still No Press Briefings on WhiteHouse.gov

Checking out the official Web page for the Obama administration today, I noticed that the White House has removed the  "pool reports" entry from the "Briefing Room" lineup roughly six days after the White House press corps made clear it would not fork over the pool reports to the White House. The page itself, which of course lacks any pool reports, is still accessible here.As of noon this 27th…
Ken Shepherd

NBC Avoids Nipplegate, Nixes PETA's Sexy Super Bowl Ad

The good folks at NBC, clearly wanting to avoid a "Nipplegate" replay, will not air animal rights group PETA's hyper-sexual television ad during Sunday's Super Bowl.When you see it, you'll know why. For those that have forgotten, on February 1, 2004, during the halftime festivities of Super Bowl XXXVIII, singer Janet Jackson had a "wardrobe malfunction" revealing her naked breast to a startled…
Noel Sheppard