Former Calif. State Democratic Pol's Son Arrested in Connection to Mur

In another edition of, "where in the world is that Democrat party identification?" Pauline Repard of The San Diego Union Tribune made no mention what so ever that former State Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez is a California Democrat in an article about his son's recent arrest. The L.A. Times was no better either in identifying Nuñez's party affiliation. The Associated Press mentions Nuñez's…
Kerry Picket

NBC’s Mitchell Lauds Obama’s ‘Effortless’ Creation of PC Cabin

When it comes to building a quota Cabinet that fulfills liberal demands for “diversity,” Barack Obama is far smoother than the “artless” and “calculating” Clintons were back in 1992, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell argued Wednesday afternoon on MSNBC. In contrast to the Clintons, Obama’s approach is “effortless. They’re creating a mosaic, but they’re not doing it by self-consciously creating that mosaic,”…
Rich Noyes

Obama's Team of Rivals? Historian Says It's Bunk

Tim Graham

Carl Bernstein: Clintons Bring Unity Through 'Real Wisdom

Veteran Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein appeared on Wednesday's "Morning Joe" and gushed that Barack Obama's appointment of Hillary Clinton to the State Department will benefit from the "real wisdom" Bill Clinton has "when it comes to foreign policy." Continuing to fawn over the President-elect's cabinet choices, Bernstein enthused, "And the real thing about this appointment, though, is…
Scott Whitlock

Dear Toledo Blade: Americans Can Invest in Companies Without Bailouts

If the public aren't investing in auto manufacturers, why should Congress?
Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.

Journalists are MIA on Bailouts

Real reporting would give taxpayers details, perspective on automakers and government.
Dan Kennedy

NBC Discovers Union Role in Auto Industry Turmoil

Unlike most other coverage, 'Today' segment highlights UAW contracts as 'albatross' for Big Three.
Nathan Burchfiel

Krugman Claims Government Has $10 Trillion 'Cushion

Pro-intervention economist and Nobel Prize winner tells 'Good Morning America' viewers that trillions more could be spent to fix the economy.
Julia A. Seymour

Networks Darken 'Black Friday

BMI Staff

Dana Milbank on CNN: 'Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy' Trying to Stop Hilla

During his regular “Political Daily Briefing’ feature on CNN’s “No Bias, No Bull” program on Tuesday evening, Dana Milbank of the Washington Post used Hillary Clinton’s famous descriptive about her conservative opponents in describing one group’s latest effort against the outgoing New York senator: “A group called Judicial Watch, charter members of the vast right-wing conspiracy -- they were on…
Matthew Balan

Dear WSJ: Government Can't Even Get Socialism Right

Auto industry and 'sadistic' anti-capitalists.
Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.

Shhhhhhhh! Dow Loses Nearly 2,300 When Bernanke Talks

In last six months, 65 percent of days when Fed chairman speaks show market declines, including three of worst drops in history.
Jeff Poor

Networks Darken 'Black Friday

Broadcast journalists marginalize increased turnout, spending; focus on downbeat angles of holiday shopping.
Matt Philbin

'Dan Rather: Unleashed' = Evils of 'Huge Conglomerate' Owning All the

Brent Baker