Ex-Journalist Linda Douglass: I 'Always' Had Problems With McCain

Ex-journalist Linda Douglass, now a spokesman for Barack Obama, admitted in a piece in Monday's Washington Post that she "always" had "fundamental differences" with Republican presidential candidate John McCain. The former reporter, whose long history of liberal bias has been chronicled by NewsBusters, also announced to the Post's Howard Kurtz that she believes "reporters are constantly…
Scott Whitlock

CBS: Obama Rejects ‘Safe, Focus-Group Tested Message,’ Promotes Fa

On Monday’s CBS "Early Show," correspondent Jeff Glor praised the courage of Barack Obama for promoting fatherhood during a speech on Father’s Day while running for president: "A job that usually requires safe, focus-group tested messages. This one seemed like anything but." Obama’s speech, in which the Illinois Senator declared that many fathers, particularly in the African-American community,…
Kyle Drennen

Lack of New Drilling Blamed on Oil Companies

Maryland congressman tells CNN off-limits oil areas shouldn't be opened to exploration because other lands where oil can't be recovered 'are sitting idle.'
Jeff Poor

Yahoo/AP Heralds Elian Gonzalez’s Entrance into Young Communists

Leave it to the mainstream media to highlight the latest "accomplishment" of the Castros’ oppressive regime. One of Yahoo.com’s front page news items Monday morning linked to a story from the Associated Press about Elian Gonzalez’s entrance into Cuba’s Young Communist Union. The short uncredited story put the news this way:The Cuban boy at the center of an international custody battle eight years…
Matthew Balan

WaPo Prescribes Bias in Story on Pro-life Pharmacy

On the one hand, I have to give the Washington Post some credit for its biased June 16 story about a new pro-life pharmacy set to open in northern Virginia this summer. Even with its less-than-fair treatment, it informs pro-life readers of a new pharmacy they may wish to patronize. Of course the store opening is worthy of news coverage for a number of reasons, such as the intersection of faith…
Ken Shepherd

Earth Times Gives McCain Debate Proposal Short Regard

GOP Presidential Nominee John McCain has proposed a series of ten townhall-style debates between himself and Barack Obama from now and August. According to the Earth Times, this is "widely seen as an effort to counter Democrat Obama's likely advantage in raising campaign funds."The article goes on to note that Obama has countered with "an offer of two townhall meetings between now and November to…
D. S. Hube

Media Reports Distort Reality of Generous Treatment Toward Gitmo Detai

Kevin Mooney

Miami Herald Employees Turn to Santeria 'Rooster' for Help

P.J. Gladnick

ChiCom Daily: Due to Skin Color, Western Media 'Lavish Overpraises' On

Don't feel bad for Geraldine Ferraro. Looks like the Hillary supporter who got into hot water back in March for claiming Obama's race was an advantage has landed on her feet, scoring a gig with the English-language edition of the People's Daily, the official organ of the Chinese Communist Party. For some reason, Geraldine apparently decided to adopt a pen name, writing as "Ding Gang." Perhaps…
Mark Finkelstein

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NB Staff

Nets Take Last Shot at How Europeans Say Good Riddance to Bush, Prefer

Getting in some last shots at President Bush as his trip to Europe came to an end in London, CBS and ABC on Sunday night focused stories on Bush's unpopularity on the continent where “they're glad he's on his way out” and it's “an understatement to say that Mr. Bush is unpopular.” CBS correspondent Bill Plante asserted “much of Europe thinks of Mr. Bush as a cowboy who has ridden roughshod over…
Brent Baker

Unseasonably Cold Weather for Nude Global Warming Bike Ride

This one is just too funny not to blog. Apparently some British global warming believers had their nude bike ride disturbed by unseasonably cold weather:Naked cyclists braved chilly conditions to demonstrate against climate change and campaign for rights. About 80 brave bikers stripped before taking a short trip across Manchester amid unseasonably cold weather on Friday. The group rode…
Matthew Sheffield

AP Labels Joe Lieberman 'Democrats' Public Enemy No

The Associated Press labeled Joe Lieberman as the "Democrats' public enemy No. 1" in an astoundingly one sided attack over the weekend in response to critical remarks the former Democrat Senator made about Barack Obama while campaigning for John McCain. The first four paragraphs of the report were dedicated to an all out character assassination that chided Lieberman for straying from the…
Terry Trippany

N.Y. Times Magazine Publishes Charge That McCain's a Phony POW

Tim Graham