'World News' Critical of Faith-Based Financial Adviser’s Debt Stance

Imagine someone going on the radio and using Scripture to give you advice on your finances. To ABC's "World News," following this advice involves "radical" action. The February 3 "World News Sunday" featured the financial advice of Howard Dayton. Dayton incorporates the Bible into his advice and says it's Biblical to get out of debt as soon as possible. But "World News" anchor Dan Harris…
Jeff Poor

Behar Blames Restaurants for Obesity, Declares People 'Victims' of Eat

'The View' co-host says restaurants, not overeaters, are to blame for obesity.
Nathan Burchfiel

Hillary Says She’s Happy to Have Ann Coulter’s Vote

As NewsBusters reported Saturday, conservative author Ann Coulter told Fox News's Sean Hannity that she will campaign for Hillary Clinton if John McCain wins the Republican presidential nomination. On Sunday's "This Week," ABC's George Stephanopoulos, a former Clinton adviser, asked the junior senator from New York the following question concerning this matter: What do you make of the fact that…
Noel Sheppard

Behar Hits 'Extreme Right Wing Conservatives' Like Rush Limbaugh

Justin McCarthy

New Republic's Foer Praises McCain on Climate Change

Sen. John McCain may not have won the favor of Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter, but he has some upside in the eyes of The New Republic Editor Franklin Foer. Foer appeared at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., on February 1 to promote his new book, "Election 2008: A Voter's Guide." "[I] think that McCain has certain political virtues that other Republicans don't, which is that…
Jeff Poor

Essay: The Media Finally Get Their Man

On the verge of foisting McCain on the Republican Party -- and then turning viciously upon him Straight TalkThe media’s long love affair with the maverick, Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, may be finally about to bear presidential primary fruit. The Straight Talk Express has taken a circuitous route to the precipice of the Republican nomination and -- throughout the journey -- its…
Seton Motley

NYT: McCain 2007 Summer Slump Caused by Moves to Right

Clay Waters

'Today' Co-Host Vieira Loses Carbon-Belching Super Bowl Bet

Bet involves a plane flying around New York City with a 'Today' banner saying 'Giants Rule, Meredith Drools.'
Jeff Poor

Will Media Fall For and Promote Hillary’s Second Crying Game

Remember at the beginning of January, just hours before the New Hampshire primary, and days after a devastating loss to Sen. Barack Obama in the Iowa caucuses, Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton teared-up in front of the camera, and a sycophantic media fell for it hook, line, and sinker? Of course, many political pundits felt this was partially responsible for her victory in New…
Noel Sheppard

Jennings Rides Again: Kristol Warns Conservatives Against 'Temper Tan

The voters had a temper tantrum last week . . . Parenting and governing don't have to be dirty words: the nation can't be run by an angry two-year-old. -- Peter Jennings, November 14, 1994, on the Republican landslide.[C]onservatives . . . can choose to stand aside from history while having a temper tantrum. But they should consider that the American people might then choose not to invite them…
Mark Finkelstein

ABC's Roberts Lauds 'Charming,' 'Fascinating' Michelle Obama

ABC reporter Deborah Roberts interviewed Michelle Obama on Monday's "Good Morning America" and glossed over some of the more controversial statements of this "fascinating," "straight-talking," "charming" woman.Roberts appeared comfortable repeating talking points from "the spouse of politics' newest star" and didn't challenge Mrs. Obama on her assertion, from November 2007, that it will be…
Scott Whitlock

NBC's Ann Curry Can't Find Illinois on Map

On the Monday "Today" show co-host Ann Curry was breaking down the delegate counts for each Super Tuesday state with NBC's political director Chuck Todd but when it came to finding Barack Obama's home state of Illinois on the map, Curry pointed to Minnesota instead.The following exchange occurred on the February 4 "Today" show:ANN CURRY: Okay let's talk about the home states because we've got…
Geoffrey Dickens

MSM Gave Bill Clinton More Coverage Than Any Republican Candidate

H/t ML.How fixated is the MSM on its beloved Democrats? In a recent week, the media bestowed more coverage on Bill Clinton than on any of the Republican presidential candidates.That's the finding of the The Project for Excellence in Journalism [PEJ], a part of the Pew Research Center, which has never been accused of right-wing tendencies.
Mark Finkelstein

College Paper: Attacking Ronald Reagan, Misspells Name as 'Regan

Not that we need any more proof that our colleges and universities have degraded to near foolishness, but the Daily Collegian, a paper that bills itself as "New England's largest college daily," gives us one more reason to assume it is true. The paper, published at the University of Massachusetts, gives us an uninformed screed against Ronald Reagan that is a mere exercise in name calling as…
Warner Todd Huston