Hsu Still a 'HillRaiser' According to Clinton Web Site; When Will Medi

Ken Shepherd
 

MSNBC Sees Pending Economic 'Collapse

"Some new economic reports are raising fears that we are headed for a recession," MSNBC's Alex Witt warned at 1:10 p.m. Eastern on Friday's "MSNBC Live" program. (h/t NB contributor Lynn Davidson)The monitor behind Witt displayed a more pessimistic picture reading "U.S ECONOMY COLLAPSE?"Video (0:29): Real (796 kB) and Windows (905 kB), plus MP3 audio  (221 kB).A recession is classically defined…
Ken Shepherd
 

Osama bin Laden Cites ABC News Story in Denouncing U.S. Role in Iraq

In an ABC News Special Report shortly before 3:30pm EDT, Brian Ross revealed that in a new video, Osama bin Laden “even refers to a broadcast on ABC News on an American soldier in Iraq complaining about the war.” Anchor Elizabeth Vargas explained: “Seems to be referring to that particular story that was run on July 16th of this summer by our Nick Watt in Baghdad.” An ABCNews.com posting quoted…
Brent Baker
 

Time’s Jeff Israely Asks ‘Will The Pope Behave in Austria

Matthew Balan
 

Weekend Captionfest

NB Staff
 

Report Showing Positive Business Signs in the Katrina Zone Sinks Below

Bill Hobbs
 

Hartford Courant: Fred Thompson a 'Standard-issue, Southern-fried Cons

Pam Meister
 

CBS Blogger: Stop Whining About Bias, Check Out the Other Side First

CBS Public Eye blogger Matthew Felling has a message for those of us who complain about media bias. Don't expect the media to pursue balance. In fact, it's YOU who should balance your news diet, with slanted reporting from the opposing side of the political spectrum. Insisted Felling, "It’s one thing for an ideologue to cry bias over this story or another, but it’s far more productive to offer a…
Ken Shepherd
 

Media Still Not Interested In Hsu Money

Richard Newcomb
 

Fox News Picks up Newsbusters' G.I.Joe Story

On Thursday morning I got a phone call from Catherine Donaldson-Evans, a staff writer/reporter for Fox News, about our Newsbusters piece titled "Hollywood: G.I. Joe no Longer American Soldier But an 'International' Operative?" She saw our report and it struck the interest of Fox News to the point that she wanted some further reaction from me on the subject for a piece she was writing. After a…
Warner Todd Huston
 

NYT Asks: Where Are All the Gay Superheroes

Clay Waters
 

Open Thread

Possible discussion point: Who's going to win the U.S. Open Saturday and Sunday?
NB Staff
 

Liberal Talk Radio Host Ed Schultz Has Rashomon Bar Feud

P.J. Gladnick
 

Ann Curry's Snide Little Shot on Iraq

"Today" newsreader Ann Curry managed to work a snide and not-so-subtle shot at President Bush into her news recap this morning.ANN CURRY: The U.S. military is reporting that seven U.S. troops were killed on Thursday, four Marines in fighting in Anbar Province, where President Bush hailed gains in security this week, and three soldiers who died in a roadside bombing in northern Iraq. Their deaths…
Mark Finkelstein