The Daily Show Tells Disgruntled Conservatives to Get Lost for 'Conser

Wednesday’s Daily Show mocked conservatives by painting Russia as their “conservative paradise” of bigotry, sexism, and economic inequality. Correspondent Jason Jones quipped that “it seems the red scare has become the ultimate red state” and told unhappy U.S. conservatives like “this antiquated (bleep)” Rush Limbaugh to pack their bags and move there. Jones tarred all conservatives with…
Matt Hadro
February 20th, 2014 12:31 AM

Press Outlets All Over Report on Milk Price Increases While Ignoring L

According to a USA Today item carried at ABC News, "Sixty percent of adults can't drink milk." In July 2012, the New York Times ran an item entitled, "Got Milk? You Don't Need It." But the last time I checked, everyone uses electricity to some extent. I'm bringing up these points because, as a friend showed me earlier today, the establishment press has run stories galore in the past several…
Tom Blumer
February 19th, 2014 10:37 PM

Stephen Moore Schools CNN Anchor on Minimum Wage, Economics

CNN's Carol Costello might as well have read from a Think Progress cheat sheet when she battled conservative economist Stephen Moore over wages and economics on Wednesday. Moore, for his part, gave her a lesson in economics. Starting with the recent CBO estimate that President Obama's minimum wage proposal would cost a half million jobs, Costello argued that it was just an estimate and that…
Matt Hadro
February 19th, 2014 6:45 PM

Walter E. Williams Column: Socialism's Evil Lies in Its Pretense of No

Evil acts are given an aura of moral legitimacy by noble-sounding socialistic expressions, such as spreading the wealth, income redistribution, caring for the less fortunate, and the will of the majority. Let's have a thought experiment to consider just how much Americans sanction evil. Imagine there are several elderly widows in your neighborhood. They have neither the strength to mow their…
Walter E. Williams
February 19th, 2014 6:02 PM

Column | ObamaScare: Con Artists and Criminals Are In Charge

Question: If Obamacare officials cannot prevent accused embezzlers from infiltrating their offices, how can they protect enrollees from grifters, con artists and thieves in the federal health insurance exchange system? Here in my home state, a director of Connect for Health Colorado — the state-sponsored Obamacare health insurance exchange — was just put on administrative leave. No, Christa…
Michelle Malkin
February 19th, 2014 5:42 PM

NY Times Devotes Story to Texas Candidate Embracing Ted Nugent, Barely

When you work at that “Valhalla” of liberal journalism called The New York Times, you can’t believe it when Republicans associate themselves with trash-talking celebrities who make wild charges about President Obama. But when President Obama associates himself with trash-talking celebrities who made wild charges about President Bush, that’s not newsworthy at all. See these lead paragraphs of…
Tim Graham
February 19th, 2014 5:39 PM

Irony in Yesterday's AP Headlines, Later Altered, on Obama's Unilatera

The Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, had an interesting pair of headlines near the top of its raw feed yesterday. The first headline used the typical "Republicans attack" approach any time President Obama does something objectionable, which has been quite often. The headline was "Issa Rails Against Obama's 'Imperial Presidency.'" Of course, reporter Steve Peoples didn't let…
Tom Blumer
February 19th, 2014 4:22 PM

NBC: 23-Year-Old Olympic Freestyle Skier With Wife, Kid Living 'Altern

NBC can't seem to keep its left-leaning slant out of its coverage of the Winter Olympics. One day after playing up Stalin's "palace for the people" in Moscow's metro system, the Big Three network's spotlighted how an American freestyle skier is living an "alternative lifestyle" – for being married at 23 and having a young daughter. Correspondent Skyler Wilder underlined how David Wise, who…
Matthew Balan
February 19th, 2014 4:10 PM

O'Keefe Catches Battleground Texas Illegally Using Info of Newly Regis

The left constantly rants about alleged illegal coordination between conservative and Republican candidates and groups with little to no proof. At least once, when it had no evidence, it went to court to try to get a judge to allow them to engage in a wide-ranging fishing expedition to find something, anything, which might "prove" it.  Fortunately, a Wisconsin judge in mid-January turned back…
Tom Blumer
February 19th, 2014 3:16 PM

‘Irritated’ Former Shell CEO Slams Obama on Keystone

Tired of the president dragging his feet, John Hofmeister,  former CEO of Shell, bluntly shared his thoughts about the Keystone XL pipeline on Feb. 18. Hofmeister passionately argued for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline on “Squawk on the Street,” calling it a “no brainer decision” to boost the economy. Hofmeister criticized President Barack Obama’s refusal to approve the pipeline, citing…
Sean Long
February 19th, 2014 2:58 PM

Daily Beast Writer Prophesies 'Conservative Crusade For Christian Shar

The Daily Beast’s Dean Obeidallah really wants his readers to believe that Taliban-style Sharia Law is threatening America, only, of course, it's coming from evangelical Christians. In a February 18th piece, Obeidallah hyperventilates how “Mainstream conservatives are trying to bring America’s laws into agreement with ‘God’s law’.” The piece began with Obeidallah whining that  The…
Jeffrey Meyer
February 19th, 2014 2:29 PM

AP Goes to the Weather Again to Explain Away Weak Homebuilding Data

The January 2014 New Residential Construction report released by the Census Bureau this morning was very weak. Building permits fell from December by a seasonally adjusted 5.4% (-1.3% for single-family homes). Housing starts fell by 16.0% (-15.9% single-family. The annualized single-family starts figure of 573,000 was the lowest in 17 months. Naturally, Martin Crutsinger at the Associated…
Tom Blumer
February 19th, 2014 1:43 PM

Things That Make You Go Hmm: Arsenio Calls Out Brian Williams for Igno

Liberal reporters, particularly those at MSNBC, are quick to accuse conservatives of racism when it doesn’t exist. So it’s particularly amusing when they’re accused of it themselves.  Arsenio Hall, on his Tuesday night show, did just that when he noticed NBC’s Brian Williams and the New York Times left him out when they reviewed the new late night talk show scene. After putting up a still…
Geoffrey Dickens
February 19th, 2014 12:31 PM

WATCH: MRC's Bozell, FBN's Varney Condemn Network Over-Coverage of Glo

"I was not aware of senators, liberal senators, suggesting to the networks that they make a big deal out of global warming, climate change..... When did they do that?" Fox Business Network's Stuart Varney asked guest Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center (MRC), on his February 18  program. "Absolutely. A letter was sent to the heads of all the networks to say that they weren't…
NB Staff
February 19th, 2014 12:27 PM