On PBS, Bill Maher Says America Will Regain Prestige 'Quickly' -- Once

On May 4, Bill Maher appeared on the PBS talk show Charlie Rose to denounce Bush's handling of the war in Iraq. Speaking of being greeted as liberators, Maher said America will get back its global reputation almost instantly once Bush is gone and the Carter-Clinton people are back in charge of foreign policy:CHARLIE ROSE: Now, we`re at a low ebb in terms of our respect around the world. In your…
Tim Graham
 

Saturday Open Thread

For weekend discussion...
NB Staff
 

Leftwing Blogosphere Desperately Grasps At Yet Another Impeachment Str

P.J. Gladnick
 

Globe Echoes McCain's Disdain: Voters Not 'Rational' on Immigration

See update at foot: life imitates NewsBusters. This is the first step. We can and must complete this legislation sooner rather than later. We all know that this issue can be caught up in extracurricular politics unless we move forward as quickly as possible. -- Sen. John McCain [R-AZ], May 17th.Now is probably the last window for action on comprehensive reform before presidential politics thwart…
Mark Finkelstein
 

C-SPAN Featured Film about Leftist and PC Indoctrination in US Higher

The “Weekly Standard” profiled libertarian-leaning conservative and political commentator turned documentarian Evan Coyne Maloney, whose new documentary about the leftist ideological indoctrination and pervasive political correctness in the US higher education system is called “Indoctrinate U”. Saturday May 19, CSPAN ran a segment about his film on the network’s “Washington Journal”, but CSPAN…
Lynn Davidson
 

Jon Stewart Finds Bush 'Contempt for Democracy' As Russert Carps About

Tim Graham
 

College Students Forced to Watch Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth

Here’s a disturbingly inconvenient truth: Students at Roger Williams University in Briston, Rhode Island, were forced to watch Al Gore’s global warming schlockumentary if they wished to graduate.Think I’m kidding?As reported by Young America’s Foundation (h/t NBer Dahlia Travers. Also, please watch the following video of Fox News’ Neil Cavuto interviewing one of these students on the May 9 “Your…
Noel Sheppard
 

CBS News Kisses Itself With Special on Cronkite, The 'Steel of Integri

Tim Graham
 

Knight Column: Getting a Kick Out of Falwell's Death

Kristen Fyfe
 

GMA, Early Show Tout Immigration Bill as ‘Historic Day

On Friday, both CBS and ABC skewed their coverage of the Senate’s immigration bill to the left. Neither network featured a conservative talking head that opposed the legislation, instead "The Early Show" and "Good Morning America" simply referred to the "critics" who believe the bill would amount to amnesty for those who came to the country illegally. However, while both networks also interviewed…
Scott Whitlock
 

FNC Breaks Informal Media Boycott of Christian-Newsom Murders

Thanks to the right blogosphere, the media's virtual embargo on the gruesome murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom, the young white Tennessee couple who were gangraped and killed by a group of black criminals, has finally begun to break. Fox News reported the story yesterday.  Hot Air has the video.
Matthew Sheffield
 

New Zealand Weatherman on Global Warming: 'It's All Going to be a Joke

The air continues to seep out of the global warming consensus balloon, ladies and gentlemen. Meet Augie Auer, the former University of Wyoming professor of atmospheric science turned New Zealand meteorologist who isn’t buying what soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his band of not so merry global warming alarmists are selling.As reported by the New Zealand Timaru Herald (emphasis added throughout):
Noel Sheppard
 

Weekend Captionfest

Original caption: "Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (R) [sic] appears on CNN's Larry King Live in New York April 19, 2007."
NB Staff
 

Rosie's Sexist Remarks: 'View' Co-Host Doesn't Trust Male Nannies

Justin McCarthy