Lefties Scorn Bush As 'Mourner-In-Chief,' But to ABC, Clinton Was 'Cha

Over at the Huffington Post's Eat the Press blog, Jason Linkins objected Tuesday night to MSNBC's description of President Bush as "mourner-in-chief," demanding they stop because "It's emo and it's weird." Linkins admitted MSNBC was not the first to use this terminology. But perhaps liberals forget that the network news people employed it with Bill Clinton, too. In fact, on the July 25, 1996…
Tim Graham
 

CNN.com Finds Court Upholding Partial Birth Ban Unremarkable

Ken Shepherd
 

Green Day(s) All Year 'Round

Media uncritically report on climate change rallies, protests and concerts without pausing to count the cost to businesses and individuals.
Julia A. Seymour
 

So Simple, Even a Journalist Can Do It

I've roundly criticized ABC's Brian Ross for his blatant falsehoods regarding the "assault weapons" ban provision of the 1994 Crime Bill, but it appears that not only has ABC News refused to retract these false claims, it appears that the lie is spreading among other members of the ignorati. Enter one of the least, shall we say, "mentally agile" disciples of this profession at MSNBC. Ian…
Bob Owens
 

Leftist Blogger: Media Use 'Imperfect' Sharpton to Give Cover to Racis

Matthew Sheffield
 

More 'Stagnant Wages' Myth-Busting, Courtesy of the Bureau of Labor St

From the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Real Earnings News Release yesterday: Average weekly earnings rose by 4.4 percent, seasonally adjusted, from March 2006 to March 2007. After deflation by the CPI-W, average weekly earnings increased by 1.6 percent. And here's one for Paul "the rich are getting it all" Krugman of the New York Times -- Note who is being surveyed when these numbers are…
Tom Blumer
 

Open Thread

For general discussion and comment...
NB Staff
 

NY Mag: Global Warming Cure Depends on ‘Fat, Spoiled 21st-Century Am

A few weeks ago as the world awaited the release of the most recent report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, some well-known scientists were quoted as saying that the media’s sensationalistic coverage of the issue was interfering with a reasoned discussion on the topic. Their thinking was that the more the press and Hollywoodans suggest that the problem is so…
Noel Sheppard
 

Journalist Union Calls For a Boycott of All Israeli Goods

Terry Trippany
 

‘The View’ Discusses Gun Control, Ignores Rosie’s Armed Bodyguar

It certainly was predictable that in the wake of the horrific Virginia Tech massacre, the ladies of ABC’s “The View” – in particular, former gun control advocate Rosie O’Donnell – were going to use the incident to once again attack the Second Amendment.Yet, when such a discussion on Tuesday completely ignored Rosie O’Donnell’s own controversy surrounding this issue – it was identified in May…
Noel Sheppard
 

ABC's Ross: 'Some Say' Right to Bear Arms a Scandal

Mark Finkelstein
 

Washington Post Quotes Iraqi on VT Shooting -- Praising Gun Control of

Tim Graham
 

Pelosi and Sadr -- Same Struggle: The Unintentional Candor of the NY T

If Arnold Schwarzenegger, nominal Republican, wants to be allowed to run for president, why shouldn't Moktada al-Sadr be considered for a spot on the Dem ticket? After all, his views on U.S. withdrawal from Iraq put him firmly in the mainstream of the party of Pelosi The thought occurred to me while reading Moktada al-Sadr’s Gambit, an editorial in this morning's NY Times regarding the…
Mark Finkelstein
 

N.Y. Times Pulitzer-Winning Series on Imam Was Panned by Right and Lef

Tim Graham