Gregory Ignores Pelosi's Flub, Treats Retort to Bush on al-Qaeda in Ir

Asked by a reporter about how “President Bush today blamed the surge of violence in Iraq on al Qaeda,” incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded with a disjointed answer about how “the 9/11 Commission dismissed that notion a long time ago and I feel sad that the President is resorting to it again." Though al-Qaeda is clearly in Iraq and responsible for deadly bombings, and the 9/11…
Brent Baker
 

'Hardball,' My Foot: David Shuster Treats Jimmy Carter as Middle East

Mark Finkelstein
 

Bozell Column: Who's Soft on Propaganda

If we were to believe liberals, the last several years could be dubbed the Age of Propaganda, what scandalized columnist Frank Rich, who knows quite a lot about this subject, calls the “decline and fall of truth.”They complained when government agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services put out “video news releases” that some lax TV stations aired without editing. They complained…
Brent Bozell
 

McLaughlin Group Hypes Man-Made Global Warming, Calls Naysayers 'Neand

Michael Rule
 

Same NBC That Boldly Claims 'Civil War' Can't Always Call Hezbollah 'T

Tim Graham
 

'The Beeb' Can't Hide Bias In Report on Bush Keynote At NATO Summit

Terry Trippany
 

Pity the Poor Trial Attorneys Working 70-Hour Weeks

Ken Shepherd
 

CBS's Harry Smith Gushes Over Jimmy Carter, Seeks Carter's Advice On I

Michael Rule
 

ABC Hypes 'Extreme Jobs' Taking Heavy Toll on Workers with 70-Hour Wee

Yet the number of Americans in those jobs is small; they choose them; and they're generally well-paid.
Ken Shepherd
 

Open Thread

Today's starter: Terrorist organizations have started using Google to further their ends.
NB Staff
 

Jim Lehrer on Colbert: I am ‘Bias-Free’ And The ‘Flavor of Neutr

Appearing on the Monday edition of Comedy Central’s "Colbert Report," PBS host Jim Lehrer dismissed any hint of a liberal agenda, declaring himself "bias-free." The "NewsHour" anchor also indicated that the real problem is the distorted viewers, not slanted reporting: Stephen Colbert: "Now, um, do you believe that you have a liberal bias?"Jim Lehrer: "I know I do not have a liberal bias." Colbert…
Scott Whitlock
 

NY Times Follows NBC's Lead: Reporters Can Call Iraq Conflict 'Civil W

Clay Waters
 

Is 'Cronkite Moment' Just a Media Myth

Rich Noyes
 

Boston Globe Laments JFK Not on Historians' Most Influential List

Warner Todd Huston