Weekend Captionfest: Al Jazeera in America

NB Staff
 

CBS: House Democrats Bench Pelosi's 'Star Quarterback' John Murtha

Friday’s "Early Show" analyzed the Democrat Party’s leadership election with CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent Sharyl Attkisson recognizing the failure of Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi in her endeavor to replace her rival, Representative Steny Hoyer, with her friend, Congressman John Murtha, in the House Democrat Party leadership. Pelosi was compared to a head football coach who’s team…
Michael Rule
 

Media Shocker: New York Times Rips Pelosi and Murtha

During the past week, NewsBusters has made it quite clear that the media have a love affair going with incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and antiwar Congressman Jack Murtha. The big question around the cooler yesterday was which media outlets would be critical of either Democrat given Thursday’s vote to appoint Steny Hoyer as House Majority Leader. Well, separating themselves from the pack on…
Noel Sheppard
 

Sitcom ‘My Name Is Earl,’ Gores Audience About Warming

Dan Gainor
 

Matthews Laughs As Al Franken Jokes John Fund's GOP Buddies Are 'Crook

Tim Graham
 

Open Thread Friday

Discuss general news and whatever else you like.
NB Staff
 

Post Writes in Solidarity with Striking Janitors

Story backs 1.8-million-member union against 'oil-rich city's business leaders.'
Dan Gainor
 

With Election Over, NBC Sees Dangers in Cut and Run

Justin McCarthy
 

Hotel Chain Drops CNN over Sniper Video

Greg Sheffield
 

Who Should be the 2006 Media Person of the Year

Greg Sheffield
 

Gun Control: Examining the 2005 FBI Crime Statistics

Howard Nemerov
 

Iraq Diary: Heroic Corpsman, Hangin' With a Homie, Clean Fun on Cold T

Mark Finkelstein
 

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: November 11 to November

This past week saw The Washington Post ask a classically liberal question: Is America more racist or sexist? Following the lead of this major paper, ABC’s Diane Sawyer asked the same question, adding a surreptitious angle. She wondered, "Is the nation, secretly, I guess, more racist or more sexist?"The "Good Morning America" host wasn’t through, however. On Tuesday, she offered the query again.…
Scott Whitlock
 

'Moderate' Steny Hoyer? WashPost Ignored Voting Record

The man Democrats nominated for Majority Leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer, has a lifetime American Conservative Union rating of eight percent (zero percent in 2004, 12 percent in 2005). If you'd rather have the liberal rating, Americans for Democratic Action gave him a 100 in 2004, and a 95 in 2005. This should mean that any objective reporter would describe him as a "liberal." But here's the Friday…
Tim Graham