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NB Staff

Radical Writer I. F. Stone Wasn't A Paid Soviet Agent: He'd 'Perform T

Tim Graham

Friday Night Fights: Shepard Smith vs. Bill Kristol

Well sports fans, technically this fight took place in the afternoon. But, regardless of the hour, a real barnburner took place on Fox News’ “Studio B” Friday between anchor Shepard Smith and contributor William Kristol (video link to follow).This melee perfectly demonstrated just how wrong folks like Paul Begala and James Carville are when they suggest that Fox News is just a propaganda arm of…
Noel Sheppard

Book Reportedly Cancelled Over Fears of Muslim Violence

Rioting and threats of violence from Muslim extremists have apparently triumphed once again over the First Amendment. According to psychoanalyst Dr. Nancy Kobrin and noted feminist Phyllis Chesler, who wrote the introduction, Kobrin's new book, "The Sheikh's New Cloth: The Naked Truth about Islamic Suicide Terrorism", was to be published in November by Looseleaf Law Publications, Inc., but Dr.…
Al Brown

Bush-Bashing Borat Fan Dowd Throws Analogy Down The Well

Mark Finkelstein

Bozell Column: Little House of Bestiality

Tim Graham

There Goes The Gravitas: Olbermann Aims Childish 'Fat' Jibes at Ailes

Mark Finkelstein

Friday Follies: Opposite Views of the Same Story on the Economy

First from Reuters, which has not always been very even-handed in reporting economic news, a pretty decent report: Consumers bright, Midwest business strong in Sept By Ros Krasny CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending slipped in August but falling gasoline prices elevated shoppers' moods by September and Midwest factory activity picked up as well, according to reports on Friday that…
Tom Blumer

'The View' Cheers on Chilean Socialist Leader; Shocked by Female Gun O

The feminist spirit was alive and well on Friday’s edition of "The View." The women were shocked by the concept of women with concealed weapons, and positively giddy over Ted Turner’s recent remarks that men should be banned from public office for a hundred years:Barbara Walters: "We particularly like this quote, because we have this remarkable woman on with us today...Ted Turner, when he was…
Megan McCormack

NBC Accuses Oil Firms of 'Fleecing' Taxpayers

But reporter's complaint is really that government forgot to tax oil drilling.
Ken Shepherd

The Ups and Downs of Gas Price Coverage

Ken Shepherd

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: September 23 to

As part of Newsbusters’ thorough coverage of the Bill Clinton/Chris Wallace interview, the MRC’s Tim Graham noted that the shock should not have been over Wallace’s questions, but rather the softballs provided by "mainstream" journalists such as Tim Russert. The NBC host asked Clinton brief and not exactly hard hitting queries, including "what do you think is the biggest problem" in the world…

Scott Whitlock

NB Contest: Who'll Leave 'The View

Matthew Sheffield

Anti-War Iraq Draft Paranoia on CBS's 'Survivor

Tim Graham