New Washington Post Reporter Proclaimed ‘Ted Kennedy Has Been a Huge

Melinda Henneberger, who in 2009 proclaimed “Ted Kennedy has been a huge inspiration to me” and boasted of a “longtime political crush on the man who either in spite of his flaws and losses or because of them accomplished more than anyone else in my lifetime for causes that liberals (and other Americans) care about,” has joined the Washington Post where, per a Thursday announcement posted by…
Brent Baker
October 8th, 2011 7:24 PM

Newsweek Champions Anita Hill 'Surviving Clarence

Newsweek isn't shy about taking sides in celebrating the anniversary of Anita Hill's unsubstantiated claims of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas. Their I-believe-Anita article is titled "Surviving Clarence." The author is feminist Leslie Bennetts -- a woman who's previously puffed Arianna Huffington as the "ultimate poster girl for change" and has even proclaimed that women who stay…
Tim Graham
October 8th, 2011 7:00 PM

Arianna Vows Balanced Journalism - and Provides Little But Gush on Wal

The Occupy Wall Street crowd squatting in lower Manhattan and elsewhere while the rest of us are working has a not-at-all surprising ally: Arianna Huffington. The limo liberal epitomized, Huffington is embroiled in a lawsuit with former bloggers who alleged she stiffed them on decent compensation for content at her site.
Jack Coleman
October 8th, 2011 5:26 PM

Maher Claims Steve Jobs 'Not a Corporate Type' Before Saying 'Apple Ma

Does Bill Maher ever listen to the nonsense coming out of his mouth to make sure he doesn't contradict himself from one minute to the next? On Friday's "Real Time," the host paid his respects to Steve Jobs by claiming how liberal the Apple founder was adding "He was not a corporate type" only to minutes later accurately note, "Apple makes their s--t in China. And they could still make it here…
Noel Sheppard
October 8th, 2011 3:53 PM

Mike Malloy Takes D.C. Stage to Tell 'Corporate Thugs' to Er, Love The

Leftist talk-radio screamer Mike Malloy brought his extreme rhetoric from the radio to an "Occupy" protest stage set up at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. He took a couple of days off from the radio show so he could delight the crowd by telling the "corporate thugs" to "go f--- yourself." His wife and producer Kathy blogged on the Malloy show website: "It’s not the Tea Party of…
Tim Graham
October 8th, 2011 3:50 PM

Sharpton Doesn't Know Higher Percentage of Republicans Than Democrats

As Al Sharpton ridiculed Herman Cain on MSNBC's "The Last Word" Friday for saying blacks have been brainwashed into voting for Democrats, the reverend ended up proving the Republican presidential candidate's point. Seconds after claiming, "What [Cain] does not have the right is to rewrite history by saying that blacks were brainwashed by becoming Democrats," Sharpton showed his ignorance of…
Noel Sheppard
October 8th, 2011 2:18 PM

NBC: Occupy Wall Street Like an ‘Arab Spring,’ is ‘Drawing Histo

Friday’s NBC Nightly News once again promoted the left-wing/anti-capitalist protests which Brian Williams non-ideologically described as “a protest against economic and social inequality” that “has now spawned organized marches in 45 states.” Reporter Chris Jansing featured a man whose “frustration brought him to lower Manhattan” and he pronounced: “I think it's our Arab Spring.” Jansing…
Brent Baker
October 8th, 2011 2:01 PM

Saturday Sports Open Thread

Big day in sports between college football, baseball playoffs, hockey and basketball seasons coming, etc. Let's chat.
NB Staff
October 8th, 2011 12:25 PM

Saturday Open Thread

For general discussion and debate about politics, economics, and whatever else tickles your fancy.
NB Staff
October 8th, 2011 12:20 PM

Maher: If We 'Fire Every Southern Hillbilly Who Thinks Obama Is Like H

If it's Friday, Bill Maher must be saying something offensive about conservatives. True to form, during his opening monologue on HBO's "Real Time," the host quipped about ESPN terminated its relationship with Hank Williams Jr. this week, "If we're going to fire every southern hillbilly who thinks Obama is like Hitler, who will be our Republican Congressmen?
Noel Sheppard
October 8th, 2011 11:51 AM

CNN's Lemon: Bible Once Used to Promote Slavery, Now Used Against Gays

In an interview with a gay Chicago newspaper, CNN's openly-gay African-American anchor Don Lemon warned that the same Bible that was used to "keep us as slaves" is now a weapon against gay people. "We have, in many ways, been a victim of the Scriptures and theology that have been used to keep us as slaves," Lemon claimed, talking about the African-American culture. "It's been ingrained us (…
Matt Hadro
October 8th, 2011 11:30 AM

CNBC Host: 'Almost Impossible' for Obama to Win in

The U.S. unemployment rate in September was 9.1%, a terrible statistic and a symptom of a profoundly damaged economy. Anticipating Friday's jobs report, CNBC Squawk Box co-host and New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin wondered whether the bad economic news had already reached a point where it would be "almost impossible" for President Obama to be re-elected. "Remember when people used…
Rich Noyes
October 8th, 2011 10:38 AM

Maher: Perry's 'Racist Rock' is Like GOP, 'Overtly Racist Bulls*** Thi

During the "New Rule" segment ending Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, host Maher asserted that the painted over "N****head Ranch" rock on Texas Governor Rick Perry's hunting territory is a "metaphor" for the Republican Party, because it is "overtly racist bulls*** thinly painted over." Maher also displayed the words "The Bigotest Loser" while an image of Perry was shown on screen.…
Brad Wilmouth
October 8th, 2011 10:14 AM

Bozell Column: 'Playboy Club' Collapses

NBC president Robert Greenblatt was really committed to the new drama “The Playboy Club” just weeks ago. “What it has going for it is a recognizable brand that's automatically going to draw attention to it, good or bad," he said. "It's the right kind of thing for us to try." They tried it. Three episodes later, NBC made it the first canceled series of the season. Trains have rarely wrecked as…
Brent Bozell
October 8th, 2011 8:31 AM