CBS Finally Mentions Lack of Congressional Approval for Libya Attack

At the top of Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Chris Wragge acknowledged for the first time on the network that members of Congress were criticizing the Obama administration for failing to seek their approval on military action in Libya: "In Washington, the Speaker of the House takes on President Obama as to why he didn't talk to Congress before launching the attacks." While that tease…
Kyle Drennen
March 24th, 2011 12:52 PM

Obama More 'Hawkish' Than Bush, More Charming, Say 'Morning Joe' Pundi

Is Obama more 'hawkish' and yet more charming than his immediate predecessor? Apparently so, claimed Time's Mark Halperin and MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski on Thursday's edition of "Morning Joe." Halperin believes that President Obama has been more cavalier than his predecessor, and Brzezinski thinks that although Obama has extended many of Bush's unpopular policies, he brings a different "…
Matt Hadro
March 24th, 2011 12:30 PM

ABC Knocks the 'Most Controversial,' 'as Conservative as They Come' Mi

Covering a possible 2012 presidential run by Michele Bachmann, Good Morning America's Juju Chang on Thursday spun the Congresswoman as "one of the most controversial freshmen [sic] members of Congress." Aside from the obvious error, Bachmann has been a representative for four years, GMA never identified hard-left former Congressman Alan Grayson that way. Reporter Jonathan Karl singled out…
Scott Whitlock
March 24th, 2011 11:57 AM

Maddow at Most Absurd: Describes Tax Cuts in New Jersey as New Spendin

Somewhere the ghost of George Orwell cringes in recognition. In her eagerness to please, Rachel Maddow occasionally collides headlong into immutable facts of economic reality. To wit, cutting taxes does not constitute new government spending, at least outside of doctrinaire Marxist analysis. Here's MSNBC's Little Miss Sunshine giving her two-cents' worth on this Tuesday night (video below…
Jack Coleman
March 24th, 2011 11:17 AM

Obama's War in Libya

Well, it is official. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, has asked the Norwegian Nobel Committee to take back President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize owing to Obama's missile strikes in Libya. The head of Russia's Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, also has weighed in, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is really in a snit. This is the best news Col. Moammar Gadhafi…
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
March 24th, 2011 10:55 AM

Joy Behar Lies About Reagan's AIDS Record During Her HLN Elizabeth Tay

It might have been expected that the death of movie star and AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor might be an occasion for liberal sniping. Unsurprisingly, it came from Joy Behar on her CNN Headline News show Wednesday night, recirculating the complete myth that Ronald Reagan didn't care about AIDS, and couldn't utter the name of the disease for years:
Tim Graham
March 24th, 2011 10:47 AM

Economic Lunacy

Economic lunacy abounds, and often the most learned, including Nobel Laureates, are its primary victims. The most recent example of economic lunacy is found in a Huffington Post article titled "The Silver Lining of Japan's Quake" written by Nathan Gardels, editor of New Perspectives Quarterly, who has also written articles for The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and…
Walter E. Williams
March 24th, 2011 10:31 AM

Ed Schultz: Three GOP Governors Down in Polls - 'It's a Turning Point

MSNBC's Ed Schultz on Wednesday claimed recent polls finding three newly-elected Republican governors wouldn't win if elections were held today represents a turning point in American history. Not surprisingly, his far-left guests from the Nation magazine quite agreed with him (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 24th, 2011 10:31 AM

Open Thread: No War in Libya, Just 'Kinetic Military Action

You probably remember how Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) savaged the Bush administration for their supposed use of Orwellian euphemisms for various military and intelligence policies ("enhanced interrogation," for example). What do you suppose their reaction to this will be? Byron York reported Thursday that the administration is now referring to the conflict in Libya as a "…
NB Staff
March 24th, 2011 10:15 AM

Gainor Column: Why Are Media Ignoring Soros Plans to Remake Entire Glo

Two years ago, George Soros said he wanted to reorganize the entire global economic system. In two short weeks, he is going to start – and no one seems to have noticed. On April 8, a group he’s funded with $50 million is holding a major economic conference and Soros’s goal for such an event is to “establish new international rules” and “reform the currency system.” It’s all according to a…
Dan Gainor
March 24th, 2011 9:17 AM

CBS Celebrates Year of ObamaCare By Touting Its Benefits and Despairin

Wednesday’s CBS Evening News celebrated the one-year anniversary of ObamaCare by touting its benefits before Katie Couric, who devoted half her newscast to Elizabeth Taylor’s passing, fretted: “What about the legal battles? Could they actually derail health care reform altogether?” Neither ABC nor NBC touched ObamaCare on Wednesday night but, in contrast to CBS, on FNC’s Special Report Carl…
Brent Baker
March 24th, 2011 9:01 AM

Chris Matthews and Robert Reich Ironically Discuss 'Republican Lies Ab

Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich wrote a truly nonsensical piece for the Huffington Post Tuesday ironically called "The Republicans' Big Lies About Jobs." MSNBC's Chris Matthews must have loved this tripe and its sophomoric title for he invited the Berkeley professor on Wednesday's "Hardball" so that the pair could put on a clinic in liberal economic fantasy (video follows with…
Noel Sheppard
March 23rd, 2011 9:30 PM

Finally: Bloomberg BusinessWeek Adds Balance to Media Coverage of Chev

Magazine's 'Jungle Justice' story gives extensive treatment of both sides of protracted legal battle.
Julia A. Seymour
March 23rd, 2011 9:07 PM

Unreported Soros Event Aims to Remake Entire Global Economy

Left-wing billionaire's own experts dominate quiet push for 'a grand bargain that rearranges the entire financial order.'
Dan Gainor
March 23rd, 2011 8:48 PM