George Will Demolishes Robert Reich: 'You Are a Pyromaniac In a Field

George Will on Sunday marvelously told liberal economist Robert Reich something that many conservatives have been dying to say for years. During a fascinating Right vs. Left debate on ABC's This Week, after Reich predictably pined for higher income tax rates to solve all that ails us, Will struck back with the line of the weekend, "You are a pyromaniac in a field of strawmen" (video follows…
Noel Sheppard
December 18th, 2011 7:30 PM

David Zurawik: NBC Hiring Chelsea Clinton a 'Journalistically Bankrupt

Baltimore Sun television critic David Zurawik on Sunday called NBC hiring Chelsea Clinton a "journalistically-bankrupt decision." Talking to CNN's Howard Kurtz about Clinton's debut, Zurawik said if she's been preparing for this all her life "it's been a largely wasted life" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 18th, 2011 4:19 PM

CBS Sportswriter: 'If Tebow Had More Class He’d Just Kill Dogs or Ge

Although he later made it clear he was joking, CBS Sports columnist Gregg Doyel said Sunday, "If [Tim] Tebow had more class he’d just kill dogs or get drunk and run over somebody and maybe end their life." Appearing on CNN's Reliable Sources, Doyel also said of the Denver Broncos quarterback, "He's got a lot of nerve talking about some higher power in his life" (video follows with transcript…
Noel Sheppard
December 18th, 2011 2:22 PM

Urp: WaPo Gushily Awards 'Best Year' in Politics To 'The Clintons

The Sunday Outlook section of The Washington Post sums up who has a "Good Year" and a "Bad Year" in politics -- Gingrich good, Obama bad, for example. But "Best Year" went to "The Clintons." Political writer Chris Cillizza -- not a normal fountain of gush -- said it was "an amazing year for the Clintons. Again." The Post is blinded by their star power. "When we gave Secretary of State Hillary…
Tim Graham
December 18th, 2011 12:52 PM

SNL's Jesus Tells Tebow 'Take It Down a Notch,' 'Mormonism All True, E

NBC's Saturday Night Live this weekend predictably did a sketch mocking Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow for his faith. What might have been lost on viewers was a not-so subtle endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney when Jesus Christ - played by Jason Sudeikis - said at the skit's close, "Mormonism - all true, every single word" (video follows with transcribed…
Noel Sheppard
December 18th, 2011 11:24 AM

Kathleen Parker: 'Everybody's Going To Say I'm An Obama-lover. Whateve

Somebody check the calendar.  Aren't we almost in 2012? Yet there's Kathleen Parker on Chris Matthews's weekend show today, still gushing over Barack Obama like a member of the liberal media in the deepest throes of 2008 Obama-adulation. After extolling Obama's foreign policy approach as "cool" [mangling a basketball metaphor along the way], Parker defiantly declared: "I know everybody's…
Mark Finkelstein
December 18th, 2011 8:34 AM

NPR Honors Hitchens the Scabrous Nun-Basher As 'International Sensatio

National Public Radio is a playground for all the factions of the liberal base, including the atheists. That was clear on Friday with the passing of atheist author Christopher Hitchens. NPR didn't shrink from noticing that Hitchens viciously bashed the globally beloved nun Mother Teresa of Calcutta. They even reran a quote saying "Here's how he trashed her right after she died." (Obviously, the…
Tim Graham
December 18th, 2011 7:54 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: New Imaginary HBO Mini-Series from Tom Han

A departure tonight from my usual Saturday offerings of news media/politics-related humor clips. Instead, something a bit more light-hearted about an until now un-chronicled historic breakthrough. Tom Hanks has produced a bunch of HBO mini-series, including Band of Brothers, The Pacific and John Adams, and Thursday night on CBS’s Late Show he made some fun of himself as he presented a…
Brent Baker
December 17th, 2011 11:44 PM

Des Moines Register Endorses Mitt Romney

As was expected, the Des Moines Register on Saturday endorsed Mitt Romney for Republican presidential nominee.
NB Staff
December 17th, 2011 9:08 PM

In 2009, ABC’s Sciutto Touted Kids Saying ‘Yes, We Can!’ Now He

“After 13 years with ABC News, correspondent Jim Sciutto is leaving the network and TV news. He’s moving to China where he’ll be Chief of Staff to U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke,” TVNewser’s Chris Ariens reported Thursday in noting the latest journalist to join the Obama administration, this time working for Locke, the former Democratic Governor of Washington. Sciutto should certainly…
Brent Baker
December 17th, 2011 8:08 PM

One Boy USO: Amazing Eight-Year-Old Welcomes Home Troops at Airport Tw

Cody Jackson is one amazing eight-year-old. Nicknamed the "One Boy USO," this wonderful Georgian goes to the Atlanta airport twice a month to personally welcome home our returning troops (video follows with transcript):
Noel Sheppard
December 17th, 2011 5:47 PM

Revisionism Run Amok: Ed Schultz Claims Arab Spring Began in Wisconsin

There are lies, damned lies, and what passes for history from Ed Schultz. Never one to let reality intrude on his delusions, Schultz cut loose with a whopper on his radio show Thursday while talking with Mike Tate, chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, about Time magazine making "The Protester" its annual person of the year (audio) --
Jack Coleman
December 17th, 2011 5:22 PM

Bozell Column: Yes, There Are Christmas Haters

In this special season of giving, Hollywood is willing to give people what entertainment executives think the country needs: a vicious, bloody takedown of Christmas. The December 11 episode of  “American Dad” on Fox exemplified those with a complete absence of Christmas spirit in an episode titled “Season’s Beatings.” Father Donovan announced he was running a Christmas play at the mall, so…
Brent Bozell
December 17th, 2011 3:06 PM

Goldie Taylor: 'Bachmann Might Be a Lunatic, But She’s Not the Lunat

Just how much do the media want to prevent Newt Gingrich from becoming the Republican presidential nominee? So much that despite their total disdain for Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), they'll even defend her from supposed sexist attacks by the former Speaker of the House (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 17th, 2011 1:45 PM