Fareed Zakaria: Fox Viewers Don't Watch CNN - Our Competition is NPR a

CNN's Fareed Zakaria made a bit of a Kinsley gaffe Friday. On NPR's "Morning Edition," Zakaria said, "The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN...Our competitors should properly be The New York Times, the BBC, NPR" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
July 2nd, 2011 2:44 PM

CNN's Belief Blog Promotes Atheist Group's Fourth of July Airplane Mes

CNN's Belief Blog might seem more like the Unbelief Blog at times. CNN's Katie Glaeser not only publicized, but seemed to take sides with American Atheists and their campaign to fly their Godless message on airplane banners on the Fourth of July. "It's a battle of belief -- and the right not to believe -- in a country founded on freedom," she began. That's a bit of a straw man -- even President…
Tim Graham
July 2nd, 2011 2:02 PM

Gary Sinise - A True American Patriot

Gary Sinise is one of the rare Hollywood stars these days willing to give back to the nation by showing his support for the troops. On Thursday, he sat down with substitute host Laura Ingraham on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor" to discuss a new documentary chronicling his tremendously patriotic efforts (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
July 2nd, 2011 1:28 PM

AP Reporter: Herman Cain Needs Voters to 'Look Past His Skin Color And

AP reporter Errin Haines couldn't possibly think that being black makes you an un-serious presidential candidate. She's black. But that was the mysterious echo in her (mostly positive) story on GOP contender Herman Cain. Perhaps she meant that a black Republican can't possibly be anything more than a token or a gimmick? Her third paragraph: Already losing some of his cachet to tea party…
Tim Graham
July 2nd, 2011 12:41 PM

Former Defense Dept. Official: NYT Has 'Deep-Seated Anti-Catholic Bigo

Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Jed Babbin said Friday that there is a deep-seated anti-Catholic bigotry at the New York Times. Speaking with Clayton Morris on "Fox & Friends," the former George H.W. Bush administration official also called the Gray Lady "a hub of liberal thinking" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
July 2nd, 2011 12:16 PM

Weekend Open Thread

For general discussion and debate about politics, the economy, sports, and whatever else tickles your fancy.
NB Staff
July 2nd, 2011 11:06 AM

Leave Flakes at the Breakfast Table

"Are you a flake?"  With that question on "Fox News Sunday" to Rep. Michele Bachmann, Chris Wallace may have given a rallying cry to the new feminist revolution in American politics. Except the f-word will likely be nowhere in evidence. Wallace apologized, and in a sense the whole kerfuffle is over -- but only for him. He was only hitching onto the mainstream media's presentation of…
Kathryn Jean Lopez
July 2nd, 2011 10:00 AM

Bozell Column: Games Judges Don't Play

The video-game industry has won again in court, insisting on their right to make the most debased gaming experience imaginable and market it to children with little commercial restraint. On June 27, the Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 against California’s law mandating that children are not allowed to purchase “Mature” video games without a parent.  The political elites are celebrating the…
Brent Bozell
July 2nd, 2011 8:09 AM

Media and Politicians Drop 'Global Warming' in Favor of 'Climate Chang

Over the past three years, the number of believers in anthropogenic global warming has been on a steady decline, while the number of believers in natural planetary warming and cooling cycle has been on a steady incline. The shrinking pool of people who still swear by Al Gore's Hollywood version of the climate trend is especially populated with journalists and politicians who refuse admit they…
Aubrey Vaughan
July 2nd, 2011 8:00 AM

Happy Fourth! But Beef Is an 'Environmental Disaster,' Potato Salad is

When liberals sputter at a study showing the Fourth of July celebrations mint Republicans, perhaps they should consider how liberals tend to ruin patriotic occasions. In a New York Times op-ed, Brian Palmer of Slate.com breaks out the carbon-emission sermons about the dangers of grilling, beef, potato salad, and pie: Fourth of July, the national celebration of combustion, presents an…
Tim Graham
July 2nd, 2011 7:06 AM

Ed Schultz's Sub Lumps in Conservatives with Mao Zedong and People Who

When Ed Schultz takes a vacation, the guest hosts may be even weirder. On MSNBC, it's been the Al Sharpton Hour. On the radio on Thursday, it was conservative-bashing trial lawyer Mike Papantonio. The man was on such a tear about textbook revisions in Texas that he was comparing conservatives to Mao Zedong: The GOP teabag-type conservatives are pushing education in the same kind of direction…
Tim Graham
July 1st, 2011 11:39 PM

Senator Says Defense of Marriage Act on 'Wrong Side of History,' Joins

Thirteen U.S. senators who oppose the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) participated in a video for the pro-homosexual “It Gets Better” project, in which they encourage lesbian and gay youth to persevere and be optimistic about the future. In discussing the release of the video on Wednesday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said, “DOMA, folks, is on the wrong side of history.” The participation of the…
Katie Bell
July 1st, 2011 10:26 PM

CBS Omits How Obama Broke Campaign Promise on Tax Hikes

On Thursday's CBS Evening News and Friday's Early Show, CBS glossed over President Obama's aim to break a campaign promise with a proposal to raise taxes on people who make less than $250,000 a year. Both Chip Reid and Bill Plante noted that "the White House is also insisting on...a limit on deductions for people...making more than $200,000 a year," but didn't reference the Democrat's 2008 tax…
Matthew Balan
July 1st, 2011 6:42 PM

Rush Limbaugh: You Can't Call Obama D-word on MSNBC But You Can Call C

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh had more fun Friday with what Mark Halperin said on "Morning Joe" the previous day. In Limbaugh's view, you can't call Obama the D-word on MSNBC, but you can debase conservatives however you want including saying they're "racist, sexist, bigot homophobes" (video follows with transcript and commentary, minor vulgarity warning):
Noel Sheppard
July 1st, 2011 5:45 PM