Contessa Brewer's Attempt To Discredit Tea Party Freshman Boomerangs B

Contessa Brewer doesn't have a law degree.  So perhaps the MSNBC host was unaware of the old cross-examination adage: never ask a question to which you don't know the answer. Arguing with Rep. Mo Brooks today over raising the debt ceiling, Brewer attempted to discredit the Tea Party Republican freshman Member of Congress from Alabama by asking "do you have a degree in economics?" "Yes, ma'…
Mark Finkelstein
July 20th, 2011 1:17 PM

Media Love Anti-bullying Bully Who Wishes Republicans Were "All F**kin

Vile sex columnist who wants to "f**k" GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum featured by major media more than 300 times in last two years
Erin Brown
July 20th, 2011 12:38 PM

Beckhams Welcome Fourth Child, British Eco-Nuts Call Couple 'Selfish

"The Beckhams are breeding! The Beckhams are breeding!" That's the latest battle cry that can be heard over in the UK with the news that David and Victoria Beckham have just welcomed a fourth child into the world. While that is happy news to most people, leave it to environmentalists, lefty politicians and media outlets to question the Beckhams' bundle of joy. It is, according to these critics,…
Erin R. Brown
July 20th, 2011 12:32 PM

CNN's Piers Morgan Fiercely Contends Accusations of Phone Hacking, Tel

CNN's Piers Morgan tried to clear the air Monday by explaining his time as editor of the scandal-ridden British tabloid paper News of the World, and denied any illegal activity in gathering stories. The story exploded on Tuesday, however, as Parliamentary member Louise Mensch mentioned Morgan on-air during the Murdoch hearings as an example of an editor who had used the illegal practice of…
Matt Hadro
July 20th, 2011 12:27 PM

Bozell Column: Obama Lies About His Mom, Networks Yawn

On July 3, 1999, The New York Times exposed Al Gore for lying about his family in a national convention speech as vice president of the United States. In 1996, Gore had moved the Democrats to tears by claiming that when his sister Nancy died of cancer in 1984, he vowed then and there to oppose the tobacco industry. How courageous – and completely untrue. The Times found Gore campaigned in 1988…
Brent Bozell
July 20th, 2011 12:22 PM

Obama's Ministers of Culture and Agitprop

Immediately after President Obama took office, his Hollywood benefactors clamored for the creation of a "Secretary of Culture." Tinseltown was disappointed with the administration's crony arts czar choice (Chicago lawyer Kareem Dale), but left-wing artists and entertainers have now been mollified. Instead of one government-supported arts czar, the White House has designated an entire herd of…
Michelle Malkin
July 20th, 2011 11:31 AM

NPR Chops Pro-Life Talking Points in Program About Abortion in the Bla

On July 18, NPR refereed a debate between Ryan Bomberger, CEO of www.TheRadianceFoundation.org, and Rev. Carlton Veazey, President and CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. I thought Ryan did great, but he reported afterward he would have scored even more points had NPR not severely edited him. “NPR’s liberal colors shone though as they cut out minutes worth of my responses…
Jill Stanek
July 20th, 2011 11:21 AM

Open Thread: GOP Presidential Hopefuls Break Ranks With Party on Cut

Last night, nine Republicans and five Democrats broke with their parties on the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, which would require a balanced budget amendment if the debt ceiling were to be raised. Two of the Republicans who voted against it were presidential hopefuls: Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and Rep. Ron Paul (Texas), both of whom believe the act doesn't goes far enough. Bachmann instead…
NB Staff
July 20th, 2011 11:00 AM

America's Financial Restoration vs. Obama's Ideology

There is an overarching reason we can't move toward a balanced budget, which underscores why we face ongoing stalemates over debt ceilings and continuing resolutions: President Obama doesn't want to balance the budget. I don't say this out of extremism or to be gratuitously controversial or even provocative. It's just that his words and actions lead to the inescapable conclusion that he is…
David Limbaugh
July 20th, 2011 10:51 AM

WaPo's Marcus Worried Bachmann's Religious Beliefs Will Make Her 'Subm

As Michele Bachmann climbs in the polls, Obama-loving media members are working overtime to dig up and/or manufacture dirt on the conservative Congresswoman from Minnesota. One of the new flavors of the day is that her religious beliefs might make her too submissive to be president, a silly concept the Washington Post's Ruth Marcus felt was necessary to share with her readers Wednesday:
Noel Sheppard
July 20th, 2011 10:30 AM

Media Love Anti-bullying Bully Who Wishes Republicans Were 'All F**kin

Dan Savage hates bullying. Make that some bullying. Admirably, Savage hates it when gay teens get bullied. Less admirably, Savage doesn't hesitate to bully, smear and malign those who disagree with him. Savage, a gay sex columnist, has never been shy about expressing his hatred for social conservatives. In his latest attack, appearing on HBO's "Real Time" with Bill Maher July 15, Savage…
Erin R. Brown
July 20th, 2011 9:58 AM

Scarborough, Bashir In MSNBC Bash-up Over Hacking Scandal

Keith Olbermann was infamous for his in-house feuds during his MSNBC tenure.  But Keith's clearing-off has manifestly failed to transform the network into a land of milk and honey.  Witness the nasty little spat on today's Morning Joe between Joe Scarborough and Martin Bashir, host of an MSNBC afternoon show. At hand was the hacking scandal, and in particular Piers Morgan's possible…
Mark Finkelstein
July 20th, 2011 9:38 AM

Obama Should Avoid Vacation with Super-Rich

After all this talk of just soaking millionaire and billionaires with new taxes, is it smart for President Obama to hang with the super-rich on Martha's Vineyard this summer? Liberal Boston Herald columnist Margery Eagan said no on Tuesday: I love my summer vacation. I like President Obama more than most of you. But a new Marist Poll says that for the first time ever a majority of American…
Tim Graham
July 20th, 2011 6:12 AM

CBS Team Amused by Pie Attack on Rupert Murdoch, ‘Getting a Taste of

 Tuesday’s CBS Evening News poked fun at 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch being nearly hit by a pie as the show led with the News Corp founder’s appearance in front of the British parliament to discuss the News of the World phone hacking scandal. During the opening teaser, after playing a clip of Murdoch exclaiming that "This is the most humble day of my life," Schieffer made a quip about "humble pie…
Brad Wilmouth
July 20th, 2011 2:14 AM