Networks Continue Chris Lee Scandal Coverage, Gave Little to Disgraced

While NBC, ABC, and CBS all pushed the scandal involving New York Republican Congressman Christopher Lee into a second day of coverage, the networks made little or no mention of Florida Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney admitting to numerous affairs in 2008.   The scant coverage of Mahoney was particularly stunning given that he replaced Republican Mark Foley, who was caught sending…
Kyle Drennen
February 11th, 2011 4:35 PM

I Told You So

One of liberalism's many problems is that once an idea or program is proved wrong and unworkable, liberals rarely acknowledge their mistake and examine the root cause of their error so they don't repeat it. Take multiculturalism ... please! In a speech to a security conference in Munich, British Prime Minister David Cameron declared state multiculturalism a failure. For good measure,…
Cal Thomas
February 11th, 2011 4:12 PM

Why GOP Infighting Is a Positive Development

While The New York Times is gloating over "turmoil" in the GOP House "ranks," internal disagreements over spending and other issues are a healthy development and should lead to more disciplined and aggressive action. In his State of the Union speech, President Obama presented himself as a remade fiscal hawk, promising to freeze discretionary spending for five years. Conservatives immediately…
David Limbaugh
February 11th, 2011 4:05 PM

De-Fund the Predators of Planned Parenthood

Thanks to the persistent investigative work of young pro-life journalists, Planned Parenthood's ruthless, money-grubbing colors are on full, fresh YouTube display. But as shocking as the illicit new videos from Live Action Films are, the routine, parental authority-sabotaging advice the taxpayer-funded abortion racket gives teens every day deserves more front-page headline news, too. Live…
Michelle Malkin
February 11th, 2011 4:02 PM

WaPo Style Section Back On 'Hide/Seek' Hobby Horse with Story on React

The Washington Post Style section mounted its latest favorite hobby horse again this morning with yet another article devoted to the controversial "Hide/Seek" Smithsonian exhibit, which is closing this Sunday. NewsBusters sister organization CNSNews.com broke the story in late November that sparked the controversy. You can read that story here. Shortly after Penny Starr's story, the Gallery…
Ken Shepherd
February 11th, 2011 3:15 PM

NBC's Vieira: It's Been a 'Rough Week' for the Republicans

Pivoting off the Chris Lee resignation story NBC's Meredith Vieira, on Friday's Today show, declared it was a "rough week for the Republicans" noting that "they've seen several of their bills defeated in the House." Vieira, who was joined by David Gregory, also questioned "How big of a setback is this for the party?" Gregory, for his part, did at least acknowledge the reason some of the bills…
Geoffrey Dickens
February 11th, 2011 12:57 PM

CBS Touts Bad News: 'GOP Power Struggle' in Congress and 'Infighting

During a report on Friday's CBS Early Show, congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes emphasized division in the new Republican Congress: "The prospect of a mutiny had sent Republican leaders scrambling to craft an even leaner budget, and make good on their promises to the Tea Party....Just this week, small groups of conservatives defeated two of their own party's measures on the House floor…
Kyle Drennen
February 11th, 2011 12:09 PM

Reagan Junior Tells ABC Palin's Unintelligent...Then He Messes Up His

At ABC's The Note on Wednesday, Rick Klein reported an interview with Ronald Prescott Reagan, where Klein and Jon Karl told him they were discussing whether Reagan was more like Barack Obama or Sarah Palin. This is a tough one? The president's son insisted his father more like Obama than that idiot Sarah Palin:  “Just on the basis of intelligence, you would have to say Barack Obama. I don’t…
Tim Graham
February 11th, 2011 11:58 AM

February 10 'Media Mash': Bozell Reacts to AOL Buyout of Huffington Po

"AOL giving control to Arianna Huffington. How the mighty have fallen!" NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell quipped on the February 10 edition of FNC's "Hannity." "Ten years ago, AOL had 30 million members, they were joining forces with the Time-Warner colossus," the Media Research Center founder noted. Now "they're down to 4 million members and they're at Motel 6 getting into bed with Arianna…
NB Staff
February 11th, 2011 11:14 AM

Foreign Unrest Raises Energy Worries, but Media Puts Down Coal

The coal industry not only gets attacked by the media for being a "dirty" fossil fuel, it rarely gets positive coverage because the networks focus on disasters. Since January 1, 2010, nearly 80 percent of the broadcast network stories about coal were related to tragic mining accidents. Only 14 percent of stories mentioned coal in any context other than a mine disaster or natural disaster that…
Julia A. Seymour
February 11th, 2011 10:42 AM

Krugman: 'GOP Wants to Build Bridge to 19th Century' - By Trying to Pr

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey said Monday that MSNBC's Chris Matthews is slipping out of touch with reality. After reading New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's idiotic piece Friday, I think the same can be said of him:
Noel Sheppard
February 11th, 2011 10:29 AM

Gainor Column: Journalism Is Dying and Newsies Decide Nowhere but Left

Arianna Huffington's crazy left-wing, pro-Democrat website gets bought out by AOL for $315 million. Professional Angry Man Keith Olbermann follows up by joining Al Gore's deservedly unknown Current TV effort. Before that, decrepit Newsweek was absorbed by one of the lesser liberal lights of the blogosphere - Tina Brown's Daily Beast. To journalists desperate for a direction - any direction -…
Dan Gainor
February 11th, 2011 9:42 AM

Open Thread: Pigford Fraud Investigation Getting Very Interesting

Over the past seven months, Andrew Breitbart has worked to expose what he says is rampant fraud in the federal government's awarding of settlement money to black Americans who claimed they were discriminated against in applying for farming permits with the Department of Agriculture. Some sort of fraud has been apparent for a while now, since the number of "farmers" awarded money under the "…
NB Staff
February 11th, 2011 8:27 AM

NPR Summarizes Conservatives: 'Point Out the Homo and Yell Kill It

On Thursday, National Public Radio's Morning Edition decided to revisit the censorship controversy over the National Portrait Gallery removing a video image of ants crawling on a crucifix in an ideological exhibit promoting homosexuality. (The show closes Sunday.) The irony or the outrage in this story is that the "villains" of this piece -- conservative Christians and Republican politicians…
Tim Graham
February 11th, 2011 7:46 AM