Angelina Jolie Refuses to Celebrate Thanksgiving: It's a Story of Murd

Today's "You're Really a Turkey" award goes to actress Angelina Jolie who according to a friend so despises Thanksgiving that she's intentionally out of the country. The gossip website Popeater is also reporting that Jolie feels Americans are celebrating a story of murder (h/t Big Hollywood):
Noel Sheppard
November 25th, 2010 10:24 AM

Holiday Open Thread: Rush Limbaugh Tells 'The True Story of Thanksgivi

There are many historical descriptions of what happened hundreds of years ago at Plymouth Rock. On Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh told his listeners what he called in his second book "Dead White Guys, or What the History Books Never Told You: The True Story of Thanksgiving" (video follows with partial transcript):
NB Staff
November 25th, 2010 10:16 AM

Lauer Just Can't Seem To Recall Couric at Parade

A painful period he'd rather forget? Asked to name the person who preceded Meredith Vieira as his Today sidekick, Matt Lauer declined to mention Katie Couric, claiming "there was no one ever.  No one came before Meredith." Matt's convenient case of amnesia came in response to a question from Robin Hall, who is celebrating his 10th and last year as executive producer of Macy's…
Mark Finkelstein
November 25th, 2010 9:14 AM

NBC Names Ground Zero Mosque Developer a ‘Person of the Year

NBC has announced that it has named the developer of the controversial Islamic prayer center near Ground Zero, Sharif el-Gamal, one of the network’s “People of the Year.” El-Gamal will sit down for an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer on Thanksgiving night. The prayer center, known as Park51, has sparked outrage and massive protests from people who say that building a mosque so close to the…
Alana Goodman
November 25th, 2010 8:41 AM

ABC Finds Palin Korea Mix-up Newsworthy

When candidate Obama bragged of campaigning in 57 states, or Pres. Obama suggested that the national language of Austria is "Austrian," we all remember how ABC flaunted those embarrassing flubs.  Or not. But let Sarah Palin momentarily mention North rather than South Korea as our ally, and ABC finds it newsworthy.  Check out the video after the jump, containing the news scroll from today'…
Mark Finkelstein
November 25th, 2010 8:01 AM

NPR Laments That Obama's Pardoned Four Turkeys, But No Human Lawbreake

National Public Radio often has "news judgment" that coincides with the agenda of liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union. So it's not surprising that they greeted Thanksgiving by highlighting that President Obama is nicer to turkeys than to human lawbreakers on Wednesday night's All Things Considered: MARY LOUISE KELLY, substitute anchor: Now, presidents have been pardoning…
Tim Graham
November 25th, 2010 6:52 AM

Still Thankful

As millions of us gather at tables to offer thanks during this uniquely American holiday (OK, Canada has one, too, but without our Pilgrims), most will express gratitude to God for freedom and material blessings. This year, as in every year since 1989 when she escaped with other "boat people" from communist Vietnam, Kim Vu will offer thanks borne out of a deep gratitude for what America has…
Cal Thomas
November 25th, 2010 12:01 AM

Oops! 'Rightwing' Terror Suspect Turns Out to Be a...Leftwinger

It seems that whenever you hear about a "rightwing" hate crime nowadays, it turns out the the perpetrator turns out to be a leftwinger...much to the disappointment of liberals who continue to maintain the fiction about a violent Tea Party movement. And the latest case of a violent "rightwinger" who turns out to really be a leftwinger comes from my own county of Broward here in South Florida.…
P.J. Gladnick
November 24th, 2010 9:20 PM

Schultz Slurs Allen West: 'Ignorant

Pot calling the kettle clueless . . . On his MSNBC show this evening, Ed Schultz twice called newly-elected Republican congressman Allen West  "ignorant."  For good measure, Schultz said West "didn't have a clue." Schultz was incensed that West had observed that Washington, DC--home of big government--was relatively immune to the economic woes that have befallen the rest of the country…
Mark Finkelstein
November 24th, 2010 8:27 PM

Joe Scarborough Says TSA Screening Controversy 'Most Ginned-Up Story o

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough blasted protesters and opponents of the new TSA screening procedures on Wednesday's "Morning Joe," only to recant his position on the show's next hour when he realized two panel members criticized the new checks. "I was saying this was a made-up debate – this is a real debate, I guess," Scarborough admitted on the second hour of his show. While Scarborough and co-…
Matt Hadro
November 24th, 2010 6:37 PM

CBS' Smith Conducts Soft Interview of TSA Chief, Begs Him to 'De-mythi

Labeling the uproar over new TSA screening procedures as a "tempest-in-a-teapot," Harry Smith avoided pressing TSA chief John Pistole on CBS' "Early Show" Wednesday about the controversies of the new methods. Rather, Smith deferred to asking Pistole to explain the process further and "de-mythify" false rumors. "There are so many myths about this, not the least of which is 'Well you know,…
Matt Hadro
November 24th, 2010 4:51 PM

Gay Censorship Update: Sex Columnist Berates CNN (on CNN) for Letting

CNN has demonstrated strongly and repeatedly that it does not believe in objectivity or fairness in reporting on homosexuality. On Tuesday's Newsroom, CNN anchor Kyra Phillips touted a new study from the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center that added some of the nation's leading social conservative groups -- including the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, the National…
Tim Graham
November 24th, 2010 4:06 PM

Americans Have Good Reason to Give Thanks

Nation can fix its problems, we just need to have faith.
Dan Gainor
November 24th, 2010 3:35 PM

Dear Mr. Buffett

If you think the rich should be taxed more, lead by example.
Dan Kennedy
November 24th, 2010 3:32 PM