AP Determined to Pin Giffords Shooting, Multiple Murders on Right, Ign

The irresponsible propagandists posing as journalists at the Associated Press are going to a frequently visited well tonight -- the one where any violence committed against a Democrat or liberal must somehow and in some way be due to a climate of hostility created solely by conservatives, Republicans, and more recently, Tea Party activists. Never mind that the person who allegedly shot…
Tom Blumer

Jane Fonda Blames Giffords Shooting on Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and the

Jane Fonda has blamed Saturday's tragic shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, on former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, and the Tea Party movement. Obviously possessing no facts about the alleged shooter, the liberal actress and activist tweeted the following moments ago:
Noel Sheppard

BREAKING: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Tucson

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) has been shot in the head at a Safeway in Tucson, Arizona (ABC News video follows):
NB Staff

Cokie Roberts Wonders: Do Republicans 'Really Want to See Jobs Increas

You don’t find many “gems” on a Saturday morning. It’s a lazy day, getting ready for football and a late breakfast---then Cokie Roberts, speaking on ABC’s Good Morning America, dropped the bomb. Roberts has apparently bought into the far-left's conspiracy theory that Republicans simply do not want to see Americans get jobs. Yep. Republicans are more interested in defeating old media’s Dear…
Ron Futrell

Video: Media Bash Repealing ObamaCare As A Waste Of Time

With Republicans taking control of Congress, those in the media suddenly feel that proposing legislation, such as repealing ObamaCare, is a waste of time. From CBS's Harry Smith referring to it as "a fool's errand" to MSNBC's Chuck Todd fretting over the GOP "relitigating health care," here is a video compilation of the slanted coverage this proposal has received. View video below   
Kyle Drennen

Saturday Open Thread

For general discussion and debate about politics, the economy, sports, and whatever else tickles your fancy.
NB Staff

Time Reporter Betrays Constitutional Ignorance in Bemoaning GOP 'Cult

As the House of Representatives read the Constitution aloud on the chamber floor Wednesday, the uproar from the left came as a bit of a surprise. Less surprising, perhaps, was that a number of the whiners don't actually understand the document they claim the GOP sullied with political stunts. No, I'm not talking about Ezra "the text is confusing" Klein. The latest lefty to demonstrate his…
Lachlan Markay

Ed Schultz Parrots Democrat Talking Points: Friday's Jobs Report Prove

Despite virtually all economists and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve finding Friday's unemployment report disappointing, MSNBC's Ed Schultz parroted President Obama's take that the numbers released by the Labor Department were good news. The "Ed Show" host crowed so gleefully about the much-maligned data that he even said it was evidence the 2009 stimulus package worked (video follows…
Noel Sheppard

WaPo: NPR Insiders Furious NPR's 'Capitulating' to Fox News and Others

On Saturday, Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi found that NPR insiders are furious at the forced resignation of Ellen Weiss, the senior vice president for news who so controversially canned Juan Williams. The liberal arrogance of NPR was on full display, that they were the future of "democracy," and Fox News was clearly the enemy of democracy and an independent press: "We have allowed…
Tim Graham

'Don't Sweat' High Gas Prices -- They're a 'Good Sign

You've probably noticed that those prices at the pump have risen considerably over the last month or so. But don't worry! It's not that big a deal! Well, according to Yahoo! Finance's Daniel Gross, that is. Why? Well, Americans are consuming less gas per capita than a few years ago, cars are more fuel efficient, and people are just plain getting weary of more and more traffic (and, hence, are…
D. S. Hube

Bozell Column: Doritos and Pepsi Mock God

The Super Bowl is more than just a huge day for professional football fans. Part of the game’s massive audience is there for the chance to see how mega-corporations creatively spend millions of dollars for one Super Bowl commercial.  Some Super Bowl ads are brilliant and successful. Budweiser knows it has hit one out of the park when its ad is Monday’s water-cooler talk. But never…
Brent Bozell

NPR Reports On U.S. Liberal Bias -- Tilted to Theorist Who Laments Rep

On the morning before NPR announced its internal review of its leftist purge of Juan Williams for appearing on The O'Reilly Factor, media reporter David Folkenflik was "reporting" that the problem with the American news media is its painful lack of bias. Come again? "Mainstream news reporters don't tell you what they think enough of the time." That came from the star of the Folkenflik story,…
Tim Graham

WaPo’s Ezra Klein: Obamacare is ‘Best Thing’ Dems Have Done ‘I

 Appearing as a guest on Friday’s Countdown show on MSNBC, Washington Post staff writer and Newsweek columnist Ezra Klein defended Obamacare and warned Republicans against attempting to repeal the law as he contended that some provisions are popular with the public. After host Keith Olbermann asked if Democrats should "relish rejoining the fight over health care reform" because it could hurt…
Brad Wilmouth

NBC Highlights Reid’s ‘Bold Prediction’ Tea Party Will ‘Disapp

Brian Williams on Friday night highlighted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s insistence “the  Tea Party was born because of the economy” and it “will disappear as soon as the economy gets better,” a forecast Williams characterized as a “bold prediction.” Williams set up the clip, from a pre-recorded interview for Sunday’s Meet the Press, by relaying how Reid “told David Gregory the Tea…
Brent Baker