Open Thread: Terrorist Sings For Canadian Version of 'American Idol

NB Staff
August 28th, 2010 9:33 AM

Bozell Column: See How Low We Must Go

The pop-music world is turning into a caricature of shamelessness, childishness and even spoiled-brattiness. To get attention quickly, some pop stars will try absolutely anything. The soul singer Cee-Lo Green has a new album coming out. How's this for art: His first desperate single is titled "F—- You."The shock value is already working. A video was posted Aug. 19, and within four days, it had…
Brent Bozell
August 28th, 2010 8:05 AM

Olbermann Distorts Conservative Adage as a 'Screw the Poor' Attack

On Friday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann either showed his ignorance of conservative ideology, or he made his latest deliberate distortion to attack conservatives as he suggested that a Republican candidate for Oklahoma governor expressed a negative attitude toward the poor, referred to by Olbermann as "screw the poor," when, in reality, she was making the case that the wealthy are…
Brad Wilmouth
August 28th, 2010 1:52 AM

On ABC and CBS, 'Conservative' Beck and Allies Countered by 'Civil Rig

Just as they did in the morning, on Friday night the broadcast network stories on Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, DC were pegged to left-wing complaints his event is scheduled for the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King's “I Have a Dream” speech, except the reporters refused to identify the ideology of Beck's critics while showing no such reluctance to tag him and/or his…
Brent Baker
August 27th, 2010 8:21 PM

Lefties Upset By Murdoch Donation Take Note: 88 Percent of Network Don

With liberals up in arms over News Corp's political contributions, here's an interesting fact worth noting: of the roughly $1.15 million network TV employees gave to political candidates in 2008, a full 88 percent of it went to Democrats.Barack Obama received almost half a million dollars from those same execs, while John McCain received just over $25,000. The discrepancy between donations to the…
Lachlan Markay
August 27th, 2010 6:13 PM

Reporter Who Smeared Tea Party With False Accusations of Violence Has

A reporter for the St. Louis paper the Riverfront Times has a message for all the members of the Tea Party movement he smeared with false accusations of political violence: "I have no regrets."Chad Garrison penned a blog post last week speculating that a member of the Tea Party had firebombed the office of Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo. "Given what we know of [the perpatrator] - 50, white, angry - he…
Lachlan Markay
August 27th, 2010 5:06 PM

Is Bloomberg Supporting Ground Zero Mosque for Business Reasons

In recent days, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has become a beloved press figure as a result of his unshaking support for the Ground Zero mosque.Isn't it fascinating how in this environment where rich people are being demonized at every turn all you need to do is a support a popular liberal cause and your financial sins are instantly forgiven? With this in mind, the good folks at Big Journalism…
Noel Sheppard
August 27th, 2010 4:56 PM

MSM Acknowledges Lisa Murkowski Lost Primary Because She's Pro-Aborti

Even though liberal MSM types like Ron Elving, senior Washington editor at NPR, have a hard time understanding what's going on, they are giving credit for Joe Miller's Alaska GOP Senate primary (apparent) victory to pro-life voters. But the title and opening paragraph of Elving's August 26 piece not so subtly tell us he thinks Alaskans have gone crazy...
Jill Stanek
August 27th, 2010 4:32 PM

John Mayer Flips Out At Huffington Post, Says Website is ‘Full of S

Come on, John Mayer -- Jennifer Aniston isn't that bad.Mayer, a popular singer-songwriter, slammed the Huffington Post, after the website reported that he and Aniston were possibly rekindling their old relationship. In a frenzied blog post titled "Huffington Post FULL OF SH*T? (Yes!)," Mayer called the liberal-leaning news website "the internet Death Star" and "dangerous." "The reason I'm…
Alana Goodman
August 27th, 2010 3:29 PM

Washington Post: Ground Zero Mosque Protesters 'Use "Sharia" as a Slur

"Protesters use 'sharia' as a slur and rallying cry against Islam," reads the dismissive print edition headline for Michelle Boorstein's page A5 August 27 story. The Washington Post's online edition used different wording: "For critics of Islam, 'sharia' a loaded word." Boorstein cited "controversial" conservative scholar Daniel Pipes warning that pro-sharia Muslims "want to implement sharia in…
Ken Shepherd
August 27th, 2010 3:28 PM

Labeling Contrast: Glenn Beck = 'Controversial Conservative;' Al Sharp

Just like NBC and ABC this morning, CBS’s The Early Show had a hostile take on Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally scheduled for Saturday on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Correspondent Whit Johnson labeled Beck a “controversial conservative,” event speaker Alveda King (a niece of Martin Luther King, Jr.) a “longtime advocate for conservative causes,” and suggested that the fact that some…
Rich Noyes
August 27th, 2010 3:23 PM

Olbermann Ties Stabbing to Ground Zero Mosque Opposition, GOP Strategy

On Thursday's Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann tied together Republican opposition to same-sex marriage, the Ground Zero mosque, and illegal immigration, as he charged that "the Republican method" for electoral success is "hate." The MSNBC host opened the show: "The Republican method for winning elections is hate. Hate somebody. Anybody will do. We have seen it this year with immigrants…
Brad Wilmouth
August 27th, 2010 2:32 PM

New Comic Book: Arnold Schwarzenegger For President

A new comic book launched this month presages California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's rise to the White House: Is he the embodiment of the American dream? Or is he simply a man lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time? That's the question Bluewater Productions tackles in its newest biography comic, Political Power: Arnold Schwarzenegger.As Patrick Gavin…
Noel Sheppard
August 27th, 2010 2:18 PM

Lauer to Laura Bush: Is It 'Painful' to Be in New Orleans, Since So Mu

Today co-anchor Matt Lauer traveled to New Orleans, on Friday, to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and interviewed the likes of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, former FEMA Director Mike Brown, current Democratic Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Louisiana  Governor Bobby Jindal, but saved any sort of direct shots at George W. Bush for his interview with Laura Bush.At the very end of his…
Geoffrey Dickens
August 27th, 2010 12:45 PM