Chris Wallace: Fox News Getting Helen Thomas’ Old Seat Would Be 'Poe

This might upset some of the Fox News-ophobes within DC media circles, the so-called purists that tend to look down on the highly rated cable news outlet. As Fox News is purportedly competing with Bloomberg for that front-row seat once occupied by the former dean of the White House press corps and Hearst Newspaper columnist Helen Thomas, Chris Wallace, the host of "Fox News Sunday," suggested…
Jeff Poor

Sting and Soros Hook Up For A Duet Of Pro-drug Stupidity

Editor's Note: The following was originally posted at Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood. Seeing that George Soros and Sting are working together to “end the drug war” puts me in mind of a story an Army buddy who works in the DEA told me about busting in the door of a drug house only to find three occupants – the oldest four years old, having been left in charge while his “parents” went out to…
Kurt Schlichter

Stephen Colbert Defends Helen Thomas By Bashing Rush Limbaugh and Glen

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert on Wednesday defended Helen Thomas's anti-Semitic remarks by attacking conservative talk radio hosts Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, John Gibson, and Michael Savage.Addressing the comments that led Thomas to resign her position with the Hearst News Service, Colbert said, "Jesus Christ on a matzo cracker, Helen. What were you thinking?"He continued, "You don't just…
Noel Sheppard

Conservative Pundits Strike a Chord as Nation Grows Wary of Liberalism

On February 19, 2009, Rick Santelli helped create a movement whose political impact has not yet been fully realized. The "Rant Heard 'Round the World," as it has become known, was a profound, if hardly isolated example of the power of conservative pundits to enact political change.That power has grown as Americans have become more sympathetic to the economic conservative argument--both the moral/…
Lachlan Markay

BP Rage: Aided and Abetted by 'Kick-A**' Rhetoric? (Plus: A Developing

Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds employed sarcastic irony this morning when he wrote that "Obama’s hate speech is promoting violence against BP." Well, it's at least clear that the blame game out of Washington isn't helping the situation.
Tom Blumer

Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter Pouts that Obama Has to Clean Up Bush’s

Jonathan Alter of Newsweek once again blamed Bush and the Republicans for creating the mess that Obama is now cleaning up, preventing the President from accomplishing his agendas.Alter, appearing Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Daily Rundown,” called the BP oil spill crisis “the perfect metaphor” for Obama’s presidency so far. “It’s been cleaning up a lot of the messes left to him by his predecessors…
Matt Hadro

Editor Tina Brown Slams Female GOP Primary Winners: These 'Wingnuts' A

Former New Yorker editor Tina Brown appeared on Thursday's Good Morning America to deride the mostly Republican women who won primaries on Tuesday as "wingnuts" and to sneer that they represent a "blow to feminism." GMA's "Morning Mix" segment featured Brown and journalist Catherine Crier, part of a panel that usually includes reporters agreeing with each other over liberal talking points. After…
Scott Whitlock

O'Reilly Discusses Comedy Central's 'JC,' MRC's Coalition to Ask Adver

On last night's "O'Reilly Factor," host Bill O'Reilly and guest analyst Arthel Neville discussed the possibly impending Comedy Central show "JC" - as in Jesus Christ.Given the network's past treatment of Christianity, the portend for this show is hardly positive.Which is why the Media Research Center has put together a coalition to ask advertisers to publicly pledge to not underwrite/support the…
NB Staff

Former CAIR Lobbyist Hired to Report on Muslim Issues for NY Times

 A journalist hired by The New York Times to report on a controversial mosque at 9/11's Ground Zero and the failed Christmas Day bomb plot previously held a government lobbying position at the Council on American Islamic Relations. The Associated Press and ABC News also enlisted former CAIR workers to cover stories involving the Muslim community, raising concerns over whether it's ethical for…
Alana Goodman

Rabbi That Filmed Helen Thomas's Anti-Semitism Gets 25,000 Hate Emails

It's not just members of the media standing up to support disgraced journalist Helen Thomas after her unscheduled retirement caused by anti-Semitic remarks she made on camera last week.The rabbi that caught her disgusting comments on videotape and put them on the Internet has received 25,000 hate-email messages - and counting.Hours after MSNBC's Keith Olbermann actually called Rabbi David…
Noel Sheppard

Media Fail to See Obama's Fingerprints on Lack of Press Freedom in Gul

Watch CBS News Videos OnlineIt's been more than 50 days since a BP oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, beginning a massive leak of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Miles of beaches have been soiled and birds, turtles and other sea creatures have died. But the most disturbing pictures of the disaster weren't available to the public for more than 40 days. That was when many people…
Julia A. Seymour

Open Thread: Publisher Puts 'Disclaimer' on U.S. Constitution

NB Staff

Olbermann Makes Anti-Helen Thomas Rabbi ‘Worst Person’ Nominee, Bu

On Wednesday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann included Rabbi David Nesenoff – famous for exposing Helen Thomas’s anti-Semitic beliefs in a video of her posted on his Web site – for inclusion in his "Worst Person in the World" segment because Rabbi Nesenoff’s site also includes a video which the MSNBC host viewed as being racist toward Mexicans.As he explained who Nesenoff is,…
Brad Wilmouth

Mika: Boehner Should 'Just Bend Over

Has Pres. Obama's ass-kickin' line given license to MSM members to offer cruder commentary?  Could be, judging from Mika Brzezinski's Morning Joe performance today, in which she suggested that House Republican leader John Boehner should "just bend over."Mika normally plays the role of Morning Joe hall monitor, keeping the rambunctious trio of Joe Scarborough, Mike Barnicle and Willie Geist in…
Mark Finkelstein