Time Alleges Pope Benedict XVI's Guilt in Abuse 'Trial' Cover Story

The June 7 Time magazine cover blared, “Why Being Pope Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry,” and the article explored the sexual abuse that has occurred in the Catholic Church and how the church might overcome the scandal. But the authors, Jeff Israely and Howard Chua-Eoan, left little doubt that they viewed Pope Benedict XVI as already guilty in the sexual abuse scandal. The article tried to…
Sarah Knoploh

Joe Sestak Speaks: Open Thread

Your thoughts?
NB Staff

CNN's Henry Sees Obama Moment that Would've Driven Media Mockery of Bu

Shortly before 2 PM CDT, CNN”s Ed Henry cited a dismissive remark President Barack Obama made during his visit to Louisiana which could undermine his “I feel your pain” message, “but,” Henry observed live from a beach in Grand Isle: If George W. Bush had made a comment like that along the beach after Katrina, you can imagine the kind of criticism he might get.Henry recounted how a little earlier…
Brent Baker

Matthews Special 'Rise of the New Right' Pretty Much What You'd Expect

A promo for a new Chris Matthews special on the "Rise of the New Right" is pretty much what you'd expect: Rand Paul, 9/11 Truther Alex Jones, and lots of militiamen shooting guns. That is the doctrinaire leftist snapshot of the Tea Party movement, so it stands to reason that Matthews will extrapolate it into some dire warning about our political future."There is a rising tide on the right,"…
Lachlan Markay

Hollywood's Summer Blockbusters Mostly Have White Stars

As media members continue to accuse the Tea Party of being racist due to the supposed lack of minority members, there is a conspicuous absence of diversity in blockbuster movies coming out of Hollywood this summer."With the notable exception of 'Karate Kid,' headlined by Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, most of the big-budget films hitting over the next few months star Caucasian actors," wrote Brent…
Noel Sheppard

Video: Deaf Baby Hears for the First Time

Here is a feel-good video to enjoy as you begin your Memorial Day weekend:Make sure you visit this post at the Eyeblast Blog for the details of how this is possible.
EyeBlast.tv Staff

Lisa Miller: Catholic Church's 'Authoritarian Meddling' Against Dissid

Newsweek's Lisa Miller again lashed out against the Catholic Church in her column on Thursday, defending an excommunicated Catholic nun in Arizona for her "compassionate and impossible decision" in supporting a hospital patient's abortion. Miller also condemned a Vatican cardinal's investigation into American nuns as a whole as "authoritarian meddling."The religion editor for the dwindling…
Matthew Balan

Olbermann Links McCain to Anti-Gay Extremists, Guest Claims Gays-in-Mi

On Thursday’s Countdown show on MSNBC, host Keith Olbermann tried to link John McCain and other opponents of allowing gays to serve openly in the military to anti-gay extremists like the American Family Associations Bryan Fischer, who has claimed that Adolf Hitler and other Nazis were homosexuals. Olbermann: "Why is this former presidential candidate siding with opponents of repealing Don't-Ask-…
Brad Wilmouth

PBS's Tavis Smiley: Far More Christian Terrorists Than Muslim Ones, Te

Tavis Smiley has apparently been asleep for the last ten years. That, at least, is the only logical explanation for his claim that Christains engage in terrorism far more often than Muslims. He also thinks the Tea Party is a comparably dangerous force to radical Islam."There are so many more examples of Christians who do that," Smiley claimed, referring to terrorism, "than you could ever give me…
Lachlan Markay

Reviewers Find Tea Party Link In 'Prince of Persia

The movie "Prince of Persia" hit theaters this week.  And although it's based on a decades-old video game and set in the sixth century, reviewers across the nation have identified a very contemporary link: The Tea Party.McClatchy Newspapers's Connie Ogle writes that Alfred Molina, in the role of Amar, "plays a sort of cross between Han Solo with dental-hygiene issues and a Tea Party supporter." …
Mike Bates

FNC Highlights Ray Stevens Parody of America's Tolerance for Illegal I

On the Friday, May 21, The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly highlighted the latest right-leaning musical parody produced by singer Ray Stevens, this time taking aim at illegal immigration and noting the tougher treatment of illegal immigrants in other countries. The song, titled "Come to the USA," begins:If you thinkin’ about illegal immigration,Be careful when you’re choosin’ the nation‘Cause…
Brad Wilmouth

Ten Questions Rush Would Have Asked Obama at Thursday's Press Conferen

Barack Obama finally gave a press conference on Thursday, and many on the right immediately noted some tough questions that were sorely absent.Anticipating this eventuality, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh penned ten questions of his own that he would have asked the Commander-in-Chief if he had been invited to yesterday's festivities.As you listen and/or read his queries, try to…
Noel Sheppard

Time's Crowley: McGinniss Deals Blow to Journalism, Plays Into Palin's

Time's Michael Crowley, late of the liberal publication The New Republic, took to his new magazine's Swampland blog with a salutatory post yesterday. After the obligatory kind words about how excited he was to be on board "another great [journalistic] institution," Crowley laid out his case about why author Joe McGinniss was foolish for renting a house right next door to the Palin family's…
Ken Shepherd

NPR Exposes 'Nasty Comments' on the Internet -- Anti-Obama, Anti-Musli

NPR’s All Things Considered aired a long report on Thursday night on nasty Internet commenters – but reporter Laura Sydell’s examples centered on anti-Obama and anti-Muslim commenters (including one who wanted Obama shot), and no one from the left (like the Huffington Post people regretting Cheney wasn't shot in Afghanistan). She began with a sympathetic sick family that favored ObamaCare: LAURA…
Tim Graham