Breitbart to NY Times Reporter for Alleging Racial Tones at CPAC: 'You

After Barack Obama's election as the first black president of the United States, we were supposed to have entered a new, post-racial era. However, as many feel it has turned out, any dissent or criticism of the most powerful man in the free world or his agenda draws allegations of "racial tones," as happened on the New York Times Web site on Feb. 18.  And on Feb. 18 at the 2010 Conservative…
Jeff Poor

Judging Hilton: Not Fit for 'American Idol

Given his past behavior, “American Idol” judge is one role that celebrity blogger Perez Hilton is certainly not fit for. But current judge Simon Cowell seems to think differently. Although the controversial Hilton is famous for his outlandish behavior and statements, and for crude and obscene drawings, somehow Cowell seems to think he is ready for primetime television. Yahoo reported that, in a…
Sarah Knoploh

Climate-What? As UN Climate Chief Quits, AP Throws Pity Party; PJM's R

Yvo de Boer resigned yesterday as Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Here are three key passages from the official announcement at the UN's web site: The top United Nations climate change official said today that he has made the “difficult decision” to step down from his position, citing his desire to pursue new opportunities to advance progress on the issue in…
Tom Blumer

Liberal Newspaper Chooses Honesty over Fake Objectivity

Sometimes it gets frustrating when the liberal media refuses to admit that it is just that--liberal. But every now and then, some light shines in on its true ways.It should hardly be a surprise that a newspaper called the Atlanta Progressive News would be the one to lift the veil of objectivity. But it is nice to see at least one liberal media outlet admit that--in the words of David Axelrod--it…
Lachlan Markay

USA Today Hits Sen. Scott Brown on His Jobs Claim; In Doing So It Help

John Fritze of USA Today noted in an On Politics blog post filed last night that "Sen. Brown's 'not one job' claim [has been] questioned."But in relaying the attack on the Massachusetts Republican senator's claim that "not one job" has been created by the Obama stimulus package, Fritze only underscored the point that Brown was making in the context of his comments.There is no real, net job…
Ken Shepherd

ABC's Klein: Energy Fueling CPAC 'Remains of a Shapeless, Sometimes Da

ABC's The Note today is headlined "Strange Brews: Conservatives Unite Over Anger, Not Candidates." Author and network senior political reporter Rick Klein writes:The mood at the Conservative Political Action Conference gathering -- which continues into the weekend in Washington -- is decidedly more upbeat than a year ago. And the Bush name, not to mention the (maybe more popular) Cheney one, is…
Mike Bates

ClimateDepot's Morano: Global Warming Already Dead, ClimateGate 'Withh

Noted climate change skeptic addresses 2010 CPAC on global warming after accepting Accuracy in Media award.
Jeff Poor

ABC's Jake Tapper Nudges Katie Couric on Her Poor-Tiger Tweet

Tim Graham

ABC's Claire Shipman Worries About 'Republican-edgy' Tone of CPAC, GOP

Good Morning America's Claire Shipman on Friday highlighted the upbeat mood of the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference, but also fretted about the "Republican-edgy" tone. This came after she mentioned unidentified conference promises of a "Nancy Pelosi pinata and a Harry Reid punching bag." Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos lectured that for Republicans…
Scott Whitlock

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: the cure's the same as the disease?          
NB Staff

Family Guy's Down Syndrome Actress Responds To Sarah Palin

The actress that did the voiceover for Ellen, the Down Syndrome Girl on Sunday's "Family Guy," has responded to her critics including Sarah and Bristol Palin.As NewsBusters previously reported, the hit Fox cartoon series took a swipe at the Palins by making a joke involving Down Syndrome and the former Alaskan governor. On Tuesday, Sarah and Bristol posted their feelings about this segment at…
Noel Sheppard

Video: Rick Santelli - Free Market Champion and Tea Party Instigator

On the one-year anniversary of Santelli's famous rant, BMI looks back on his free market advocacy on CNBC.
Julia A. Seymour

Olbermann on Letterman: Tea Parties Are Like 'Homogenized Milk,' But S

Appearing as a guest on Thursday’s Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann contnued to indict the racial makeup of Tea Party event partipants as evidence of an "unfortunate undertone" of racism as he compared the movement's members to "homogenized milk." He also asserted that "there’s nobody from any kind of minority group" at the events, in spite of a CBS News/New York…
Brad Wilmouth

New Republic Policy Wonk Tosses Cold Water on Leftwing Public Option G

It is still pretty much under the radar but the leftwing nutroots now want to replace the Senate version of ObamaCare with a public option bill to be passed via reconciliation. The completely unrealistic push for public option, currently opposed by President Obama, is now all the rage in the leftwing blogosphere as you can see in yesterday's Daily Kos thread. So before we find out the hard…
P.J. Gladnick