Michael Moore: Boycott Connecticut If Joe Lieberman Isn't Recalled

Liberal schlockumentarian Michael Moore Wednesday called for the boycott of Connecticut if its residents don't immediately start a recall effort to remove Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).Moore, like many liberals, is angered by Lieberman's off and on opposition to parts of the Senate's healthcare reform bill.As is so often the case, there's a problem with Moore's thinking: Connecticut doesn't allow…
Noel Sheppard

Katie Couric Slyly Slams Joe Lieberman as Unethical

One of the pet peeves of your humble correspondent is reporters who slam people or policies via the device of "some say" or "critics say" when in fact it is really their own position. However, they can't say what they really think in order to put up the false front of "neutrality." Such was the case of Katie Couric on the CBC Evening News last night in which she used her Notebook commentary to…
P.J. Gladnick

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NB Staff

Time's 'Deeply Moving' Account of a Million-Joint Pothead Dad

Tim Graham

Dean: I Won't 'Vigorously' Back Obama Re-election Bid

Pour some more butter on the popcorn . . . Yesterday, Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs took shots at Howard Dean and his opposition to ObamaCare, suggesting the good doctor didn't know what he was talking about.It was payback time this morning, as Dean announced that he would "not vigorously" back Pres. Obama's re-election bid.The former DNC Chairman expressed his tepid support for Obama, Part…
Mark Finkelstein

Latest Scientific Study Finds Santa's a Public Health Menace

Giving the Christmas kill-joys a taste of their own medicine.
Matt Philbin

Olbermann's Pledge: I'll Go To Jail Before Buying ObamaCare Insurance

Maybe Leavenworth has a TV studio Keith could use . . .On tonight's Countdown, Olbermann vowed to break the law and go to jail if ObamaCare requires him to buy private-sector health care insurance.  Keith made his macho boast in the course of his melodramatic Special Comment this evening.KEITH OLBERMANN: Health care reform that benefits the industry at the cost of the people is intolerable and…
Mark Finkelstein

Gibson Empathizes with Obama: 'Holy God, What a Weight that Is on Your

In his swan song interview with President Barack Obama, which consumed more than ten minutes of World News, ABC's Charles Gibson couldn't have provided a friendlier or more empathetic platform to Obama on the “weight” of sending troops to war and how “devilishly difficult” it's become to pass a health care plan because of a few rogue Senators. Gibson, set to retire Friday, teased his last…
Brent Baker

CNN's Jeanne Moos Highlights 'Liberal Hate' at Joe Lieberman

On Wednesday’s Situation Room, CNN correspondent Jeanne Moos exposed some of the left-wing rage being directed at Senator Joe Lieberman, especially on the Internet. Moos’s examples of “liberal hate” at the Connecticut politician ranged from fantasy Hanukkah gifts, such as a muzzle, to a YouTube video of a woman having her cats attack a string which stood in for the senator [Moos's full report is…
Matthew Balan

Matthews Admits to 'Power' of Fox News in Rise of 'Crazy' Tea Partiers

In what had to be a tough admission for him to make, Chris Matthews, on Wednesday's Hardball, claimed the 2 to 1 positive rating for the tea party movement, in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, was a sign of "The power of Fox." However, the MSNBC host went on to write off the tea partiers, even trashing his company's own poll in the process, as he suggested the 41 percent positive to 21…
Geoffrey Dickens

Dan Rather: Glenn Beck ‘Controversial;’ ‘Loves’ Keith Olberman

In the third part of an interview on MediaBistro.com’s Media Beat, ex-CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather shared some thoughts on various media personalities. He labeled Fox News host Glenn Beck “controversial,” while hailing MSNBC Countdown host Keith Olbermann: “Love him, as a person, as a journalist. Don’t always understand what he’s trying to do on his program, but I like Keith.”Rather…
Kyle Drennen

Miami Herald Staffers Give Tips on How to Commit Adultery

I'm not sure which is funnier about this Miami Herald story; that Adultery 101 was published in that newspaper or the fact that it was actually written by Herald staffers. It is so bizarre of a story that it should be marked down as a sign of desperation to attract readers in the midst of a calamitous circulation plunge. So let us now join the Miami Herald staffers as they present their readers…
P.J. Gladnick

TVNewser: Brian Williams Taping Another Cameo for '30 Rock

Earlier this month, my colleague Tim Graham wrote about "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams self-congratulatory five-year anniversary as the newscasts's anchor, followed hours later by actress Jane Krakowski of the network's "30 Rock" show heralding Williams as a "towering figure in the world of news" during the network's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting special.Williams, who has had…
Ken Shepherd

Tiger Woods Named AP's Athlete of the Decade Despite Sex Scandal

Despite a growing sex scandal, golfer Tiger Woods has been named by members of the Associated Press as Athlete of the Decade.According to AP Sports Enterprise Editor John Affleck:The Tiger Woods scandal if you will, the, all of the, all of the personal turmoil that Tiger has been through in the past few weeks really had very little effect on the voting. Voting began a few days before his accident…
Noel Sheppard