Obamacomedy

If it weren't so tragic, the Obama presidency would be hilarious.
Dan Kennedy

Networks Ignore Democrat Defeat of Immigrant ID and Their Push for Cov

BMI Staff

Letterman's Sex Scandal A Huge Ratings Success

There's nothing like a sex scandal to attract television viewers, and David Letterman's mea culpas concerning his extra-marital affairs with staffers have been a ratings bonanza for the "Late Show" host.  In fact, more people saw Letterman's bizarre apology to his wife, his staff, and former Governor Sarah Palin on Monday "than watched anything on NBC in prime-time" that night.As reported by the…
Noel Sheppard

MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer Slams GOP Comments on Pelosi as Sexist and D

MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer on Wednesday angrily agreed with Democratic claims that the National Republican Congressional Committee made a sexist slam against Nancy Pelosi. Appearing on Morning Meeting, Brewer attacked the critique of the House Speaker as "not good" and a "poor move." [Audio available here.] After recounting how the GOP organization released a statement mocking the Democrat as "…
Scott Whitlock

Viewer Warning: Full Hour 'Special Comment' from Olbermann Tonight

Brent Baker

Obamas' Edgy Taste in Art: Still Not Politically Correct Enough

Adding to Brent Baker’s piece on how AP gushed over the Obamas’ taste in picking art for the White House, Washington Post art critic Blake Gopnik also tried to praise the "discerning eye" of the Obamas in Wednesday’s Style section, but Gopnik’s taste for artistic "affirmative action" came through very clearly: They seem to redress past imbalances in the nation's sense of its own art....But there…
Tim Graham

Will Media Notice Resolution to Remove Rangel's Chairmanship

Just moments from now, a resolution to remove Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means committee will be taken to the House floor by Rep. John Carter (R-Tex.).At issue is Rangel's potential tax evasion associated with a rental property he owns in the Dominican Republic that was first reported by the New York Times on September 5, 2008.The following day, the Times…
Noel Sheppard

Arctic Ice Thickens: NYT Environment Writer Commits Global Warming 'He

Remember the artificial panic pervading the CBS "Early Show" just a little over a year ago that, for the first time in history, the North Pole may not be covered with ice sometime during the summer of 2008? Well, not only did it not happen but evidence now shows that Arctic ice has been thickening substantially this year. And who is making that "heretical" claim? Why Andrew Revkin, the New York…
P.J. Gladnick

Michael Moore: Foreclosed Homeowners Like Rape Victims

No, that's not a made-up headline. The foreclosed and/or evicted homeowners that have played such a role in the current economic meltdown - are they irresponsible borrowers that lived beyond their means or are victims that got swindled? Michael Moore is clear on where he thinks they fall. Moore matched up with Fox News and conservative talk radio host Sean Hannity on Hannity's Oct. 6 program…
Jeff Poor

Is NYT's Herbert Losing Faith in Obama or Pushing for Stimulus II

"The Obama administration seems hamstrung by the unemployment crisis. No big ideas have emerged. No dramatically creative initiatives."Such was written Monday by one of President Obama's biggest supporters -- New York Times columnist Bob Herbert.So concerned is Herbert that he's presaging doom and gloom for the president if things don't change soon.Maybe even more shocking, as he addressed the…
Noel Sheppard

Left, Media Gearing Up to Thwart Limbaugh's NFL Bid

We've already seen CNN's Paul Begala, affectionately referred to as "The Forehead" by Rush Limbaugh, and one ESPN personality, Fred Roggin, taking shots at Limbaugh on the heels of news of his interest in the National Football League's St. Louis Rams. But it was just a matter of time before the usual culprits on the left would attempt to make an issue of it, in what seems to be an effort to…
Jeff Poor

Michael Moore: Foreclosed Homeowners Like Rape Victims

Filmmaker tells Sean Hannity blaming irresponsible borrowers 'like asking a woman how short was your skirt after she's been raped.'
Jeff Poor

Open Thread

NB Staff

WaPo Tops Its Front Page with Protest Drawing...176 People

Tim Graham