VFW: Woodstock Wasn't the Only Thing Happening 40 Years Ago

While some in the media have been dusting off their love beads, bell-bottoms and broomstick skirts in an effort to wax nostalgic about Woodstock, the VFW has reminded its members that the world did not stop for those four days in August 1969. In fact, for 109 American soldiers, the world ended that weekend. VFW Magazine honored those soldiers in the August 2009 cover story, "While…
Colleen Raezler

Obama's Big Slush Fund

The community organizer now has $800 billion in walking-around money.
Dan Kennedy

Time's Klein Complains of 'Cruelty' of 'Scaring the Elderly to Score P

"The cruelty inherent in scaring the elderly to score political points is beyond reprehensible.... [T]he sort of scurrilous campaign they are conducting--the seditious fear-mongering that is the main staple of their public diet--is a matter of profound disrespect and incivility toward the individuals whose rights they claim to cherish."So huffed Time magazine's Joe Klein, in an August 12…
Ken Shepherd

CBS Early Show Again Fears Rise in ‘Right-Wing Extremists

On Wednesday, the CBS Early Show once again feared a rise in right-wing extremism as co-host Russ Mitchell cited a report from the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center: "A report out this morning says anti-government and white racist militias are regrouping around the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center says it is in part a reaction to the election of America’s first black president." The…
Kyle Drennen

Race-Baiting Group Hitting TV's Glenn Beck Was Founded By Obama's Comm

President Obama's controversial green jobs czar --a self-described “rowdy black nationalist” and "communist"-- is a co-founder of the same unsavory left-wing pressure group that is urging an advertiser boycott of Glenn Beck's TV show after Beck did several unflattering news packages on the czar. Not surprisingly, Big Media haven't noticed the connection.The czar in question is Van Jones, a…
Matthew Vadum

Web Study: Kids Turn to YouTube 'Sex,' 'Porn

Matt Philbin

C-SPAN's 'Leah from New Hampshire' Speaks Out On ObamaCare

On Sunday, NewsBusters introduced you to a C-SPAN caller named "Leah from New Hampshire." Leah is a high school biology teacher. On Tuesday, she attended President Obama's healthcare town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and was interviewed by a website called GraniteGrok. Those interested in hearing more of Leah's views on this controversial subject should take nine minutes out…
Noel Sheppard

Did Teens Choose a Pole-Dancing Hannah Montana

An iconic child (now teen) star performs a pole dance at an awards show aimed at teens. Most of the media shrug. Welcome to Hollywood 2009. At the Teen Choice Awards, which took place Aug. 9 and aired Aug. 10 on Fox, Miley Cyrus, the 16-year-old Disney-created star of the wildly popular "Hannah Montana," franchise performed "Party in the U.S.A." Clad in short-shorts, high-heeled boots and a…
Colleen Raezler

When the Right Protests, It Must Be Wrong

For eight years in America, protest was in and all the cool kids did it. We had flamboyantly dressed Code Pinkers demonstrating at conventions and in sessions of Congress, calling Marine recruiters “traitors” and protesting wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Then there were the crazies from Acorn stalking Wall Street executives at their homes. And anti-war lefty Cindy Sheehan…
Dan Gainor

Comedienne Kathy Griffin Draws More Viewers Than Chris Matthews

Although the glory days of Chris Matthews and his MSNBC program "Hardball" are surely a thing of the past, getting beaten in the prime time cable ratings by a D-list comedienne has got to add insult to injury.Filling in for Larry King on CNN Monday, Kathy Griffin -- with a guest lineup that featured Joan Rivers, the parents from TLC's "Toddlers and Tiaras," and Levi Johnston -- actually drew more…
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread

NB Staff

NBC, CNN and MSNBC All Assign Communist LaRouche's Obama-Hitler Poster

The media have repeatedly stated how "angry," "hostile" and "ugly" town hall meetings across America are becoming. They are of course largely ascribing the nastiness to conservatives voicing their opposition to (among other things) President Barack Obama and Congress' proposed government takeover of the health care system. The press has been particularly offended by the "extreme" use of…
Seton Motley

Lou Dobbs: Olbermann the 'Resident Moron' at MSNBC

Lou Dobbs - you can love him or hate, but sometimes he makes a point that will get your attention. The CNN host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" gave his evaluation of MSNBC "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann on his Aug. 11 radio show. According to Dobbs, Olbermann was a neophyte until MSNBC gave him a primetime show in 2003. "First, I want to share with you something that just, I mean shocks me," Dobbs…
Jeff Poor

WaPo Editorial Writer IDs End of Life Problems With ObamaCare; Rest of

What Shawn Tully's column at CNNMoney.com did on July 24 to expose the truth about what ObamaCare does to the coverage of those who have employer-provided health insurance (discussed yesterday at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), the Washington Post's Charles Lane did on August 8 ("Undue Influence; The House Bill Skews End-of-Life Counsel") to the myth that ObamaCare won't have serious negative…
Tom Blumer