Obama Says He's Spock Then Misuses English Language

Remember how the left always asserted that George W. Bush was stupid? Remember how they were so thrilled to have the Obamessiah that spoke so well, a president that was perpetually the smartest man in the room? Well, after the many stammering TelePrompter free stump debacles during the campaign, many began to doubt this claim of his superior intelligence. Here is another small dent in that…
Warner Todd Huston

Did NY Times Invent a Quote for Catholic Leader

Tim Graham

WaPo Leaves Fizz Out of Frieden Story: Obama's CDC Pick Favors Sin Tax

Naming a man who wants to levy sin taxes on soda pop to be the head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) might not be the politically wisest thing for President Obama to do, especially on the heels of massive TEA Party protests. But then again, with media outlets like the Washington Post leaving that controversy unmentioned, perhaps the White House calculated correctly…
Ken Shepherd

CBS Anchor on Pelosi: 'Is This Over?'; ABC Hails Obama's 'Masterstroke

A night after the CBS Evening News ignored CIA Director Leon Panetta's rebuke of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Saturday's newscast continued the blackout as anchor Jeff Glor only mentioned Pelosi in setting up a question by explaining she “put herself in a very awkward position” when “she said the CIA lied to her or misled her about water-boarding,” before he asked Time magazine veteran John…
Brent Baker

On NPR Game Show, Obama Aide David Axelrod Jokes Miss California Was C

Tim Graham

Axelrod Joke: Obamas Considered Naming Dog Miss California

On Monday, NewsBusters asked, Is Miss California the Left's new Sarah Palin?Given what White House senior advisor David Axelrod said in jest about the Obamas considering naming their new dog "Miss California," and judging by the reaction from the audience at George Washington University, one has to think the answer is a resounding "Yes."Appearing on NPR's "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me," Axelrod was…
Noel Sheppard

Pelosi Media Frenzy Took Seventeen Months to Materialize

Jason Aslinger

Thomas & Totenberg Excuse Pelosi; Thomas Hopes 'Moderate' Will Save GO

Asked “why does it matter” what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “knew or did not know” about the “enhanced interrogation” of terror suspects, Newsweek's Evan Thomas and NPR's Nina Totenberg failed to address Pelosi's hypocrisy in now condemning others for what she knew about years go, as both dismissed the relevance of her evolving memory. On Friday's Inside Washington, Thomas insisted “it doesn't”…
Brent Baker

Ed Schultz, Jihadist, Invokes Almighty in Wishing Cheney Dead

How about that, alleged comedian Wanda Sykes wasn't entirely off the mark in deriding a person from the media as the proverbial 20th hijacker. She just cited the wrong person.During one of his daily fulminations about former vice president Dick Cheney this week, radio and MSNBC host Ed Schultz appropriated the language of jihad.Here's what Schultz said on his radio show Monday, expressing a view…
Jack Coleman

Actress Angie Harmon's Favorite Website Is NewsBusters

How's this for a celebrity endorsement?Model and actress Angie Harmon, who was part of a group of Hollywood celebrities that supported John McCain last year, loves NewsBusters.In fact, she told In Style magazine that NB's her favorite website (from June 2009 edition via LexisNexis, no link available, h/t NBer Stacy Bergfeld):
Noel Sheppard

Girlfriends' Guides Author Discovers Oprah's Sudden Lesbian Syndrome

Noel Sheppard

Candice Bergen Doesn't Like John Edwards, and Hates the Other Woman

Tim Graham

Open Thread

NB Staff

Bozell Column: Country Music, Too Freedom-Loving

Brent Bozell