DeMint, Price Cry Foul on ObamaCare Proposals: President Has 'Not Been

Congressional Republicans claim Obama's health care plan will disrupt the free market and replace private insurance.
Jeff Poor

Washington Post Notes 'Undocumented' Immigrant Rally, Fails to Include

Take three liberal policy advocates, stir into a 12-paragraph story, and strain out any dissenting voices. That's the recipe for pushing Washington Post writer Martin Ricard's June 24 story on illegal immigrants who rallied yesterday in Washington, D.C., for a bill before Congress to make it easier for illegal immigrants to get access to financial aid for college. In "Students Stage Mock…
Ken Shepherd

A Different Standard: Gas Price Coverage Shifts since 2008 High

Reporting of consumer hardship, market-factor scrutiny and the effects Middle East turmoil on oil and gas prices has evolved since last summer.
Jeff Poor

A Different Standard: Gas Price Coverage Shifts since 2008 High

BMI Staff

Boston Globe Story Describes MA's State-Run Health Care As 'Trailblazi

There may be no limit to how far establishment media reporters will go in their attempt to prop up the public perception of failing state-run health care programs.The latest example comes from Massachusetts. The Bay State's CommonwealthCare (aka RomneyCare, so nicknamed because Governor Mitt Romney, rumored to be a Republican and pictured at right, championed the legislation's passage and signed…
Tom Blumer

N.Y. Daily News Hypes Up Obama's Heartbreak Over Murdered Iranian Stud

While conservatives like National Review’s Kathryn Lopez were unimpressed by President Obama describing the shooting of student protester Neda Soltan in Iran as merely a "problem" – like having to stand in line for concert tickets? – the New York Daily News supinely painted Obama as emotionally distressed: "DEATH THAT BROKE HIS HEART," screamed their front page headline. Inside, reporter Helen…
Tim Graham

MRC's Tim Graham Discusses Obama Treatment by WH Press Corps on 'O'Rei

While  network news anchors such as CBS's Harry Smith are still gooey in love with President Obama, the White House correspondents for the networks are a little tougher on the chief executive, MRC's Tim Graham told Fox News's Bill O'Reilly on his June 23 program. [audio available here]TIM GRAHAM: I think there's always been a difference between the guys in the White House press room who are…
NB Staff

ABC's Diane Sawyer Tosses Tough Queries to Obama; No GOP Voices Featur

ABC's Diane Sawyer on Wednesday hit Barack Obama with some refreshingly tough questions about his plans for health care reform, quizzing the President on potential rationing, reduction of services and whether Americans would really be able to keep their current plan. However, the program also devoted 13 minutes and two segments to Obama, neither of which featured any Republican opposition.  …
Scott Whitlock

We are a part of an Indoctri-nation

Media push for Obama-care downplays privacy dangers of electronic medical records.
Dan Gainor

GOP Senator Advocates Incentives for 'Healthy' Behavior

John Cornyn hints at incorporating Safeway model of influencing personal behavior to reduce health costs.
Jeff Poor

Open Thread

NB Staff

David Westin Reacts Testily to Congressional Critics of ABC News Obama

It seems that congressional criticism about the fairness of the ABC News Obamacare show tonight has struck a nerve in the president of that organization, David Westin to such an extent that he has responded via letter in a less than pleased manner. What sparked this testy reaction was a letter signed by 40 members of Congress that was sent yesterday by the Congressional Media Fairness Caucus to…
P.J. Gladnick

Smith Scolds Romney For Raising Obama's Un-Reaganesque Iran Response

When Harry Smith interviewed Pres. Obama earlier this week, I noted that his idea of "speaking truth to power" was to suggest Bo the dog was out of control.  But when Smith had a Republican in his sights this morning, the mild-mannered Early Show host suddenly went Rambo.  Raising his finger, Smith scolded Mitt Romney for pointing out that Pres. Obama's response to the Iranian repression fell far…
Mark Finkelstein

WaPo Mocks Gov. Sanford As Weird and Unpopular, His Aide as a 'Kremlin

Tim Graham