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N.Y. Times Columnist Blasts John Madden for Not Mounting a Soapbox for

Tim Graham

N.Y. Times Front-Page Story on Gays Is Perfect -- In Banning Conservat

A Friday New York Times front-page story on "gay marriage" by Jeremy W. Peters was a piece of perfection – if you believe conservatives should be banned from the pages of the Times. Gov. David Paterson introduced a bill to establish same-sex marriage as the same thing as heterosexual marriage, and Peters utterly failed to locate a conservative source or a conservative argument. Instead, readers…
Tim Graham

S.F. Chronicle Blogger Upset Over Climate Change Skepticism; Likens Is

Want to see the bitterness of media elitism? Take a look at what San Francisco Chronicle's environmental blog, "The Thin Green Line," thinks of the public's attitude about global warming. According to an April 17 Rasmussen Reports poll, only one out of three voters believes global warming is caused by human activity. For Cameron Scott of the Chronicle's "The Thin Green Line," this isn't due to…
Jeff Poor

BBC Reporter: Americans 'Bellicose', Exhibiting 'Hostage Jingoism

BBC Kenya-based reporter Karen Allen is happy that the problem of Somali piracy, and the underlying problem of Somalia as a failed state, has been brought to the fore by the recent Maersk Alabama hostage crisis. But -- and you knew there was a but coming -- she complains that the approach favored by Americans may well be too "bellicose":The downside, though, is the bellicose way in which the…
Ken Shepherd

Goldberg: Double Standard for NBC Networks Criticism of FNC's Tea Part

Despite all the criticisms of the Fox News Channel broadcasted on MSNBC for promoting tea party coverage, one thing hasn't been pointed out - how the NBC networks, including CNBC and MSNBC are given a pass for their shameless promotion of their Green Week and Green is Universal network events. Jonah Goldberg, editor-at-large for National Review and author of "Liberal Fascism," appeared on Fox…
Jeff Poor

WaPo: 'In Washington, The Obama Girls Are the Latest Craze

Think Obamamania is limited to only His Messiahship and Michelle Obama's well toned arms and J. Crew wardrobe?  Think again.  Today's front page of the Washington Post features "Move Over, Miley. In Washington, The Obama Girls Are the Latest Craze" by staff writer Ellen McCarthy.  The tone of this thoughtful analysis is set early in the article:The tween girls of the Washington area have…
Mike Bates

'Angry Journalist' Scowls at 'Right-Wing Lunatics' for Bashing His New

Tim Graham

More Americans Believe Global Warming Natural Versus Man-made

Despite years of hysterical, Al Gore-loving media hype that humans are destroying the planet by emitting too much carbon dioxide, more Americans now believe global warming is being caused by long-term planetary forces rather than man's activities.This represents a stunning reversal in the past twelve months, and is likely a function of a recent global cooling that has thwarted efforts by climate…
Noel Sheppard

Lou Dobbs Calls Janeane Garofalo a Hateful Appalling Human Being

Count CNN's Lou Dobbs amongst the likely millions of Americans disgusted by Janeane Garofalo's vitriolic attacks Thursday when she claimed the previous day's Tea Parties "were about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up. That is nothing but a bunch of teabagging rednecks." On his radio program Friday, Dobbs took issue with the actress, comedian, and activist, referring…
Noel Sheppard

Video: Garofalo's Vitriol About Racist Tea Party Participants; Fox New

Left-wing activist/actress Janeane Garofalo, now starring on Fox's '24', went on a wild rant Thursday night, on MSNBC's Countdown, impugning those who attended the Wednesday tea parties as racists and denigrating the brain power of anyone who watches the Fox News Channel. (In his Thursday night post, “Garofalo: Tea Party Goers Are Racists Who Hate Black President,” Noel Sheppard provided an…
Brent Baker

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: smiles and a grope for an enemy of the state? Makes you feel proud to be an American, doesn't it?
NB Staff

Glowing 'Che' Movie Reviews Ignore Fact It was One of Worst BO Bombs i

UPDATE: It turns out that "Che" was an even bigger flop than I reported earlier. The film budget was actually $58 million, not $40 million. The two part movie "Che" has turned out to be one of the worst box office bombs in film history. How bad was it? Well, since opening last December, this movie has earned a grand total of just $1,432,057 as of the weekend of April 10-12. Since the budget for…
P.J. Gladnick

Solar Energy: It's Not Easy Being Green; AP Fails, As Press Usually Do

Gosh, I thought you could just throw up a few solar panels, plug into the grid, and our energy problems would be solved in an environmentally perfect way. (/sarc) Of course not. Early this morning, Rita Beamish of the Associated Press reported that solar panel projects are running into problems with water availability and efforts to protect endangered species. But, as usual for a report on energy…
Tom Blumer