Cramer Declares End of 'Depression'; Credits Obama's Rhetoric, not Act

It came and went - and some might not have even noticed it - despite the seriousness of its use. On April 2, CNBC's Jim Cramer proclaimed the Depression over. Throughout that day, the "Mad Money" host told viewers of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," CNBC's "Street Signs" and finally on his own program that the Depression was over and that we were on the verge of a bull run for the financial markets. "We…
Jeff Poor

NYT Ignores Free Speech Activist Yoani Sanchez; Focuses on Lefties

Ever notice the media love to report stories about people fighting the power, unless, of course, the power happens to be something the media favor? A March 31 New York Times article about Cuba's Havana Biennial art festival highlighted several artists whose political statements were in line with the anti-American, communist outlook of the island's regime, while ignoring prominent Cuban blogger…
Lynn Davidson

TV Land Gives Green Light to New 'Cougar' Reality Dating Show

Attention middle-aged women: keep your young sons at home because your best friend might just want to date them. That’s right. TV Land is set to premiere a new reality show on April 15 based on a 40-year old single mother of four who wants to find a younger man, “Bachelor” style. “The Cougar” will feature 20 single men vying to be the soul mate of a woman twice their age. The field will be…
Erin R. Brown

NewsBusted

NB Staff

Barack Obama's Unprecedented Accomplishment a Virtually Guaranteed Med

Barack Obama has done something no other president has done in the five months after his election.He and his pals Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid laid the groundwork for this achievement back in June when they created what I have since last July been calling the POR (Pelosi-Obama-Reid) Economy, so it is fair to say that Obama's accomplishment, spanning November 2008 through March 2009, belongs to him…
Tom Blumer

The New York Times Gets Defensive

The New York Observer has noticed an interesting new trend at The New York Times. Its something that we have rarely, if ever, seen from The Times in it's long history. In fact, we are used to seeing a defiant and rather confident Times:There was a time when The New York Times never had to say anything back. If the newspaper caught hell for a story in the popular media, editors at the paper could…
Stephen Gutowski

Howard Dean: Part-Time CNBC Contributor, Part-Time MoveOn.Org Activist

Since former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean stepped down as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, he has ventured into other opportunities. One of those opportunities was to be a business pundit for the financial news channel CNBC, even though Dean's background prior to politics was in medicine. But just over a week later, in an e-mail dated April 2 to MoveOn.org mailing list subscribers…
Jeff Poor

ABC's George Stephanopoulos Lauds 'Star' Michelle Obama

Former Democratic political operative-turned journalist George Stephanopoulos appeared on Friday's "Good Morning America" to tout what a "star" Michelle Obama became during the trip to the G-20 summit in London. After being asked by co-host Chris Cuomo about the decision by the President to take his wife, the "This Week" host effusively responded, "That turned out to be a no-brainer, didn't it,…
Scott Whitlock

Saying Limbaugh Had Taste for Drugs and Murder, Jon Stewart Tells Rush

Tim Graham

ABC's Yunji de Nies Gushes Over 'Cinderella Story' of Michelle Obama

"Good Morning America" reporter Yunji de Nies continued to fawn over Michelle Obama on Friday, lauding how the First Lady shared her "Cinderella story" with a girls school in London. An ABC graphic for the segment opined, "Michelle Wows Europe: First Trip Big Hit." Recounting the positive reception the speech received, de Nies cooed, "But it was her personal touch that made the biggest impact."…
Scott Whitlock

ABCNews.com Misleading Headline: Iowa Gives 'Thumbs Up' to Same-sex Ma

Ken Shepherd

WaPo Collaborates on Front Page Piece With Far-left ProPublica

The Washington Post published an extensive investigative piece about Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Friday which was a collaboration with the far-left media outlet ProPublica (h/t Carter Wood).As NewsBusters executive editor Matt Sheffield and I reported last September, ProPublica was founded by Herb and Marion Sandler, the California billionaires that have contributed millions to liberal…
Noel Sheppard

Dear WSJ: Dumping Is Not Harmful

Despite criticism of dumping, the trade practice is not unfair or damaging.
Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.

Open Thread

NB Staff