David Letterman Calls Bill O'Reilly a 'Goon' During Heated Interview

Whenever Bill O'Reilly appears on the David Letterman show you just know sparks are going to fly due to Letterman's inability to keep his anger managed and last night's show did not disappoint although it seems that Letterman now appreciates the ratings O'Reilly brings him. First Letterman established once again his liberal credentials in the opening monologue by slamming Republicans but, of…
P.J. Gladnick

Obama Putting Our Tax Dollars On Auto Pilot

Major media pushed for bailout billions when many knew it was throwing good money after bad.
Dan Gainor

Big Government in an Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny Bikini

The nanny state waxes huge.
Dan Kennedy

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: You tell us.
NB Staff

MRC’s Notable Quotables: Drooling Over Obama’s European Vacation

[UPDATE, 6:45PM ET: For those who only lightly skimmed or otherwise did not notice earlier, this is an April Fools Day edition of Notable Quotables. All of the quotes were made up by various MRC staffers. I hope you enjoyed the parody.] For those of you who enjoy reading MRC’s Notable Quotables newsletter, featuring the most outrageous (and sometimes humorous) quotes in the liberal media, our…
Rich Noyes

WaPo Skipped Tea Party Protests, But Gives Big Play to...Opponents of

Tim Graham

AP Scolds Republicans for 'Noncompliance' Over Stimulus $... But is Th

The Associated Press did a masterful job of portraying Republican Governors as perpetrating "noncompliance" for how they want to spend Obama's education stimulus money. But, even as the AP spends the top half of a story wagging fingers at those nasty Republicans for not spending Obama's generous gift the right way, buried in the story it is revealed that the fault is really with how the stimulus…
Warner Todd Huston

NY Times Story Gives Huge Waxman-Markey Global Warming Tax Bill One-Si

Amy Ridenour

Bozell Column: Washington Polling Games

Brent Bozell

ABC and CBS Remind Viewers Obama More Popular than Bush

The day President Barack Obama arrived in London, the broadcast network evening newscasts on Tuesday night noted that he faces some tough challenges from other leaders who are not as enthralled with him as are their citizens, but ABC and CBS went out of their way to point out how Obama is more popular than was former President Bush. From London, ABC anchor Charles Gibson highlighted the American…
Brent Baker

ABC & NBC Relay Phony Claims of Israeli War Crimes, Fail to Retract

In recent weeks, both the NBC Nightly News and ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson repeated charges that Israeli troops had witnessed the deliberate killing of Palestinian civilians by fellow troops during the Gaza War. In recent days, the New York Times has informed its readers that, after investigation, the Israeli military concluded that the incendiary claims were untrue and that the soldiers…
Brad Wilmouth

'Immensely Proud' Matthews Shrieks 'Sophisticated' Obama is 'The New U

An enraptured Chris Matthews began his Tuesday edition of "Hardball," by singing Obama's praises, as he arrived in England, cheering: "He is the new us! That's right, President Obama is in London tonight as the new emblem of the American people. He is us, just as to the consternation of our allies and the often cringey-ness of his country men George W. Bush was us for eight years." The charmed…
Geoffrey Dickens

Democratic President Goes to Europe, So ABC Touts Past GOP Goofs

"Good Morning America" reporter Yunji de Nies on Tuesday touted supposed gaffes of past Republican presidents in a segment on Barack Obama's trip abroad. De Nies intoned, "But one unlucky misstep and everyone remembers." As she said this, video of George W. Bush's 2005 trip to Beijing appeared onscreen. (In the footage, the then-President can be seen trying to go out the wrong door.) More…
Scott Whitlock

Jon Stewart and CNN's Jack Cafferty's Bash Bush/Praise Obama Show

As you might expect, Jon Stewart and CNN commentator Jack Cafferty’s combined act on Monday’s Daily Show consisted of some serious discussion of the economy intermixed with unoriginal jabs at former President George W. Bush’s speech pattern and high praise for the Obamas. Stewart even half-jokingly suggested that if Obama “doesn’t do well,” (perish the thought!), “we can still blame it on Bush” […
Matthew Balan