NBC Perplexed by TARP-Recipients Lending to Foreign Countries

Too bad this particular report didn't include an expert that was railing against the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) bailout before it was passed last October. They could have said, "I told you so." Global banks lending money to other countries including "the playground of the Middle East" may have angered Congressmen, but Lisa Myers investigation didn't point out that those critics of…
Jeff Poor

ABC's Chris Cuomo Prompts Dubai Kids: Barack Hussein Obama's Middle Na

"Good Morning America" news anchor Chris Cuomo on Thursday conducted a leading interview with children at a school in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While he discussed a large number of topics, he also seemed interested in eliciting praise from the students about Barack Obama's middle name. Cuomo speculated, "Does it matter to you that the President's name is Barack Hussein Obama? Does that make…
Scott Whitlock

Famed Hurricane Forecaster William Gray Rips AMS, NASA's Hansen; Calls

Prominent hurricane forecaster Dr. William M. Gray, a professor at Colorado State University, appeared at The Heartland Institute's 2009 International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) in New York on March 11 to elaborate on his theory that a natural cycle of ocean water temperatures related to the salinity (the amount of salt) in ocean water was responsible for some global warming that has…
Jeff Poor

'Nightly News' Perplexed by TARP-Recipients Lending to Foreign Countri

NBC correspondent Lisa Myers investigates banking titans that made overseas loans in wake of congressional hearing.
Jeff Poor

Famed Hurricane Forecaster William Gray Rips AMS, NASA's Hansen

Expert criticizes American Meteorological Society for awarding global warming alarmist the organization's highest honor.
Jeff Poor

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NB Staff

N.Y. Times Announces New 'Conservative' Columnist, Then Underlines He

Tim Graham

Swaps Stopped: Cities in LA Co. Were Doing Stimulus Funding Deals With

It seems that so-called stimulus package funding is being spread around so widely that some of its beneficiaries can't figure out how to spend it as intended. When it became clear to a few small cities in California's Los Angeles County that they didn't have appropriate transportation projects for their promised stimulus funding, they decided to sell the rights to that funding to other nearby…
Tom Blumer

ABC Blames Bank Robberies on Bad Economy

The ABCNews.com Law and Justice front page currently features an article, dramatically titled "Will Steal For Food: Crisis Creates Criminals." On that same page, alleged bank robber Bruce Windsor is featured in an orange jumpsuit above a caption that reads: "In poor economy, police have arrested a rash of atypical alleged bank robbers."
Jason Aslinger

Chris Matthews Grills Ari Fleischer Like an Enemy of the State

I'm not sure I've ever witnessed a more disgraceful performance by a so-called journalist than what transpired on Wednesday's "Hardball."  In fact, from the moment MSNBC's Chris Matthews introduced his guest, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, the "Hardball" host went on the attack as if he was interviewing an enemy of the state. Potentially most disgraceful - even beyond…
Noel Sheppard

Fox's Sammon: Carville, Greenburg Told Reporters They Wanted Bush to F

The above headline isn't even the half of it. After the attacks were known to all, James Carville told assembled Washington reporters at a hotel conference room breakfast where he and Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg spoke (photo is from the May 20, 2004 Christian Science Monitor) to "Disregard everything we just said! This changes everything!" The assembled press apparently understood that…
Tom Blumer

CBS’s Mason: Rich Getting Richer is Good for the Economy

On Wednesday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent Anthony Mason made an observation rarely expressed in the mainstream media – that when the rich get richer, they do so by creating jobs that benefit everyone. Mason: "Two-thirds of these billionaires are self-made. They're the pioneering businessmen like Bill Gates who created the companies that have created the jobs and the wealth in this country.…
Brad Wilmouth

NBC Champions Obama's 'Power Duo' Women

President George W. Bush had a female First Lady and a woman as Secretary of State, but NBC's Brian Williams on Wednesday night hailed, as the fulfillment of President Barack Obama's promise of “change,” how he has a “power duo” in a woman First Lady and a female Secretary of State. Williams cooed, with “Women of Distinction” as the on-screen heading: President Obama won the presidency promising…
Brent Baker

GMA's Chris Cuomo Brags: 'We're Not a Great Entertainment Show

"Good Morning America" news anchor Chris Cuomo gave an interview to the TV Newser podcast "Morning Media Menu" on Wednesday in which he touted the seriousness of the ABC program and later vaguely broached the subject of the issues journalists leave out of stories. But first, he bragged, "I think a fair criticism of 'Good Morning America' would be that we're not a great entertainment show. You…
Scott Whitlock