CBS’s Rodriguez: Bank Nationalization A ‘Necessary Evil

On Tuesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez spoke with FDIC Chairwoman Shelia Bair and asked: "I can't think of a better morning to have you here, because all the talk is about the bank and if you look at the cover of The Washington Post, there it is, the n-word, 'nationalization,' which you have said you would be surprised if we get to that point. But isn't it maybe going to be a…
Kyle Drennen

ABC Ignores Personal Responsibility in Segment on Home Foreclosures

Tuesday's "Good Morning America" ignored the liberal leanings of a Florida attorney who is instructing people on how to stall home foreclosures. In the segment, reporter Jim Avila showcased individuals who have drawn out the process by demanding that banks produce the original note to their home (which has often been sold in loan packages that are then traded on Wall Street). At no time did he…
Scott Whitlock

NYT/CBS: Obama Has Reaganesque 'Broad Support'; Gallup Cites Slip, Dou

Two polls on President Barack Obama's popularity reach conclusions that could hardly be more different.A New York Times/CBS News poll says that Obama is "benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence among Americans about his leadership." But a Gallup poll reports slipping support, and a doubling of his disapproval rate.What gives?The first clue about whose poll probably more…
Tom Blumer

Dear Boston Globe: Rickshaws Create Jobs Too

Mass transit is the wrong place to look for job creation.
Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.

WaPo Heralds 'Chorus' of Gay Bloggers, Ignores Conservative GayPatriot

On the front page of today's Style section, Washington Post staffer Jose Antonio Vargas promised readers a look at the "gay political blogosphere" in "Gay Bloggers' Voices Rise in Chorus of Growing Political Influence." "Disparate Gay Bloggers Create a Virtual Village of Many Voices," the headline on the jump page noted:On the Internet, no group -- however controversial or on the fringe -- is…
Ken Shepherd

How Many Jobs Saved? Economist Discredits Obama's Predictions

Economist Ben Stein disses econometrics; reminds 'we don't know a great deal' about how economy will respond to stimulus.
Lauren O'Reilly

Indiana Profs Oddly Claim ABC, CBS, and NBC Slanted Toward GOP in Pres

Tim Graham

CNN's Lame Excuse for Not Airing Pro-life Ad Tonight

Folks watching President Obama's first address to Congress on CNN tonight will not see CatholicVote.com's latest ad (embedded at right) reportedly because network executives think the ad falsely attributes pro-life political views to the nation's chief executive.As Christianity Today's Stan Guthrie reported on Friday:Brian Burch of CatholicVote.com says CNN has rejected the group's "Imagine" ad…
Ken Shepherd

NYT Separates Obama Administration from 'The Government

After eight years of blaming everything that came out of our nation's capitol on George W. Bush, the New York Times is suddenly separating the White House from the government.Such was immediately apparent in the Times front page story Tuesday addressing the mounting pressure being exerted on Washington to come up with more bailout funds for companies and industries in financial trouble.The…
Noel Sheppard

CBS Anti-Tax Haven Segment Omits Reason for Their Purpose: High U.S. T

An 'Evening News' in-depth look at tax shelters ignores that punitive U.S. taxes forces these operations offshore to conduct business in those locations.
Jeff Poor

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NB Staff

Washington Post Misses Irony of Showing Climate Change as a Roulette W

Matt Philbin

NASA's Global Warming Satellite Crashes, Will Media Notice

A rocket carrying a NASA satellite designed to study global warming crashed into the ocean near Antarctica Tuesday shortly after being launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.How delicious that it landed near the continent whose expanding ice mass totally defies the myth climate alarmists so eagerly spread for their own purposes.Talk about your inconvenient truths. As Bloomberg…
Noel Sheppard

Ed Schultz Unintentionally Bolsters Limbaugh's Case Against Fairness D

Jack Coleman