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NB Staff

Noonan: Mischievous Media Wants to Make Palin Face of GOP

Why does Sarah Palin continue to receive so much media coverage?  Peggy Noonan has a theory.  The Wall Street Journal columnist believes the MSM is up to what she considers "mischief": attempting to make Sarah Palin the face of the Republican party.Noonan propounded her premise during an appearance today on Morning Joe.
Mark Finkelstein

Entertainment Weekly Takes the Heat Out of Marriage

Magazine's sexiest movies ever list favors anything but the marital bed.
Colleen Raezler

A Post Christian Vision for Obama

The Washington Post's religion maven advises the Obamas on the perfect church to attend.
Robert Knight

What Time of Year Is It? (Following 4 Years of Media Use of 'Holidays

As the Christmas shopping season went into full swing in 2005, I sensed that journalists in general have a strong preference for using the term "holiday shopping" instead of "Christmas shopping" when covering business and commerce, but that when it came to people losing their jobs, they preferred to describe layoffs as relating to "Christmas." My instincts have been proven correct, as you can see…
Tom Blumer

Bozell Column: Liberalism = Genius

Brent Bozell

CT Legislators Want State To Subsidize Newspapers

Governor: John?  It's the Governor here.  Say, you guys there at the Bristol Press are doing a great job. Top notch.  But there is that one reporter of yours making a big stink over our proposal to increase the state income tax.  He really doesn't get what we're trying to do to help our state move forward.  And you know, that bill to renew your paper's subsidy is coming up next week. I'd hate to…
Mark Finkelstein

CBS Highlights Criticism of Obama’s Cabinet ... From Liberals

Brad Wilmouth

NPR Says NB's 'Absurd,' Tells Fox News It's Fair and Balanced on Praye

Foxnews.com picked up my NewsBusters blog post on National Public Radio's pagan-witch correspondent Margot Adler suggesting she just happened upon the president of the New York City Atheists in front of a "prayer booth" art project in New York City. An NPR publicist suggested NewsBusters was "absurd" and found nothing biased in the story at all: NPR vehemently denied that its coverage was opposed…
Tim Graham

Surveying the NB Landscape

Got a few moments this evening? Please take a little bit of time to fill out our annual reader demographic survey in conjunction with our advertising partner BlogAds. The more info we get, the more revenue we'll be able to receive next year which means more resources to bust the news. Give us a click if you get a sec. Last year's NB numbers are here. To see how we compared with other blogs, visit…
Matthew Sheffield

Bloomberg: Chocolate's the Cure for Economic Woes

Financial reporter shows cocoa commodities directly correlated to unemployment rate.
Jeff Poor

Save Economy -- Impeach Bush Now

D. S. Hube

CNBC Demonstrates Why Liberals Don't Understand Economics

Doesn't it amaze you when some liberal media member actually claims that raising taxes is good for the economy, and uses the Clinton Era to prove his or her specious point? Such transpired Tuesday afternoon when CNBC's Trish Regan invited liberal columnist David Sirota on to discuss president-elect Barack Obama's plans to get the economy rolling again. True to the liberal motif, Sirota spoke…
Noel Sheppard

Ed Schultz Likens Big Three CEOs to Haggling Hooker

Jack Coleman