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NB Staff
 

Chicago Trib: Ayers 'Seems to Contradict' Obama by Calling Him 'a Fami

Yeah, and the Chicago Cubs "seem" not to have won a World Series for 100 years. A Thursday afternoon Chicago Tribune story (HTs to Ace and Say Anything) by Rex W. Huppke covers the appearance of a new afterword in a book by former Weather Underground leader William Ayers. Let's just roll the excerpt: In a new afterword to his memoir, 1960s radical William Ayers describes himself as a "family…
Tom Blumer
 

Couric Studied With Anti-Palin Advisers Before Palin Interview

Tim Graham
 

Ellen DeGeneres: Olbermann 'So Eloquent and So Brilliant

Tim Graham
 

A Classic Case of Leftist Bias From Reuters on Obama's Coming Judges

We've seen some major cases of left leaning bias in the media, especially during the late presidential campaign. Many of these cases have been blatant and over-the-top in style but, while covering the brazen cases of such bias, it is easy to forget that there are every day cases of the more subtle bias to the left in the media. Today, we have a perfect example of a more subtle left leaning bias…
Warner Todd Huston
 

Major Media Ignore Homosexual Hatefest in Christian Church

Gay activists disrupting a worship service by shouting Jesus is a Homo! apparently are not newsworthy.
Erin Brown
 

ABC: Courts, not Chromosomes, Now Define Sex

Barbara Walters ignores biology while insisting the pregnant man is truly a man. After all, the state of Oregon says so.
Colleen Raezler
 

AP Report: 2% Drop in Energy Consumption Means It's 'Evaporating,' Sud

Earlier today, in a story on falling oil prices, Mark Williams of the Associated Press bemoaned "evaporating" consumption, warned that the abrupt prices drop would cause a decline in exploration, and cited the need for trillions of dollars of investment to find more fossil fuels.Contrary to or not in what Williams wrote: Consumption has barely fallen.The American electorate has chosen a new…
Tom Blumer
 

Washington Post Columnists Ignore Facts About Palin, Reagan

Robert B. Bluey
 

Suddenly Media Interested in Bill Ayers

John Stephenson
 

Friedman: Let Gov't, Not Companies, Reap Carbon Tax Revenue

NY Times columnist agonizes over politicians reluctant to impose taxes that would artificially influence market behavior.
Jeff Poor
 

FBN Anchor: Treasury’s Misuse of TARP ‘Outrageous’; a ‘Mess

So what exactly is the government doing with your money? Fox Business Network's Alexis Glick would like to know. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced Nov. 12 he would be redirecting the $700 billion bailout to focus on propping up financial institutions instead of buying troubled mortgage assets, which was the original intent of the rescue plan. Glick, the host of FBN's "Money for…
Paul Detrick
 

Brokaw: Hasn't Been This Much Excitement for a New Prez Since JFK

The Obama-lovin' was in full bloom on Wednesday's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" when interim "Meet the Press" host Tom Brokaw actually said, "I don't remember this level of excitement for a new president since 1960 when Jack Kennedy was elected President of the United States."Now, in fairness, as I was born in 1960, I don't know what kind of excitement existed for JFK after that November's…
Noel Sheppard
 

Jon Meacham Snidely Suggests McCain Considered Offing Unprepared Palin

Appearing on Thursday's "Today" show Newsweek editor Jon Meacham suggested Sarah Palin needed a "Berlitz" course in foreign policy and even snidely implied John McCain, like President Andrew Jackson before him, may have wanted to shoot his vice president. Meacham, who was also plugging his book on Jackson, noted to "Today" co-host Matt Lauer that Jackson once threatened the life his own vice…
Geoffrey Dickens