Biden Versus the 'Bucket of Fluff

The woman introducing Joe Biden to a Michigan crowd yesterday called Sarah Palin a "bucket of fluff."   Biden then told the crowd that Barack Obama is too smart and too well-educated to live in a Republican neighborhood.  Now that the Dems have put Obama's smarts and education on the table, will the MSM demand Obama finally release his Columbia transcript? Of all the people the Dems might have…
Mark Finkelstein

A New Season of NewsBusted

We're kicking off our second season of "NewsBusted" today with a new look. Please share your opinions of the graphics on this thread.Topics in today's show: McCain and Obama commemorate 9/11, Adam Gaddahn dead? Biden says Clinton would've been better veep nominee, Pamela Anderson attacks Sarah Palin...  
Matthew Sheffield

Schieffer: McCain Campaign 'Demeaning to Women' Because No Palin Press

CBS 'Face the Nation' anchor and presidential debate moderator criticizes evolution of blogs and their effect on media business, citing Palin pregnancy rumors.
Jeff Poor

Chi Sun-Times Michael Sneed Takes On Feminists Against Palin

You don't see this in the media every day. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed offers a counter argument to those that use the mainstream media pulpit to attack Sarah Palin from the feminist mantle. While peers like Mary Mitchell display their disdain for Sarah Palin with emotional editorial outbursts Michael Sneed is lending Palin some support in her column headlined "Revoke my feminist…
Terry Trippany

Here's Where We WILL Hurt if Journalists Lose Their Jobs En Masse

Of course our purpose here at NewsBusters is to shed light on the obscene bias often underlying what passes for journalism here in the United States (and in Canada and Europe sometimes, as well). We here at NB, however, want to stress that we aren't out to "destroy" journalism itself. We understand how important a free and open press is to keep our democratic republic on the straight and narrow.…
Warner Todd Huston

Gotcha! MarketWatch Columnist Outs Own Ignorance of Bush Doctrine in A

Bill Hobbs

Schieffer 'Uneasy' Rick Warren Saddleback Forum Took Place in a Church

CBS Face the Nation host says 'Saddleback Civil Forum on Presidency' made him uneasy because of belief in a 'separation.'
Jeff Poor

ABC and MSNBC Respect Medical Miracles and the Power of Prayer

Two networks, two stories, one common theme.
Kristen Fyfe

Eagles-Cowboys MNF Open Thread

Is anybody watching this game? Wow, is this entertaining OR WHAT?When's the last time McNabb looked this good?
NB Staff

Coppergate! Us Magazine Hypes Palin Buying Tanning Bed

Tim Graham

More Obama Resume Inflation: His Days at Business International

Sweetness & Light (S&L) has the goods (HT Michelle Malkin) on yet another instance of resume enhancement in a Barack Obama book. It is also yet another example of something an inquisitive media has failed to discover in the 21 months since an Obama presidential run became likely. It's too bad. It's clear, from an underlying 2005 post at Analyze This, and other information S&L gathered…
Tom Blumer

Internet Security Open Thread

Question to NewsBusters: What Internet security software do you use and/or prefer?Reviewers seem to rate Bit Defender, Zone Alarm, and Kaspersky tops. Any thoughts?
NB Staff

Bob Schieffer Caught Fibbing About His Reports On Biden's Gaffes

CBS News's Bob Schieffer falsely claimed Monday that he had reported one of the racial slurs Democrat vice presidential candidate Joe Biden made in 2007.The record proves otherwise.Speaking with WOR Radio's Steve Malzberg about the differing media coverage for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Biden, Schieffer made the case that the various gaffes and racially insensitive…
Noel Sheppard

Matthews: McCain Sounds Like Herbert Hoover

Chris Matthews spent most of Monday night's "Hardball," laying out a blueprint for how Barack Obama can hit John McCain on the economy, as he compared the GOP presidential nominee to Herbert Hoover.Opening the September 15 show, Matthews greeted viewers with the following teaser:CHRIS MATTHEWS: Why is John McCain talking like Herbert Hoover? Depression or just depressing? Let's play "Hardball…
Geoffrey Dickens