Ann Curry Dismisses Reagan's Foreign Policy Credentials

Justin McCarthy
 

Oprah Fans: 'Stop Pushing Obama Down Our Throats

Celebrity endorsements, helpful or harmful? The LA Times explores that question with Oprah Winfrey and her endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama as a test case:Although it's true that rallies featuring Winfrey in Iowa and South Carolina have drawn some of the biggest crowds of the campaign so far, Obama's people won't know whether they also triggered a backlash until election day.Winfrey's website…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Rosie Voted 2007's Most Annoying Celebrity

Rosie O'Donnell may have been one of Time's 100 Most Influential People, but now she is 2007's Most Annoying Celebrity. The woman who surprised blacksmiths everywhere when she claimed that fire can't melt steel trounced her competition in the Parade.com poll, getting 44% of the vote, nearly double the amount of second place winner Paris Hilton. Ann Coulter was third. The woman who admitted that …
Lynn Davidson
 

Open Thread

What's news today?
NB Staff
 

The Worst 'Notable Quotables' of

Before we ring in 2008, it's worth taking a look back at some of the liberal media's goofiest or most outrageous moments, courtesy of the Media Research Center's Best Notable Quotables of 2007: The Twentieth Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting. The awards were determined by a panel of 53 distinguished media observers, including radio talk show hosts, magazine editors, editorial writers…
Rich Noyes
 

Mika Finds 'Friend' to Blame Bush for Bhutto

Call it the Brzezinski Variation of the Some-Say Gambit. In the wake of the Bhutto assassination, Morning Joe panelist Mika Brzezinski has broken out a "friend" to put the blame on George Bush. Joe Scarborough spoke with Mika from Florida, where he has been spending the week. View video here.Excerpts:
Mark Finkelstein
 

Washington Post Mocks Newt's Book As a 'Smokey the Bear' Pose

Tim Graham
 

More Lazy Reporting From UPI: Internet 'Not Ideal' For Political Ads

Warner Todd Huston
 

Winners and Losers of

A look at some of the entertainment triumphs and tragedies of 2007.
L. Brent Bozell III
 

Credit Card Debt: More Victims, Because of ‘Unemployment

Jeff Poor
 

Newsweek's 'CW' for 2007 Typically Wallops GOP

Tim Graham
 

NBC Blames Mortgages and Unemployment, but Not Borrowers for Debt

'Nightly News' cites subprime mess and other factors, but leaves out personal responsibility for credit card delinquencies.
Jeff Poor
 

2.4 Percent: 'Dramatic' Decrease or 'Disappointing' Increase

Media downplay billions of dollars in increased holiday spending as 'weak' and 'disappointing'.
Nathan Burchfiel
 

Wyclef Jean Sings 'Assassinated' Song on XM Reggae Channel

Tim Graham