Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point #1: Hillary and Rudy dropping in polls. Does it mean anything this far out, and which slide do you think press will focus more attention on?Talking point #2: Did last night's NFL game, with timely flags giving the Patriots the win, leave you with the feeling the league wants them to have a perfect season, or did you think the game was…
NB Staff

Live Blog of President Bush's December 4 News Conference

Ken Shepherd

Clinton Campaign: Kindergarten Crack Just a 'Joke

That Hillary Clinton -- such a prankster! Yes, if there's one thing Hillary is known for, it's her great sense of humor and light touch. So when she included Barack Obama's statements as a third-grader and kindergartner in her press release for purposes of demonstrating he was lying when he said he hadn't long harbored presidential ambitions, we should have all realized it was just one more of…
Mark Finkelstein

NYT Claims 'Ailing Economy' on Front Page -- What Ailing Economy

In "Wall St. Sees Silver Lining," new New York Times economics reporter Peter Goodman (formerly of the Washington Post) made Saturday's front page with a "news analysis" that impressively managed to put last week's big stock market rally in the context of an "ailing economy" that was "imperiled by the crumbling housing market."
Clay Waters

CNN's Bohrman: Unrepentant About Stupid YouTube Debate Tricks

Tim Graham

Erin Burnett Apologizes and Howard Kurtz Defends Her

In a follow-up report, Erin Burnett made a half-hearted apology for her failed joke about President Bush being a monkey on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Monday, November 26. The video is posted below: Do you believe her? Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post does.
Warner Todd Huston

AIDS: The Questions They Won't Ask

Here are some of the questions that the media probably won't ask the professional HIV/AIDS lobby, which grows ever fatter while the human tragedy rises
Robert Knight

Christmas Greetings from the Left Pole

With Sweeney Todd and Charlie Wilson just in time for Christmas, the Hollywoodites at the left pole would like us to forget that they're anti-Christian, anti-war and anti-conservative.
Jan LaRue, Esq.

Going Off a Cliff at the Chronicle

A San Francisco columnist explains why he loves The Golden Compass -- because he hates religion and religious people. Why does an ostensibly mainstream newspaper like the Chronicle publish such venomous hate speech?
Robert Knight

Nina Burleigh vs. The 'Insomniac Internet Goon' at NewsBusters

Former Time reporter Nina Burleigh is unhappy she was criticized on NewsBusters for her Clinton-defending review in The Washington Post of Sally Bedell Smith’s book For Love of Politics. She lamented on The Huffington Post on Saturday night that before many could even read the review, "an apparently insomniac internet goon named Tim Graham had penned a screed dissing The Washington Post for…
Tim Graham

Time Writer Lobbies 'International Leaders' to be Proactive Fighting C

Magazine's global warming advocate accuses Bush of 'foot dragging on climate change,' overlooks costs of worldwide regulation.
Jeff Poor

ABC: Advocating Biased Concoctions

Past articles document the media’s bias against Castle Doctrine, insinuating that this enhanced self-defense law impedes investigators and handcuffs prosecutors,1 or that the right of self-defense originated with Castle Doctrine.2 Laura Whitley of ABC Houston affiliate KTRK covering a recent self-defense story where Rodney Shamlin was shot by homeowner Gary Southworth, wrote:
Howard Nemerov

Michael J. Fox Sticks to Old Beliefs on Embryo Destruction

Even as scientific advancements on stem cell research have vindicated George W. Bush's resistance to destroy actual embryos, Michael J. Fox refused to give the President any credit on Monday's "Today" show, instead choosing to indirectly insult him as he declared that after the next election "the chances are very good that there's gonna be a new attitude towards science." When asked by NBC's…
Geoffrey Dickens

'View' Panel Discusses Naming a Teddy Bear Jesus

After discussing the British woman in Sudan charged for naming a class teddy bear Muhammad on Friday’s "View," with no outrage directed towards the Sudanese government, the ladies again discussed the topic. Barbara Walters inquired to the panel what would happen if someone named a teddy bear Jesus in the United States.Unlike Rosie O’Donnell, who exclaimed "radical Christianity is just as…
Justin McCarthy