ABC's Sawyer: Huckabee's 'Heavy Handed' Ad Plays 'Religion Card

"Good Morning America" host Diane Sawyer apparently has a significant problem with 2008 GOP contender Mike Huckabee's new ad that identifies the candidate as a "Christian leader." On Tuesday's program, Sawyer fretted over whether "we crossed a line here" and asked guest Newt Gingrich if the campaign spot is "just too heavy-handed about specific denominations?" The GMA host also speculated that…
Scott Whitlock

Oh, Grow Up! WaPo Profiles 'Youth Rights' Activist in Style Section

Update posted at bottomGranted, the Washington Post's Style section can get away with lighter, fluffier fare than the A-section, but profiling a man who heads a $16,000-annual budget "youth rights" organization? That's exactly what staffer Linton Weeks presented Post readers with his November 27 Style section front pager, "Age Is Just a Number." "Youth Rights Advocate Tries to Break Down…
Ken Shepherd

Lauer: Mideast Peace Conference Could Make Things Worse

Talk about damned-if-you-do . . . On this morning's Today show, Matt Lauer discussed with Tim Russert the Middle East peace conference that began today. After years of MSM criticism of President Bush for not getting more involved in the Israeli-Palestinian situation, how does Lauer react when the president undertakes an historic initiative bringing together leaders of all the area's countries for…
Mark Finkelstein

CNN’s Cafferty Spouts on Middle East Peace, War in Iraq

CNN’s Jack Cafferty gave another of his rantings against the war in Iraq and the Bush administration on Monday’s "The Situation Room." Cafferty, channeling Ramsey Clark, called the war in Iraq "an unprovoked act of naked aggression," and charged that the issues of establishing a Palestinian state and the brokering peace between the Israelis and Palestinians have been "virtually ignored by the…
Matthew Balan

NewsBusted Comedy, Episode

Topics in this episode: CNN's hosting of the Democratic presidential debates, Joe and Valerie Wilson, leftist bridge players, and more! Click the "play" icon at the top right of the sidebar to watch.You can also view this episode at YouTube or see our past episodes here. If you like the show, be sure to subscribe to "NewsBusted" to be automatically notified via email whenever we post new…
Matthew Sheffield

Maybe Shoppers Should Send a Thank-You Note to the Gloomy Business Pre

Tom Blumer

The Media, Their Polls and the False News They Produce

First published in Human Events on November 27th, 2007.Wash, spin, rinse, spin. Phone, spin, report, spin, poll, spin. The similarities between the work of the mainstream media and a laundry machine are striking. Yet there is nothing about the cycle -- the spin-report-poll-spin cycle -- that does for political events what detergent does for your boxers or briefs. The media, as One, spend days…
Seton Motley

'Hannah Montana Scandal': CBS Whines about Ticket Cost

Reporter claims she can't take kids to show because of price, so regulation must be the answer.
Jeff Poor

Rather Blasts 'Huge Corporations' that Intrude into Newsrooms

Former 'CBS Evening News' anchor blames corporations, Internet and 9/11 for changes in media climate.
Jeff Poor

Gingrich Discusses Global Warming with NYT’s Revkin

In April, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich rocked the conservative world by stating in a highly publicized Capitol Hill debate with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) that he believed global warming was real. Since then, Gingrich has published a new book on the subject entitled "A Contract with the Earth." A few weeks ago, the former Speaker sat down with New York Times environment reporter…
Noel Sheppard

Hillary Aide Scolds Scarborough For Airing Party-Pooping Poll

Update | 10:25 AM -- Zogby says Penn should know better . . . Clinton campaign #1 user of Zogby results. See entire Zogby response at foot. Presaging the kind of press control a President Hillary Clinton might try to impose, a member of her inner circle scolded Joe Scarborough today for having the audacity to mention a poll with results unfavorable to Clinton.Yesterday, Zogby International…
Mark Finkelstein

President Bush Seeks Peace at Mideast Peace Conference

Kathleen McKinley

CBS Veteran Suicide Numbers Bogus

Warner Todd Huston

UPI, NH Dem Pull Disappearing Acts

Abracadabra seems to be the magic word - at least for one New Hampshire Democrat and United Press International (UPI). Prosecutors in Strafford County are claiming in court papers that former congressional candidate, Gary Dodds (D-NH) staged his own car accident and faked his disappearance in 2006 in order to garner sympathy and support for his weak campaign.In that same disappearing Dodds spirit…
Vivian Lee