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Chait Doesn't Just Hate Bush: Loathes Lower Taxes, Too

Jonathan Chait is one of the Founding Fathers of Bush Derangement Syndrome. Way back in '03, the New Republic senior editor authored one of BDS's early, seminal works: "The Case for Bush Hatred," whose very sentence was the subtle: "I hate President George W. Bush."Ah, but Jonathan Chait isn't a mere one-hatred man. As of this morning, we can conclusively state that in addition to his animus…
Mark Finkelstein

MSNBC's Abrams Hits FNC 'Attack Team,' Defends Matthews

On Monday's "MSNBC Live with Dan Abrams," host and former MSNBC General Manager Abrams used the show's regular "Beat the Press" segment to respond to criticism by some Fox News personalities of recent anti-Bush comments made by MSNBC's Chris Matthews, and their questioning of whether Matthews is too partisan to host the latest Republican debate. Abrams: "The attack team over at Fox News is trying…
Brad Wilmouth

Court Identifies Eleven Inaccuracies in Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient

Here's something American media are virtually guaranteed to not report: a British court has determined that Al Gore's schlockumentary "An Inconvenient Truth" contains at least eleven material falsehoods. It seems a safe bet Matt Lauer and Diane Sawyer won't be discussing this Tuesday morning, wouldn't you agree? For those that haven't been following this case, a British truck driver filed a…
Noel Sheppard

Bias by Omission: Media Silent on Nationwide Pro-Life Protest, 'Gay' S

So much for if it bleeds, it leads.
Kristen Fyfe

Advice for GOP Candidates: Tackle Chris Matthews, Jon Stewart-style

Republicans facing what is sure to be a liberally-skewed forum moderated by former Democratic partisan Chris Matthews need to take a cue from the host of Comedy Central's "Daily Show," a conservative opinion journalist argues:Matthews is an over-the-top liberal, a brazen cheerleader for Clinton. He can also be a bully. Remember the incident about two years ago when he reduced Michelle Malkin…
Ken Shepherd

Liberals: Bush 9/11 Ads Stink, But Hillary's Are 'Excellent Strategy

Tim Graham

AP Lets 'Bad Economy' Claim Go Unchallenged

Bill Hobbs

ABC Hits Hillary from Left, Advances MoveOn's Agenda

Citing how “members of the anti-war group MoveOn.Org named Iran, not Iraq, as their top issue,” and without once applying a liberal or left wing label, ABC's Word News on Monday night skewered Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton from the left for voting for a resolution other candidates claim could allow President Bush to launch a war against Iran. Anchor Charles Gibson explained…
Brent Baker

MSNBC: Calling Fred Thompson Support 'Spin

Warner Todd Huston

On CBS, Pelley Hails Springsteen as Left Wing's Jukebox Hero

On Sunday’s 60 Minutes, Anchor Scott Pelley interviewed left-wing rocker Bruce Springsteen and said of the aging musician that he "sees himself following a long American tradition that reaches back through Vietnam and on to the Great Depression, from Dylan to Guthrie." Apparently that tradition includes the ranting that Springsteen gave at a live concert on NBC's September 28 "Today" when he "…
Kyle Drennen

Clinton Campaign Hires Sandy Berger; Will MSM Report It

Justin McCarthy

More on Mercury Dangers of Gore’s Carbon Footprint Reducing Light Bu

Jeff Poor

More Kurtz Dish: Lauer Disses Katie, CBS Echoes Her 'Bite Me

Tim Graham