Four Years of Media Fairy Tales about the Economy

Journalists pushed fable of recession throughout job-heavy economic recovery.
Dan Gainor

Keith Olbermann Coined General ‘Betray Us’ Not MoveOn

While right-thinking people across the fruited plain cast their anger at MoveOn for its disgraceful ad placed in Monday's New York Times, "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann should be sharing the dishonor. As adroitly identified at Olbermann Watch Wednesday: "Long before the moveon [sic] ‘Betray Us' advertisement, back on August 16th, the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann began his ‘newscast' in…
Noel Sheppard

Laura Ingraham's New Book Dishes on CBS News, MSNBC

In the 1990s, Laura Ingraham was an exception to the rule, a conservative allowed into the rarefied air of network news. She was a Sunday night commentator on CBS Evening News -- matched on the left by Sen. Bill Bradley -- and then a host of a live morning show on MSNBC. In her brand spanking new book Power to the People, just out yesterday, Laura dishes on what it was like in the lion's den:…
Tim Graham

Seattle P-I Passes Along Congressional Phone Numbers for War Protest

Ken Shepherd

Obama's Latest Gaffe: Ethnic Cleansing 'Positive Thing

Iraqi ethnic cleansing, a "positive thing"? That's what Barack Obama seemed to say on this morning's "Today." The Dem presidential contender spoke with substitute co-anchor David Gregory on the heels of Meredith Vieira's ill-tempered interview of Condoleezza Rice.View video here.
Mark Finkelstein

NYT Misreports Biden-Obama Exchange

Mike Bates

Media Coverage Rated 'R' for 'Recession

BMI Staff

Record High Antarctic Ice Levels Ignored by Media

NewsBusters reported Sunday that the media's fascination with record low ice in the Arctic ignored history while relying on satellite data that's only been around since 1979. At the same time, the press have totally boycotted news from the Southern Hemisphere where ice and snow levels are currently at their highest since data have been collected. Pretty convenient wouldn't you agree?…
Noel Sheppard

Bloggers Get BBC To Correct Children’s Guide To

John Stephenson

Daily Mail Pulls Graphic Account of Abortion After Blogger Excerpts It

Matthew Balan

International Org: Biofuels Cause Higher Food Prices and Destroy Natur

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) might not be familiar to many, but its reports and analyses are used by nations across the globe to set policy. Unfortunately, American media only cover papers and announcements from this organization when its findings support a liberal agenda. For instance, when the OECD presented its new paper, "Biofuels: Is the Curse Worse…
Noel Sheppard

WashTimes Profiles Blogger Who Dropped Hsu Bomb

Ken Shepherd

Announcing ‘NewsBusted’ Comedy Webcast

Matthew Sheffield

Open Thread

Rest in Peace Joe Zawinul.
NB Staff