Can't Win or Lose with Lower Gas Prices on CBS

'Evening News' greets lower gasoline prices with skepticism
Jeff Poor

Guantanamo Inmate Fights to Stay

Pam Meister

Report: Murdoch Wins Dow Jones Bid

Matthew Sheffield

ABC Coos Over ‘Presidential Nominee’ John Edwards's Visit to Wendy

On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," anchors Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer touted the marital relationship between Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife. Co-host Robin Roberts recounted the often repeated story of how the Edwards couple spend their wedding anniversary, including their recent 30th, at the restaurant Wendy’s. Roberts, perhaps in a Freudian slip, even referred…
Scott Whitlock

'Early Show' Cites Iraqi Progress; Host Harry Smith Skeptical

Justin McCarthy

AP Absurdly Pessimistic About ‘U.S. Toll in Iraq Lowest in 8 Months

Assume for a moment you were writing an article about how the United States had fewer troop mortalities in Iraq this July than in the last eight months. Would you do your best to present this as good news? Well, the Associated Press' Sinan Salaheddin either woke up on the wrong side of the bed Tuesday morning, or didn't fully comprehend that when it comes to military casualties, on your team…
Noel Sheppard

USA Today NewsFlash: 'Rudeness, Threats Make the Web a Cruel World

In light of Matt Sheffield's latest post, I found it a bit funny that this article is featured on the front page of USAToday.com this morning (see screenshot to the right).SAN FRANCISCO — Brooke Brodack remembers her first online "hater." Nearly two years ago, the person posted rude comments about a video she had posted on YouTube, says Brodack, 21, of San Francisco, whose videos show her lip-…
Ken Shepherd

Open Thread

Rest in Peace: Bill Walsh, Ingmar Bergman, and Tom Snyder.
NB Staff

Newsweek's Wolffe: Obama a 'Centrist

What would you call a candidate whose interest group ratings include: 100% from Planned Parenthood 100% from NARAL 0% from the Illinois Association for Right to Life 0% from Americans for Tax Reform 100% from the NAACP 8% from the American Conservative Union 100% from the NEA [teachers union] 100% from Children's Defense Fund [Hillary's old group] 100% from NOW 88% from the…
Mark Finkelstein

Margaret Carlson to Moderate Gay Debate; Post's Capehart Joins Questio

Tim Graham

Times Takes 18 Paras To Mention Chelsea Works for Hedge Fund

Mark Finkelstein

Hateful Left Cheers Roberts Medical News

Leftists talk constantly of their own "compassion" but you can always count on them to express glee whenever a prominent conservative or religious person dies or is injured. It's almost like clockwork."Humor" blog Wonkette.com had this to say about the Monday news that U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts had a minor seizure: Chief Justice John Roberts has died in his summer home in Maine. No…
Matthew Sheffield

When 'Anti-abortion' Isn't Anti-abortion: LAT Claims 'Striking Shift

Dave Pierre

Schumer Vows to Block Bush Supreme Court Nominees

Media grant a silent pass, even though the New York senator would reject candidates solely because of judicial philosophy, a radical departure from Senate tradition.
David Niedrauer