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Happy Independence Day!
NB Staff

Hot Air: NBC's 'Emotional Terrorism' Following 'Bogus' Armor Report

Via Bryan Preston at Hot Air:On May 17, NBC reported a blockbuster exclusive on the superiority of Dragon Skin body armor over Interceptor, the body armor that the US Army issues to soldiers in combat zones. But NBC’s story has a major flaw: It’s wrong about nearly everything.Watch the latest installment of Hot Air's Vent and actually hear an Army official, Brigadier General Mark Brown, conclude…
Dave Pierre

Hillary 'Eloquent': Just Ask ESPN

Politics has once again managed to work its way onto the pages of ESPN. I recently wrote about Kenny Mayne adopting "Obama!" as a new signature call. For the record, Mayne wrote me to say that he was an independent, didn't intend any political overtones by "Obama!" and didn't realize, when agreeing to endorse Progressive Insurance, that head honcho Peter Lewis is a huge donor to a variety of…
Mark Finkelstein

Fourth Finds Times in Melancholy Mood: America Falls Short in World's

I was confident the New York Times would find a way to pour cold water on the Fourth of July. Still, turning to it this morning, I was curious to see just what kind of wet [with that cold water]blanket the Times would throw on our national holiday. And the Grey Lady didn't disappoint, with a sour, melancholy editorial viewing America through the eyes of other countries -- and naturally finding…
Mark Finkelstein

C-SPAN2 Today Will Air the MRC's 20th Anniversary Gala with 'DisHonors

NB Staff

AP Forgets One Thing Britain's Bombers Had In Common

Joshua Sharf

Olbermann Calls on Bush and Cheney to Resign, Congress to Impeach

Brad Wilmouth

Villaraigosa vs. Gingrich at the LA Times (Plus a Must-Read From The L

Dave Pierre

Panic Over Possible Pardon, ABC Compares Libby Case to Plight of Cocai

Broadcast network anchors and reporters on Tuesday night seemed to be in a near panic over the possibility President Bush might yet pardon Lewis “Scooter” Libby, while ABC's Martha Raddatz illustrated special treatment for Libby by highlighting a man sentenced to 20 years for selling cocaine, whose commutation request Bush rejected, and Martha Stewart who served five months for violations…
Brent Baker

Flashback: In 2001, Nets Not So Fast to Jump on Bill Clinton's Pardon

Brent Baker

AM Wrap: CBS Displays 'Libby Pardon,' ABC: 'Above the Law?', Vieira Sn

The Tuesday broadcast network morning shows all led with President Bush's commutation of the 30-month prison sentence for Lewis "Scooter" Libby, but CBS displayed "Libby Pardon" on screen throughout a report from Bill Plante; over video of Bush and then Libby ABC put "Above the Law?" on screen to frame its coverage; and both CBS and NBC featured Hillary Clinton's slam at Bush's "cronyism" -- yet…
Brent Baker

NY Times Lauds Earning Green for Being Green

'Sustainability' officers earn praise as radical green agenda is downplayed by newspaper.
Jeff Poor

Greens Can Earn Big Green Says Times

Julia A. Seymour

Meredith Vieira Plugs Al Gore-athon For the Earth With Singer Paolo Nu

Geoffrey Dickens