MSM Ignores Higher Placed Clinton Officials' Conviction to Tout Libby

I keep seeing this talking point phrase in multiple MSM stories about the Libby conviction; "Libby was convicted in March, the highest-ranking White House official ordered to prison since the Iran-Contra affair roiled the Reagan administration in the 1980s."(emphasis, mine) This is a misleading statement that makes the reader imagine that no high-ranking Presidential appointee, adviser, or member…
Warner Todd Huston

Olbermann: For Commutation in 'Greatest Crime of Century' Bush and Che

On Monday's Countdown, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann opened his show railing against President Bush, contending that the President "lied us into a war" and "needlessly killed 3,584 of our family and friends and neighbors" as the Countdown host attacked the President for commuting the sentence of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, referring to Libby's involvement in the "greatest crime of this young century."
Brad Wilmouth

CNN: Conservatives Will Be 'Angry' Over Commutation, GOP Double Standa

With “Angry Reaction” on screen, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux opened the 7pm EDT hour of The Situation Room by asking if on the Libby commutation: “Are conservatives as angry as Democrats?” Toward the end of the hour, Malveaux, filling in for Wolf Blitzer, cued up ex-Clinton operative Paul Begala: “President Clinton was impeached for lying before a grand jury. What do you think? What do you make of…
Brent Baker

God, Prayer (and More) Absent From '60 Minutes' Rwanda Story

The story of Immaculée Ilibagiza is nothing short of remarkable. During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Immaculée and six other women hid in a tiny bathroom in the house of a Protestant minister as rival tribesmen searched to kill them. They hid under unimaginable conditions for three months as the threat of a gruesome death lurked outside.How did Immaculée survive such a brutal ordeal? Through the…
Dave Pierre

Bush Threatens Veto of Huge Tax Increase, Media Remain Silent

Julia A. Seymour

Hardball Turns Into DNC-TV

Geoffrey Dickens

Taxpayers Fund Softball PBS Interview of Michael Moore About 'SiCKO

Tavis Smiley's interview of Michael Moore, aired June 29 on Smiley's eponymous PBS program, is just another reminder of the ridiculous lack of credible journalism which goes on at the taxpayer-funded network.The interview was nothing more than Smiley lobbing softball after softball straight over the plate while Mr. Moore hit his talking points out of the park on everything from the "far right"to…
Joe Steigerwald

Major Media Ignore Bush's Veto Threat over Tax Bill

The planned tax hike carries a billion dollar bill according to Bloomberg.
Jeff Poor

What Isn’t Causing Global Warming

Newsweek has the answer … in a quiz befitting Cosmo magazine it asked its readers “Which of these is not causing global warming today?A) Sport Utility VehiclesB)  Rice FieldsC) Increased Solar Output
Julia A. Seymour

NBC's Myers: Terror Suspects 'Kind of People UK Encourages to Come

The wicket has gotten sticky for those who, in the wake of terror attacks, seek to blame the West for the disaffection of a few Islamist youths gone wrong.  The profile of those involved in the latest rash of terror incidents in the U.K. has stood that theory on its head.Consider the dialogue on this morning's "Today" at 7:06 a.m. EDT between NBC's Lester Holt and Lisa Myers, both reporting from…
Mark Finkelstein

Why the Silence About the Latest Massacre in Iraq

Robin Boyd

'Early Show' Blames Poison Ivy on Global Warming

Justin McCarthy

Survey: Al Gore is Top Dog Among Global Warming Champions

Pam Meister

NY Times: Nativist GOP Doomed By Anti-Amnesty Vote

Clay Waters