Newsweek Singles Out Southern Governor’s Self-Deprecating Humor on A

There's been an interesting "disturbance in the Force" involving the press and its singling out of the South concerning environmental issues and alcohol.Last Friday, CNN's John Roberts used a story on a drought affecting the production of Jack Daniel's whiskey in Tennessee to fire a quick drive-by-style hit on Southern conservatives, their apparent love of whiskey, and their doubt of global…
Matthew Balan

'View' to a Balance? Conservative Activist Star Parker to Guest Co-Hos

Justin McCarthy

Day Before Father's Day, WashPost Mocked Dads for Making Stuff Up

I caught this over the weekend but my Internet connection at home was spotty. Today I see that Patrick Ishmael of "News Buckit" caught it too and was as offended as I was:Hey dads, Happy Father's Day from the Washington Post! Its message: You're not as smart as your kids think.
Ken Shepherd

ABC: Private Lenders Stealing Food from Borrowers

Julia A. Seymour

What Now -- Student Lenders Stealing Food from Borrowers

'World News Sunday' pushes victimization theme, using extreme scenario and leading Democrat to blame lenders.
Jeff Poor

MRC/NB's Gainor On 'Your World w/Neil Cavuto' On Gas Prices

NB Staff

Will Media Ever Investigate Accuracy of Weather Stations

Assume for a moment there was evidence some weather stations around the country were underestimating mean temperatures. Would a media fixated on expanding climate change alarmism investigate and report this phenomenon to demonstrate that the planet was actually warmer than people think?“60 Minutes,” “20/20,” and “Dateline” would have all done rather lengthy exposés into the matter, correct? Well…
Noel Sheppard

ABC Demands ‘Answers’ on U.S. Health Insurance Ills; Ignores Cana

On Monday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program shifted into full advocacy mode as anchor Chris Cuomo investigated the health insurance industry. A week after the network promoted Michael Moore’s new documentary "Sicko" for over 21 minutes, co-host Diane Sawyer announced that, regarding health care, the program was demanding "some answers" with a new segment. According to Sawyer, the series…
Scott Whitlock

Don't Tell LA Times There's No Such Thing As a Free Lunch

The Los Angeles Times is on the case of mean government bureaucrats who are making poor, innocent kids cry in their lunch milk. CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — When too many parents fell behind on paying for school lunches, the Chula Vista Elementary School District decided to get tough — on the children.They told students with deadbeat parents that they had only one lunch choice: a cheese sandwich.The…
Ken Shepherd

Open Thread

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NB Staff

Mika's Snobby Sneer: Rosie Would Look Too Much Like 'Price is Right' C

A staple of "Morning Joe" banter is the eponymous Joe Scarborough's teasing of newsreader-cum-co-host Mika Brzezinski over her fancy upbringing as the daughter of former Carter NSA Zbigniew Brzezinski. Defending herself against the elitist charge on the MSNBC show this morning, Mika twice referred to herself as having grown up among "Polish hillbillies."But when it came to commenting on popular…
Mark Finkelstein

NYT's Leibovich: Romney's 'Great Hair,' But Dodd a 'Happy Warrior,' Go

Clay Waters

CNN’s Amanpour Exemplifies Bias, Even With Honor ‘For Services to

Christiane Amanpour is a leading example of biased mainstream media journalism, particularly with regard to the Iraq war. She appeared on Monday's "American Morning" program on CNN with co-host John Roberts, and repeated the platitude that mainstream media reports "without fear nor favor... giving voice to those who don't have a voice, and just simply trying to tell the truth..." As she continued…
Matthew Balan

Father of Climatology Throws Up at the Thought of Al Gore's 'An Inconv

Reid Bryson, the 87-year-old considered to be the father of scientific climatology, has once again spoken out strongly against anthropogenic global warming theories being regularly disseminated by alarmists in the media and the scientific community.In an interview published by Wisconsin’s Capital Times Monday, Bryson spoke about the money involved in this "religion," and when asked about soon-to-…
Noel Sheppard