Frank Rich Defines and Defends Conservative Derangement Syndrome
June 14th, 2009 11:15 AM
Although blaming conservative talk show hosts for crimes committed by others is nothing new -- just ask Bill and Hillary Clinton if you don't believe me! -- this recent spate of media members accusing their colleagues on the right any time a white guy goes on a shooting spree has really gotten out of hand.Take for example Frank Rich's recent column in the New York Times entitled "The Obama Haters…
AP to Publish Work of Four Liberal Nonprofits
June 13th, 2009 11:45 AM
Starting July 1, the Associated Press will begin publishing articles produced by nonprofit organizations, all four of which are left-leaning.I guess they couldn't find any conservative nonprofits.As reported by the New York Times Saturday (h/t Paul Chesser):
An Instructive Episode at What Remains of the Boston Globe
June 12th, 2009 2:20 PM
Some of us have speculated that many newsrooms in America are so hell-bent on maintaining their supposedly hallowed positions -- and that by their way of "thinking" they are exempt from the normal laws of economics -- that they will have be dragged kicking and screaming from their keyboards when the repo men come around to turn out the lights. This week's events at the Boston Globe give validity…
NYT's Paul Krugman: Conservative Media Laying Ground for Next Terror A
June 12th, 2009 1:27 PM
Friday's column by New York Times alleged economics columnist Paul Krugman, "The Big Hate," is a quintessential example of his modus operandi: Parrot the left-wing blog argument of the day in slightly varnished form in the august pages of the nation's most influential newspaper. The text box works as a topic sentence: "The conservative establishment and right-wing extremism." He warned that right…
New GM Chair: 'I Don't Know Anything About Cars'; He's Just the Latest
June 10th, 2009 5:00 PM
You can't make this stuff up. The titled quote comes from a Bloomberg story today about new GM Chairman Ed Whitacre. You also can't make up most of the media's calm acceptance of yet another person heavily involved with running General Motors, aka Government Motors, who knows next to nothing about cars except as a consumer who drives them.
At least it's refreshing that this guy has…
NYT Book Editor Claims Cheney-Palin Patriotism 'Belligerent and Defens
June 10th, 2009 4:08 PM
New York Times Book editor Barry Gewen selected Simon Schama's big-think book, "The American Future -- A History" for review in his "Books of the Times" piece on Tuesday, and took condescending aim at Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin in the process.Columnist David Brooks had some fun with the British-born Schama in his May 24 review, consigning Schama's book to a long line of self-consciously "…
NYT Covers Up Letterman Joke About Palin's Daughter
June 10th, 2009 2:52 PM
After David Letterman made sexist attacks on the Palin family, the New York Times made sure to cover for him. On “The Late Show” Monday, Letterman joked about Palin’s 14-year-old daughter Willow getting “knocked-up” by Alex Rodriguez, and the Times has scrubbed that joke from their transcript of the opening monologue. The transcript, available here contains all the hilarious quips about Palin…
NYT: 'Caring' Obama Has bin Laden on the Run
June 9th, 2009 10:10 AM
Message: Obama cares about Muslims. And he's got Osama bin Laden on the run by wisely fighting the war not militarily, but ideologically, unlike George Bush.That's the bottom-line finding in Rod Nordland's piece from Baghdad for the New York Times Sunday Week in Review story on Obama's speech to Muslims in Cairo, "Forceful Words and Fateful Realities." Nordland, a longtime Newsweek foreign…
CBS: Obama’s ‘Elegant Words’ May Prevent ‘Another D-Day
June 8th, 2009 4:18 PM
On Sunday, White House correspondent Chip Reid gave a glowing review of President Obama’s overseas trip: "A trip laden with symbolism and elegant words, asking the world to look beyond old hatreds and wounds. In doing so, he hopes to create a world where there never has to be another D-Day." [audio available here]During CBS Sunday Morning, Reid reported on Obama’s trip to the Middle East and…
NYT Critic Can't Abide 'Right-Wing Ranter' Glenn Beck Mocking Democrat
June 5th, 2009 3:54 PM
Given the paper's unfair treatment of his Fox News show, it comes as no surprise the New York Times didn't much approve of talk show host and provocateur Glenn Beck's recent simulcast comedy show, which aired from Kansas City and over 400 theatres around the country. The criticism came in an Arts Beat blog post (hat tip Hot Air) by Times critic Mike Hale, "Glenn Beck, Simulcasting Discontent."…
NYT Praises Sotomayor 'Focus on Diversity and Struggle,' Downplays 'Wi
June 5th, 2009 2:23 PM
The New York Times has responded to revelations that Sonia Sotomayor’s quote about “a wise Latina woman” was repeated often between 1994 and 2003 by publishing an article titled “Speeches show judge’s steady focus on diversity and struggle.” The article, written by Peter Baker and Jo Becker, does mention in passing the fact that she has used the quote on multiple occasions, but it did so in the…
Reuters Exposes Gore's Global Warming Profit Motive
June 3rd, 2009 3:13 PM
For years, NewsBusters has asked the question: when will media report Nobel Laureate Al Gore's global warming profit motive?On Monday, Reuters did.In an article titled "Gore-backed Hara Sees Profit from Low-carbon Economy," author David Lawsky went where most climate change obsessed media members dare not (h/t Steven Milloy):
NY Times Provides Platform for Left to Blame Bill O'Reilly for Tiller
June 2nd, 2009 2:26 PM
The New York Times has so far been relatively sedate in its coverage of the murder of George Tiller, who performed partial birth abortions in his Wichita, Kan., clinic, mostly sticking to facts and pointing out that pro-life activist group Operation Rescue has condemned the killing. But media reporter Brian Stelter provided a platform for vitriolic left-wing accusations that Fox News host Bill O'…