Today's Push for ObamaCare Matches Media Spin for HillaryCare in 1990s

September 9th, 2009 12:27 PM
As President Obama prepares to deliver his 29th speech on health care, this time before a joint session of Congress, it recalls Bill Clinton’s September 22, 1993 speech to Congress on the same topic. Back then, media liberals hit some of the exact same points journalists are making today: “reform” would end the “shame” of America being the only industrialized nation without universal coverage;…

Obama Uber Alles? Media Ignore Gaffes In White House Call with Rabbis

August 23rd, 2009 7:33 AM

MSNBC's Shuster Dismisses Fear of ObamaCare Covering Abortion

August 19th, 2009 5:16 PM
Reviewing a new NBC poll shortly after 3 p.m. EDT today, MSNBC's David Shuster today dismissed as "false" the fears of 50 percent of respondents that "tax dollars will help pay for abortions." But Shuster's flat denial belies the fact that there is reasonable debate over what exactly Democratic health care proposals before Congress would mean when it comes to financing abortion via the so-called…

Bonnie Erbe: Open Carry Laws Like Letting Kids Play With 'Live Hand Gr

August 19th, 2009 1:22 PM
Not one to disappoint her fans at NewsBusters, PBS "To the Contrary" host and U.S. News & World Report contributing editor Bonnie Erbe again shot from the hip with factually-challenged anti-gun rights bluster in an August 18 blog post.Watching CNN between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday, I was treated to the sight of a young man with an automatic weapon strapped to his back across the street from…

Erbe's Attack on Palin Turns into Attack on Life and Religion

August 11th, 2009 4:54 PM
Religiosity can “cloud” one’s thinking and human beings on life support are the “living dead,” according to Bonnie Erbe, contributing editor to U.S. News and World Report. Her August 11 blog post, “Sarah Palin's Lies About Obamacare Are Based on Religion,” attempted to rebut former Governor Sarah Palin’s controversial remarks about health care, and ended up insulting  people of faith. It all…

Dr. Nancy 'Big Fan' Of Sebelius; Andrea Applauds Harkin for ADA

July 28th, 2009 5:27 PM
Did someone make this "Declare Your Devotion To a Dem Day" at MSNBC?  You have to wonder.  During the network's noon hour, Dr. Nancy Snyderman declared herself a "big fan" of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.Not to be outdone, during the following hour Andrea Mitchell ended her interview with Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Ia.) by thanking him profusely—and I mean at length—for having pushed through passage…

Erbe: Erin Andrews Incident the Fault of Women Who Promote ‘Sports

July 28th, 2009 4:34 PM
In the world according to U.S. News & World Report contributing editor Bonnie Erbe, voyeuristic video of a female sportscaster primping naked in a hotel mirror is ultimately, in part, the blame of female sportscasters and sports fans. In Erbe's July 27 blog post, the PBS "To the Contrary" host notes that she wishes "women would stop propping up men's sports" and that this type of a perverted…

Shocker: PBS/US News's Erbe Calls for Flat Tax, Bashes Surcharge on Ri

July 22nd, 2009 5:55 PM
Reliably liberal journalist Bonnie Erbe almost caused a few heads to explode here at Media Research Center headquarters today when yours truly passed along her July 21 blog post entitled, "Democrats' Meaningless "Tax the Rich" Proposals Will Lead to Class Warfare."The PBS "To the Contrary" host and U.S. News & World Report contributing editor slammed the idea floating in Congress of adding a…

US News 'God & Country' Blogger Sees 'Growing Market' for Non-conserva

July 21st, 2009 11:50 AM
In a highly individualistic and pluralistic America, there's some truth to the notion that the average religious Protestant tends to be a bit of a church shopper. Recent polling data have shown that American Christians tend to hop around a bit over their lifetime between different denominations. So in some respect, the spiritual smorgasbord that is the American religious scene could be viewed,…

PBS's Bonnie Erbe, Avowed Atheist, Moved by 'Emotional' Gay Church Ser

July 6th, 2009 5:37 PM
What could move avowed atheist Bonnie Erbe to say something positive about religious enthusiasm? Here's a hint, the colors of the rainbow: I walked into a huge church auditorium and there were thousands of gays and lesbians singing hymns and crying as they watched a gay pastor deliver a sermon, many of them for the first time. It was an extremely emotional experience. Erbe, a contributing editor…

PBS's Bonnie Erbe Reiterates Her Palin Derangement

July 1st, 2009 12:42 PM
"If Sarah Palin Weren't a Fanatic, I Might Feel Sorry For Her" blares the headline for Bonnie Erbe's June 30 blog post up at USNews.com. Gov. Palin joins blogger Michelle Malkin as a target of Erbe's rather catty disdain.The PBS "To the Contrary" host and US News contributing editor alerted her readers of her antipathy for the former Republican vice presidential nominee in light of Todd Purdum's…

USNews's Erbe: Time to Start 'Rounding Up' Hate Promoters Like Rev. Wr

June 15th, 2009 12:26 PM
For all the bluster from the Left during the Bush administration about the doctrine of preemptive warfare, it seems at least one journalist favors the doctrine adapted for use within the U.S. justice system to prevent lone-wolf terroristic violence. U.S. News & World Report contributor and PBS "To the Contrary" host Bonnie Erbe on June 11 sounded a decidedly authoritarian note in a Thomas…

Helpful Advice to Bonnie Erbe: Stop Digging

June 4th, 2009 5:24 PM
You know the saying, "When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging"? It seems liberal journalist Bonnie Erbe either never heard it, or just doesn't care.Yesterday I noted how the PBS "To the Contrary" host denounced Playboy writer Guy Cimbalo's list of 10 conservative women he's like to "hate-f***," only to hint that she thought syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin deserved to be degraded by…

Feminist Bonnie Erbe Hints Michelle Malkin Deserved to Be Target of Pl

June 3rd, 2009 12:52 PM
Updated belowIt was wrong of Playboy to publish a top ten list of conservative women its writer Guy Cimbalo would like to "hate-f***" but, c'mon, we all know Michelle Malkin had it coming. That's the gist of PBS "To the Contrary" host and U.S. News contributing editor Bonnie Erbe's June 3 blog post, "Playboy Mix of Sex, Hate, and Politics Demeans Conservative Women" (emphasis mine):Yesterday, I…