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NBC Nightly News Suffers Ratings Slide

NBC Nightly News Suffers Ratings Slide

The Associated Press reports both CBS and ABC are gaining ground on the once-dominant NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams:  Evening newscasts on ABC and CBS are both gaining ground on market leader Brian Williams of NBC News, but that’s

NYT's Paul Krugman Accused of Plagiarism

NYT's Paul Krugman Accused of Plagiarism

New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winning Princeton economist Paul Krugman is battling plagiarism charges after a distinguished UCLA professor of economics leveled the accusation against him on his blog. In an open letter to Paul Krugman, UCLA economics

Fox News Exec VP Lewis Fired, Thrown Out of Building

Fox News Exec VP Lewis Fired, Thrown Out of Building

Fox News executive vice president of corporate communications Brian Lewis was fired and thrown out of the building two weeks ago after an internal investigation found that he had breached his contract with regard to “issues relating to financial irregularities,”

Al Jazeera America's First Guest: 'Jew Baiter' Stephen Walt

Al Jazeera America's First Guest: 'Jew Baiter' Stephen Walt

The Washington Free Beacon reports that Al Jazeera America, the Qatar-financed cable news channel that launched today, has already “dashed the hopes” of anyone who believed AJA’s claims that they would  present “fact-based, unbiased and in-depth news.” AJA’s first guest

Al-Jazeera America's Lead Story Focuses on Terrorist Detainees

Al-Jazeera America's Lead Story Focuses on Terrorist Detainees

Al Jazeera America’s slogan is: “There’s more to it.” The Qatari government-owned channel clearly wants viewers to look past its sensational coverage of anti-American terrorists, its ongoing use as a mouthpiece for Jew-hatred, and its growing alienation from Arab journalists

Egypt Moves Against Al Jazeera as CNN Reporters Embrace It

Egypt Moves Against Al Jazeera as CNN Reporters Embrace It

The Egyptian Cabinet has “assigned competent authorities to assess the legal status of Al Jazeera,” accusing it of threatening stability and national security. At the same time, CNN veterans Joie Chen and Soledad O’Brien “will lend star power and journalistic gravitas

Kristol On Palin: 'I Don't Think She Has a Future'

Kristol On Palin: 'I Don't Think She Has a Future'

After his appearance on ABC News’ “This Week,” Fox News contributor Bill Kristol participated in the online post panel conversation wherein he suggested Gov. Sarah Palin could revive her political career by running for US Senate.  I think the way

Young People Flee TV For Online News

Young People Flee TV For Online News

In their zeal to hustle and intimidate the GOP into legalizing 11 million new Democrats, the  mainstream media love to crow over their mistaken belief that demographics will eventually be the end of the Republican Party. But real numbers show

Cumulus Radio Wages War on Conservatives

Cumulus Radio Wages War on Conservatives

In the American Spectator Tuesday, Jeffrey Lord exposes Cumulus Media owners Lew and John Dickey for their dishonest corporatist ways. While Cumulus made noise about how Hannity was dragging the stations down, as we reported yesterday, the actual numbers show

New York Times' Keller Tries, Fails to Defend Common Core

New York Times' Keller Tries, Fails to Defend Common Core

Though New York Times columnist Bill Keller’s editorial, “War on the Core,” sounds like it’s supposed to be about the Common Core curriculum standards, it’s really just another tirade from the left about conservatives. For example, within his first two paragraphs,

National Journal: Global Warming Hurts Poor

National Journal: Global Warming Hurts Poor

In a fear-inducing new article, the National Journal warns that the poor are hardest hit by climate change. The magazine relays the dire prediction as seen in a “report” issued this week by the Center for American Progress, a left-wing think

That Was Fast: NPR CEO Resigns After 20 Months

That Was Fast: NPR CEO Resigns After 20 Months

When Gary Knell became CEO of National Public Radio (NPR), it was in the wake of James O’Keefe’s hidden video exposé showing the fundraising arm of the publicly funded radio network trashing Republicans and seemingly complicit with receiving donations from