Admin Notes

Considering the huge hit that Noel Sheppard's post about the posters of President Obama as the Joker was, we had to make some major server changes in order to accomodate the massive influx of readers (over 570,000 pageviews as of this writing).Most of the changes haven't affected the site itself, however, there are a couple of bugs which we're still working on fixing. The first one is that you…

NewsBusters will be going down tonight around 4am ET for some server upgrades. We'll be back in the  morning. Just a note for you night owls who may be wondering what's up.

Got a few moments this evening? Please take a little bit of time to fill out our annual reader demographic survey in conjunction with our advertising partner BlogAds. The more info we get, the more revenue we'll be able to receive next year which means more resources to bust the news. Give us a click if you get a sec. Last year's NB numbers are here. To see how we compared with other blogs, visit…

Three years ago on August 9, 2005 was the first day of NewsBusters.What a great three years it's been. In the intervening time since our start, we've been featured in every major American newspaper, launched a number of stories into the national news cycle, and had a lot of fun doing it.We couldn't have done any of this had it not been for the fantastic institution of the Media Research Center…

Have the broadcast networks gone too far with their obvious infatuation with presumptive Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama?If the Associated Press is starting to think so, maybe the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz was right on Sunday when he warned "Reliable Sources" viewers that "there could be a big backlash against news organizations if this trend continues."On the other hand, wouldn…

Please refrain from calling out other NB posters in the comments and in your forum posts. No matter how much you dislike someone, it is bad form and not something we like seeing.

Due to a bug in Internet Explorer 7, several NB readers have had trouble getting into the site. We're working on the issue. In the mean time, I recommend you download the Mozilla Firefox web browser onto your computer as it does not have the bug.Update 19:23. The problem should be fixed now. Please post a comment on here if you continue to have troubles with IE 7.

The upgrade has completed successfully. If you're seeing this post, your computer has realized the change to the new NB. Here's a quick run-down of some of the features: The end to automatic logout. Before, the system logged you out after about 15 minutes of inactivity. Now, you must manually log out. Pictures in accounts. To make one for yourself, go to "My account," click "Edit," and…