Andrea Mitchell is finally getting exposed for unprofessional conduct and poor journalism. Maybe she can do some laser resurfacing on her credibility. Thank you, Newsbusters.

Between that and this her most recent parroting of the campaign's accusations regarding the Saddleback forum, it sounds like
Mitchell is becoming a PR flack for Obama, passing on their talking points. If she wants to do that, she
needs to quit her day job like the other journalist did.

Disclosure: I removed part of this post after viewing the video, because I discovered I was mistaken about something.

Mitchell's husband, former Fed chief Alan Greenspan was in the position of steward for the monitary policies of the United States. If he executed his duties as recklessly as his wife, there would be a wake of destruction in his path.

However, NBC news still has ratings...until people switch their dials, NBC will continue to peddle their own form of journalism.

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Why waste time on wounded heroes?  The comment about a stop being "inappropriate" doesn't justify the skipped visit.  It shows that this guy is never off and probably never honest about his true beliefs, as he is always campaigning for some target audience.  Does anyone really believe that the military would reject the request of a guy who may be the future CinC?  They might request that he not drag a bunch of reporters and cameras into a sick room.  Why go, if no one is going to see it?  The MSM allows him to put on a facade to fit the ocassion. 

Obama decided not to go, according to Obama aide Robert Gibbs "out of respect for these servicemen and women" because "it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign.” 

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."  - Sir Winston Churchill

I have nothing against reporters listening to campaign talking points. But you have to investigate them before you air them publicly. And you can't fall back on the excuse "I'm only reporting what they're saying" because their saying it doesn't make it newsworthy. Besides, campaign aides say a lot of things, not all of them flattering to the candidate or supposed allies, that reporters hear but keep to themselves. That shows that reporters are exercising judgment, and if they're exercising judgment on that, why can't they exercise judgment on the rumors?

That's just lazy journalism. You can't report an accusation without investigating it.

shameless. I'm sure there are more examples out there.

At least in this case of outregous rumor spreading, Mitchell did put the qualification " But that is, perhaps, just the normal political paranoia of the season."
In the McCain cheated claim she didn't put any qualification which is even more outrageous. Of course her little qualification in this example is woefully inadequate.If she is going to report such "rumors" she should state clearly and unequivocally that there is no proof and that the political campaign is desperate to shift blame.

I really do think it's part of the liberal psyche to be paranoid. Does anyone remember, after the liberals dismay at the capture of Saddam, Madeline Albright thought that We had Osama Bin Laden Captured and were going to reveal it in an October surprise?

If things don't go the liberals way it's always answered with unsubstantiated claims of tricks and lies or racism and hating of poor people. They are a party of demonization. In their minds, only evil people disagree with them.

Rick Warren stated McCain was in a "cone of silence" which he was not. He was in his motorcade. Rick Warren knew that and knowingly lied about it and admitted it.  Another lying religious mouthpiece  who shills for the republicans and is given a pass by the right wing media.

In my opninion Mitchell is a classic example of why stuck up journalists shouldn't mess around with conspiracy theories.  I don't think any of them have graduated from Conspircacy Theories 101.  Smart people who have graduated from this class know how conspiracies go down, and here's how this one did the other night.  The original McCain that was supposed to be in the Cone room was in fact a doppelganger.  Badge Man was waiting on the grassy knoll of the church lawn and was getting all the questions in advance.  He then sent them via a secret satellite to Area 51 where space aliens were waiting to put the correct answers down.  They then sent the correct answers to Jack Ruby at Roswell who flew a UFO to Warren's debate and gave the answers to the real McCain, who then switched placed with the doppelganger.