LAT's Brooks: Obama's Point 'Correct' In Saying Our Troops 'Just Air-R
October 19th, 2008 10:53 PM
What's bothering the Los Angeles Times's Rosa Brooks now? She doesn't like how the McCain-Palin ticket has noted that Barack Obama said on the campaign trail that our troops in Afghanistan are "just air-raiding villages and killing civilians." Yet Brooks declares that Barack Obama was essentially "correct" when he said this. ("Obama's no troop-hater: Lost in the debate about 'air-raiding…
Sam Donaldson: Socialism Has Washed Over Capitalism
October 19th, 2008 8:03 PM
ABC's Sam Donaldson has validated Joe the Plumber's worst fears: socialism has indeed washed over capitalism.Maybe worse, Donaldson is clearly less unhappy about this than our new campaign spokesman from Ohio. Such appeared to be the case when the former White House correspondent published a rather ominous commentary at ABCNews.com Tuesday both in written and video form (emphasis added, h/t…
Gergen: Powell's Obama Endorsement Most Important of Campaign
October 19th, 2008 5:45 PM
CNN's Senior Political Analyst David Gergen, appearing on ABC's "This Week" Sunday, declared the announced support of Barack Obama by former Secretary of State Colin Powell "the most important endorsement of the campaign so far."Judging by other media reaction, it is a metaphysical certitude Gergen will not be alone in his Powell-loving assessment.Is this announcement really the bombshell press…
Brokaw Didn't Ask Powell About The Surge or Obama's Opposition
October 19th, 2008 1:16 PM
Whether it's an example of the host's bias or incompetence, potentially one of the most amazing aspects of Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama on Sunday's "Meet the Press" was that Tom Brokaw didn't ask the former Secretary of State about the success of the surge in Iraq or the Democrat presidential candidate's opposition to this winning military strategy.Given Powell's critical position…
Two Bloggers' Work Makes Closeness of Obama-Ayers Ties More Obvious Th
October 19th, 2008 11:44 AM
(See Oct. 20 Update at the end of this post.)Two recent finds noted by bloggers have put further dents in the Obama campaign's core claim about its candidate's relationship with Bill Ayers, the unapologetic domestic terrorist who has not ruled out recidivism, as seen here at Obama's FightTheSmears.com home page: The first was discovered by SeeDubya, former weekend blogger at Michelle Malkin's…
Halperin: Media Bias This Campaign Doing Democracy a Disservice
October 19th, 2008 11:27 AM
Time magazine's Mark Halperin on Sunday made one of the strongest insider indictments to date about how the Obama-loving media have behaved during this presidential campaign.Talking with CNN/Washington Post media analyst Howard Kurtz about the "clear, unambiguous double standard" concerning how differently Barack Obama's fundraising and flipflop over taking public campaign funds would be covered…
Just Facts: Exposing the Media’s Election-Year Economic Games
October 19th, 2008 10:30 AM
Writing at JustFacts.com, James Agresti has a fascinating article documenting how the media spin the economy during Democratic and Republican administrations and during election years. “With another presidential election upon us and a Republican in the White House, negatively skewed economic reporting is climaxing,” Agresti writes. After detailing how the media castigated George W. Bush for…
Weekend Captionfest II
October 19th, 2008 9:47 AM
Sarah Palin [left] and Tina Fey cross paths on the set of Saturday Night Live, October 18, 2008.
Tuned In To See Sarah, And Nasty Clarence Thomas Joke Broke Out
October 19th, 2008 9:17 AM
I thought Sarah Palin did more than fine on Saturday Night Live [Noel's got the video here]. In particular, during her Weekend Update appearance Palin displayed a speaking poise and polish exceeding that of the other candidates on both tickets. But Republicans who agree to appear on such shows put themselves in the lap of the liberal media gods. And those lesser deities abused their power last…
