Brian Ross Investigates Angry Librarians Opposed to Palin
Wednesday's "Good Morning America," featured a one-sided segment on whether Sarah Palin, as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, tried to have some books banned from the town's library. Despite the fact that no one featured in the segment could cite a specific book, co-host Robin Roberts labeled the event "a battle that brought her toe-to-toe with a local librarian over which books were appropriate and…
'Showbiz Tonight' Trumpets Hasselbeck 'Controversy
Is an implicitly mild anti-Michelle Obama comment worse than an overt anti-Catholic remark? According to the CNN Headline News show "Showbiz Tonight" on Monday September 8, they apparently are. While they ignored Joy Behar’s inflammatory remarks comparing the saints to mental patients, they were all over Elisabeth Hasselbeck for revealing that Michelle Obama provided a list of forbidden questions…
How Does Howard Know? 'Obama Wasn't Making Fun of Palin
H/t reader MB. Fineman the Magnificent? Here's how Howard Fineman begins his MSNBC column today [emphasis added]:No, Barack Obama was not making fun of Sarah Palin when he talked about some Republican putting “lipstick on a pig.”He was trying to be colloquial, and John McCain’s campaign knew as much – even as it was going theatrically ballistic.To which I have a simple question: how does Howard…
CNN Parrots Inaccurate Obama Claim That Republicans Ignored Economy
CNN’s “best political team on television” is proving itself to be the best at closing its eyes, plugging its ears and repeating “la, la, la, we can’t hear you” when it comes to Republicans addressing economic concerns. In its coverage of the Republican National Convention September 3 and 4, the cable network accused the GOP of ignoring the economy at least 27 times. The criticism originated from…
Olbermann: Obama '100% on the Spot' on Iraq Surge, Bush is 'President
Tuesday's Countdown show on MSNBC showed a portion of Keith Olbermann's interview with Barack Obama in which the Countdown host ridiculously claimed that Obama was "just about 100 percent on the spot" in his predictions of the troop surge in Iraq, and downplayed the signficance of the reduction in the number of Iraqis who are the victims of violence. Olbermann: "Your predictions about the surge,…
Consult Doctor if NBCer's Joke Lasts More Than Four Hours
You could see this one coming. After Harry Smith called Sarah Palin "Geritol" for McCain, some MSM wag was sure to take things the next step. I'd say it just happened. NBC News DC bureau chief Mark Whitaker was chatting with Andrea Mitchell at 1:27 PM EDT today.MARK WHITAKER: [People] want to see passion. They want to see that Obama, and the same thing is true of McCain, and we've seen him [show…
CNN Presents ‘Non-Partisan’ Liberal Organization’s Disapproval
As Michael M. Bates earlier detailed, CNN’s Jessica Yellin filed a report from Anchorage, Alaska on Wednesday’s American Morning which cites a "non-partisan" organization whose official policy stance includes a pro-abortion position, and whose president used to work for NARAL. She also included a sound bite from a Palin critic who donated hundreds of dollars to Hillary Clinton’s campaign.Yellin’s…
Joy Behar: 'Press in Love with [Sarah Palin
Joy Behar, a comedian, made an unintentionally humorous line on the September 10 edition of "The View." Behar believes that "the press is in love" with Sarah Palin. Maybe the "View" panelist holds a warped view of reality because the mainstream media has been anything but in love with the Republican vice presidential nominee. [audio excerpt here]From the day John McCain announced her as running…
'(Near) Panic!!!': Time's Halperin on Dem Reaction to Palin Bounce
If you needed any more evidence that the Democrats and their media minions are in a serious state of panic concerning the bounce that John McCain has gotten from Sarah Palin and a highly-successful convention, you need look no further than a blog posting by Time's Mark Halperin.On Wednesday, Halperin, the magazine's editor-at-large and senior political analyst, wrote a piece delicously titled "(…
CNN'S Yellin Cites 'Nonpartisan' Group Critical of Palin
A favorite tactic of the mainstream media is to cite supposedly nonpartisan organizations to advance the point they're trying to make. An example of that was shown on CNN's American Morning today. Anchor John Roberts set up the segment:ROBERTS: Coming up now at 18 minutes after the hour. Sarah Palin returns to Alaska today. But her homecoming bittersweet as her eldest son, Track, deploys for…
Biden Rebuked by Bishops: Life at Conception Not Faith But Fact
Barack Obama's running mate could use a bit of remedial education on both biology and Catholic teaching. Biden joins House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in being publicly corrected by Catholic clergy for misrepresenting the teachings of the Catholic Church on human life before the media.The Associated Press has the story (excerpted below via FoxNews.com). The AP also covered the Pelosi row as…
Matt Damon on Sarah Palin: 'Like a Really Bad Disney Movie
The latest celebrity to join in the group slamming of Sarah Palin is none other than Matt Damon as you can see in this Associated Press video which reeks of condescension. Damon, who has yet to attain public office condescendingly mocks Palin's credentials (emphasis mine):I think there is a really good chance that Sarah Palin could president. And I think that's a really scary thing because I…
CBS Highlights Democrat’s Anti-Palin Plea: ‘We’ve Got to Go Afte
While, like the rest of the media establishment, CBS’s Early Show seemed to conclude that Barack Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” crack from the day before was nothing but a harmless comment, reporter Bill Plante put the swipe in the context of Democrats’ desperation to find some way to undermine the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.Unlike his competitors at ABC and NBC, Plante on…
