Networks Tout Biden’s ‘Experience,’ ‘Accomplishment,’; CNN
August 25th, 2008 11:55 AM
CBS’s Early Show and NBC’s Today on Monday morning touted, without offering specifics, what CBS reporter Dean Reynolds called Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden’s “wealth of experience” and “long record of accomplishment” on foreign policy; NBC’s David Gregory asserted that Biden had “deep foreign policy experience.” On Sunday’s Good Morning America, reporter John Berman also…
Newsweek's Alter: No One Ever Accused Biden of Racism
August 25th, 2008 11:43 AM
Joe Biden's insulting remark about Indian-Americans and Dunkin' Donuts franchises didn't indelibly taint the Delaware senator not because the media don't hype Democratic race gaffes but because "no one ever accused Biden of being a racist."That according to Newsweek's Jonathan Alter in an August 23 column exploring why some politicians' gaffes stick and go on to practically define them -- Dan…
NBC's Matt Lauer Highlights Biden's Past Gushing Over McCain
August 25th, 2008 11:39 AM
To kick off coverage of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, "Today" host Matt Lauer actually posed some challenging questions to Barack Obama's communications director, Robert Gibbs. The NBC host cited examples of newly minted vice presidential candidate Joe Biden praising John McCain's leadership and pointedly asked, "So, now, if Joe Biden goes on the attack against John McCain, isn't…
Biden's 1988 Campaign Plagiarism Goes Well Beyond What Wiki Reveals
August 25th, 2008 11:14 AM
Joe Biden's 1987 stump-speech plagiarism of Neil Kinnock likely occurred more than once. Additionally, according to contemporaneous New York Times reports, including an editorial, Biden's orations featured unattributed speech-lifting from John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Hubert Humphrey. That's a lot more than Joe Biden's defenders and two of his Wikipedia entries have thus far revealed.…
Lou Dobbs: 'My Colleagues in the Media Are Absolutely Biased
August 25th, 2008 9:50 AM
An astonishing thing happened on CNN Sunday evening: Lou Dobbs told his guests, "My colleagues in the national media are absolutely biased, in the tank supporting the Obama candidacy while claiming the mantle of objectivity," and they agreed.I kid you not. [audio clip available here]Joining Dobbs in this extraordinary discussion about liberal bias at America's leading press outlets were…
Celebrities Decamp Hollywood for Denver & DNC
August 25th, 2008 4:28 AM
As the city of Denver prepares for this week's Democratic convention, numerous Hollywood celebs are planning to attend in support of Barack Obama and to advocate for pet issues. Gushes Variety, When Barack Obama accepts the nomination before some 75,000 people at a Denver stadium on Thursday, he'll be surrounded by a contingent of average Americans from all walks of life --- just not Hollywood…
CNN Backtracks on Clinton Releasing Delegates Wednesday
August 25th, 2008 1:26 AM
CNN is suddenly backtracking from a report it made early Sunday evening concerning Hillary Clinton releasing her delegates to Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday.During the 6PM EDT installment of "CNN Newsroom," Rick Sanchez announced the "breaking news" that was later posted at the network's website under the headline "Clinton to Release Her Delegates to Obama."Yet, just…
Newsweek Editor Touts Democratic 'Two Prize Fighter' Ticket
August 24th, 2008 11:22 PM
On the roundtable segment of Sunday’s Meet the Press, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham exclaimed that the Democratic Party should be elated that for years, the Democrats "wanted a prize fighter. And they have two right now." The NBC show was discussing Meacham's interview with Obama in the September 1 Newsweek, in which Meacham supportively volunteered to Obama that while some worry he won’t be tough…
Bob (Eddie Mush) Shrum Answers Painful Question
August 24th, 2008 9:58 PM
It's hard to dislike political consultant Bob Shrum. Because of the Shrum Curse, he is exactly 0 for 8 in getting the presidential candidates he worked for elected starting with George McGovern in 1972 and most recently John Kerry in 2004. And because all of the candidates he worked for have been Democrats, that is why he is so well liked by Republicans because of his reputation as the Eddie Mush…
CNN: Race Now Tied, Biden Pick 'A Step Backward for Obama
August 24th, 2008 9:46 PM
CNN has just released what it claims to be the "first national poll conducted after Barack Obama publicly named Joe Biden as his running mate," and the news isn't good for those heading to Denver to watch what likely will be the official nomination of the junior senator from Illinois.In fact, according to this poll conducted Saturday and Sunday after Obama's announcement, the race is now all tied…
Rendell: 'MSNBC Official Network of the Obama Campaign
August 24th, 2008 9:18 PM
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell had some harsh words for members of the media today, especially those associated with the cable network MSNBC.Speaking at a discussion put together by the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy, he called the coverage of Barack Obama "embarrassing," and accused MSNBC of being "the official network of the Obama campaign."UPDATE at end of post…
Fox Reporter Assaulted By Anti-war Protestors In Denver
August 24th, 2008 3:30 PM
The Democratic National Convention hasn't even begun, and the protestors are out trying to Recreate 68.For those unfamiliar, the group "was created for all the grassroots people who are tired of being sold out by the Democratic Party," and are gathering in Denver to "resist a two-party system that allows imperialism and racism to continue unrestrained."High profile activists such as Cindy Sheehan…
