Did Barack Obama Flip Off Hillary Clinton
Did Barack Obama intentionally make a one-finger gesture when referring to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton? Quite possibly, yes. The evidence is in a video filmed April 17th from a Raleigh, N.C., speech that Obama gave. "Hillary Clinton, she looked in her element, you know," Obama says right before reaching up and scratching his face with one finger à la Will Smith in "Men in Black." Note…
BET Founder: 'Liberal Media' Want Obama to Win
The continuing left-wing furor over George Stephanopoulos's perfectly valid question about Barack Obama's associations with a known terrorist reminded me of something I wanted to blog earlier in the week before it erupted: an admission of a leftward bias on the part of the media from BET founder Bob Johnson.Interviewed by the Charlotte Observer Tuesday, Johnson said that the "liberal media" want…
Hume Recites How 'ABC News Getting Hammered By Liberal Media
Reporting that “ABC News is getting hammered by the mainstream and liberal media,” as if they aren't the same, FNC's Brit Hume led his Thursday “Grapevine” segment with examples of the left-wing outrage over Barack Obama being pressed at Wednesday's debate on subjects the media consider off limits. Hume highlighted how “the left-leaning Washington Post TV writer Tom Shales said anchors, quote '…
Obama and Liberals Whine: ABC Contrite and CBS Shares His Pain
In a bunch of presidential debates this season the Republicans have come under tougher scrutiny than the Democrats, but the mainstream media didn't care. However, when Barack Obama and some left-wing journalists complained about questions to him during Wednesday's debate on ABC, the network evening newscasts found the kvetching newsworthy. CBS plastered “Debate Backlash” on screen as Katie Couric…
Debate Backlash: 'In Memoriam -- George Stephanopoulos, Political Hack
If the anger from the left over Wednesday night's debate on ABC continues to manifest itself this way, an old phrase concerning women will have to be altered to "Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned."Having been bludgeoned by the Washington Post's Tom Shales, and all manner of Netroots denizen, moderator George Stephanopoulos is now the subject of a YouTube video depicting him as dead and "In…
WaPo TV Critic Feels Wednesday's Debate 'Slanted Against Obama
Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos actually asked some tough questions of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama during Wednesday's Democrat presidential debate on ABC.Yet, the Washington Post's television critic Tom Shales wasn't happy about this, and actually felt the event represented "another step downward for network news" wherein the moderators "turned in shoddy, despicable performances."…
Stephanopoulos Quizzes Obama on Relationship to Member of Terrorist Gr
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, a co-host of Wednesday night’s Democratic debate, quizzed presidential candidate Barack Obama about his relationship with William Ayers, a member of the Weather Underground, a radical group that conspired to bomb buildings such as the Pentagon in the 1970s. Prefacing the issue under the “general theme of patriotism,” and previous questions about why Obama…
Couric Fears Clinton-Obama Battle Will Hurt in Fall, Schieffer Concurs
A broadcast network anchor again worried Wednesday night about how much the ongoing Democratic primary battle “is hurting” the candidates and their chance to beat Republican John McCain in the fall. After CBS's Bob Schieffer pointed out how a new ABC News/Washington Post poll found the percent who consider Hillary Clinton to be “honest and trustworthy” has fallen from 52 to 39 percent over the…
Hillary on Working Class White Southerners in 1995: 'Screw 'Em
In light of the brouhaha surrounding Barack Obama's comments about high unemployment in small towns making Americans "cling to guns, or religion," one has to wonder whether press outlets are going to go gaga over derogatory statements Hillary Clinton made in 1995 about working-class white southerners.This is especially the case given how media ignored revelations about Bill Clinton's 1991 and…
Obama/Clinton Debate Live Discussion
Discuss the debate as it happens here on this thread or in our live NB chat. The faceoff airs tonight on ABC stations at 8pm ET, 7 Central. For West Coast airing times, check your local ABC affiliate's web site.
MSNBC Won't Air 'Fake' Anti-Gun Ad
MSNBC has refused to air a dishonest anti-gun ad: The cable network MSNBC has refused to air an advertisement from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the group created by New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg,on the grounds that the ad is too "controversial." The ad, below, features each of the three leading presidential candidates pledging to make it harder to buy guns at gun shows, and images of three…
