CNN's Wish Early: 'Something for NewsBusters.org for Tomorrow
At the end of panel discussion, just before 7:30 PM EST Tuesday night about conservative opposition to John McCain, CNN analyst Roland Martin recognized his next comment -- about how only “extremists” in the GOP afraid of losing power are opposed to McCain -- might well upset conservatives and so cited NewsBusters in putting a warning up front:I have something for NewsBusters.org for tomorrow.…
Gregory Sign-off: 'Thanks for Washington
OK, it was probably just a Freudian slip by someone with the Potomac Primary on the noggin. But perhaps big-government loving MSNBC should consider it as its official new sign-off. In any case, here's how David Gregory said goodbye at 3:59 PM ET at the end of his stint as network host this afternoon:DAVID GREGORY: That's going to do it for me. My colleague Norah O'Donnell will take over our…
Hillary Suggests Fox News Fairer to Her than MSNBC
The Democrat presidential candidates refused to participate in debates sponsored by the Fox News Channel. Yet, Hillary Clinton believes the supposedly conservative cable network is actually treating her better than liberal rival MSNBC. Ain't that a kick in the head? As reported by Politico Monday evening, John Harris interviewed the presidential candidate, producing the following delicious…
Klein Can't Comprehend Why 'Fairly Moderate' Hillary Riles Republicans
How deep into the Dem mindset is Joe Klein? The Time columnist can't figure out why Hillary Clinton drives Republicans round the bend. Klein candidly admitted so today, chatting with Brian Williams on MSNBC.BRIAN WILLIAMS: On the Republican side, does John McCain blunt back the attack, the insurgents on the right?JOE KLEIN: I think to a certain extent he will. He'll have a lot more -- you know…
The Obama Flag Flap
The blogosphere began buzzing yesterday afternoon because of a Cuban flag superimposed with a picture of Che Guevara that was flown in an volunteer, unofficial office for Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama in Houston, Texas, captured by a local Fox News affiliate. Allahpundit likened it yesterday to be the equivalent of flying a Timothy McVeigh flag in a John McCain office, and…
No Peace Yet: So-Called 'Conservative' Attacks Radio Hosts as 'Oprah-l
Doesn’t look like an olive branch to me. Writing in today’s (Tuesday's) Wall Street Journal, novelist and sometime Republican activist Mark Helprin (not to be confused with Time magazine’s Mark Halperin) takes a series of insulting personal shots at the radio talk show hosts who’ve criticized John McCain for his numerous anti-conservative positions.Helprin, whose last big political job was…
Contessa, Closet Conservative
I wouldn't want to create problems for Contessa Brewer [file photo]. But again today the spirited MSNBC anchor said something that made me wonder whether she might be a closeted conservative in the belly of the liberal beast.Janet Huckabee, responding to Brewer's question on the possibility that her husband would withdraw from the presidential race, drew a contrast between the Romney and…
Pimp Gate Update: MSNBC's Ethics Don’t Extend to Bush Twins
As NewsBusters has been reporting, MSNBC's reaction to David Shuster's "pimped out" Chelsea Clinton comment is an extraordinary example of the double standard that exists at this admittedly left-leaning cable network. In fact, the goings-on since Shuster first made this remark last Thursday make it crystal clear that potentially insensitive comments directed at the Clinton family are thoroughly…
