Just Call Out Their Name - Lauer, Russert Singin' in Dems' Defense On
September 7th, 2006 8:00 AM
Winter, spring, summer or fall,All you've got to do is call.Lord, I'll be there, yes I will.You've got a friend. - James Taylor, 'You've Got a Friend'Was it an interview, or a benefit concert - 'Dem-Aid'? Matt Lauer and Tim Russert got a one-day headstart this morning on the Today show's traditional Friday music-on-the-mall. In the course of their conversation, Matt and Tim went karaoke on us,…
What Me, Worry? For Dowd, Radical Islamist 'Threat' Worthy Only of Sca
September 6th, 2006 7:04 AM
There is only one conclusion that can be drawn from her column of this morning: Maureen Dowd does not take seriously the threat to our security and civilization that radical Islam poses.The putative focus of New Themes for the Same Old Songs [subscription required] was a two-for-one snipe at W and Katie Couric. Straining to find some kind of parallel between the two on the occasion of Couric's…
Couric's Unintended Candor: US Didn't Launch War on Terror Till
September 5th, 2006 8:32 PM
In the coming hours and days, my colleagues at MRC and NewsBusters are sure to provide comprehensive, in-depth analysis of Katie Couric's debut this evening as the anchor of the CBS Evening News. From the opening segment, whose message was that things are worse in Afghanistan than you realize, to an interview with MSM foreign policy fave Thomas Friedman decrying tax cuts, to anti-McDonald's…
Campbell's Unintentional Election Advice: 'Pick the Ones Who Look Toug
September 3rd, 2006 8:42 AM
The ostensible topic was the NFL fantasy-league draft that members of the Today show crew recently conducted. But in sharing her strategy for making draft picks, Campbell Brown might have unintentionally offered hope to Republicans looking nervously to November and beyond.Campbell admitted to weekend co-host Lester Holt that she knows little about football. So in making her picks, Brown said…
Olbermann Plays the 'Fascist' Card Again
August 31st, 2006 9:35 PM
Do you remember the scene in The Naked Gun where Leslie Nielsen, as police detective Frank Drebin, pretends to be a major league baseball umpire in order to be able to search the players to see who might be the assassin?
