White House Briefing Live-blog [Feb
February 11th, 2009 2:09 PM
Waiting for the press conference to start. I may also tweet some over at Twitter.I'll be particularly looking for any questions on Wall Street's reaction to Geithner's plan (382-point drop, market stagnant today) and how Gibbs would respond to it. Should be fun.I'm watching via Fox News.14:15: We're 15 minutes late. Par for the course with Gibbs. 14:16: Chris Cillizza of Washington Post tweeting…
Media Report Re-Warmed Obama Campaign Talking Points as Fact
September 17th, 2008 10:31 PM
As Culture and Media Institute Director Robert Knight has noted, the media are still presenting Obama campaign spin on the McCain sex ed ad as hard facts. Last week the McCain campaign released an ad charging Senator Obama with supporting sex education for kindergarten children when he was an Illinois state senator. According to the Obama campaign and the media the legislation in question "was…
CBS & NBC React to Palin Bounce with Fact Checks to Discredit Her
September 9th, 2008 9:36 PM
With fresh media polls showing Sarah Palin causing a sizable percent of women to shift to support John McCain from Barack Obama, CBS and NBC on Tuesday night devoted full stories to fact check examinations to discredit her, specifically on the so-called “Bridge to Nowhere,” even though all the newscasts have already run stories on how she was for the bridge earmark during her 2006 gubernatorial…
