ABC Touts Negative Palin Numbers; Skipped More Positive McCain Poll

On Wednesday's "Good Morning America," the program completely skipped an ABC poll that showed a tight, four percent national lead for Barack Obama. Thursday's show, however, prominently featured a new ABC survey that claimed 60 percent of Americans think that Sarah Palin does not have the experience to be president. Former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos, now the host of "This Week,"…
Scott Whitlock
 

CNN: Obama 'Was Key in' Illinois Ethics Law

Mike Bates
 

GREEN ALERT: MSM Ignores Hidden Carbon Tax Provisions in Paulson’s B

Matthew Vadum
 

Gwen Ifill, Debate Commission Try 'No Comment' on Obama-Book Conflict

Tim Graham
 

Gwen Ifill Wrote Adulatory Magazine Article About Obama Family

P.J. Gladnick
 

WaPo Loves Republicans, When They're Frustrated 'Moderates' Venting Th

Washington Post metro columnist Marc Fisher treated readers of the October 2 paper to a look at outgoing "moderate" Republican Wayne Gilchrest (1st District-Md.), who was felled in a primary contest back in February by a conservative state senator backed by the fiscally conservative group Club for Growth. Fisher dutifully documented and then applauded not only Gilchrest's disillusionment with Sen…
Ken Shepherd
 

CNBC's Francis and Haines Call Senate Bailout Bill Tax Add-Ons 'Crap

You've got to love brutal honesty, especially when it comes from the financial media. The Senate's version of a bailout bill, which passed last night by a margin of 74-25, included "sweeteners" - or obscure tax breaks - including benefits for the manufacturer of wooden arrows used in children's toys and another for litigants in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Melissa Francis, co-host of CNBC'…
Jeff Poor
 

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NB Staff
 

CNBC Anchors Question 'Crap' Added to Senate Bailout Bill

'The Call' co-host Melissa Francis finds appropriate term for 'tax extenders' added to Senate bailout legislation.
Jeff Poor
 

'Evening News' Blames U.S. Economy for Reno's 'Tent City

CBS's series highlights worst-case, hard-luck situation to show financial mess hitting home.
Jeff Poor
 

Reporter Fired For Wearing Obama T-Shirt While Covering Obama Rally

A 15-year Detroit radio reporter was fired for wearing an Obama T-Shirt while on the job covering an Obama rally. As a result of this major breach of ethics, WWJ Newsradio 950 showed reporter Karen Dinkins the door -- that's right, she was fired. I must say that it is pretty amazing to see a media outlet uphold ethics like this, especially in Detroit. But there you have it.
Warner Todd Huston
 

Lou Dobbs, Alone in MSM, Reports on Ohio Early Voting Abuse

P.J. Gladnick
 

How Can Americans Be So Smart But Maggie Rodriguez So

For someone who doesn't know something as obvious as the fact that—given her upcoming book—Gwen Ifill has a financial stake in an Obama win, Maggie Rodriguez has an awfully high opinion of the knowledge level of ordinary Americans.  Rodriguez interviewed a feisty Fred Thompson on today's Early Show.  During the course of the contentious exchange:Questioning Thompson on Sarah Palin's inability to…
Mark Finkelstein
 

'Brilliant' Ifill Cousin Scours Palin As 'Offensive to Black Women

Here are more signs Sarah Palin could face an uphill battle with PBS host Gwen Ifill. Professor Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland Law School, whom Gwen Ifill has lauded as "my brilliant baby cousin," has written that black women are not buying Sarah Palin’s "false claims to feminism" and is portrayed as too perfect: "when women who are privileged present as though they have it all…
Tim Graham