Lou Dobbs Bashes Dana Bash Over Palin 'Carefully Scripted' Slam

P.J. Gladnick

Open Thread

NB Staff

'Nightly News' Jabs McCain's Tech-Savvy

NBC reporter Kelly O'Donnell ignores McCain's work on Senate Commerce committee in segment similar to a recent Obama ad.
Jeff Poor

Happy When America's Hurting, Gloomy When It Wins

Of course we all know that it's absolutely wrong and mean-spirited to suggest that anyone on the left could conceivably be unpatriotic [though an exception might be made for unrepentant terrorist friends of Barack Obama who accept from Vietnamese communists rings made from downed US planes.]  So while we won't be using the u-word here, two recent MSNBC shows offer a remarkable contrast. Let's…
Mark Finkelstein

Journalists Convinced Government Bailouts Better Solution

Politicians, media concur, 'we had no choice' to intervene in almost everything.
Dan Gainor

Break Out Santeria Rooster: Miami Herald Cuts Another 119 Jobs

P.J. Gladnick

Baltimore Sun Critic: 'MSNBC Paying For Its Olbermann Sins

Tim Graham

CNN's Cafferty: Not Voting Obama? You're a Racist

To show the empty "logic" that Jack Cafferty of CNN employs in his political commentary all one need do is check out his September 16 Political Ticker blog post on why the race for the White House is so tight in the polls. Reason: the country is filled with racists. Yes, folks, if you are voting against Obama (and no matter who or what you are actually supporting and why) it must be because you…
Warner Todd Huston

CNNPolitics.com: 'McCain Adviser Fiorina: Palin Not Ready to Run a Cor

Mike Bates

TIME Gives Distorted View of McCain's, Obama's Character

The GOP presidential nominee is manipulating public opinion, the Democratic nominee is a victim. But is it really vice versa?
Brian Fitzpatrick

Odyssey Networks Seek to Bring Wholesome Programming to a Wider Audien

Is Hollywood overlooking the demand for inoffensive entertainment?
Kristen Fyfe

Media Echo Obama's False Claim that McCain Lied about Sex Ed Bill

Many major news organizations accepted at face value Obama's denial that he backed comprehensive sex education for kindergartners. Reporters should have read the actual text of the bill.
Colleen Raezler

ABC: McCain Would Help 'Wealthiest,' Obama to Cut Taxes for

ABC reporter David Wright on Tuesday night, forced to summarize the tax plans of John McCain and Barack Obama in 30 seconds, described them through a distorted liberal prism. Though McCain wishes to continue all the income tax rates from the Bush tax cuts, with no hike or decrease for any income level, Wright asserted: “He'd make permanent the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.” No, for…
Brent Baker

NBC Presses McCain for Consistency, Questions Biden from Right

Tim Graham