Today Show Flashback Reveals Double Standard On House Takeovers

NBC's Today show cast celebrated the return of the Democrats to power to the House as "historic" but when the Newt Gingrich-led Republicans took over the House in 1995 Today wasn't so laudatory. At the top of this morning's Today show Meredith Vieira, as first noted here, declared: "Look it's a very historic day on Capitol Hill. Nancy Pelosi the first woman to become Speaker of the House. I'm…
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MRC's Waters Discusses Ongoing N.Y. Times Outrage at Saddam Hanging on

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CNN’s Cafferty Accuses Bush of 'Crimes'; Attacks Dems For Going Easy

Scott Whitlock
 

ABC Puffs Incoming Islamic Democrat; Ignores Nation of Islam/CAIR Ties

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CNN Breaks Media Mold: Wonders if Dems Will Keep Funding Felons

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No Biased Reporting? In Vanity Fair Profile, McCain Defends MSM's Iraq

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Open Thread

Top issue: The new Speaker of the House says she's cracked the glass ceiling. "By electing me as speaker you have brought us closer to the ideal of equality that is America's heritage and America's hope," Pelosi said. "This is an historic moment — for the Congress, and for the women of America. It is a moment for which we have waited more than 200 years. Never losing faith, we waited through…
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CNN Excitedly Counts The Seconds to Dem Takeover; No Clock For GOP in

For CNN, New Years Eve arrived on January 4. "Situation Room" anchor Wolf Blitzer literally counted down the seconds until the Democrats officially took control of Congress. However, when the Republican Revolution swept the GOP into power in 1994, the cable network did not display such a running tally. At 11:45am, Mr. Blitzer hosted a special edition of his program and explained the digital…
Scott Whitlock
 

Matthews Snipes at Lauer for Supporting Iraq War Funding

And here I thought Chris Matthews reserved his hardballs for his guests, not his colleagues . . . To use one of Imus's favorite phrases, there are "tension conventions" breaking out all over MSNBC today. Earlier, I noted the shots Andrea Mitchell took at Nancy Pelosi over her "unseemly, imperial" celebrations marking her ascension to the speakership.Later, things got a bit ugly between Chris…
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Forget '24,' the Media's Favorite Action Drama is Pelosi's

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CBS's Morley Safer Loves His Vices, Says 'Saints Are The Most Tedious

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Schieffer Optimistic Over Democrats 'Ambitious Schedule' On Ethics; GO

Michael Rule
 

Surprise: Andrea Accuses Pelosi of 'Unseemly, Imperial' Celebrations

Mark Finkelstein
 

More CNN Carelessness: Anderson Cooper Sits Next to Giant Misspelled F

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