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Oil Prices Doubled Since Inauguration, Will Media Blame Obama
Virtually every time oil and gasoline prices rose when George W. Bush was in the White House, his policies and/or his connections to folks in the oil industry were blamed by newsrooms from coast to coast.Yet, even though oil has doubled in price since Inauguration Day, with retail gas prices up $0.75 a gallon, you'd be hard-pressed to find reports blaming these spikes on President Obama or…
June 6th, 2009 1:21 PM
Media Slowly Noticing Sotomayor's 'Wise Woman' Comments
On Thursday, NewsBusters' Tim Graham asked, "Mark Levin Says Damaging New Sotomayor Texts Emerging: Will Media Notice?"As it turns out, Levin was right about these texts, and newsrooms are starting to pay attention, but very slowly.CQ reported Thursday evening:
June 6th, 2009 11:44 AM
Shotgun Wedding: Court Docs Reveal Govt. Likely Forced Chrysler Deal W
Even if they ultimately lose their last-minute court battle, the Indiana pension funds defending their rights as secured first-lien creditors of Chrysler have done a valuable deed. We have learned, among many other things, how at least one government lawyer characterized the funds' lawyer, Thomas Lauria. A $10,000 Democratic Party donor, Lauria, despite clear evidence of intimidation of his…
June 6th, 2009 11:19 AM
Jon Stewart: Brian Williams 'Clearly Has the Hots' for Obama
NBC's Brian Williams "clearly has the hots" for President Barack Obama.So said Comedy Central's Jon Stewart Thursday in a total skewering of NBC's "Inside the Obama White House" special report. Not only did "The Daily Show" host totally lambaste Williams for using "this kind of unprecedented access" to the president to "cross-promote" other NBC programs, but also marvelously depicted the entire…
June 6th, 2009 10:56 AM
Ed Schultz Goes Berserk in Response to Radio Caller
It seems that the incredibly low ratings of the Ed Show on MSNBC are getting to Ed Schultz to such an extent that he is now taking his frustration and anger out on callers to his radio show. You can listen to Big Ed go absolutely berserk in a bizarre, yet entertaining, overreaction to some relatively mild criticism from a caller. The transcript is below but be sure you also listen to the June 3…
June 6th, 2009 9:58 AM
On D-Day Anniversary, Google Memorializes... Tetris
On June 6, 1944, the crucial Normandy Landings that formed the spearhead of the Allied invasion of Nazi held Europe occurred. D-Day ultimately led to the victory of the Allies over the despotic Nazi regime. Now here we are on June 6, 2009 and, in its inimitable way, Google has decided to memorialize the important occasion by adding an image on its homepage depicting... the computer game Tetris…
June 6th, 2009 8:29 AM
Newsweek’s Evan Thomas: Obama Is ‘Sort of God
Newsweek editor Evan Thomas brought adulation over President Obama’s Cairo speech to a whole new level on Friday, declaring on MSNBC: "I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God." Thomas, appearing on Hardball with Chris Matthews, was reacting to a preceding monologue in which Matthews praised Obama’s speech: "I think the President's speech…
June 5th, 2009 6:45 PM
Public Option the Only Option in CBS 'Early Show' Interview
Anchor Harry Smith interviews HHS Secretary Sebelius about medical-related bankruptcies.
June 5th, 2009 5:28 PM
AC360 Strikes Gergen Gusher: Obama Speech 'Most Powerful Speech' Ever
It must have been a while since David Gergen dropped his resume in the hopper for Team Obama, so it’s no small surprise that it was about for him to turn on the rhetorical firehose and gush some love the White House’s way. On the June 4 “Anderson Cooper 360,” Gergen was asked by the host to give his initial reaction to President Obama’s speech in Cairo. Gergen immediately mugged for the…
June 5th, 2009 5:08 PM