CBS’s Couric Praises Barack Obama as the ‘Anti-Bush

Appearing on Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, Evening News anchor Katie Couric discussed her White House interview with President Obama regarding the withdrawal of recent cabinet nominees: "He is surprisingly relaxed...extremely comfortable, very focused. It’s very different than sort of the buttoned-up Bush White House...he said to every person who interviewed him...that he ‘screwed up,’ he ‘messed…
Kyle Drennen
 

New Day, New Democratic Spin from ABC's George Stephanopoulos

Appearing on Wednesday's "Good Morning America," former top Democratic aide-turned journalist George Stephanopoulos assured viewers that Barack Obama can now move on from his multiple failed cabinet officials. Referring to individuals such the (now) former Health and Human Services nominee Tom Daschle, who resigned on Tuesday due to tax problems, Stephanopoulos asserted that "the good news is,…
Scott Whitlock
 

On Regis & Kelly, Couric Defends Daschle and Obama, Snarls at Critics

Tim Graham
 

White House Press Briefing Live Blog [Feb

Ken Shepherd
 

Media's Zandi Zeitgeist: Government Spending Trumps Tax Cuts

BMI Staff
 

Bozell to ABC's Westin: Address Stephanopoulos' Conflict of Interest

Media Research Center President Brent Bozell took to MRC's state-of-the-art studio earlier to record a video statement accompanying his open letter to ABC News President David Westin. The complaint: "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos's reported ongoing communication strategy phone calls with Obama chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel. [audio available here]Calling the development, if true, "a clear…
NB Staff
 

Media's Zandi Zeitgeist: Government Spending Trumps Tax Cuts

Journalists' leanings toward Keynesian stimulus tactics have centered on economist that advised McCain presidential campaign, but is a registered Democrat.
Jeff Poor
 

NBC's Ann Curry Gushes: 'Who Are We Going to Be' Because of Obamas

On last Friday's "Today" show, Ann Curry interviewed two magazine editors on the subject of Michelle and Barack Obama and rhapsodized over the effect the power couple could have on America. Speaking to the creative director of Ebony magazine, she fawned, "The question I think, really, ultimately, is who are we going to be because of them? Who are we going to be as a nation?" In a set-up piece to…
Scott Whitlock
 

Final Deadline Looms for U.S.A.'s Newspapers

Journalists killed the news business and now some want us to save it.
Dan Gainor
 

MRC's Motley on Lib Journalists Joining Obama Administration

NB Staff
 

Bozell Column: It's Not a 'Stimulus' Bill

Brent Bozell
 

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: You tell us.
NB Staff
 

Where Have All the Tough Guys Gone

A couple of old men remind us of the missing ingredient for a strong society.
Dan Kennedy
 

Will Media Report Pelosi's Claim 500 Million Lose Jobs Each Month

If former President George W. Bush said 500 million Americans are losing their jobs each month, do you think media would report it?Probably every hour on the hour until all 300 million Americans had heard about it, right?Well, during a press conference on an undetermined date, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) -- you know, the second in line for presidential succession right behind the vice…
Noel Sheppard