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You know the news media is doing a poor job of covering Sen. Barack Obama and his running mate when a supporter of the Democratic ticket criticizes the media for giving them a "pass." Megan McArdle, a blogger for TheAtlantic.com who has said she's voting for Obama, slammed the media in an appearance on Reason.tv's "The Talkshow" for not bringing up Sen. Joseph Biden's past as a "corporate…

For all of the media hype that Barack Obama is a great unifier of peoples, that was not his position on October 24, 2001, seven years ago today, when the Chicago Tribune’s David Mendell (now an Obama biographer) and Gary Washburn reported Obama was concerned at the "problem" of black people moving into the suburbs and voting there, making it harder to consolidate districts for black politicians.…

Financial Times reporter Edward Luce has found another sign of trouble for the McCain campaign: he's turning up the noses of the "cocktail party circuit" inside Washington, D.C., which is "swelling with disaffected Republicans." I kid you not. From Luce's page 4 October 24 article, "McCain's troubles highlight party rift":The more trouble John McCain's campaign encounters, the more it highlights…

Rush Limbaugh on Friday called the New York Times "the public relations department for the Barack Obama campaign and the Democrat Party."Speaking by phone with the folks on "Fox & Friends," the conservative radio talk show host depicted the media's coverage of Obama during this presidential campaign as "the most irresponsible journalistic exhibition I have seen in my life." Limbaugh also…

Are some in the media enjoying the down Dow? It certainly seemed that "Good Morning America" co-anchor Chris Cuomo was embracing a bit of schadenfreude during the Oct. 24 show - seemingly relieved he could find "some comfort" that other nations are undergoing economic problems just like the United States. As the markets were beginning a very downbeat start, reporter Bianna Golodryga detailed the…

Topics in today's show: Fidel Castro endorses Barack Obama, Washington state sends ballots to felons Warner Bros. blocks "Hanoi Hilton" to avoid helping John McCain, and a movie about Dan Rather's "Memogate" controversy? Support conservative comedy! If you're a Myspace user, be sure to visit our MySpace page and add NewsBusted as a friend. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel and help…

Bozell acknowledges network taking responsibility for misleading viewers to believe conservatives at odds with Gov. PalinSpreading the WordAs we reported on Tuesday, CNN's Drew Griffin completely mischaracterized the nature of a "quote" from National Review's Byron York during his interview with Alaskan Republican Governor and Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.  CNN has responded to the Media…

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Down we Go!Wall Street was poised to plummet at the opening bell on Friday, after U.S. stock index futures dove so steeply that they had to be frozen at several points as global markets were battered by signs the global economy is in the throes of recession. Global markets were down 4 percent as measured by the…

Here's today's exercise in Yahoo! bias against Sarah Palin. The Yahoo! news photo slideshow for Palin today includes seven fresh pictures from a Las Vegas strip club that held a Sarah Palin lookalike contest. Feel the feminist dignity being applied to the Republican running mate. It's quite a contrast with the statesman tone in the Barack Obama slideshow. There's no swimsuit imitators in the…

Someone at The Phoenix, a small Boston weekly, is off his medication. It's hard to believe sanity is a familiar state, at least, when reviewing the silliness passed off as serious political analysis, anyway. For the lead editorial in The Phoenix this week is a fantastic display of hyperbole filled with "truther" propensities. The editorial, you see, is all worried that John McCain will make…

Marriage and family therapist missed an opportunity to speak on long-term effects of young girls dressing in inappropriate Halloween costumes on CBS's Early Show.

Two reviews of gay marriage films in one day, with a gay slasher film review tossed in.