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Chi Trib Writer Solicits Communist Party USA to Defend Obama
Chicago Tribune staff writer Rex Huppke has solicited the expertise of communist party leaders to defend Barack Obama from the fallout of the now famous answer he supplied to a man referred to as Joe the Plumber. In an article with the misleading headline "Socialists: Obama No Socialist" Huppke applied some painstaking logic to reach his conclusion that Barack Obama can not be a socialist if…
Is Oprah Reneging On Not Using Show As Candidates' Platform
Drudge reported Tuesday morning that billionaire television mogul Oprah Winfrey is "offering to 'produce' the half-hour Barack Obama advertisement set to air on Oct. 29...The Daytime TV dynamo has even offered up her studio space in Chicago." If this is true, wouldn't it go counter to the excuse Oprah gave on September 5 when she announced that she would not have Republican vice presidential…
Maddow Claims Obama 'Socialist' Label is 'Racially Divisive
Liberal MSNBC host says McCain-Palin critique of wealth redistribution tax plan an effort to 'summon and stoke' the Bradley Effect.
MRC/NB's Bozell Comments on Dan Rather's Accurate Citing of Media Bias
Spreading the WordAs we reported earlier, former CBS news anchor Dan Rather noted on today's Morning Joe on MSNBC that the traditional media is largely ignoring Democratic Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden's alarming comment on Sunday: "... (M)ark my words, within the next, first six months of this administration if we win, you're gonna face a major international challenge,…
MRC's Worst of the Week: GOP Endangers Obama's Life
ABC Nightline co-host Terry Moran has been supportive of Barack Obama. His syrupy report of November 6, 2006 is legendary for its gush: "You can see it in the crowds. The thrill, the hope. How they surge toward him. You're looking at an American political phenomenon....Everywhere he goes, people want him to run for President, especially in Iowa, cradle of presidential contenders. Around here,…
USA Today Story on White Supremacists Subtly Suggests GOP Home to Bigo
In her October 21 article, "White supremacists target middle America," USA Today's Marisol Bello took a look at how hate groups are trying to go more "mainstream" by ditching Nazi armbands, brown shirts and white sheets and going for a more "middle class" look. While there is merit in covering such a story, Bello and/or her editors unfortunately chose to color the piece in a way that reflected…
Will Oprah Be Obama's Ambassador to Great Britain
The Financial Times of London reported a rumor Monday that if Barack Obama wins in November, Oprah Winfrey will be appointed the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain.That makes some sense, doesn't it? After all, she's about as qualified for that position as the junior senator from Illinois is to be president.The rumor was posted at FT's blog by Gideon Rachman, the paper's chief foreign affairs…
ABC Cites Left-Leaning Tax Group to Endorse Obama's Plan
'World News' segment praises Democrat's proposal focused on lower and middle class families, but ignores wealth redistribution elements.
Guess Who Sees MSM Double-Standard on Biden's Latest Gaffe
Guess who said the following this morning about Joe Biden's latest gaffe—his statement that America would be faced with a major international crisis within the first six months of an Obama administration as foreign forces seek to test the young new president: "certainly if Sarah Palin had said this, it would be above the fold in most newspapers today."1. Brent Bozell2. Rush Limbaugh3. McCain…
Hardball Gone Mad: Congresswoman Compared to Nazi for Insisting Media
On Friday night, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota appeared on Hardball and pounded away at Barack Obama’s associations with his long-time minister, Reverend Jeremiah Wright and bomber Bill Ayers, suggesting that the media should be investigating these associations with very anti-American voices, and that if John McCain had these associations, the media would be all over it. Chris Matthews…