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Talk About Guilt by Association: Wall Street Journal Profiles McCain F
Barack Obama’s supporters are whining about any attempt to link their candidate with former Weather Underground bomber William Ayers as “guilt by association” — even though, as National Review contributor Stanley Kurtz points out, the working relationship between Obama and Ayers can more correctly be described as “guilt by participation.”But today’s Wall Street Journal treats us to a classic case…
CNN Glosses Over Failure of Universal Health Care
This health care plan seems like it has more flaws than the bailout bill. A news brief on "CNN Newsroom" Oct. 17 said that Hawaii's universal health care program for children would be hit with the "budget ax." The screen said "Hawaii's Budget Ax" and anchor Heidi Collins reported that, "For the past seven months it's been the only state in the nation to offer universal healthcare for…
Mitchell: Nobody Claims Obama Worked Closely With Ayers
They [the RNC] are calling voters, cold calls, and saying to them, what about William Ayers and the close working relationship he had [with Obama], which is not true by anybody's count . . . It certainly is a mischaracterization of the relationship. -- Andrea Mitchell to Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.), MSNBC 10-17-08.Andrea Mitchell, meet Stanley Kurtz . . . It's turning into Andrea Mitchell Day here. …
BaltSun Critic: Stone's 'W.' a 'Train Wreck', Script Like Rehashed Mo
Finally a movie review that takes on Oliver Stone's "W." on its cinematic merits or rather the lack thereof. Far from being "illustrated journalism" as Time's Richard Corliss lamented or "sunny and sympathetic" history as Newsweek's Alan Brinkley argued, it's simply an "old-fashioned train wreck," concluded Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow in his October 16 review.The film critic -- who gave the film…
Richard Lewis: 'Constitution Has Been Trampled the Last Eight Years
Another celebrity uses the same tired line that Bush has trampled on the Constitution. This time it is Richard Lewis pontificating on the October 17 edition of "The View." Calling for Americans to get out and vote Lewis also blamed "fundamentalists" for America’s demise."The Constitution has been trampled the last eight years, period. This is not what this America is supposed to be for. I have…
Vote or Check the Scores in Round Two of the MRC's Sweet-On-Obama Sixt
We have reached the final days of voting from amongst the Enamored Eight. The polls remain open through Sunday, so if you haven't already, get in there and cast your ballot.And if you have, check back throughout the weekend (as nearly half of Round One's voting took place then) and see how your choices are faring.And to Comment upon the action, all as we work our way towards deciding the…
US News' Erbe: McCain Campaign Could Be Most Corrupt Ever
Days after U.S. News & World Report's Bonnie Erbe declared "when one thinks of voter fraud, one usually associates it with the GOP," she predicted "the McCain campaign could go down as the most corrupt and inept in history."Writing at her blog at the News's website Thursday, Erbe joined the rest of the mainstream media's attacks on Joe the Plumber, the Ohio man who recently challenged Barack…
Same Partisan Networks That Buried Us In Mark Foley News Utterly Skipp
Two years ago, ABC’s Brian Ross broke wide open the scandal of Republican Rep. Mark Foley sending sexual Internet messages to Congressional pages. Foley resigned quickly, but that didn’t dampen the story. We reported "On the ABC, CBS, and NBC morning and evening news programs, from the story’s emergence on Friday night, September 29, through Wednesday morning, October 11, the Big Three networks…
On ABC, Newt Gingrich Slams Media's Lack of Fairness to McCain/Palin
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Friday strongly challenged "Good Morning America" host Diane Sawyer about the media's lack of fairness towards the McCain/Palin presidential ticket. The exchange came after the ABC journalist followed up on negative Gingrich remarks about the Obama tax plan by asserting, "for fairness," Obama talking points on middle class tax cuts.An irritated Gingrich…
CBS ‘Early Show’ Looks at ‘The Real Joe the Plumber
On Friday’s CBS Early Show, correspondent Jeff Glor reported on the role of Joe the Plumber, a.k.a. Joe Wurzelbacher, in the presidential campaign: "The McCain campaign is using Wurzelbacher to say their opponent would raise taxes. Though it turns out, Wurzelbacher himself owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes and his annual tax bill would actually go down under Obama's plan." Glor then added: "Obama…
WaPo Sloppy Reporting on Conservative Episcopalians
Frank Lockwood of Bible Belt Blogger spotted a "glaring error" on the front page of the Washington Post the other day. File this in the "media don't get religion" department (emphasis mine):Can you spot the mistake? It's in this story about parishes and dioceses that have split from the Episcopal Church since the ordination of a practicing homosexual as bishop of New Hampshire in 2003:"They say…