Cokie Whacks Weir on 'Who's Looking After Baby?' Question

You might have thought Bill Weir would have learned.  Yesterday, CNN's John Roberts was roundly condemned for suggesting Sarah Palin might neglect her Down Syndrome baby while running for VP.  But Weir, the weekend co-anchor of Good Morning America, posed a very similar question this morning. Coke Roberts, to her credit, called him out on it. Weir's guest during GMA's opening half-hour was McCain…
Mark Finkelstein

Yahoo Ageism: Making John McCain Into an Ancient Artifact

The folks at Yahoo News Photos section must have been greatly amused by their web page titled "Anthropology & Archaeology." The first four pictures in the slide show are various archaeological discoveries... well, except for the third one. THAT one happens to be a photo of John McCain. Yes, Yahoo seems to be saying that John McCain is an archaeological artifact! Nice ageist slap, eh? Here's…
Warner Todd Huston

Michael Moore: Hurricane Coming During GOP Convention 'Proof There Is

Controversial filmmaker admits he's delighted to see a natural disaster potentially interfere with the Republican event.
Jeff Poor

CBS & NBC Label Palin 'Conservative,' Didn't Tag Biden as Liberal

Last Saturday night, in multiple stories on all three broadcast network evening shows about Barack Obama's VP pick, Senator Joe Biden was never described as a liberal. Friday night, however, CBS and NBC accurately tagged John McCain's selection, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, as “reliably conservative” or a “solid conservative” -- and that's not counting references to how she will shore up support…
Brent Baker

MSNBC Introduces Palin As 'Facing State Investigation

Cross Posted at Video Done Right John McCain had yet to announce Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, when MSNBC began flashing a graphic of informational stats on Palin. These were her age, her 80% approval rating, and that she is “facing a state investigation.” The graphic was continuously shown at different times during the broadcast, and the state investigation graphic remained…
Kerry Picket

HuffPost’s Rosen Brushes Off Palin on CNN as Unqualified, Not Like H

[Update, 8:25 pm ET: Audio link added below.] CNN frequent contributor and Huffington Post's political director Hilary Rosen slammed John McCain's vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin as being unqualified on Friday's Newsroom program and accused the Republicans pandering to women, especially Hillary Clinton supporters: "Senator McCain obviously thinks this is going to go a long way to help those…
Matthew Balan

CBS, NBC Fawn Over Obama, Ignore GPD Boost

ABC reports swifter than expected growth, but reminds viewers 'dollar is so weak.'
Nathan Burchfiel

CBS Body Language Expert: Obama Speech ‘Democracy At Its Best

On Friday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez talked to former FBI agent and body language expert, Joe Navarro about some of the controversial scenery at the Obama speech: "What did you think about the open stadium? Was it too much? Too over the top? Or was it effective?" Navarro responded: "Absolutely not. You know, months ago they were talking about decisions were going to be made behind…
Kyle Drennen

CBN's David Brody Fails The Integrity Test

originally posted at RedState at 12:55 p.m. EDT CBN's David Brody is on the phone with CNN right now getting himself drummed out of the conservative movement.Why?Well, he's on peddling what happened at a private meeting at the Council For National Policy with regards to Palin. This is a huge no-no, guests are invited under the condition that meetings remain private to keep conversations candid…
Erick Erickson

MRC/NB's Graham on ABC Producer Arrested in Denver

MRC Director of Media Analysis and NewsBusters Senior Editor Tim Graham appeared on Fox News at 5:50 p.m. EDT to discuss the ABC News producer arrested in Denver as he was photographing Democratic donors from a public sidewalk.TIM GRAHAM: Here's one of these times where ABC is actually trying to get a story that's not all puffy happy, and they're getting shoved into the street.[...]GRAHAM: There…
NB Staff

Gun Control: Signs of Desperation

Howard Nemerov

Dem Boykin: Palin 'Affirmative Action' Pick

Of all the criticisms an apparently panicky Dem party has heaped on Sarah Palin in the hours since her selection was announced, Keith Boykin [bio] has come up with perhaps the unseemliest.  The former aide to President Clinton has accused Palin of being an "affirmative action" pick.Boykin, a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard Law, was debating the selection with Republican Joe Watkins at the end…
Mark Finkelstein

ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ Revs Up Criticism of Car Rental Gas

If you break the terms of a contract, you should be expected to pay a penalty, right? Not according to ABC's "Good Morning America." "Good Morning America" criticized fees charged to customers who return rental cars without a full tank of gas - part of a standard car rental agreement. "The only thing more expensive than gassing up your car these days is not gassing up your rental car,"…
Paul Detrick

CNN's Roberts Questions Palin's Commitment to Alaska But Talked Up Hil

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson appeared on CNN's "Newsroom" on Friday to discuss the selection of Governor Sarah Palin as Senator John McCain's vice presidential running. During her interview, "American Morning" co-host John King played a clip of Palin from Glenn Beck's Headline News show from June in which Palin said that she would not accept an offer to be McCain's running mate because she felt…
Lyndsi Thomas