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ABC Pushes McCain 'Housing Crisis,' But Just 13 Seconds for Rezko
The most important news event in the universe, according to Friday’s Good Morning America, was John McCain’s gaffe about not knowing how many houses he and his wife own, as ABC led off its morning newscast with the story. ABC’s Jake Tapper devoted nearly two minutes to recounting John McCain’s property holdings after snarkily pointing out that he and his wife own just one house — “well, actually…
LATimes Brooks Thinks Russia/Georgia War is Funny
The L.A. Times' Rosa Brooks has done it again, taken a serious subject and made an uninformed romp of it. One wonders how the old Georgian lady seen in news photos standing wounded among the ruins of her apartment building, or the Georgian Mother running down the street, infant in her arms, trying to escape Russian tanks might feel about the humor with which Brooks brings to bear upon their…
WaPo Labeling Bias Pits Conservative Pro-lifers vs. 'Women's Health Ad
In a below-the-fold August 22 front page story, the Washington Post cast a "controversial" new federal regulation aimed at safeguarding the consciences of medical professionals as pitting "conservative groups" and "abortion opponents" against "[w]omen's health advocates."Right off the bat Post staffer Rob Stein skewed his article -- "Protections Set for Antiabortion Health Workers: Opponents…
Smith's Softball: 'McCain's Attacks Condescending—Does It Anger You
Even by MSM standards, Harry Smith's "interview" of Barack Obama was a disgrace. How soft were Smith's lobs? Had this been a slow-pitch league, Harry might still have been booted for insufficient MPH. CBS aired Smith's chat with the Dem candidate, conducted yesterday, on this morning's Early Show. After a clip of McCain saying he questioned Obama's judgment, not his patriotism, Smith teed it…
Olbermann Mocks Canceled Anti-Global Warming Event; Group Fires Back
MSNBC 'Countdown' host links climate and Hurricane Fay by calling discontinued event in path of storm 'ironic.'
NewsBusted
Topics in today's show: China gets praise from U.S. media, Obama accuses McCain of being a celebrity, New York names highway after Tim Russert, Tara Reid dropped from "Dancing with the Stars. (Click play on video to the right to watch.)
Think Wikipedia Is Biased? Do Something About It
Wikipedia, the community-edited encyclopedia that anyone can revise, is one of the Web's biggest success stories. What you may not know is that it also has become an important player in the political world. Started in 2001 on a shoestring budget, Wikipedia now ranks as the ninth most popular Web site in the U.S., according to Internet ratings company Alexa.com, outpacing such "old media"…
Hillary Still Calling Obama 'My Opponent
Barack Obama is planning to announce his VP pick via text message to his supporters. So in the spirit of the times, let's text message something to Sen. Obama:Brck: b fraid. b vry fraid. hlry stl h8s u.That's what we glean from Hillary's startling statement in Florida today. Chris Matthews aired it at the top of tonight's Hardball:HILLARY CLINTON: I am doing everything I can to campaign for…
Nets Pounce on McCain's 'Housing Crisis,' But Not So Fast with Kerry's
Four years ago when Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry made his “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it” remark, the CBS Evening News instead ran a soundbite of Kerry promising “we're going to build an army of truth-tellers” as it took the newscast six months (!) to finally air the vote for/voted against clip and the NBC Nightly News didn't play it for nine…
Gold Medal Winner Kerri Walsh Thanks President Bush
A couple of astounding things happened at the Olympics on Thursday.First, the American beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh successfully defended their gold medal victory in 2004 becoming the first in the sport to win back to back Olympic championships.Second, during their post-match interview, Kerri grabbed the microphone, looked into the camera, and thanked President Bush…
What about the Choice to Say No
The left attacks pro-life pharmacies -- the free market solution for medical professionals who conscientiously object to contraception.
CBS’s Reynolds Still Doubtful of McCain Denial of Questioning Obama
On Thursday’s CBS Early Show, correspondent Dean Reynolds reported on Barack Obama’s upcoming announcement of a running mate and also highlighted John McCain’s criticism of Obama’s foreign policy: "But McCain is seen by most voters as better on foreign policy and much more likely to be an effective commander-in-chief. That may explain why he's been hammering Obama on the Iraq war, all the while…