Time in the Tank: 8 Cover Appearances in 9 Months

Here's what's at the top of Drudge's middle column at the moment: Actually, I count seven previous cover appearances since December 10, 2007, less than nine months ago:
Tom Blumer

CNN Pushes for Amtrak Funding with Senate Assistant Majority Leader's

So if a government program has been failing for decades, should you A) Privatize it, B) Get rid of it altogether, or C) Throw millions of dollars at it and hope that Americas somehow feel compelled to reenact scenes from "Some Like it Hot." The answer is C if you were watching CNN this morning. "American Morning" pointed out that high gas prices were the reason ridership on Amtrak was up…
Paul Detrick

Obama on Time's Cover AGAIN

Via Drudge we get the recognition that Time Magazine has once again placed the Obamessiah on its cover. This makes the 7th time in the space of a year that Obama has graced the cover of Time Magazine. Thus far, McCain has found the favor of the front cover precisely two times. In the tank much?
Warner Todd Huston

CNN Pushes for Increased Amtrak Funding

'American Morning' complains of 'old and aging' government program; touts senator's new spending bill as solution.
Paul Detrick

Cramer Slams Government Over Fannie, Freddie Mismanagement

'Mad Money' host decries lack of oversight after GSE stocks plummet on Barrons article warning of federal takeover.
Jeff Poor

AP: 'McCain, Nearly 72, Can Be Fuzzy And Forgetful

Mike Bates

NPR Implies Blame On Cindy McCain For Half-Sister’s Circumstances

Cross Posted at Video Done Right Estranged family members come out of the strangest places when the lottery is won or someone has presidential aspirations. These quiet individuals find a sense of power never felt before in their lives when a blood relative hits it big or is about to hit it bigger. In Barack Obama’s case, Vanity Fair reported on a half-brother who was recently discovered living in…
Kerry Picket

Dem Mantra of More Deaths By Terror Under Bush Disproven

A new independent study shows that deaths from terrorism have actually declined by more than 40 percent since 2001. This flies in the face of the constant Democrat mantra that states the opposite, that terrorism has increased since Bush initiated the War on Terror. It is a mantra that the media have helpfully spread for their friends at the DNC. We've heard it again and again from the left in…
Warner Todd Huston

Update: Still No Movement on Ayers-Obama Annenberg Papers

In my post on Tuesday, I wrote about Stanley Kurtz's efforts to access the Annenberg Challenge files housed at the University of Illinois-Chicago. These files documented an educational initiative started by Bill Ayers and chaired by Barack Obama.At that point, only AP writer Pete Yost had written anything about the story. Additionally, U of I rep Bill Burton issued a press release. Since that…
Jacob S. Lybbert

Obama Attacks Fox News, 'Fox and Friends' Responds

Justin McCarthy

SI’s Selena Roberts Predicts Olympic Softball Might Be Saved by Obam

Sports Illustrated’s Selena Roberts, when asked during an interview on the SI website about the future of softball as an Olympic competition on Thursday, added some liberal commentary into her prediction about the sport’s redemption: "One other wildcard for 2016 is the exit of the Bush administration. The undercurrent of anti-Americanism within the IOC, which some say has hurt the U.S. because of…
Matthew Balan

ABC Touts Gun-Toting Granny's Self Defense; CBS Ignores

On Thursday's "Good Morning America," the ABC morning show provided a detailed account of an 85-year old great grandmother who thwarted a burglar by pulling a gun on him and then kept the criminal at bay while waiting for police. CBS's "Early Show," however, has thus far ignored the story. On NBC, "Today" provided a scant 15 second news brief on Wednesday. GMA co-host Robin Roberts appeared…
Scott Whitlock

Networks Ignore Story of Publisher Caving to Fear of Radical Islamist

Two weeks ago, my colleague Matthew Sheffield noted an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about a publishing company going back on its agreement to publish a historical fiction/romance novel centered around Aisha, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad. As of August 21, the mainstream broadcast media networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) are ignoring the controversy, even as more print outlets cover the developing…
Ken Shepherd

Late Night Comedians Bash McCain, Lay Off Obama

Apparently, the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama is no laughing matter.Mimicking their so-called serious counterparts in the so-called serious press, late night comedians have comedically bashed John McCain far more this year than the junior senator from Illinois.So says a new study about to be released by the Center for Media and Public Affairs as reported by the LA Times Thursday (h/t Hot…
Noel Sheppard