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CNN Anchors Fawn: Ted Kennedy Is 'American Royalty
During Saturday’s “Breaking News” coverage of Senator Edward Kennedy’s hospitalization for a seizure, CNN anchors Fredericka Whitfield and T. J. Holmes sycophantically referred to the Kennedy family and the Senator himself as “political royalty” and “American royalty,” as if all Americans — or even all in Massachusetts — bend their knee before the throne of Camelot.While the Bush family, for…
'Nightly News' Calls Cuban Defections a 'Setback
Segment about Cuban circus romanticizes life under authoritarian socialist rule.
'Big Oil' Faces 'the Same Game Plan that Brought Down Big Tobacco
Lawyer that sued the tobacco industry in the 1990s now suing energy industry for causing climate change, according to Atlantic Monthly.
Is Olbermann on the Verge of Another Professional Meltdown
People that have been following the career of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann are fully aware that it's only a matter of time before he has a professional meltdown forcing him to once again change jobs.Such was the case in 1997 when he abruptly left ESPN due to what he referred to in a Salon article five years later as having been unable to "handle the pressure of working in daily long-form television"…
Media Snoozes While Obama's 'Altered States' Gaffes Continue
Noel Sheppard of NewsBusters posted Saturday on Barack Obama's tirade against Fox News. The underlying report by Ryan Alessi of McClatchy's Lexington Herald-Leader also contained this nugget (HT National Review' Online's Media Blog), showing that the candidate's basic geography challenges continue: Obama conceded that he has a steep challenge to get his message and background to voters in…
CBS: Bob Shrum on Kennedy: ‘Most Effective and Significant Senator I
On Monday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith talked to Democratic strategist Bob Shrum about Senator Ted Kennedy being hospitalized over the weekend and asked: "How important -- is there a way to measure this? Because everybody took a deep breath on Saturday and took a second to say, ‘oh, my gosh.’" Shrum responded: "I thought it was an incredible acknowledgment of the fact that this is…
CNN’s Roland Martin Slams ‘War Hero’ McCain While Speaking for O
CNN contributor Roland Martin, asked about Democrats’ low poll results concerning national security on Friday’s "Election Center" program, answered using his best Barack Obama impression. "...John McCain, you're a war hero. You served. But you also voted for the war that's led to the death of 4,000 Americans. We have spent billions of dollars and, frankly, it has not stabilized the Middle East…
Oops! Newsweek CW Reverses Itself on Chinese Earthquake Response
Last week I noted how Newsweek.com's Conventional Wisdom gave an "up" arrow to China, praising its response to a devastating earthquake:Chinese government: Unlike Burma's generals, officials are responding quickly and openly to natural disaster. Now the Jonathan Alter-edited featurette has reversed itself for the May 26, 2008 dead-tree edition:[down arrow] China: Quake damage highlights price…
ABC's Robin Roberts to Obama: Ready for the Nasty GOP
"Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts conducted a syrupy, softball interview with Michelle and Barack Obama on Monday's program, mostly free from any discussion of substantive policy issues. Instead, Roberts played a clip from a Tennessee State Republican Party ad that attacked Michelle Obama for saying the '08 campaign marked the first time she's been proud of America. The GMA host…
NBC's Engel to Bush: War on Terrorism Has Not Made World Safer
During an exclusive interview with George W. Bush, on Monday's "Today" show, NBC's Richard Engel seemed to blame all of the Middle East's problems on the President's policies as he charged that, "Iran's position in the world is rising because of your actions in Iraq," and that the war on terrorism "has not made the world safer."This exchange was typical of the tone of the entire interview where…
AccuWeather Meteorologist Tells Obama to Can Gore as Environment Advis
Although Joe Bastardi is likely not a household name, most Americans probably know his face as one of the meteorologists interviewed whenever a serious climate event like a hurricane hits the mainland.Despite such regular airtime, the senior AccuWeather.com meteorologist's open letter to presidential candidates concerning anthropogenic global warming will likely be thoroughly ignored by media far…
AP, Bloomberg, and Some Economists Defining Recession Upward
The business press's recession obsession continues:A couple of weeks ago, in the wake of the initial first-quarter GDP growth reading of 0.6%, Rex Nutting at MarketWatch.com entertained us with the notion that an economy can be in a recession even while there is real, if anemic, economic growth.Today, Jeannine Aversa of the Associated Press, with the help of a number of economists, told us that…