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CBS’s Smith: ‘Terry McAuliffe, Why is Your Candidate Still In This
On Thursday’s CBS "Early Show" co-host Harry Smith fretted over Hillary Clinton’s refusal to drop out of the presidential race and pressed Clinton campaign manager Terry McAuliffe on why she is still in the race: "Let me show you some headlines this morning. From this morning's Daily News, 'It's His Party,' with a picture of Barack Obama. From the New York Post, 'Over the Hill,' you know what…
Behar: McCain to Appoint Justices that 'Roll Back Civil Rights
John McCain’s anti-woman philosophy will guide him to appoint Supreme Court justices that will roll back civil rights, according to Joy Behar. Discussing the 2008 election on the May 8 edition of "The View," political pundit, Catholic theologian, and constitutional scholar Joy Behar offered her theory on why white women will vote for Obama, assuming he is the nominee, and even called Roe v. Wade…
The New York Times Dubs FAA 'First-Rate Regulator' and 'Role Model
How do you get a better air safety record? Try not crashing first. The New York Times reported that outside the United States the Federal Aviation Administration is considered a "role model" and "first-rate regulator," because it has the lowest accident rate in the world. The Times' viewed regulation rather than market based innovation as the solution to accident rates in foreign countries…
Plagiarizing NYT Reporter Disparages Salmon Industry with Another Ques
Trade association discovers writer identifies security guard as 'the port director' after having been accused of plagiarism on two occasions.
Times Dubs FAA 'First-Rate Regulator' and 'Role Model
Newspaper says that in other regions of the world the agency is looked up to.
ChiTrib Notes How Anti-Wal-Mart Hysteria Hurting Windy City
Wal-Mart is right up there with "Big Oil" as a left-wing bogeyman, and the mainstream media are often on the side of liberal activists screaming "Boo!" as our friends at the Business & Media Institute can attest. But today's Chicago Tribune laid out how "[b]ig city politics trumps low prices" with a labor union victory over Wal-Mart's plans to erect a store within city limits.The paper's Web…
Meredith Vieira: Does Hillary Worry She Could Be Obama 'Spoiler
NBC's "Today" show added its voice to the chorus of "Get Out Hillary!" chants as its co-host Meredith Vieira asked Clinton's campaign chairman if the New York senator worried that "she could become a spoiler, the longer she stays in the race?"Vieira attempted different variations of the "When will Hillary get out?" line with Terry McAuliffe on Thursday's "Today" show as she pressed: VIEIRA: "Is…
Get Out: ABC Again Ramps Up Pressure for Hillary Exit
"Good Morning America" news anchor Chris Cuomo on Thursday aggressively told top Hillary Clinton aide Howard Wolfson that it's time for the senator to get out of the race and allow Barack Obama to begin his general election campaign. At one point, after the communication director suggested that Clinton would do better than Obama in states such as West Virginia, an irritated Cuomo sputtered, "If…
CNN.com Needs to Brush Up on Its Military Hardware
CNN has an article posted this AM about the on-going misery in Myanmar resulting from the recent cyclone that devastated the Irrawaddy delta and has left as many as 100,000 dead. The country's paranoid military dictatorship is hampering aid efforts, and as a result, is no doubt adding to the number of dead and injured. In writing about the U.S. forces in the area poised to help if the…
‘Nightly News’ Praises ‘Goliath’ Home Depot’s Demise
How could job loss for 80 small-town residents be a "great story?" When it means the defeat of a "big box" "Goliath" said NBC.On May 7, NBC "Nightly News" gleefully reported the closing of a Home Depot in Brattleboro, Vt. The closure is part of the company's plan to close 15 of its roughly 2,200 stores due to underperformance. NBC portrayed it as "David versus Goliath," and praised the little…
NBC's Ann Curry: John McCain is Old, He's 71. Did I Mention He's
The "Today" show's Ann Curry interviewed Cindy McCain on Thursday morning and got her to promise that the McCain campaign won't go negative. However Curry, herself, repeatedly pressed a point that is sure to be part of a, not-so-quiet, whisper campaign against the Arizona Senator this fall--that he's too old to be President. [audio available here]ANN CURRY: And she laughed when asked if she has…
ABC’s Housing Crisis Newest Bad Guy: The Builder
It must be difficult every night for the media to find a fresh angle on the housing downturn. Perhaps the so-called "victim" angle is played out, so ABC's May 7 "Nightline" blamed the builders. The broadcast featured Maricopa, Ariz., a community near Phoenix where one in 10 homes is for sale. "While existing homes go begging for buyers, builders continued putting up new houses," said ABC…
Media Find Another Housing Crisis Villain: The Builder
ABC's 'Nightline' runs segment blaming homebuilders for glut of housing in Arizona community.
Time's Tumulty Parrots Nun-sense On Indy Voter ID Law
The Catholic-majority Supreme Court has no respect for nuns. That's the new media meme about a recent Supreme Court ruling upholding an Indiana voter ID law. That very same law, the media would have us believe, "barred" or "turned away" from voting 12 nuns in South Bend on the Hoosier State's May 6 primary. Of course as a simple read of the Indiana Secretary of State's Web site shows, that's…