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ABC's Sawyer: Press Using 'Boxing Gloves' on Hillary
Thursday's "Good Morning America" featured a group of liberals talking about whether the press favored one liberal over another liberal and several leftist journalists were cited as proof. Specifically, co-host Diane Sawyer continued the program's self flagellation over whether the media is biased in favor of Barack Obama and against Hillary Clinton.The ABC anchor discussed the issue with Arianna…
John McCain: Disqualified at Birth
Just the latest flaky, negative story on McCain since he apparently clinched the GOP nomination.
Media Revelation: Ethanol is Causing Inflation
CNBC's Cramer confronts Clinton on ethanol fallacy in interview; 'Nightly News' admits corn is causing higher food prices.
CNBC's Burnett: Recession vs. Slowdown is Only 'Semantics
'Today' contributor claims there's no real difference between recession and slowdown, despite the fact that worried talk contributes to economic woes.
Presidential Press Conference Live Blog
What follows is coverage of the February 28 presidential news conference. I focused mostly on the questions posited by the media. Video of the most biased questions should be posted shortly thereafter. Bottom line: Most of the really biased questions came down on the economy, particularly with regard to gas prices. Other than that and a question by Bill Plante about FISA immunity for telecom…
Time's Prez Warning: 'Nurse With 35 Yrs. Experience Killed Patient Fas
Not that Time's in the tank for Obama or nuthin'. Not that its new cover merely depicts Barack with an other-worldly aura, asks the question whether experience matters and answers it largely in the negative.No, it gets much better. The magazine's editor goes on Morning Joe and cites a study comparing a new nurse with a nurse who has 35 years of experience. And he lets us know that not only did…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking points:Drudge is reporting (via Rasmussen) that Obama's now ahead of Clinton by four points in Texas. Meanwhile, Rasmussen shows Hillary's lead in Ohio slipping. Is Tuesday the end of the road for Hillary's presidential run this year? Will she concede next week, or continue to hang in the race despite the futility? Assuming the former, are you…
Not-So-Great Depression Coverage: All of the Hype, but None of the Bre
Unsatisfied by characterizing economy as in recession, networks try comparing current situation to the Great Depression.
Obama Received $80,000 From Firm Of Abramoff Notoriety
The title to this article is exactly how I'd write it if I were a political hack trying to drum up a faux controversy for use by other political hacks in the mainstream media. Which is exactly what Sam Stein of the Huffington Post did on February 12th as he broke out the yellowkid journalistic mold for a fantasy leftist hack attack on John McCain headlined in giant font, McCain Received $100,000…
NYT Has 24% Approval Rating
The New York Times's attempt to insinuate a romantic relationship between John McCain and a lobbyist has apparently backfired. In a poll released today by Rasmussen Reports, the American public holds a strongly negative view of the story and of the paper that released it: Just 24% of American voters have a favorable opinion of the New York Times. Forty-four percent (44%) have an unfavorable…
Buckley Hailed, But NBC Chastises Him on McCarthy, Race & AIDS
ABC, CBS and NBC on Wednesday night delivered laudatory tributes to the late William F. Buckley, Jr., but while ABC's Charles Gibson, as well as Katie Couric and Richard Schlesinger on CBS, stuck to the positive and his many achievements as an editor, author and TV show host, NBC anchor Brian Williams couldn't resist including a political slap from the left on the day Buckley passed away at age…