Hillary Clinton, 'Saturday Night Live,' and the New Politics

Tuesday night's Democratic debate brought an unexpected political analogy to mind: Hillary Clinton has become Bob Dole.That point became eminently clear in the debate multiple times but especially during her attempt to rebuke NBC debate moderators Tim Russert and Brian Williams by evoking a recent "Saturday Night Live" episode which accused the press of being "in the tank" for Barack Obama."In…
Matthew Sheffield

Bill Buckley Made It Okay to Be a Conservative

I was a conservative as a kid, but fell under the sway of liberal profs and the New Age culture. But Buckley was a key force in pulling me back to reality.
Robert Knight

Bozell Column: New York Times Slimes John McCain

Brent Bozell

Democrats' Final Tangle

The two remaining Democratic candidates are squaring off tonight in their possibly final debate. It's being broadcast at 9:00pm ET on MSNBC. Post comments here if you are watching the debate.
Matthew Sheffield

Tucker's Turn For Time-Out? Carlson Clipped Over 'Totally Out of Line

Now that David Shuster has returned from MSNBC exile after the Clinton campaign complained about his comments on Chelsea, will Tucker Carlson's be the next head Camp Hillary hunts?Senior Clinton advisor Kiki McClean comprehensively rapped Carlson's knuckles this evening over comments Tucker made about Clinton campaign spokesman Phil Singer.View video here.
Mark Finkelstein

Matthews Slams Conservative Radio Host's 'Rotten' Criticism of Obama

Geoffrey Dickens

Heaven Knows Martin Bashir Doesn't Get Christianity

"Bishop: 'Heaven Not Our Final Destination,'" read the teaser headline on ABCNews.com (pictured at right). "Hmm, what's this?" I thought, so I clicked on the link to find a story by ABC's Martin Bashir teasing a February 26 "Nightline" story about N.T. Wright, an Anglican bishop and theologian. [It should be noted that Bashir referred to Wright by his middle name Thomas Wright rather than N.T.…
Ken Shepherd

Newsweek Photo Bias: McCain vs. Barack Obama

Yesterday I blogged about photo selection bias on Newsweek.com's front page. The subjects in comparison were Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and newly-minted Cuban dictator Raul Castro. McCain makes another unflattering photographic appearance on the Newsweek home page today, but it's Barack Obama who gets the comparatively better image. The Democratic nomination frontrunner is shown in a Getty Images…
Ken Shepherd

I, Albright: First-Person Singular 20 Times in Pro-Hillary CNN Intervi

What is it with these Hillary surrogates putting themselves in the limelight? Bill has famously turned the focus on himself, in effect giving Hillary's concession speech on a recent losing night and more recently exhorting people to elect "me." Today it was Madeleine Albright's turn. Speaking with Wolf Blitzer on this afternoon's Situation Room ostensibly for purposes of promoting Hillary…
Mark Finkelstein

Anointing Misguided
Leaders: the Networks Disservice to Black America

CMI senior editor Brian Fitzpatrick studies coverage of the biggest civil rights story of 2007 and finds that the networks sought comments only from the liberal black establishment, never from prominent African-Americans who emphasize character and personal responsibility.
Brian Fitzpatrick

CBS’s Smith: ‘Obama the Target of a Photographic Smear

At the top of Tuesday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith teased upcoming coverage of a photo of Barack Obama in Somalian dress: "Heading into the final debate tonight. Obama, the target of a photographic smear." Compare that to how Smith introduced a New York Times hit piece against John McCain last week: "This bombshell report that Republican front-runner John McCain may have had a romantic…
Kyle Drennen

'Crap'-slinging Olbermann Whines: Jon Stewart Wrong to Make Obama/Osam

Given his penchant for comparing Republicans to Hitler, using such phrases as "slinging crap," and stating that the Bush presidency "has now devolved into a criminal conspiracy to cover the ass of George W. Bush," you would think that Keith Olbermann, the buffoonish left-wing sportscaster-cum-newsreader would refrain from giving lectures on political civility or the limits of comedy. Not so,…
Matthew Sheffield

ABC: Threat of Climate Change on Par with Nuclear War

'Good Morning America' explores 'Doomsday Vault' built in case of 'worst predictions of global warming.'
Genevieve Ebel

Liberal Media Ethicists Mourn MSNBC Blurring the News/Opinion Line

Tim Graham