Of the MRC's Sweet-On-Obama Sixteen, Only the Infatuated Four Remain

October 20th, 2008 9:58 AM
And then there were four -- the Infatuated Four.Of the sixteen most pro-Obama journalists, you have determined the four that have been the sweetest on him.  Your righteous indignation, and your votes, have solidified the Sweet-On-Obama Sixteen's Infatuated Four. So check the results, and vote again to pare the four down to two.  All on the way to determining the Media's Most Valuable Partisan (…

Nets Trumpet Powell's 'Major,' 'Powerful' 'Endorsement of the Year

October 19th, 2008 11:11 PM
Journalists on TV Sunday heralded the importance and impact of Colin Powell's long-expected endorsement of Barack Obama which he made on Meet the Press. Later in that show, NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell touted Powell's endorsement and critique of the McCain campaign as “a very powerful political statement.” On the same panel with Mitchell, Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham declared that “having Colin…

Halperin: Media Bias This Campaign Doing Democracy a Disservice

October 19th, 2008 11:27 AM
Time magazine's Mark Halperin on Sunday made one of the strongest insider indictments to date about how the Obama-loving media have behaved during this presidential campaign.Talking with CNN/Washington Post media analyst Howard Kurtz about the "clear, unambiguous double standard" concerning how differently Barack Obama's fundraising and flipflop over taking public campaign funds would be covered…

Pew: Limbaugh and Hannity Fans Politically Smarter Than Colbert's, CNN

October 19th, 2008 12:24 AM
The Pew Research Center conducted a survey to see what the audiences of the various political shows knew about politics, and what they found goes against the conventional wisdom about whose audience is better informed about current events. With a simple three-question survey about politicians in high office, it turned out that the audiences of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity answered more…

CNN’s David Gergen Mocks Joe the Plumber, Asks Why McCain Didn’t V

October 17th, 2008 4:26 PM
On Thursday’s Anderson Cooper 360 program, CNN senior political analyst David Gergen followed the liberal talking points about how Joe the Plumber’s real first name is Samuel and how he doesn’t have a plumbing license. When host Anderson Cooper asked if John McCain benefitted from the attention on the Ohio laborer, Gergen replied, "Well, I think he was for a while. But I -- when we found out he…

CNN Glosses Over Failure of Universal Health Care

October 17th, 2008 3:01 PM
This health care plan seems like it has more flaws than the bailout bill. A news brief on "CNN Newsroom" Oct. 17 said that Hawaii's universal health care program for children would be hit with the "budget ax." The screen said "Hawaii's Budget Ax" and anchor Heidi Collins reported that, "For the past seven months it's been the only state in the nation to offer universal healthcare for…

CNN’s Polls Are Grade A – Or Else

October 17th, 2008 9:48 AM
CNN's Presidential Debate Report Card echoes most polls offered by the main stream media.  It involves 60% Democrats as a sample group, and if your response doesn't agree with their agenda, then some ‘alterations' are made.  In other words, the results are weighted to provide liberals with an edge.  The Web site's latest report card allows the viewer to rate the performance of both…

Premature Celebration? CNN’s Post-Debate Crew Suggests There’s No

October 16th, 2008 3:54 PM
Within an hour of the conclusion of Wednesday night’s presidential debate, CNN’s political panel began sketching out John McCain’s political obituary, with senior analyst David Gergen drawing a round of laughter when he replied “beats the hell out of me” when asked by anchor Anderson Cooper what McCain could do next. Gergen bleakly suggested McCain had no chance and should end the race with his “…

CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Mistakenly Portrays Dial-Tester ‘Dive’ f

October 16th, 2008 2:04 PM
On CNN’s post-debate coverage on Wednesday night, special correspondent Soledad O’Brien misinterpreted the dial-tester reaction from a focus group of 30 Ohioans. When she played a clip of the dial test line graph flat-lining then rising up again slightly when John McCain spoke about the issue of Bill Ayers during the presidential debate, she overemphasized the results: “You see the dive. I mean,…

TV's Take: McCain Too Sarcastic and Conservative, Obama in Center

October 16th, 2008 3:40 AM
Recapping Wednesday's presidential debate TV journalists were struck with how Barack Obama conveyed an “appeal to the center” while a “sarcastic” John McCain showed “disdain and contempt” and was hurt by being too much of a right-wing “ideologue” whose  “worst moment” came when he raised the name of William Ayers. Also noteworthy: On NBC, Ann Curry pressed six undecided voters to “raise your hand…

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: Obama ‘Doesn't Have an Affiliation with ACOR

October 15th, 2008 10:30 PM
[See update below for how Toobin did the same thing later in the evening.] CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin brushed aside the issues of Barack Obama’s affiliation with left-wing terrorist William Ayers and the liberal group ACORN during a roundtable discussion on Wednesday’s Situation Room program: "Who cares about ACORN? Who cares about Bill Ayers? I mean, I just don't get this. What is…

CNN’s Rick Sanchez Highlights ‘Defecting’ Conservatives Against

October 15th, 2008 8:05 PM
During Wednesday’s Newsroom program, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez tried to portray that there were many so-called conservatives who were "defecting," in his words, from John McCain over his selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. His list of conservatives, which he read prior to an interview of National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru, included homosexual activist Andrew…

CNN's John Roberts Whines About 'Media Research Council

October 15th, 2008 6:23 PM
CNN anchor John Roberts complained in an October 15 interview to Media Life magazine about the "Media Research Council" (he meant Media Research Center) giving him an award in 2001 for being one of the most liberally biased journalists during George W. Bush's first 100 days in office. In the interview, Roberts labeled himself an "equal opportunity holder of feet to the fire," and lamented that "…

October Surprise: CNN Gives Bush-Bashing Comic His Own Show

October 15th, 2008 12:19 PM
Right before the election, CNN is giving a Bush-bashing comedian a weekend show where he can spout off about “politics, entertainment, sports and popular culture,” Variety reported last night.Back in March 2006, as NewsBuster’s editor Brent Baker reported at the time, D.L. Hughley slammed President Bush during an appearance on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher: “If I hear one more person tell me…