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Will Media Report Bill Clinton's Lingering Anger Towards Obama
June 28th, 2008 6:54 PM
While media gushed over Hill and Barack's kiss and make-up ceremony in Unity, New Hampshire, Friday, a larger story was lurking in the shadows without getting much attention: Bill Clinton is still very angry at the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee, and he's not close to calling a ceasefire.In fact, according to the British Telegraph, the former President is still on a war footing (…
Huffington Post Headline: 'Obama Undercuts His Brand
June 28th, 2008 4:17 PM
Want more evidence that some of Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama's recent campaign maneuvers aren't going over very well with the ultra-left in this nation?Take a look at the headline at the front page of the Huffington Post Saturday: Obama Undercuts His Brand Readers clicking on the link will find the following opening paragraph to an article bylined "The Huffington Post" (emphasis…
Olbermann and HuffPo Editor Square Off on Couric and Anti-Hillary Bias
June 14th, 2008 1:32 PM
It seems not everyone in the liberal blogosphere is smitten with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann.Take for example Huffington Post editor Rachel Sklar who on Thursday called out the insufferably arrogant and pompous "Countdown" host for naming CBS's Katie Couric his "Worst Person in the World" previously reported by NewsBuster Brad Wilmouth:Olbermann accused Couric of taking out of "context" comments by…
CNN Picks Up McCain ‘Plagiarism’ Story From HuffPost, Daily Kos
June 5th, 2008 4:02 PM
CNN’s Veronica De La Cruz pulled her scoop on Thursday’s "American Morning" straight out of the left-wing blogosphere. The network’s Internet correspondent cited both the Huffington Post and the Daily Kos in her short segment on the brand-new changes on John McCain’s presidential campaign website.De La Cruz first zeroed in on McCain’s new slogan. " His new slogan reads ‘a leader we can believe in…
Columnist: Sexism in Campaign from Liberal Blogs and Obama Supporters
May 25th, 2008 11:10 AM
Here's something you don't see every day: a female member of the media blaming the sexism and misogyny in the presidential campaign on liberal Democrats, liberal bloggers, and Barack Obama supporters.Yet, that's what occurred Sunday morning when syndicated columnist Marie Cocco was invited on CNN's "Reliable Sources" to discuss the role sexism and misogyny have played in this election cycle.…
US News’s Zuckerman: I Don't Give to Politicians; Records Show He Ha
May 9th, 2008 2:48 PM
It's not unusual for journalists to attempt to distance themselves from the appearance of political ties, especially when trying not to be perceived as biased. But saying you do and actually doing are two separate things. U.S. News & World Report Editor-in-Chief and chairman of Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) Mort Zuckerman was asked about donating money to Democratic presidential hopeful Sen…
CNN’s Blitzer to Huffington: ‘I Read Your Blog on HuffPost All the
May 7th, 2008 2:00 PM
Wolf Blitzer, on Friday’s "The Situation Room," conducted a softball interview of Arianna Huffington, helping her to promote her new book, "Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe," and asking her for her take on the three presidential candidates. He failed to identify her "Huffington Post" website, "one of the most popular…
Limbaugh Derangement Syndrome at HuffPo: Radio Host Genocidal to Dems
May 7th, 2008 1:54 PM
I'm no medical doctor or psychiatrist, but I believe there's a disturbing condition sweeping the left-wing blogosphere, closely related to the well-documented malady of Bush Derangement Syndrome. Call it Limbaugh Derangement Syndrome if you will, and I will.What else do you call it when a lib blogger compares the radio talk show host to agitators of Rwandan genocide? From Jeffrey Feldman's May 7…
Huffington Cheap Shot: 'John McCain Should Not Be Allowed to Hold Shar
May 6th, 2008 9:20 AM
Shortly after reporting on her Web site that GOP presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain did not vote for George W. Bush in 2000, Arianna Huffington continued to denigrate the presumptive Republican nominee before a Washington, D.C., audience. "Actually, you know what I think - the more I think of it, John McCain should not be allowed to hold sharp scissors," Huffington said. "[Y]ou know he…
HuffPo Slams NBC for Not Sensationalizing Eight Belles' Derby Death
May 5th, 2008 3:18 PM
On the heels of accusations that the media exploited the death of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, now there are cries that NBC didn't spend enough time on Eight Belles' death. After her second-place finish in Saturday's Derby, the three-year-old filly snapped both ankles and was euthanized by a vet on the track. Ruth Hochberger is one of the voices criticizing NBC for their “abysmal” coverage…