Abrams Bashes Fox News Despite Getting Trounced in the Ratings
It appears MSNBC's Dan Abrams is shamefully mimicking colleague Keith Olbermann's somewhat successful strategy to bring in viewers by belittling his competition.Think of it as the largely unwatched liberal media member's "If you can't beat 'em, bash 'em" motif.Despite how pathetic it is, it's certainly worked for Olbermann, whose incessant invective aimed at Bill O'Reilly -- interspersed, of…
Liberal Perception Equals Reality to American Urban Radio's April Ryan
Perception is everything, facts are trivial to April Ryan, judging from two recent comments from American Urban Radio Network's White House correspondent. [audio available here]At the April 29 Rose Garden press conference, Ryan asked President Bush the following question about the economy:I talked to [Rep.] James Clyburn [D-S.C.] before this press conference. He said, "As a man thinketh, so are…
Roll Hoosiers? Mika Misled Into Agreeing Bear Bryant Indiana Coach
Aren't southern gentlemen supposedly chivalrous? Yet Joe Scarborough, son of the Florida Panhandle, today exploited Mika Brzezinski's less-than-encyclopedic knowledge of sports to lure his Morning Joe colleague into agreeing that the famous former coach of the Indiana University basketball team was none other than . . . Bear Bryant.The jumping-off point was Joe's wearing of a red sweater today…
Matthews Disses Dittoheads: 'Manipulable
Dittoheads, you've been dissed. Chris Matthews has dismissed you as "manipulable"— mind-numbed robots, you might say. CNBC's John Harwood seconded the snub. It happened on this evening's Hardball as Matthews mused about the potential impact of Operation Chaos on the upcoming primaries.CHRIS MATTHEWS: How much of a move do you hear, John Harwood, the so-called Operation Chaos is going to play…
'On Stump Last Night, Obama Was Trivializing' Wright Ruckus
Was Barack Obama's denunciation of Rev. Wright yesterday just some ginned-up anger, a show for the cameras—and the voters? You might think so, to judge by Andrea Mitchell's surprising revelation on today's Morning Joe . . . View video here.JOE SCARBOROUGH: What do you think of the Obama statement yesterday? Was it enough to finally put this behind him?ANDREA MITCHELL: Perhaps, yes. He had to do…
Maddow Accuses Scarborough of 'Tying Barack Obama to Hitler
I'm beginning to see Joe Scarborough's skirmishes with Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe as mere batting practice for the much more serious battles he undertakes in the evening with Rachel Maddow on Race for the White House.As Noel Sheppard documented, Maddow and Scarborough tangled on April 17th, with Joe possibly having exited the set in the end. The pair were back at it on this evening's "Race…
Matthews to Jimmy Carter: Will 'Right' Play 'Racial Card' Against Obam
Chris Matthews invited on former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday’s "Hardball," and not surprisingly tossed softballs at his former boss and prompted him to weigh-in on Jeremiah Wright as he asked: "Do you think his pastor will be used by people on the right to play the racial card?"The following exchange occurred on the April 29 edition of MSNBC’s "Hardball":CHRIS MATTHEWS: Do you think his…
MSNBC's 'Verdict' Guest Jonathan Turley says Gore Won Florida in
On last night's "Verdict" with Dan Abrams, Dan and guest [Constitutional Law Professor] Jonathan Turley dissected Sunday's "60 Minutes" interview with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. After dissenting with Scalia's claim that it was Al Gore "who brought it (election 2000) into the Florida courts," Turley then made the following claim:Look, both sides were challenging this question. The…
Obama Camp Rips Wright
One small step for David Axelrod, one giant leap for Barack Obama away from Jeremiah Wright . . . When chief Obama strategist Axelrod appeared at the end of this evening's Hardball, I expected him to dodge the current Rev. Wright controversy with some bromide about the reverend's right to express his opinions. But—in evidence of just how badly Wright's current comments are hurting Obama—Axelrod…
CNN's Soledad: Rev. Wright Speech a 'Home-Run
Were they commenting on the same speech? Rev. Jeremiah Wright goes before the Detroit NAACP, claims that black and white children learn with different parts of their brain, and offers a simpering, unflattering imitation of the way white pastors speak. CNN's Soledad O'Brien gushes that the speech was a "home run" and "really funny." But over at Morning Joe, Wright's words prompted a panel member…
Who Had the Fairer Panel: Meet the Press or Fox News Sunday
For a moment, let's step away from the commentary, per se, and focus on the commentators. Liberals love to chide Fox News for its alleged conservative bias. So why don't we see, when it comes to being fair and balanced, how this morning's Fox News Sunday panel stacked up against that of its main competitor, Meet the Press?Here are the line-ups—you be the judge.MEET THE PRESS Host–Tim Russert…
Former NBC Analyst Confirms He Quit Due to Network's Move to the Left
Last February, NewsBusters reported the resignation of retired Col. Ken Allard from NBC News as a result of the military analyst's view the network was undergoing a "precipitous retreat from journalistic and ethical standards."On Sunday, Allard was more specific, claiming, "I thought they really had moved very slowly to the left, and I also thought that when they had the chance to clarify to the…
