Yet Another Obama Flip-Flop Flagged, This Time on Iraq

June 29th, 2008 11:12 AM
At The Corner over at National Review Online (HT Instapundit via Weapons of Mass Discussion), Pete Hegseth calls it a "zigzag." Given how fundamental Barack Obama's former position was to his credibility as a candidate during the Democratic primaries, I'd say it's yet another a full-fledged, full-throated flip-flop, accompanied by a fundamentally flawed reading of the Bush Administration's…

Olbermann's Defense of Obama Flip-flop Draws Netroots Ire

June 28th, 2008 11:09 AM
Just two weeks after getting into a brouhaha with Huffington Post editor Rachel Sklar, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has found himself in a tussle with one of the chairmen of the Netroots, Salon's Glenn Greenwald. At the heart of this dogfight between two shameless liberal pols was Barack Obama's recent flip-flop on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and how Olbermann altered his own views on…

Newsweek: Gun-banning Mayor 'Weighs Options' Post-Heller Ruling

June 27th, 2008 11:05 AM
The ink was hardly dry on the June 26 ruling overturning Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban when Newsweek started the hand-wringing about how the city's political establishment would react.Rather than profiling D.C. resident Dick Heller, the victor in the lawsuit, or officials from gun rights groups on their next move in challenging other gun bans with yesterday's precedent, Newsweek sought to press…

Newsweek CW Pulls an Albright, Toasts North Korean Dictator

June 26th, 2008 10:57 AM

Newsweek: Obama's Experience Trumps McCain's

June 24th, 2008 10:03 AM

Abrams Defends Michelle Obama With McCain's 'I Really Didn't Love Amer

June 21st, 2008 3:00 PM
Want to know just how in the tank MSNBC's Dan Abrams is for Barack Obama? On Thursday's "Verdict," the network's former general manager actually tried to deflect criticism from Michelle Obama by bringing up statements John McCain made concerning his experience as a Vietnam POW making him realize how much he loves America.This is how Abrams began the program: "Tonight: We have uncovered comments…

Yahoo! Hypes Newsweek Poll With 15-Point Obama Lead

June 21st, 2008 7:52 AM

Olbermann Sneers at ABC's Lack of 'IQ' for Claiming Obama Flip-Flopped

June 20th, 2008 2:42 PM
In 1992, reporters like Joe Klein and Sidney Blumenthal were mocked as Clinton Conformity Cops, telling other journalists that the goal of electing Bill Clinton was too important to create any obstacle of objectivity that might get in the Democrat's way. This came to mind when watching MSNBC on Thursday night, but Keith Olbermann took it a step further. He attacked ABC’s Charles Gibson and George…

Newsweek's CW: Obama Could Signal Death of Public Campaign Financing

June 20th, 2008 11:47 AM
Today's Conventional Wisdom at Newsweek.com gives the imperial thumbs down for public campaign financing system, and all because the all-but-anointed Democratic champion is foregoing federal funding.:[Down arrow] Public campaign financing: Obama decision to forgo funds could signal the end of system.Besides being entirely too premature to make a pronouncement like that, it's a blown opportunity…

Pay Attention, Stephen King; New Study: Minorities, Women Satisfied in

June 12th, 2008 6:56 PM
Here's something Stephen King might want to read before scoffing at military service.A new study shows women and minorities are more satisfied in general with their jobs than white men in the military and that military women are generally much more positive about their career and career prospects than their civilian counterparts, according to a new study. Newsweek's Sarah Kliff has the story in a…

Newsweek Asks McCain: How Can You Beat 'Hugely Gifted' Obama

June 10th, 2008 7:02 PM
Presumptive GOP nominee John McCain granted an interview to Newsweek’s Jon Meacham and Holly Bailey, and in the first sign of a long, uphill campaign with the media, McCain was asked how he could defeat such a "hugely gifted politician" in a "brutal year on a clinical level for any Republican to be running." Newsweek’s duo (or most plausibly, Newsweek editor Meacham) lectured McCain not to use a…

Alter Loves McClellan Now, Bashed Stephanopoulos in

June 2nd, 2008 10:55 PM

Bozell Column: Sex and the Skittish

May 31st, 2008 8:32 PM
That sleazy yet hallowed HBO television series "Sex and the City" is now in theaters as a feature film, and the cultural elites are having a religious experience. Newsweek previewed the movie by reporting how an estimated 50,000 people, some from far-away lands like Australia and Japan, "make the pilgrimage each year to the shrine," the fictional New York City home of "Sex" protagonist Carrie…

Newsweek Pens Cover Story That's a Friendly Obama Advice Memo

May 29th, 2008 5:43 PM