Instead of Asking Hillary Clinton About Benghazi, Barbara Walters Push
December 13th, 2012 1:10 PM
Add Barbara Walters to the list of journalists pushing for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to run for President in 2016. For the third time now, Ms. Clinton has been featured on Barbara Walters’s annual 10 Most Fascinating People special.
Given that Ms. Walters had a one-on-one sit-down interview with Clinton, it would seem logical that the topic of the Benghazi fiasco would come up. It…
Balance: Barbara Walters Chats With Hillary Clinton About Hair, Grills
December 12th, 2012 4:37 PM
Apparently, Barbara Walters's idea of balance is grilling Chris Christie about being too fat and unhealthy to be president. Yet, during the same 10 Most Fascinating People of 2012 program, she conducted a girl talk session with Hillary Clinton, laughing with the Secretary of State about her hair. Walters appeared on Wednesday's Good Morning America to promote the show. Talking to Christie, she…
NBC's 'Meet the Press' Hops Aboard Hillary in 2016 Bandwagon
December 10th, 2012 4:52 PM
On Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory eagerly touted the approval rating of outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and gushed over the prospect of her running for president in 2016: "...her popularity has soared to an all-time high. According to a new Washington Post/ABC poll out this week, 66 percent view the country's top diplomat favorably..." [Listen to the audio or…
NYT's Kantor Speculates on 2016 Plans of 'Widely Respected' Hillary Cl
December 10th, 2012 4:28 PM
New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor graced Sunday's front page with a "will she or won't she run for president" profile of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, "Clinton’s Countless Choices Hinge on One: 2016." Kantor talks of Clinton as "a widely respected figure" of "historic potential" without mentioning the scandal of the Clinton White House, like Travelgate.
Kantor is author of a…
Forget Libya! WashPost Champions Hillary for President In Gushing 'Won
November 26th, 2012 7:26 AM
The Washington Post is once again kissing a Washington posterior. Two days after lauding liberal Sen. Patty Murray, the Post hailed Hillary Clinton with the dominant headline on Monday’s front page: “The secretary of 1,000 things.”
Like any other Hillary superfan, Post reporter Stephanie McCrummen could only wonder whether Mrs. Clinton would now prepare a 2016 presidential run or – perish…
WashPost Food Section Feature Hails Obama Thanksgiving Traditions, Org
November 22nd, 2012 12:46 PM
In last week's Food section, the Washington Post's Manuel Roig-Franzia cooked up a look at various First Families and their respective Thanksgiving traditions. While overall not that bad a feature, the current residents at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue received a fair bit of mushy treatment, especially for incorporating the produce of their organic White House garden into the Thanksgiving feast. [h/…
David Gregory: 'You Could Have a Permanent Democratic Majority
November 21st, 2012 4:57 PM
NBC's David Gregory put forth on national television Tuesday every liberal media member's fantasy.
Appearing on the Tonight Show, the Meet the Press host said, "You could have a kind of permanent Democratic majority" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
NBC's Matt Lauer Almost Calls Him David 'Betray Us
November 12th, 2012 12:12 PM
Remember back in September 2007 when the far-left MoveOn.org created a firestorm with an ad placed at the New York Times headlined "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?"
NBC's Matt Lauer apparently does, for on Monday's Today show, he asked guest Newt Gingrich, "Did David Betray, Petraeus do the right thing by resigning?" (video follows with commentary):
NBC Can't Wait for Hillary in 2016: 'Can You Think of a More Qualified
November 12th, 2012 10:55 AM
During a discussion on Monday, NBC's Today show crew could barely contain their enthusiasm at the prospect of Hillary Clinton running for president again in 2016, with new third-hour co-host Willie Geist proclaiming: "Can you think of a more qualified human being? She lived in the White House for eight years with another President, she was a United States senator, and now she's got every world…
AP Story on 'Innocence of Muslims' Detainee's Sentencing Fails to Ment
November 7th, 2012 7:36 PM
Now that their guy will be in the White House for another term, the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, has apparently commenced its "Cleaning up Benghazi" project -- as, naturally, has the Obama administration.
As part of that effort, the wire service's Greg Risling, reporting from Los Angeles at 6:14 p.m., made only the vaguest of references to how the film "roiled the Middle…
WashPost Buries Benghazi Emails Story on A9, Plastered Front Page with
October 25th, 2012 3:31 PM
This morning the Washington Post website announced that the paper had decided to endorse President Barack Obama for reelection. That endorsement should hit the print edition tomorrow. But make no mistake, endorsing the president is not the only cover the paper is granting the president. Witness the Post's treatment of the latest, damning development in the Benghazi fiasco.
Post editors buried…
Joe Klein: Benghazi Consulate Controversy 'The October Mirage - It Rea
October 21st, 2012 6:20 PM
The Obama-loving media were out in force Sunday downplaying the significance of the White House's ever-changing position on the attacks on our consulate in Benghazi last month.
After New York Times White House correspondent Helene Cooper called the death of four Americans "peripheral to what's going on right now" on Meet the Press, Time magazine's Joe Klein told Face the Nation viewers this…
Orlando Sentinel Endorses Romney After Backing Obama in
October 19th, 2012 5:58 PM
The Orlando Sentinel endorsed Mitt Romney on Friday.
This is a switch from the the paper's support for Barack Obama in 2008.
Here's the Sentinel's view now:
Krauthammer: 'Media Had To Be Shamed By Fox News Into Looking Into' Be
October 16th, 2012 7:17 PM
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer had some harsh words for his fellow journalists Tuesday concerning their coverage of the murders of four Americans last month at our consulate in Libya.
During a Fox News Special Report segment about this matter and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's assertion that the buck stops with her on Benghazi, Krauthammer said, "The media had to be shamed by…