During live coverage of President Bush leaving on the presidential helicopter immediately following the swearing in of Barack Obama, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric got reaction from liberal…
In late September, NBC reporter Luke Russert felt pressed to apologize after reporting from the University of Virginia and suggesting that smarter people lean toward Barack Obama: "the smartest…
"Nightline" anchor Terry Moran, who has been gushing over Barack Obama from the very start, filed an enthusiastic report on Monday's show and asserted that "confidence is what President-elect…
Barack Obama not only made history becoming the first black President of the United States Tuesday, but he was also inhospitably greeted by the biggest January Inauguration Day stock selloff ever…
Here's a story you may not have heard as the media have all but ignored outgoing President Bush during the Obama transition.
The Air Force pilot who flew President Bush on 9/11 and ferried…
Less than an hour before Barack Obama took the oath of office, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson spotted former Vice President Al Gore arriving at the inauguration, and Gibson fantasized about how…
CBSNews.com greets readers of its World Watch blog today with, "Cubans Look For 'Change' To Believe In."
The blog post by Havana-based Portia Siegelbaum began by insisting that:
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During Tuesday morning’s inaugural coverage on MSNBC, Chris Matthews twice compared the Bush family to the Romanovs as he contended that the Bushes are now likely to go into hiding because of…
Shortly before 1 p.m. as former President George W. Bush left from the Capitol grounds via a U.S. Marine helicopter to head to Andrews Air Force Base for a flight to Midland, Texas.
MSNBC…
The Associated Press noticed liberal Rev. Joseph Lowery's prayer raised eyebrows when he prayed for that day in the hazy future when "white will embrace what is right." That divisive note drew…
"Good Morning America" kicked off its inauguration coverage on Tuesday with an anonymous announcer enthusiastically repeating the talking points of Barack Obama. During a 7am tease, this voice…
On Jan. 20, the same day Britain was fighting to avoid taking one or more of its banks under government control, Joe Balestrino, portfolio manager for Federated Investors, told anchor Dagen…
"Don't you hate it when you pop a bottle of champagne and it's flat? So, too, with some of these inaugural balls," Washington Post gossip gals Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts alerted their…
As Dick Cheney was literally rolled out of office, in a wheelchair due to a packing accident, Tom Brokaw had one final kick out the door for the Vice President as he compared him to Dr.…
2008 was the safest year ever to be an American miner. The combined number of fatalities from all forms of mining was the lowest ever.
2007 (latest information available) also shows the…
During live coverage of Barack Obama’s inauguration at 9:30AM on Tuesday, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric spoke to historian Douglas Brinkley, who observed: "And it reminds me of Franklin…
CNN correspondent Zain Verjee, in a report posted on CNN.com on January 17, likened the expected large crowds for the inauguration of Barack Obama to the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to…
"Up to this point, there's very much a mirage going on. Barack Obama is what people want him to be. It is not the real thing, yet. He hasn't been tested yet. Once he's tested, then we are going to…
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
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To the Editor:
You report that Barack Obama will call for "a new era of responsibility" ("Obama…
Bob Shrum has a funny way of telling the troops to calm down.
The purpose of the long-time Democratic strategist's opinion piece at The Week (the picture at the right is at that link) is to…
Editor, The New York Times
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To the Editor:
Jeremy Weir Alderson says that "the No. 1 reason for imposing higher labor standards on…
In an article from the AP…
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Inauguration Day.
What are your final thoughts for George W. Bush? What are the high points of his administration, and the low…
We have the streaming video feed of the inaugural for you today. This way you can enjoy the feed AND peruse NewBusters.org... your one stop shop! The video is below the fold of this post.
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