After the vice presidential debate Chris Matthews criticized Sarah Palin for, of all things, looking into the camera because it made her look like a "dolt." In fact, the "Hardball,"…
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October 3rd, 2008 1:45 AM | Geoffrey Dickens
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October 2nd, 2008 3:11 PM | Dan Gainor
How do you get nominated for a magazine award? Do something that offends almost everyone and tears down an American icon at the same time. Even better, claim you were just trying to get “…
October 2nd, 2008 1:20 PM | Kevin Mooney
Former Clinton Administration officials and liberal news media personalities who have been sharply critical of the "The Path to 9/11" miniseries fail to point out that top executives, editors and…
October 2nd, 2008 10:12 AM | Jeff Poor
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. That must have been CNBC host Melissa Francis’ line of thinking when she described the so-called “tax extenders” included in…
October 1st, 2008 2:46 PM | Brad Wilmouth
It was eight years ago this week that France 2 TV introduced the world to Mohammed al-Dura, the Palestinian boy who was allegedly shot and killed during a gunfight…
October 1st, 2008 2:26 PM | Julia A. Seymour
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi blasted free market capitalism (and the GOP) in front of the entire nation on Sept. 29 as the debate raged over a potential $700 billion bailout.
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September 30th, 2008 10:05 PM | Tom Blumer
You might think that a presidential election year might give the Big Three networks' evening newscasts a shot in the arm.
You would be wrong.
Full-year figures released last week and…
September 30th, 2008 9:07 PM | Mark Finkelstein
How unbalanced was MSNBC's "Race for the White House" panel this evening? The two Obama-friendly panelists—Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post and Richard Wolffe of Newsweek—were ostensibly…
September 30th, 2008 6:31 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
On Tuesday night's "Hardball," Chris Matthews wondered if Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, "an Ivy League grad" and "genius," was really a good choice to play the role of Sarah Palin in Joe…
September 30th, 2008 4:45 PM | Jeff Poor
Since the $700 billion bailout plan went down in the House of Representatives by a 228-205 margin, talking heads and politicos have been looking for ways to circumvent Congress and give the…
September 30th, 2008 4:36 PM | Kerry Picket
Mainstream media personalities are very much like politicians, as they can spout their views to a large audience and have an effect on public policy. However, unlike pols, media personalities are…
September 30th, 2008 2:39 PM | Rich Noyes
MSNBC may have dropped Chris Matthews as “news anchor” of major political news events, but he was a major presence during coverage of Friday’s debate between John McCain and Barack Obama.…
September 30th, 2008 12:44 PM | Lee Boggs
MSNBC has pulled a vicious political commercial attacking Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain over his bouts with cancer and medical records. The network aired the 32-second…
September 29th, 2008 6:36 PM | Lyndsi Thomas
With the vice presidential debate only a few days away, MSNBC gave a lot of attention on Monday to what Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin are doing to prepare for their one and only debate.…
September 29th, 2008 6:20 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Aren't Chris Matthews and Hardball the champions of the little guy? You know, those folks, embittered by the bad economic times, who get exploited by questionable financial institutions? So why…
September 29th, 2008 3:39 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Like an MSM version of Nancy Pelosi, whose hyper-partisan floor speech reportedly angered many GOP members, Chris Matthews wasted no time in trying to pin the blame for the defeat of the bailout plan…
September 28th, 2008 10:49 AM | NB Staff
Although this thread is dedicated to today's NFL lineup, we certainly can talk about some of yesterday's surprising upsets in college football...even if it does stir up some trouble. :-)
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September 27th, 2008 2:35 PM | Brad Wilmouth
During Friday’s post-debate coverage on MSNBC, Chris Matthews portrayed Barack Obama as appearing "more presidential" while he complained that John McCain "was crunched over, almost grumpy in…
September 27th, 2008 1:27 PM | Brad Wilmouth
During a special edition of MSNBC’s Countdown show after Friday’s presidential debate, Keith Olbermann seemed to insert a joke about the weight of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger into a…
September 27th, 2008 2:37 AM | Brent Baker
In the 20 minutes of post-debate analysis before the broadcast networks ended coverage and the cable channels moved on to other shows Friday night, on MSNBC Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell…
September 27th, 2008 1:32 AM | Matthew Balan
CNN’s Iranian-born chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour, during the network’s post-debate coverage, made fun of John McCain’s stumble during the debate concerning the…
September 27th, 2008 1:30 AM | Scott Whitlock
During late night coverage of Friday's presidential debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, “Hardball” host Chris Matthews attacked the…
September 26th, 2008 8:24 PM | Matthew Sheffield
I've written in the past how despite MSNBC's attempts to make itself into the network of choice for liberals, it simply isn't going to work since most Democrats simply like CNN better.
Is…
September 26th, 2008 5:17 PM | Ken Shepherd
With less than 40 days until the election and the U.S. going to hell in a handbasket, America needs Howard Fineman now more than ever. That according to, well, Howard Fineman.
Here's how…
September 26th, 2008 4:10 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Is there some kind of competition on the left to see who can make the most denigrating remark about the mental acuity of Republicans? As we've noted, last night Paul Begala called President Bush "a…