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…
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September 30th, 2008 10:05 PM | Tom Blumer
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…
September 26th, 2008 3:44 PM | Jacob S. Lybbert
The New York Times is going the way of MSNBC. I suspect they're going to find that appealing to the Angry Left is not a successful business model.
Rather than investigate the campaign…
September 26th, 2008 12:51 PM | Rich Noyes
Wednesday morning, ABC News and the Washington Post released a new poll showing Barack Obama leading John McCain by 9 points, 52% to 43%. The next day, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal…
September 25th, 2008 3:29 AM | Jeff Poor
Are journalists playing favorites with some of the key political figures involved with regulatory oversight of U.S. financial markets?
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews launched several…
September 25th, 2008 1:55 AM | Brent Baker
Keith Olbermann, who was hardly reticent during the conventions to express his far-left opinions, told David Letterman on Wednesday that he's pleased about being relieved by MSNBC of anchor duties…
September 24th, 2008 10:05 PM | Warner Todd Huston
Andrea Mitchell is mad at John McCain and Sarah Palin because the McCain camp excluded the press from Palin's meetings with foreign officials this week. She is so upset that she as much as charged…
September 24th, 2008 4:04 PM | Brent Baker
In suspending his campaign to deal with the bail out bill before the House and Senate, John McCain canceled his appearance on tonight's Late Show with David Letterman, a program to be recorded today…