Contrasting how Barack Obama won the nomination of the Democratic Party to how Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell achieved their successes, Chris Matthews insulted the aforementioned as "showcase…
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August 28th, 2008 9:49 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
August 28th, 2008 9:14 PM | Ken Shepherd
At about 7:45 p.m. EDT on August 28, a camera panning the crowd outside the outdoor MSNBC set in Denver caught a man holding up a "9/11 Was an Inside Job" sign. Another sign urged a Maddow/…
August 28th, 2008 8:39 PM | Brent Baker
The second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was revised upward Thursday by the Commerce Department from the initially estimated 1.9 percent to a robust 3.3 percent, but neither the CBS Evening…
August 28th, 2008 7:16 PM | Paul Detrick
Sometimes the qualities that make a strong candidate in one pool make them a weak candidate in another pool.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would hurt Republican presidential…
August 28th, 2008 6:45 PM | Rich Noyes
It’s hard to imagine that Barack Obama has ever had to deal with a moment’s bad press from his pals at MSNBC, but you may remember how back on February 19, while anchoring coverage of the Wisconsin…
August 28th, 2008 5:15 PM | Matthew Sheffield
As the Democrats begin to wind down their national convention, we at NewsBusters are revving a series of reports under the banner "Quick Study" that take an in-depth and quantitative look at the…
August 28th, 2008 4:21 PM | P.J. Gladnick
What do you do when you are the mayor of San Francisco and your poorly timed push for gay marriages is blamed for your party's loss in a presidential election, you get yourself involved in a…
August 28th, 2008 3:47 PM | Noel Sheppard
As more and more media outlets begin to notice the feud going on between some of MSNBC's highest profile on air personalities, a question begins rising to the surface: just how serious is it?
…August 28th, 2008 3:36 PM | Colleen Raezler
It's Day 4 of the Democratic convention and MSNBC just can't get over the lack of "red meat" thrown to the party faithful. Commentator Pat Buchanan raised the issue during the 7:00 hour of this…
August 28th, 2008 3:04 PM | Noel Sheppard
Well, folks, even the good people at "The Daily Show" have noticed the squabbling at MSNBC:
Sweet.
August 28th, 2008 2:49 PM | Tom Blumer
In a "Leading the News" story primarily about Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden's prior praise of John McCain, Susan Crabtree at The Hill noted previous posts made by yours truly…
August 28th, 2008 1:15 PM | Noel Sheppard
The blow-up that is occurring on MSNBC is beginning to draw attention from media members including the former co-anchor of the "CBS Evening News" Connie Chung who advised those involved in the on…
August 28th, 2008 12:13 PM | Matthew Sheffield
One thing the ongoing feud between MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann has demonstrated that politics can get very personal. Both anchors are very committed Democrats yet seem to despise…
August 28th, 2008 8:49 AM | P.J. Gladnick
Spike Lee seems intent on inadvertently subverting Barack Obama's campaign. As we saw previously, Spike Lee suggested that rappers could be an important campaign asset for Obama. And now in an…
August 28th, 2008 8:05 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Update | 10: 30 AM: Scarborough acknowledges Biden's 'F' rating. At 8:36 AM EDT, Joe said that "a blog" had attacked him, noting Biden's 'F' rating from gun owners. View video here,…
August 28th, 2008 1:36 AM | Geoffrey Dickens
Chris Matthews liked the pick of longtime Senator Joe Biden for Barack Obama but the prospect of John McCain picking a veep, of similar voltage on the Republican side, like Minnesota Governor Tim…
August 27th, 2008 10:50 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Few Republicans have made it onto MSNBC air during the network's Dem convention coverage, but even that is apparently too much for Keith Olbermann. As Chris Matthews was interviewing GOP…
August 27th, 2008 10:36 PM | Noel Sheppard
On Wednesday, NewsBusters asked: Is the hatred [Keith] Olbermann has been spewing on virtually a nightly basis beginning to take its toll on his fellow on air personalities presaging a looming…
August 27th, 2008 8:49 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Another chapter in the ongoing Matthews-Olbermann feud? Yesterday, a catfight broke out between the two when Olbermann suggested Matthews had stolen an idea from two female pundits, and later…
August 27th, 2008 8:39 PM | Ken Shepherd
Yesterday I posted video of Scholastic News kid reporter Jack Greenberg reminding MSNBC's David Shuster about the centrality of objectivity to journalism.:
I try to stay objective through…
August 27th, 2008 7:09 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
Just seconds before Nancy Pelosi acknowledged the nomination, by affirmation, of Barack Obama on Wednesday night, Chris Matthews cheered the organizers who were able to bring the "magic moment" to…
August 27th, 2008 6:43 PM | Colleen Raezler
According to the New York Times, pro-life Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey, Jr. spoke last night at the Democratic convention to “reach out to religious voters and anti-abortion Democrats and…
August 27th, 2008 6:13 PM | Lyndsi Thomas
While hosting the 1 p.m. EDT hour of MSNBC News Live, Brian Williams interviewed Democratic Senators Evan Bayh and Jack Reed as well as former Republican presidential candidate…
August 27th, 2008 5:25 PM | Lyndsi Thomas
On two separate occasions during the 1 p.m. EDT hour of MSNBC News Live on Wednesday, host Brian Williams continued to wonder, as he did repeatedly the night before, if there will ever be a female…
August 27th, 2008 5:10 PM | Rich Noyes
Appearing on MSNBC Wednesday afternoon to promote his new movie, ‘America Betrayed,’ a left-wing screed produced by a former CNBC anchor that purports to be a “documentary” about the evils of the…