Many Recognize Media's Pro-Obama Bias, Democrats Prefer CNN
June 6th, 2008 3:41 AM
“Far more Americans believe that the press coverage has favored Barack Obama than think it has favored Hillary Clinton,” a just-released survey, from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, discovered in determining 37 percent recognize a bias in favor of Obama. Even 35 percent of Democrats “see a pro-Obama bias” compared to 45 percent of Republicans and 40 percnt of independents.…
Obama, Liberal? Don't Make Maddow Laugh
June 5th, 2008 11:05 PM
Barack Obama, liberal? Surely you jest. Rachel Maddow found the suggestion so silly, she literally burst out laughing. The Air America host was part of this evening's panel on Race for the White House. David Gregory couldn't complete his reading of Rich Lowry's take on Obama before Maddow let loose.DAVID GREGORY: Let's go to Smart Take #2. This is Rich Lowry from National Review Online, he's…
Making Fun of 'Bush-isms,' Movie Reviewer Makes Self Look Uneducated
June 5th, 2008 9:31 PM
I was tooling about the Internets looking for movie reviews and came across a hilarious example of "stupid is as stupid does" that I just couldn't resist fisking here on Newsbusters. It is on a flashy, kitchy site called ioncinema, presumably where the cool kids meet to find out about all that's new in cinema and run by bunches and bunches of 20 somethings. There we see a featured post by one…
CBS: WaPo’s Sally Quinn Says Hillary ‘Is A Tortured Person
June 5th, 2008 4:36 PM
On Thursday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith talked to Washington Post columnist Sally Quinn about what Hillary Clinton’s legacy will be after leaving the presidential race on Saturday and Quinn declared that: "I think that this is a tortured person who has run and run and run and gone for it and gone for it, and it's power, and it's this and it's that, and 'I've got to be there.' There's…
CNN Picks Up McCain ‘Plagiarism’ Story From HuffPost, Daily Kos
June 5th, 2008 4:02 PM
CNN’s Veronica De La Cruz pulled her scoop on Thursday’s "American Morning" straight out of the left-wing blogosphere. The network’s Internet correspondent cited both the Huffington Post and the Daily Kos in her short segment on the brand-new changes on John McCain’s presidential campaign website.De La Cruz first zeroed in on McCain’s new slogan. " His new slogan reads ‘a leader we can believe in…
Chicago Daily Herald: Vote for Obama or You're a Racist
June 5th, 2008 3:01 PM
The Daily Herald, a Chicago-area paper, waxed triumphant over the ascendancy of Barack Obama to the assumed position as the Democratic Party nominee for the presidency today. The article was filled with soaring pronouncements of the historical nature of this moment and what it means for America but, by the end of the piece, "Historic candidacy brings hope, obligation," one gets the feeling that…
Levin Accuses Matthews and Russert of 'Slobbering All Over' Obama
June 5th, 2008 2:59 PM
For well over a year, NewsBusters has been reporting the media's almost romantic obsession with Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama.This unprofessional infatuation eventually became so obvious that press members themselves have been openly discussing it for the past couple of months.With this in mind, conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin absolutely skewered two of the most obvious…
CBS’s Couric to Obama: Are You and Hillary ‘Chemically Compatible
June 5th, 2008 1:31 PM
On Thursday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Julie Chen teased an upcoming segment about CBS "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric’s recent interview with Barack Obama: "And then Obama. The Katie interview. What he thinks of Hillary," a clip of Couric was played: "Do you think you're chemically compatible?" Co-host Maggie Rodriguez then teased an interview with Clinton supporter Congressman Charles…
ABC's Claire Shipman Lovingly Compares Obama to RFK
June 5th, 2008 1:21 PM
To mark the 40th anniversary of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's death, "Good Morning America's" Claire Shipman filed a fawning report on Thursday in which she compared Barack Obama to RFK. Splicing together footage of Kennedy and Obama, Shipman noted the "similarities" and nostalgically declared, "The search to shift that mantle, futile of course. But also a quintessentially American desire for, if…
Hillary's Message to Supporters Keeps Glimmer Alive
June 5th, 2008 7:15 AM
Hillary Clinton is an Ivy League lawyer surrounded by Ivy League lawyers. Anyone who saw her advisor Harold Ickes in action at the DNC Rules Committee over the weekend knows that these are folks who can and will parse every jot and tittle. When they write a mesage, particularly a very momentous one, it should be taken at anything but face value.So when, as a loyal member of Hillary's email list,…
Anchors Rejoice: Obama Making History, 'Son of Gun, I've Done This
June 4th, 2008 10:10 PM
The ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts all led Wednesday night with celebratory interviews with Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama -- with ABC and NBC plastering “MAKING HISTORY” on screen -- as the three anchors luxuriated in Obama's success. ABC's Charles Gibson wondered: “I'm curious about your feelings last night. It was an historic moment. Has it sunk in yet?” Gibson followed up by…
