Matthews Emotes: 'Magic Moment, Right Out of Camelot
June 4th, 2008 8:38 PM
Chris Matthews looked at Barack and Michelle last night, and saw Jack and Jacqueline. Opening this evening's Hardball, the host was almost overcome by emotion in describing the scene of Obama's victory speech last night in St. Paul, Minnesota. Here was Chris, discussing the matter with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, Roger Simon of Politico, and Ed Gordon of BET.CHRIS MATTHEWS: Let's dwell for one…
CBS’s Smith: ‘Is America Really Ready to Elect a Black Man Preside
June 4th, 2008 6:37 PM
At the top of Wednesday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith teased an upcoming segment on Barack Obama becoming the first black nominee of the Democratic Party: "And the question, one of the many questions of the morning, is America really ready to elect a black man president? We have a brand-new CBS poll. The numbers will amaze you." At that point, co-host Julie Chen added: "You know who I…
Chris Matthews: Obama's Win a 'Magic Moment,' Like 'Camelot
June 4th, 2008 6:21 PM
Chris Matthews took to the air on MSNBC's "Hardball," just moments after former Obama fundraiser Tony Rezko was convicted on fraud and money laundering charges, but Matthews wasn't about to let that bit of breaking news ruin the moment, as he never mentioned the conviction once on the hour long program. However, he did find time, during the 5 PM EDT edition of Wednesday's Hardball, to gush about…
Blogger Conference Calls: McCain Invites Critics From Right & Left
June 4th, 2008 5:55 PM
With the traditional media admitting they find it hard to curb their enthusiasm for Barack Obama, John McCain demonstrated again today that he is reaching out to the new media, giving blogging critics from the right and left the opportunity to participate in the blogger conference calls he has been regularly conducting. The Washington Times noted the phenomenon in an article of May 16, McCain…
AP: Obama Fundraiser Rezko Found Guilty of 16 Counts of Corruption
June 4th, 2008 5:48 PM
The Associated Press just reported that Antoin "Tony" Rezko was found guilty of 16 out of 24 counts in his corruption trial (picture courtesy AP).Truly shocking: the piece lead with the fact that Rezko was "a prominent political fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama."Will other media outlets do the same?While you ponder, here's the surprising first, second, and fourth paragraphs (emphasis added, h/t…
CNN's Gergen: Obama Speech Echoes Martin Luther King, Abe Lincoln
June 4th, 2008 5:46 PM
"Change We Can Believe In" is the new "I Have a Dream," that is, if you ask the crew at CNN. During Tuesday’s live election coverage, CNN reporters and analysts gushed over Barack Obama’s speech, comparing it to those of Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln as well as praising Obama for his graciousness towards Hillary Clinton. Leading up to Obama’s speech, Anderson Cooper announced…
'Today' Invites RFK's Daughter on to Promote Book, Bash GOP
June 4th, 2008 5:17 PM
On the day after Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination, NBC's "Today" show invited on Kerry Kennedy to promote her book about her father, Robert F. Kennedy, but during the interview viewers were subjected to an anti-Republican rant. Asked by NBC's Matt Lauer if there can be "unity in the Democratic Party," Kennedy responded by listing a series of grievances against the Bush administration…
ABC Fawns: 'Amazing,' 'Ground-Breaking,' 'Historic' Clinton
June 4th, 2008 4:15 PM
With Hillary Clinton's presidential run apparently over, ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday offered a love letter to the New York Senator. Well known Clinton fan Kate Snow and co-host Diane Sawyer rhapsodized about Clinton's "ground-breaking," "historic" campaign. The segment also featured Hillary poetry from author Maya Angelou. Splicing Snow's audio with Angelou's voice, the GMA reporter…
NYT's Favorite Candidate Clinches Democratic Nomination
June 4th, 2008 4:13 PM
Sen. Barack Obama is now the Democratic presidential nominee, to the approval of no doubt much of the New York Times' news team, which has lifted the Illinois senator throughout the campaign, and nudging Sen. Hillary Clinton towards stage right, even as she continued to win primaries. Times Watch's rough count of Times news stories since Thanksgiving 2007 shows a nearly 3-1 ratio of positive-to-…
CBS: Obama Making History vs. McCain’s ‘Attacks’ & Lack of ‘En
June 4th, 2008 2:44 PM
On Wednesday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith began the show by declaring: "A place in history. Barack Obama claims the Democratic presidential nomination. The first African-American to do so." While Obama’s win was indeed historic, correspondent Dean Reynolds later reported on Obama’s "ecstatic" supporters and the Senator’s humility: "...despite the thunderous, indeed ecstatic, applause…
McClellan's Bush-Bashing Book to be Made Into a Movie
June 4th, 2008 1:37 PM
Honestly, do Hollywoodans have no shame?If rumors swirling around Tinseltown about a movie being made about Scott McClellan's new Bush-bashing book "What Happened" are true, the answer to that question is a resounding "No."Yet, according to Jeffrey Ressner at Politico, this disgraceful idea is already being floated (emphasis added):
BET Founder: Election of Obama ‘Greater Than the Emancipation Procla
June 4th, 2008 1:37 PM
BET founder Bob Johnson, despite his consistent support of Hillary Clinton, placed an unequivocal importance on Barack Obama’s election as President during a segment on Wednesday’s "American Morning." "I believe that if Senator Obama leads this country the way he ran the primary, it will become a historic event for African-Americans, probably greater than the Emancipation Proclamation, which was…
