Rev. Wright's Press Club Debacle Has CNN Anchor Groaning 'Ah, Boy
April 28th, 2008 11:49 AM
How bad was Reverend Wright's appearance before the National Press Club this morning? Bad enough that even CNN contributor Roland Martin—who yesterday enthused about Wright's address to the Detroit NAACP, who gave Wright's chat with Bill Moyers an 'A'—flunked it with an 'F.' Bad enough that David Gergen condemned it as "narcissistic almost beyond belief." Bad enough that, introducing a panel…
William Safire Savages Moyers' 'Loving Conversation' with Rev. Wright
April 28th, 2008 10:31 AM
As NewsBusters' Brent Baker reported last Friday, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama's pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, was "interviewed" last week by PBS's Bill Moyers, and the broadcast networks fell for the snowjob hook, line, and sinker. Quite surprisingly, Howard Kurtz's panel on Sunday's "Reliable Sources" were far less impressed, in particular, former New York Times columnist…
CNN's Soledad: Rev. Wright Speech a 'Home-Run
April 28th, 2008 7:51 AM
Were they commenting on the same speech? Rev. Jeremiah Wright goes before the Detroit NAACP, claims that black and white children learn with different parts of their brain, and offers a simpering, unflattering imitation of the way white pastors speak. CNN's Soledad O'Brien gushes that the speech was a "home run" and "really funny." But over at Morning Joe, Wright's words prompted a panel member…
Wallace Plays Hardball With Obama, Netroots Angered by Barack's Civili
April 27th, 2008 12:28 PM
Well, sports fans, the highly-anticipated, years in the making interview of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama on "Fox News Sunday" is over, and it's certain that folks on both sides of the aisle -- as well as all three remaining campaigns -- will find positives and negatives to glom on to.In fact, some well-known liberal bloggers have already expressed their displeasure with Obama,…
'Like Willie Horton, Except Obama Knew Rev. Wright
April 27th, 2008 7:40 AM
This week's Fox News Watch was a mix of the candid, the intriguing and the downright comical. Let's start with the humor. Well-intentioned liberal panel member Jane Hall, wringing her hands over the fact that the Wright matter has injected race into the campaign, got off this bit of unintentional comedy.JANE HALL: Unfortunately, this is going to be what's going to be associated [with Obama]. I…
Wallace Has 'A Very Friendly Exchange' With Obama
April 26th, 2008 5:01 PM
MSNBC's Dan Abrams and the folks in the liberal blogosphere are going to be very disappointed tomorrow when they witness what Chris Wallace says was "a very friendly exchange" between the "Fox News Sunday" host and Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama.In fact, despite what Talking Points Memo reported Friday concerning Obama doing the program to "take on Fox," as well as Jonathan Kim's ("…
MSNBC's Abrams: I Don't Think Obama Should Go On Fox News
April 26th, 2008 3:28 PM
Honestly, the hypocrisy of liberal media members knows no bounds.On Friday, Dan Abrams of MSNBC voiced extreme displeasure with the announcement that Democrat Presidential candidate Barack Obama is finally going to be interviewed by Chris Wallace on this weekend's "Fox News Sunday."This from a man whose very network has hosted numerous presidential debates despite moderators Chris Matthews and…
Obama Finally Accepts Wallace's Invitation in Order to 'Take Fox On
April 26th, 2008 2:25 PM
The "Obama Watch" on "Fox News Sunday" will officially come to an end this weekend when the Democrat presidential candidate finally allows himself to be interviewed by Chris Wallace.Sadly, the junior senator from Illinois appears to be doing this kicking and screaming while planning to enter the ring with much the same agenda as former President Bill Clinton did in September 2006. As reported by…
Olbermann Nostalgic for Days Rush Could Be Hanged
April 25th, 2008 9:39 PM
Who said leftists are opposed to the death penalty? It's just a question of whose neck's in the noose . . .Many might wax nostalgic for the America immortalized in Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post cover drawings. Not Keith Olbermann. He longs for the good old days when people like Rush Limbaugh . . . could be strung up. Here's the Countdown host tonight, speaking with Air America's…
ABC and CBS North Carolina TV Stations Refuse to Air Anti-Obama Ad
April 25th, 2008 8:03 PM
Charlotte ABC affiliate WSOC-TV channel 9, and Raleigh CBS affiliate WRAL-TV channel 5, have both refused to air the new ad from North Carolina's Republican Party which declares that two Democratic gubernatorial candidates “should know better” than to endorse Barack Obama since “he's just too extreme for North Carolina,” as evidenced by his long association with Reverend Jeremiah Wright. The ad…