Diane Sawyer to Caroline Kennedy: Just How Excited Are You About Obama

November 3rd, 2008 3:50 PM
"Good Morning America" co-host Diane Sawyer prompted Barack Obama supporter Caroline Kennedy to gush about just how excited she was over the senator's possible victory. Sawyer also probed for scintillating details, such as wondering, "Where are you going to watch [the election returns]?" Regarding the Kennedy daughter's endorsement of the Democratic presidential candidate, Sawyer gushed, "So, do…

FT's Clive Crook: I'm Rooting for Obama, But His Economics Worry Me

November 3rd, 2008 3:42 PM
Reporter Clive Crook really likes Barack Obama and in a November 3 op-ed practically endorsed him for president. But, the Financial Times reporter worries, the Illinois senator has some loopy economic ideas. Yes, your just read that correctly. A reporter for one of the Anglosphere's well-respected financial newspapers admits he'd vote for Obama were he an American citizen -- Crook is a subject of…

Whoopi Goldberg: 'I Read [The Constitution],' But Not the 13th Amendme

November 3rd, 2008 2:13 PM
Whoopi Goldberg wants to settle it once and for all: She read the Constitution! Though she apparently still has not read as far as the 13th Amendment. On the November 3 edition of "The View," in discussing a recent Howard Kurtz item noting the tough tone of John McCain’s recent interview, Whoopi once again alluded to her notorious "slavery" sandbag of Senator McCain.Whoopi took issue with some…

British Journalist: 'Obama Stock Is Overpriced; Sell, Sell

November 3rd, 2008 2:03 PM
Here's something you don't see every day: a Huffington Post contributor writing a less than enthusiastic article about Barack Obama.But there it was Monday, with the catchy headline, "Obama Stock Is Overpriced; Sell, Sell." You might not be familiar with the British journalist Simon Jenkins, but this founder of The Sunday Times eloquently said what Obama-loving media in America refuse to:

MRC's Bozell on Media Coverage of Obama's Bankrupting Coal Industry Re

November 3rd, 2008 12:04 PM

CBS ‘Early Show’ Touts Sarah Palin Prank Phone Call

November 3rd, 2008 11:52 AM
On Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith talked exclusively to two Canadian comedians, Marc-Antoine Audette and Sebastien Trudel, who prank called Sarah Palin: "Pranksters pulled a fast one, over the weekend, on vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Comedians from Canada posed as French President Nicolas Sarkozy." Smith later asked them: "Did you get the sense when you were on the phone…

Burnett: McCain Win Might Give Stocks 'Big Pop,' Market 'Priced In Oba

November 3rd, 2008 11:34 AM
Wall Street is definitely watching all those polls the networks keep touting. CNBC's Erin Burnett told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Wall Street was predicting that Sen. Barack Obama will win the presidency, but an upset from Sen. John McCain might boost it: This market has priced in Obama, has not priced in McCain. Some people say that if McCain were to have an upset and win the market…

Arab Paper: ‘Obama’s Historic Intifada’ Allows Islam to ‘Impos

November 3rd, 2008 11:26 AM
From Beirut, Chawki Freiha reports* on a provocative editorial that appeared in the Al Quds Al Arabi newspaper on November 3 written by Abdelbari Atwan, the first journalist to have met with Osama bin Laden. Titled “Obama’s Historic Intifada,” Atwan praises the probable election of Barack Obama to the White House and claims that with Obama installed in Washington, Islam will be able to “impose…

Coal Association Calls Obama-Biden a Disaster, Will Media Notice

November 3rd, 2008 11:18 AM
The Ohio Coal Association, in response to revelations about Barack Obama's extremely hostile position towards coal-fired power plants, issued a statement Monday claiming, "the Obama-Biden ticket spells disaster for America's coal industry and the tens of thousands of Americans who work in it." With only hours remaining before polls open, and this issue having a huge potential impact on…

NY Times Reporters At It Again On Facebook: Mitchell Says NB Contribut

November 3rd, 2008 10:39 AM
Matthew Vadum (Right) Speaking Truth to Flower PowerAs Bill Cosby said via Fat Albert and the Gang, it's like school on Saturday: No class.NewsBusters.org Contributor, the estimable Matthew Vadum of the Capital Research Center, made an October 30th appearance on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, during which he discussed the many illegal activities of the community organizing group Association of…

Video of Obama's Bankrupting Coal Industry Remarks

November 3rd, 2008 10:21 AM
On Sunday, my colleague P. J. Gladnick helped break the story about Barack Obama discussing how his carbon cap and trade proposals would bankrupt coal-fired power plants.Hot Air's Ed Morrissey has found a video of that interview with the San Francisco Chronicle (embedded right).Sunday evening, the Chronicle's Carla Marinucci refuted claims that she and her paper did anything to hide this…

Krugman: GOP 'A Haven For Racists And Reactionaries

November 3rd, 2008 10:15 AM

Suddenly Incurious Katie

November 3rd, 2008 8:37 AM
When Katie Couric was trying to pin Sarah Palin down on examples of John McCain having promoted increased government regulation of business, the CBS anchor, after her initial inquiry, posed no fewer than three follow-up questions, even breaking out the old "not to belabor the point" line as she did just that.But when the man perhaps poised to become the most powerful person on the planet, with…

Gore Vidal Signs Open Letter to Obama Urging Him Not to Concede Even I

November 3rd, 2008 8:07 AM
If Barack Obama loses the election, will he graciously concede? According to an open letter signed by author Gore Vidal and a gaggle of leftists, Obama should not concede under almost any conditions. If Jon Voight had signed an open letter to John McCain asking him not to concede, that would be big news. So far the only sound from the mainstream media to Gore Vidal's dangerous request is the…