Obama Victory Would Not Be License to Attack Business or Over-regulate
As election results rolled in, the hosts on CNBC's election coverage speculated what a win by Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama might mean. CNBC "Kudlow & Company" host Larry Kudlow warned Obama shouldn't misinterpret the election results to unleash an attack on vital parts of the economy. "My point is Obama can not go far to the left if he is winning states like Ohio and…
Warning: Beware of Exit Polls
As the returns come in, many media outlets will begin sharing exit poll data.Studies of the last four presidential elections have shown these exit polls to be tremendously skewed towards the Democrat -- meaning that they showed a much greater percentage of the vote going to the Democrat than the actual results. With this in mind, NewsBusters readers are warned to take them with a grain of salt.…
Attack of the Mormon Missionaries: Prop. 8 Foes Produce Religiously Bi
The foes of Proposition 8 in California which would restore the definition of marriage in that state as being between one man and one woman have produced an incredibly bizarre and bigoted commercial. The video depicts a pair of Mormon missionaries invading the home of a lesbian couple and ransacking it until they find their wedding license and then tearing it up. This video displays obvious…
MSNBC Promo: 'Experience the Power of Change
It's taken them awhile, but good to see that MSNBC has now seamlessly integrated its own promotional advertising with that of the Obama campaign.An MSNBC promo that just aired, touting the network's election coverage, concludes: "Watch MSNBC, and experience the power of change." And as you'll see from the screencap, who is at the center of MSNBC's coverage but Keith Olbermann. Oh, and prior to…
Obama-Brokaw? Caroline Kennedy Said NBC Anchor Made Obama's Short VP L
In a Thursday night appearance on the PBS show Charlie Rose, it was revealed that the Democratic ticket could have been Obama-Brokaw. Rose reported: "I think it was Caroline Kennedy who said that when they have the short [running mate] list for Barack Obama, there was a name down there somewhere?" Tom Brokaw replied: "My name was on it." Rose pestered Brokaw to go into public service after his…
Juan Williams: Loss of Republican Senators Will Make GOP More Radical
Fox News political commentator Juan Williams appeared on a panel for Tuesday's "Good Morning America" to predict that a decrease of Republicans in the Senate could actually make the legislative body more contentious and that a "hard right" minority might be reined in by a defeated John McCain. After mentioning the possible losses of Senators Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, John Sununu of New…
CBS ‘Early Show’ Fawns Over Obama Casting Ballot
In the 8:30AM half hour of Tuesday’s CBS Early Show co-host Maggie Rodriguez led live coverage of Barack Obama voting in Chicago and asked Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer: "Bob, how must he be feeling right now?" A choked up Schieffer replied: "Well, I mean, this is a -- this is a remarkable moment in American history. Stop and think about this, 150 years ago there were 31 million people who…
Obama Thanks The Tanks, Media Was ‘Gracious’ For Barack
**Update**I've Been Scolded...
It’s always nice to see someone thank another for their hard work, isn’t it? Well, here at the end of this long, long presidential campaign (it’s been going on since 2004 for Barack and the Old Media, after all), Barack Obama has thanked his fellow campaign members in the Old Media for their hard work as they’ve fronted for him, pushed for him, and willingly dived…
WaPo Ombudsman: Okay, So Maybe, Just Maybe, We Are Biased
Dismissing the notion as "simplistic" that her paper is liberally biased, Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell wrote on Sunday that there is "a grain of truth" to the lament from conservatives that the Post skews leftward (emphases mine):Neither the hard-core right nor left will ever be satisfied by Post coverage -- and that's as it should be. But it's true that The Post, as well as much of…
WaPo Print Edition Downplays McCain Military Ballot Lawsuit in Virgini
The McCain campaign filed suit yesterday against Virginia in federal court to "force the state to count late-arriving overseas military ballots," reported the Associated Press in a November 3 story. While the Washington Post's Web site carries the 5-paragraph AP article, the paper's print edition this morning punted on running a separate follow-up article. Instead the Post devoted a few…
CNN Caller: Where's Your Report On Black Panther Voter Intimidation in
A man called in to CNN's Helpline on Tuesday wondering why the network hasn't reported the Black Panthers who were seen standing in front of a Philadelphia polling station this morning, one of them carrying a billy club.According to the caller (audio available here), he was going to vote for Obama until a friend told him about this incident. The caller said, "Now Fox has broadcast this, and I…
Black Panthers Intimidate Voters at Philadelphia Polling Station
Fox News reported moments ago that a couple of Black Panthers were at a polling station in Philadelphia intimidating voters:
