Zakaria Helps Obama With His Undivided Jerusalem Flip-flop
July 20th, 2008 6:10 PM
Folks that are actually paying attention to Barack Obama's many flip-flops certainly remember a whopper from early June when he told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that Jerusalem must "remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided."As this angered Palestinian groups, the junior senator from Illinois quickly reversed his position the following day. Last Sunday, Obama…
Kurtz: Media Covering Obama As If He Were Already President
July 20th, 2008 1:25 PM
For months, CNN's Howard Kurtz has been one of the loudest mainstream media voices accusing his fellow press members of being disgracefully in the tank for presumptive Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama.On Sunday, Kurtz continued his finger-pointing by accurately stating, as it pertains to the focus on the junior senator's trip to the Middle East, "the media in general, not just the…
Why You Can't Tell Jokes About Obama
July 20th, 2008 11:23 AM
As NewsBusters reported, John McCain was Conan O'Brien's guest on Friday's "Late Night," and the comedian asked the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for some joke ideas beyond just his age.According to the Weekly Standard's Christopher Caldwell, comedians are having a far more difficult time finding humorous material about Barack Obama.Writing for the Financial Times Friday, Caldwell…
No Media Outrage Over Offensive Rolling Stone McCain Cartoon
July 20th, 2008 10:55 AM
You might think that a tidal wave of denunciation would ensue if a cartoon depicting John McCain being tortured in a bamboo cage by Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and another person (who might be George W. Bush) were to appear in a supposedly respectable or trendy publication. You might further think that giving McCain's three torturers stereotypically exaggerated Asian features would only…
PCMag.com: Attack of the Geeks on John McCain
July 20th, 2008 1:09 AM
Someone peed in Lance Ulanoff's pocket protector and it must have been a Republican, because Ulanoff, one of PCMag.com's chief geeks, unloaded on the "tech illiterate" John McCain in a July 16th article, insisting that McCain isn't "tech savvy enough to run this country."
Ulanoff is filled with all sorts of assumptions and with faux indignation that John McCain dares run for president even…
Hannity to Obama: Do You Have The Guts To Come On My Show
July 19th, 2008 6:50 PM
On Wednesday, presumptive Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama blamed his wife's high negative ratings on "the conservative press—Fox News and the National Review" as well as "rants by Sean Hannity."He also said, "And you know, the problem is that rarely do these folks have the guts to say it to your face." On Thursday, Hannity struck back (video embedded right):Senator Obama, here is my…
John McCain on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien
July 19th, 2008 4:01 PM
John McCain joined comedian Conan O'Brien on NBC's "Late Night" Friday, and did very well:
Petraeus on Obama Plan: 'The Enemy Is Sometimes an Independent Variabl
July 18th, 2008 8:51 PM
What if someone gave a war & Nobody came? Life would ring the bells of Ecstasy and Forever be Itself again. -- from"Graffiti," poem by Allen Ginsberg [1972].Maybe so. But what of the converse? What if someone sued for peace but the enemy didn't go along? That was the gist of General David Petraeus's observation today on the Obama withdrawal plan. Petraeus made his comments in the course of…
CBS: Obama Has Chance to Be ‘Statesman,’ Show ‘Gravitas
July 18th, 2008 4:59 PM
On Friday’s CBS "Early Show," correspondent Sheila MacVicar reported on Barack Obama’s upcoming international tour and declared: "...Senator Obama is taking to the skies to stride on the world stage. It's a chance for Americans to take a look at how he measures up as a statesman...it's an attempt to demonstrate he has the necessary gravitas to maneuver through diplomatic minefields, especially in…
George Stephanopoulos Admits McCain 'Frustrated' by Obama Coverage
July 18th, 2008 4:58 PM
"Good Morning America," in what is surely a sign of things to come, prepped for Barack Obama's first Middle East trip by focusing three stories on the subject, including one in which George Stephanopoulos admitted that John McCain is "frustrated" by the media attention given to the foreign excursion. GMA co-host Robin Roberts and the ex-Clinton aide discussed the media coverage briefly, in a…
Weekend Captionfest
July 18th, 2008 4:00 PM
Barack Obama delivers a speech on July 15 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC (AFP/Karen Bleier).
MRC's Bozell Discussed Obama's MSM Groupies on 'Fox & Friends
July 18th, 2008 10:15 AM
MRC President and NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell appeared on today's "Fox & Friends" around 8:15 a.m. EDT. The topic: Barack Obama's biggest fans, the three network anchors, taking their bias on the road following the Illinois senator to Iraq. [audio available here]Quipped Bozell:If the networks were governed by the FDA, they would have recalled the word "news" from these guys. The…
MRC/NB's Noyes on FNC Discussing Obama's MSM Groupies
July 17th, 2008 6:13 PM
MRC Director of Research and NewsBusters Senior Editor Rich Noyes appeared on the July 17 "Election HQ" program on Fox News Channel. Noyes appeared opposite liberal columnist Ellis Henican to discuss whether there was a double standard by the media in covering Sens. McCain and Obama and their foreign trips. [Audio available here.]The Big Three network news anchors are planning on traveling to…
Joe Scarborough Savages Democratic 'Hacks' at 'The Daily Show
July 17th, 2008 5:26 PM
"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough slammed the "hacks" at "The Daily Show" on Wednesday for only making fun of Republicans and giving a free pass to Democrats. Discussing a July 15 New York Times piece that described how TV comics and talk show hosts are hesitant to make fun of Barack Obama, Scarborough mocked, "I never want to hear anybody from 'The Daily Show' or any of these other shows ever…
