CBS’s Smith: Sen. Jim Webb ‘The Least Political Person I Know
On Monday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith interviewed Democratic Senator from Virginia, Jim Webb, about the Senator’s new book and began by declaring that: "...you seem to me the least political person I know who's ever run for political office." [Audio available here] Of course this is the same non-political Jim Webb that said he "wanted to slug" President Bush after a White House…
Media Snoozes While Obama's 'Altered States' Gaffes Continue
Noel Sheppard of NewsBusters posted Saturday on Barack Obama's tirade against Fox News. The underlying report by Ryan Alessi of McClatchy's Lexington Herald-Leader also contained this nugget (HT National Review' Online's Media Blog), showing that the candidate's basic geography challenges continue: Obama conceded that he has a steep challenge to get his message and background to voters in…
CNN’s Roland Martin Slams ‘War Hero’ McCain While Speaking for O
CNN contributor Roland Martin, asked about Democrats’ low poll results concerning national security on Friday’s "Election Center" program, answered using his best Barack Obama impression. "...John McCain, you're a war hero. You served. But you also voted for the war that's led to the death of 4,000 Americans. We have spent billions of dollars and, frankly, it has not stabilized the Middle East…
ABC's Robin Roberts to Obama: Ready for the Nasty GOP
"Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts conducted a syrupy, softball interview with Michelle and Barack Obama on Monday's program, mostly free from any discussion of substantive policy issues. Instead, Roberts played a clip from a Tennessee State Republican Party ad that attacked Michelle Obama for saying the '08 campaign marked the first time she's been proud of America. The GMA host…
HBO's 'Recount' Movie: Favors Democrats, Harris as Cruella De Vil
An early review is in for HBO's upcoming movie, Recount, about the Bush-Gore battle in Florida after 2000 election. Gillian Flynn in Entertainment Weekly, which like HBO is part of the Time-Warner family, has described the film, to premiere next Sunday night, as tilted against the Republican characters. In her review in the May 23 edition of the magazine, Flynn asserted: “Recount may not be…
Reuters: Dem Presidential Campaign Leads U.N. to Investigate Racism in
Imagine for a moment the race card had been used during the Republican presidential nomination process, and the United Nations was sending an envoy to investigate racism in America. Do you think the media would report it?Probably 24 hours a day, seven days a week until every person in the country had heard about it, right?Well, the U.N. announced on Friday that it is sending its "Special…
Obama Blames Fox News for Likely Loss in Next Week's Kentucky Primary
In today's "Can You Believe This Gall?" moment, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama has actually blamed Fox News for his likely loss in next week's Kentucky primary.Can someone that has been implicitly endorsed by virtually every press member in the nation get away with accusing a news network of negatively impacting his campaign efforts?While you ponder, the following was reported by…
Hillary Blames Media for Her Campaign Woes
Although it's been a constant theme of the Clinton campaign to accuse the media for being in the tank for her Democrat presidential opponent, it is nonetheless deliciously ironic to see the woman that coined the phrase "vast right-wing conspiracy" blame her campaign problems on the press.Of course, as experience has shown us since this couple first broke on the national scene in 1991 that they…
MSNBC's Shuster: Bush's Remarks 'Intellectually Grotesque and Dishones
The 9a.m. hour of Friday’s MSNBC News Live featured only slanted coverage of President Bush’s remarks to Israel's Knesset including "Hardball" correspondent David Shuster’s characterization of the President’s remarks as “clearly an intellectually grotesque and dishonest statement.” Shuster also argued that Bush’s remarks were offensive to "a lot" of people because "when you talk about Adolf…
CNN Lets Clintonista Denounce McCain’s ‘Hypocrisy’ on Hamas, But
Twenty-four hours after CNN started giving covering fire for Barack Obama in response to President Bush’s "appeasement" remark, the network has now aided the Democratic spin machine in attacking John McCain as a hypocrite with regards to Hamas, based on a 2006 video clip provided by Clinton adviser James Rubin. In the excerpt, the Arizona Senator appeared to be endorsing negiotiations with the…
