Did Facebook Give Obama Inside Edge on New App
June 7th, 2007 12:58 PM
Joshua Levy and Micah L. Sifry have a June 4 article at techPresident noting that among the major presidential candidates, only Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has taken advantage of new software on the Facebook social networking site to broaden his Web presence. (Portions in bold are my emphasis):TechPresident’s Alan Rosenblatt took an early look at the new feature
and the Obama application, which…
Final Chapter of Scarborough Pole-Gate
June 6th, 2007 12:38 PM
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough contacted NewsBusters a few moments ago with the relevant transcript from his June 1 "Morning Joe" program, lamenting in an e-mail that our "follow up blog on Newsbusters... actually omits fact that there was a long discussion started by female athlete re pole exercising. Transcript shows whole thing taken wildly out of context."Here's the transcript, as forwarded by…
Mika Mocks: Next Prez Needs to Repair Damage Done by Bush
June 6th, 2007 7:13 AM
Not that there had been much doubt as to where MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski stands politically . . . . As we have noted before, today wasn't the first time that the daughter of Jimmy Carter's erstwhile National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski has expressed liberal views on air. Still, it was jarring to hear the ostensibly objective newsreader, appearing as a guest on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" [an…
ABC Touts Religious Friendly Dems; Could They Be the ‘New Party of G
June 5th, 2007 5:45 PM
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program devoted two segments to promoting the religiosity of the 2008 Democratic contenders. At the same time, a graphic hopefully asked, "Are evangelicals embracing Democrats? New party of God?" Recapping a CNN sponsored event on Monday night where '08 contenders talked about their faith, ABC featured two liberals who were making the Democratic case…
Time Selects Question for Tom Tancredo: 'Why Do You Hate Mexicans
June 4th, 2007 11:46 PM
It's been eight weeks since Time magazine redesigned itself, and part of that refurbishment is handing over the "Ten Questions" interview inquiries to the readers instead of Time's reporters. In the June 11 edition, Time's interviewee was Rep. Tom Tancredo, a presidential contender and one of the nation's leading opponents of illegal immigration. Among the questions Time selected for Tancredo was…
MSNBC's Scarborough: 'Do You Think' Mrs. Fred Thompson 'Works the Pole
June 4th, 2007 5:08 PM
Conservative blogs are abuzz with a controversial remark MSNBC's Joe Scarborough made on his Friday "Morning Joe" program about Jeri Thompson, the wife of former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), who is mulling over a White House bid. [More Scarborough coverage linked below the fold]Hot Air has the video.Here's the relevant transcript:
Time's Klein Slams Guest Blogger Armey with False Talking Point
June 4th, 2007 1:47 PM
Update (15:40 EDT): Ana Marie Cox helpfully corrects/excuses Klein's error re: Kucinich.Well, that didn't take long. Just a few hours after former Rep. Dick Armey's (R-Tex.) first guest blog post to Time's "Swampland," liberal journalist and author Joe Klein slammed Armey for "red-baiting" the audience on the Democrats' stances on issues like health care.Socialized medicine is a right-wing scare…
ABC’s Cuomo Derides Anti-Hillary Book as an ‘Ambien Substitute
June 4th, 2007 1:25 PM
On Monday’s "Good Morning America," ABC co-anchor Chris Cuomo acted as lawyer for the defense when he interviewed the co-authors of a new book that contains critical revelations about 2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Cuomo grilled Don Van Natta and Jeff Gerth, the New York Times investigative journalists behind "Her Way," asking if their book was a "sleeper" and an "Ambien substitute…
