Hillary 'Eloquent': Just Ask ESPN
Politics has once again managed to work its way onto the pages of ESPN. I recently wrote about Kenny Mayne adopting "Obama!" as a new signature call. For the record, Mayne wrote me to say that he was an independent, didn't intend any political overtones by "Obama!" and didn't realize, when agreeing to endorse Progressive Insurance, that head honcho Peter Lewis is a huge donor to a variety of…
Bob Costas: 'Inescapable Fact' That Bush Presidency 'A Tragically Fail
Big HT to Larry Elder, who brought this up on his radio show Tuesday (5/5/07). And thanks, Les!On the May 26, 2007, episode of his syndicated radio show "Costas on the Radio," veteran sports broadcaster Bob Costas asserted that George W. Bush was not even "among the 500 most qualified people to be President." He then stated that it is "an inescapable fact," that "all doubt has been removed,"…
NYT Public Editor Defends Paper's Poor Coverage of Duke 'Rape
When three white Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of raping a black stripper were finally declared innocent by the attorney general of North Carolina earlier this month, New York Times critics focused on the paper's lousy coverage of the case, including Times Watch (citing research by law writer Stuart Taylor Jr.) and most prominently Fox News anchor Brit Hume on his April 12 "Special…
Liberal Bias Invades NFL: Olbermann to Anchor NBC Football Show
According to TV Newser, football fans can probably expect some liberal bias in the upcoming NFL season. Keith Olbermann, the reliably left-wing MSNBC host, will become the co-anchor of NBC’s "Football Night in America":MSNBC host Keith Olbermann is returning to network sports after a six year absence as a co-host of NBC's Football Night in America. "This will, obviously, be great fun and a great…
NY Times Columnist Selena Roberts' Huge Hypocrisy on Rutgers-Imus Flap
After sliming the Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of raping a stripper, Times sports columnist Selena Roberts returned to school on Wednesday with "A First Class Response to a Second-Class Putdown," about the Don Imus-Rutgers University women's basketball team controversy, in which the talk radio host denigrated the team by referring to them as "nappy-headed ho's." Roberts gushed about the…
