New York Times Wants Bloggers

Greg Sheffield
 

Al-Jazeera Highlights Nancy Pelosi's 'Iraq Is a Catastrophe' Declarati

In their story on the Democrats winning the House of Representatives, al-Jazeera’s English-language Web site blamed the “unpopular war in Iraq” for the GOP defeat and highlighted Nancy Pelosi’s speech demanding a “new direction” on Iraq.“Staying the course has not made our country safer,” al-Jazeera quoted Pelosi as saying last night. “We cannot continue down this catastrophic path.”
Rich Noyes
 

Paul Begala Calls Rush Limbaugh a ‘Drug-Addled Gasbag

As many NewsBusters have commented, the liberal media were anything but gracious in victory last night. CNN political analyst Paul Begala was a fine example when during the 8PM “Situation Room,” he took the opportunity to attack the most popular conservative radio talk show host in the country (video here with transcript to follow).As the conversation centered on the Missouri Senate race, and how…
Noel Sheppard
 

Chris Matthews Presses Howard Dean for Iraq Withdrawal

Brad Wilmouth
 

CBS on Partial Birth: Don't Use 'Color Phrase' for 'Anti-Abortion Righ

Tim Graham
 

Tom Shales Likes TV Coverage, But Wanted More 'Shining' Bill Clinton A

Tim Graham
 

Prez Campaign Has Begun: Dem Pundit Aims Barbs at Barack

Mark Finkelstein
 

MSNBC Just Can't Stop Hating Florida's Katherine Harris

Warner Todd Huston
 

Matthews: 'Fantastic' if Dems Win, 'Damn' Rich Getting All the Money

A Freudian slip from Chris Matthews? About 7:36 pm EST during MSNBC's election night coverage, Matthews was interviewing Chuck Todd of the National Journal, who predicted that if Democrats gained 25 to 30 House seats, it would also mean a Democratic Senate takeover. As Matthews began his response, he proclaimed "that'll be fantastic news. It'll be huge news, I should say," as he went on to say…
Brad Wilmouth
 

Post-Election Open Thread

Starter: Conservatives need to get more interested in traditional media.
Matthew Sheffield
 

Matthews Trumpets 'Amazing Moment' of Pelosi Next to Cheney's 'Fire Hy

Just after 11pm EST Tuesday night, MSNBC's Chris Matthews celebrated how Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, a likelihood following the Democratic takeover of that body, will be “a great opportunity for her and a great opportunity for women” and an “amazing moment” when at the next State of the Union address she'll be “the incredibly interesting person” next to Dick Cheney with his “fire…
Brent Baker
 

Chris Matthews Depressed Democrat Harold Ford Goes Down

Matthew Sheffield
 

CNN's Schneider Marvels That Voters Like Chafee, But ‘Didn’t Vote

During election night coverage, CNN’s Paula Zahn and Bill Schneider exuded giddiness over what Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee’s defeat meant. Schneider marveled that voters liked Chafee, but "they didn’t vote for him!" Zahn wondered if Chafee’s defeat could be seen as a "mandate for change." A transcript follows:
Scott Whitlock
 

Fox Highlights NewsBusters: 'Leading Mainstream Media Critic Blog

In the Fox News Channel's “Buzz on the Blogs” segment at about 9:39pm EST Tuesday night, columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin began her look at blog critiques of election coverage by citing “grievances, mostly from the right side of the blogosphere, over the leak of exit polls and what they consider the premature calling of a lot of these races.” She then pointed to NewsBusters' take: “At…
Brent Baker