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George Stephanopoulos: Obama Cabinet Unparalleled in 'Brain Power
Various "Good Morning America" anchors and guests on Monday gushed at the sheer brilliance of Barack Obama's incoming cabinet, including his "team of economic gladiators." Former top Bill Clinton aide-turned journalist George Stephanopoulos rhapsodized, "We have not seen this kind of combination of star power and brain power and political muscle this early in a cabinet in our lifetimes." (What…
ABCNews.com Examines Obama's Church Search
Complete with a photo of the president-elect at the pulpit, ABCNews.com is hyping how "Obama Goes Church-Hunting, With Caution" on the Web site's front page."In picking church, Obamas will weigh political, religious and personal feelings," the subheading to Russell Goldman's reads.:Come Jan. 20, Barack Obama knows the house in which he and his family will live, but he has yet to decide at which…
ABC's Tapper Agrees Media Favored Obama
Following on the heels of complaints from Time magazine's Mark Halperin that the press hugely favored Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election, ABC political correspondent Jake Tapper chimed in today to say that he agreed:Regular readers of this blog will not be surprised to learn that I too wonder just how fair the media coverage of this campaign was. Case in point: perhaps the most…
AP Hypes the 'Fabulously Fit New First Couple
Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz nominated the AP for an "Obama Adulation Watch" for this gooey piece by Deanna Bellandi: CHICAGO -- Many women recoil at the thought of baring their arms in sleeveless dresses or blouses, but not Michelle Obama -- half of the fabulously fit new first couple.Both President-elect Barack Obama and the future first lady have exercise routines that would put…
Obama's Ultimate Weasel Word: Create or 'Save' 2.5 Million Jobs
Transcript from press conference of Pres. Barack Obama, Feb. 12th, 2011: CNSNEWS.COM: Mr. President, when you first took office you promised to create 2.5 million jobs by January, 2011. But the Labor Department report issued yesterday indicates that in fact 1.7 million jobs were lost during that period. Why did your plan fail?PRES. BARACK OBAMA: Ah, but it didn't fail. To the contrary, we…
Saturday Fights: Neil Cavuto and Ben Stein Battle Over Bailouts
Neil Cavuto and Ben Stein had quite an argument about bailouts on FNC's "Cavuto on Business" Saturday morning that nicely covered the issues people on both sides of this contentious debate will likely be discussing around dinner tables this Thanksgiving, though hopefully with less screaming:
TWC Clear-Cuts Enviro Show; Status of Critic Who Wanted to De-License
Who says there aren't some positive side-effects to a slowing economy?I'd say this one, as reported by the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang" blog, qualifies:NBC Universal made the first of potentially several rounds of staffing cuts at The Weather Channel (TWC) on Wednesday, axing the entire staff of the "Forecast Earth" environmental program ..... The layoffs totaled about 10 percent of…
Brokaw Ignores Obama's FDR-Like Refusal to Work With Bush Economic Tea
Though given a perfect opportunity to do so, Tom Brokaw on Sunday chose not to discuss the similarities between Franklin D. Roosevelt's refusal to work with President Herbert Hoover on solving the Depression before he was inaugurated in March 1933 and president-elect Barack Obama doing the same thing today with George W. Bush. For those not familiar with the historical reference, the financial…