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Financial Times: McCain Alienating Cocktail-swilling Republican Elite
Financial Times reporter Edward Luce has found another sign of trouble for the McCain campaign: he's turning up the noses of the "cocktail party circuit" inside Washington, D.C., which is "swelling with disaffected Republicans." I kid you not. From Luce's page 4 October 24 article, "McCain's troubles highlight party rift":The more trouble John McCain's campaign encounters, the more it highlights…
Limbaugh: NYT is the PR Department for Obama and Democrat Party
Rush Limbaugh on Friday called the New York Times "the public relations department for the Barack Obama campaign and the Democrat Party."Speaking by phone with the folks on "Fox & Friends," the conservative radio talk show host depicted the media's coverage of Obama during this presidential campaign as "the most irresponsible journalistic exhibition I have seen in my life." Limbaugh also…
Does Cuomo Find Comfort in Global Market Turmoil
Are some in the media enjoying the down Dow? It certainly seemed that "Good Morning America" co-anchor Chris Cuomo was embracing a bit of schadenfreude during the Oct. 24 show - seemingly relieved he could find "some comfort" that other nations are undergoing economic problems just like the United States. As the markets were beginning a very downbeat start, reporter Bianna Golodryga detailed the…
NewsBusted
Topics in today's show: Fidel Castro endorses Barack Obama, Washington state sends ballots to felons Warner Bros. blocks "Hanoi Hilton" to avoid helping John McCain, and a movie about Dan Rather's "Memogate" controversy? Support conservative comedy! If you're a Myspace user, be sure to visit our MySpace page and add NewsBusted as a friend. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel and help…
MRC/NB's Bozell Comments - CNN’s 'National Review' Blunder: Case Clo
Bozell acknowledges network taking responsibility for misleading viewers to believe conservatives at odds with Gov. PalinSpreading the WordAs we reported on Tuesday, CNN's Drew Griffin completely mischaracterized the nature of a "quote" from National Review's Byron York during his interview with Alaskan Republican Governor and Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. CNN has responded to the Media…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Down we Go!Wall Street was poised to plummet at the opening bell on Friday, after U.S. stock index futures dove so steeply that they had to be frozen at several points as global markets were battered by signs the global economy is in the throes of recession. Global markets were down 4 percent as measured by the…
Is Sarah Palin Best Seen as a Stripper, Or a Clinton Intern
Here's today's exercise in Yahoo! bias against Sarah Palin. The Yahoo! news photo slideshow for Palin today includes seven fresh pictures from a Las Vegas strip club that held a Sarah Palin lookalike contest. Feel the feminist dignity being applied to the Republican running mate. It's quite a contrast with the statesman tone in the Barack Obama slideshow. There's no swimsuit imitators in the…
Boston Paper: John McCain Will be a Dictator
Someone at The Phoenix, a small Boston weekly, is off his medication. It's hard to believe sanity is a familiar state, at least, when reviewing the silliness passed off as serious political analysis, anyway. For the lead editorial in The Phoenix this week is a fantastic display of hyperbole filled with "truther" propensities. The editorial, you see, is all worried that John McCain will make…
Kids' Halloween Costumes Get Sexy
Marriage and family therapist missed an opportunity to speak on long-term effects of young girls dressing in inappropriate Halloween costumes on CBS's Early Show.
NY Times Film Reviewers Take On Marriage, Sort of
Two reviews of gay marriage films in one day, with a gay slasher film review tossed in.
WaPo: Conservatives Are Happier than Liberals
And it has something to do with personal responsibility, religion and marriage. Go figure
Media Scrutiny of Wardrobe-gate 'Eats Up' Another Day of Coverage
Media cover frivolous issue while refusing to dig deeper into Obama's past.
CNN’s Griffin Acknowledges ‘Botched’ National Review Quotation
CNN investigative correspondent Drew Griffin appeared on Thursday’s Newsroom and Situation Room programs to explain how "in no way did I intend to misquote" from a recent article by National Review’s Byron York: "This exchange aired just once in the 6 pm hour, and as soon as the National Review brought it to our attention at 7:05, we immediately realized the context could be misconstrued. We cut…