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Pew: McCain Gets Far More Negative Coverage From Media
As if we didn't know already by the evidence of the left-wing media establishment's work, Pew Research unveiled a new survey that showed that John McCain has been on the receiving end of "heavily unfavorable" coverage. In fact, according to Pew, McCain's media coverage has become more negative over time with unfavorable stories about him outweighing favorable ones "by a factor of more than three-…
Fireproof Book The Love Dare Tops NYT Bestseller List
A little (Christian) book featured in a little (Christian) movie is flying off the shelves.
CBS Scolds McCain's Tactics, Sees Hypocrisy in Palin's 'Six-Figure War
Consistency on the CBS Evening News: Wednesday night Dean Reynolds concluded his piece on Barack Obama's campaign day by asserting “McCain's campaign tactics...have drawn criticism even from some Republicans” and next Chip Reid ended his story on John McCain's day on the trail by highlighting how “Gordon Smith of Oregon,” otherwise unidentified, “today became the fourth Republican to urge John…
Bully-boy Matthews on Anti-Palin Warpath
How over-the-top was Chris Matthews in his vituperation against Sarah Palin and McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer this evening? So much so that:Matthews twice berated an Obama representative for being insufficiently aggressive in going after Palin; Brian Williams, in the subsequent segment, chided Matthews on his emotionalism.The Hardball host was infuriated by Palin's description, in answer to a…
Lax Bond Rating Standards: 'It Could Be Structured By Cows and We Woul
Evidence shows instant message between two Standard & Poor's employees with no regard for risk.
CNN’s Jack Cafferty Returns to Palin Bashing After Three-Week Hiatus
Regular CNN commentator Jack Cafferty may be "on the mend" after a three-week break for a "unanticipated encounter with a surgeon’s scalpel," as he put it, but he certainly hasn’t recovered from his Palin Derangement Syndrome. He launched a new attack on the Alaska governor on Wednesday’s Situation Room. This time, Cafferty returned to the issue of Trooper/Taser-gate and brought up two additional…
Guess Who's Correcting the Record on Medicare 'Cut' Scare
Believe it or not, The Washington Post and CBS News. That's right -- if you've been seeing Obama's ads accusing McCain of cutting Medicare benefits to pay for his health care plan, you're not alone. The Post awarded an Obama ad called "Your Golden Years" three Pinocchios for its "significant factual errors." It even gave the source of Obama's numbers: "How did the Obama campaign come up with the…
Sorry, Shuster: It's True Source of Much Obama Funding Undisclosed
When a McCain campaign representative told David Shuster today that the source of much of Barack Obama's fund-raising is unknown, the MSNBC host scoffed, claiming only "right-wing" blogs could believe that and challenging the spokesman to cite a credible source. Instead of fulminating about the conservative blogosphere, David might want to pick up a copy of Newsweek, which last time I looked had…
Obama Fan Roland Martin’s Column on CNN.com Rips GOP ‘Old Bag of T
CNN contributor Roland Martin’s Wednesday column on CNN.com bluntly accused Republicans of exhibiting "fear and desperation" in their criticism of Barack Obama: "McCain's campaign is no longer about issues. He and his supporters want to bring up anything and everything to derail Obama, and nothing is sticking, so they just keep returning to their old bag of tricks." This "bag" apparently includes…
Chris Matthews Needs a History Lesson on the Vice Presidency
MSNBC's Chris Matthews spent the first 15 minutes of the October 22 "Hardball" haranguing McCain advisor Nancy Pfotenhauer over vice presidential contender Gov. Sarah Palin's view of the role of the Vice President as President of the U.S. Senate. Matthews scoffed that Palin's answers contradict the Constitution, including her telling a 3rd grader today that the Vice President "runs the Senate"…
Hillary Kvetching Again About VRWC
It could be time to break out those old "Proud Member of the VRWC" coffee mugs collecting dust at the back of your kitchen cabinets. The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy rides again!Hillary invoked the VRWC yesterday at a campaign event in Minnesota for Al Franken in his race against incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.David Shuster had the report during MSNBC's 4 PM EDT hour today.View video here.
MRC/NB's Bozell Comments on CNN's Misquoting National Review to Slam G
Spreading the WordOn yesterday's Situation Room, 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.Griffin said to Gov. Palin: "Governor, you've been mocked in the press, the press has been pretty hard on you, the Democrats have been pretty hard on…