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ABC Counters Palin SNL Success with How She's 'Damaged Carrier
Twisting in the knife. While Barack Obama gets gushing coverage (ABC's Jake Tapper marveled on Monday's World News over Obama's “rather unbelievable weekend where he had his largest campaign crowd ever -- 100,00 in St Louis -- he announced record-breaking fundraising, $150 million in September and, of course, he secured the endorsement of that Republican Secretary of State, retired General Colin…
Barney Frank: 'The Fundamentals Are Better Than the Psychology
Shades of McCain from an unlikely corner . . . When at the beginning of the current financial mess John McCain declared that "the fundamentals of the economy are strong," he was roundly lambasted by the MSM, while the Obama campaign called his statement "an enormous mistake."So, should we expect the liberal media and the Obama campaign to go after Barney Frank . . . now that he has said something…
MSNBC Contributor Preaches on Eco-evils of Halloween
Forget zombies, vampires, ghosts and goblins. TodayShow.com contributor Marisa Belger is spooked by how eco-unfriendly Halloween is (via Daily Gut):Halloween can be an especially eco-unfriendly holiday. There’s the single-use plastic of red devil costumes, countless candy wrappers (not to mention the refined sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and artificial color of the candies themselves) and…
MSNBC Host Attacks Limbaugh for Questioning Powell Endorsement
'Politics of Money' anchor Brewer asks where radio host 'gets off' suggesting support for Obama is about race.
Sherri and Joy Praise Whoopi's 'Slavery' Sandbag of McCain
Sherri Shepherd and Joy Behar agree: Whoopi Goldberg’s "do I have to worry about becoming a slave" question to John McCain was "good." Whoopi, for her part, does not think the question was "tough." On the October 20 edition of "The View," in calling for Sarah Palin and Barack Obama to appear, the discussion evolved into a recap of McCain’s recent appearance.Whoopi Goldberg denied that they were…
The Liberal Media’s Tax Bias: All About Spreading the Wealth, Not Ex
On Monday’s Good Morning America, in a fact check of John McCain’s statement that Barack Obama “gives away your tax dollars to those who don’t pay taxes,” reporter Jake Tapper cited the Tax Policy Center’s analysis of the McCain and Obama tax cuts to stamp McCain’s charge “false.”“Obama's tax cuts only go to people who work, so by definition, it's not welfare. Some working people eligible for…
CBS’s Schieffer Parrot’s WaPo Analysis of Colin Powell Endorsement
On Sunday’s Face the Nation on CBS, host Bob Schieffer talked to Washington Post reporter Dan Balz about Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama and Balz argued: "Well I think it's obviously significant. I don't think endorsements ultimately mean that much, but there are two, I think, important things that happened with his endorsement of Senator Obama...the criticism of McCain for picking…
CNN’s Carol Costello Airs Democratic Fears About GOP Voter Suppressi
CNN correspondent Carol Costello’s report on Monday’s American Morning program unquestioningly repeated a claim by Democrats in Michigan that Republicans in the state would disqualify voters affected by home foreclosures. She began her report by phrasing the accusation this way: "Lost your house to foreclosure? Democrats in Macomb County, Michigan, say beware -- Republicans, they say, want to…
Maher 'Jokes' About Palin Being Shot As Reincarnated Wolf
H/t reader Harry S. Imagine that a prominent media conservative jokingly hoped, in any way shape or form, that a member of the Dem presidential ticket would be shot. How long until the MSM and various others demanded he be fired, a Secret Service investigation launched, etc?But when Bill Maher jokes about Sarah Palin being shot? Silence, except for the raucous laughter of the studio crowd. …
Wall Street Journal Makes Depression Comparison at FDR Memorial
Report ties 'today's anxieties' to worst financial crisis in history and calls current turmoil 'eerie echo.'
Lauer to Obama: How Will You 'Manage Expectations' of Being 'Messiah
Reciting all the messianic nicknames given to Barack Obama, such as "The One," "The Savior," and "The Messiah," NBC's Matt Lauer, on Monday's "Today" show asked the Democratic presidential nominee, how he will "manage" such great, "expectations." During an interview, aired in two parts in the first hour of "Today," Lauer rarely hit Obama with a tough question, instead choosing to focus on recent…
CMPA's Lichter Finds the Obvious: Media Overwhelmingly Positive on Oba
It is no surprise that Barack Obama receives much better treatment in the media than John McCain, but the non-partisan Center for Media and Public Affairs actually conducted a study that concluded just that. The Center’s evaluation found that since both candidates were formally nominated "Senator Obama on the network evening news shows have been 65% positive, compared to only 36% positive about…