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Pelley Can't See Palin as President, Kroft Insists It's 'Fact' Being B
Three Sundays ago, in a 60 Minutes interview CBS's Steve Kroft cued up Barack Obama with Sarah Palin's presumed lack of qualifications compared to him: “Does the fact that he chose as his Vice President someone who has less experience than you take that weapon out of his arsenal?” But on Sunday night, in a 60 Minutes devoted to new interviews with both Obama and John McCain, Scott Pelley also hit…
WaPo Columnist Bashes Obama While Defending Rush Limbaugh
When I saw the headline at WashingtonPost.com "Closing the Whopper Gap" with columnist Ruth Marcus's name next to it, I naturally assumed this had to be another hit piece on John McCain akin to what my colleague Mark Finkelstein reported last week. Yet, upon closer examination, it turned out Marcus's target of disaffection this time was -- wait for it! -- Barack Obama.And, she even defended Rush…
Sunday NFL and Ryder Cup Open Thread
With a great day of football on tap, as well as America actually leading in the Ryder Cup for a change, I have the great pleasure of introducing a new feature to NewsBusters.Joe Concha is a freelance writer who's contributed to FoxSports.com, NBCSports.com, as well as the New York Sun.Every Sunday, Joe will get us ready for some football with his own unique style of mixing sports with politics…
WaPo Cartoon Features A Cursing God, Ridicules Palin's Religion
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Well, leave it to Pat Oliphant, political cartoonist of the Washington Post, to make fun of both God and Sarah Palin at the same time, eh? Back on September 9, with his Tuesday comic, Oliphant featured a God that curses and portrays Sarah Palin speaking in gibberish as if she were "speaking in tongues" because she is supposedly a crazy Pentecostal. Oliphant…
'SNL' Does McCain-Bashing Skit Written by Al Franken
NBC's "Saturday Night Live" opened its most recent installment with a John McCain-bashing skit believed to be the idea of Senate Democrat candidate Al Franken.In the segment, McCain, played by Darrell Hammond, approved numerous campaign ads making absolutely absurd claims about Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. One accused the junior senator from Illinois of wanting to provide health…
Hitting Obama for 'Whopper' and 'False' Statements on Soc. Sec
NewsBusters is, of course, a site dedicated to exposing liberal bias in the press. But, once in a while the liberal press gets something right and this is one of those cases. On Spetember 20, Newsweek hosted an article by FactCheck.org that exposed the outright lies contained in the claims Barack Obama made against John McCain's record on Social Security in order to scare as many elder citizens…
Dems Threaten Anti-Iran Rally Organizers With IRS Attack if They Let P
News has emerged that the organizers of that anti-Iran rally that famously got snarled up in Senator Hillary Clinton's ire at Governor Sarah Palin last week were threatened by New York Democrats with IRS action against their tax-exempt status if they allowed Palin to speak. CBS local NY news reported this little fact and so did NBC but most of the national news has ignored this outrageous threat…
Weekend 'Treat'? Streisand: 'Lovely Democratic Mem'ries/Of the Way We
At a Tuesday night fundraiser for Barack Obama held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire, donors heard Barbra Streisand sing, but as ABC's Jake Tapper noted in his “Political Punch” blog, “the press was not permitted (inflicted?) with permission to hear her.” So, there's no video of it, which reminded me of how back in 2002 the Fox News Channel played a brief clip from her appearance at a September 29…
Ultimate Palin Derangement Syndrome: NOW Endorses Obama
UPDATE at end of post: this is the first time NOW endorsed a presidential ticket without a woman on it! In the finest example of Palin Derangement Syndrome yet, the National Organization for Women on Tuesday endorsed Barack Obama for President.In its formal announcement at the National Press Club (video embedded right), members of NOW, along with leaders of other women's groups, personally…
Media Not Reporting Failed Financial Agencies Are Big Donors to Obama
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A 2005 Video of Fannie Mae CEO Shown Affirming his Connection to Congressional Black Caucus and Barack Obama, Where is the Media?
In a 2005 video Daniel Mudd, at the time the interim CEO of the catastrophically failed mortgage lender Fannie Mae, affirmed his fealty and that of Fannie Mae to the Congressional Black Caucus. The top three campaign donation recipients were…
LAT, NYT Near Silent On Palin E-Mail Hack
Imagine if Barack or Michelle Obama's e-mail had been hacked. Would the reaction from the folks at the Los Angeles Times be so muted? If an Obama were the victim, it's easy to picture Times editor Tim Rutten penning a hissy-fit op-ed, angrily demanding a federal investigation, and trying to formulate how the McCain campaign was directly involved.The Times relegated the story of Palin's e-mail…