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NYT Pro-Obama Snobbery: Support Strong Where People 'Better Educated A
On Thursday, the New York Times filed another piece cheering Barack Obama for making inroads in a traditionally Republican state -- Ian Urbina's "Both Parties Set Sights on Virginia in November."Back on August 17, the state was North Carolina, and Obama's quest was greeted in the Times with an optimistic story headlined "Obama Backers Mobilize in Bid to Wrest State From Republican Grip." The…
Thursday Feel Good: NFL Pro Bowl QB Helps Stranded Couple
During Monday's football game between Dallas and Philadephia, I commented in the Open Thread that despite hating the Cowboys, the post-game interview with quarterback Tony Romo instantly made me a fan of his.Well, now there's something more to like about this fine young man, because on his way home from the airport after last Sunday's game, Romo actually stopped to help a couple with a flat tire…
Pot Calling the Kettle: Joy Behar Calls Rush Limbaugh a 'Joke
Joy Behar, who can not get the United States Constitution straight yet still claims to be smarter than the average American, considers talk show king Rush Limbaugh a "joke." On the September 18 edition, discussing the impact comedians can play on the presidential election, Behar cited her ideological companion Keith Olbermann frequently referring to Rush Limbaugh as a "comedian" noting that he…
Newsweek's 'Invisible' Elderly Gays Story Transparent Plug for Same-Se
If at first you don't succeed in making Americans open to same sex marriage by highlighting monogamous gay couples in their 20s and 30s, try to guilt them into it by finding elderly gay people who are all but "invisible and overlooked" in America. That's essentially what Newsweek's Jessica Bennett did with her September 18 Web exclusive deadling with the "growing population of lesbian and gay…
Email-gate: MSNBC-Politico Focus on Possible Negatives . . . For Palin
One or more people hack Sarah Palin's email account and publish her private correspondence on the web. So MSNBC and Politico naturally want to know if. . . Palin did anything wrong and whether there might be anything embarrassing to her in the purloined e-letters. Discussion of possible negative implications for Barack Obama? Zilch.Talk about blaming the victim. Norah O'Donnell, subbing for…
CBS: Financial Crisis A ‘Game-Changer,’ Obama ‘Surge’ in Polls
At the top of Thursday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Julie Chen teased an upcoming segment on how the Wall Street financial crisis is affecting the presidential race: "Game-changer, as Wall Street falters, Barack Obama surges ahead in our latest CBS News poll." During the segment, correspondent Chip Reid declared: "...the new CBS News/New York Times poll suggests that momentum has switched back to…
NBC CEO: 'Incredibly Comfortable' With Olbermann's 'Tremendous Emergen
On Tuesday, Jeff Bercovici of Portfolio.com buttonholed NBC President and CEO Jeff Zucker at a Portfolio panel discussion about media mergers and acquisitions, asking "if he thought the increasing identification of MSNBC with liberal politics was a good thing for the network's business prospects." Zucker sounded like a satisfied liberal: The fact is MSNBC in the last 12 months has been the…
ABC's Snow to Biden: Why Aren't You 'Further Ahead In the Polls
"Good Morning America" reporter Kate Snow on Thursday nervously quizzed Senator Joe Biden as to why the Democratic presidential ticket isn't further ahead. In contrast, co-host Diane Sawyer grilled John McCain on abortion and overturning Roe V. Wade when he appeared on Wednesday's program. Snow skipped that particular issue while talking to Biden. Instead, she fussed, "He [Barack Obama] was with…
Chris Matthews Blames Republicans for Banking Crisis
MSNBC 'Hardball' host attacks congressman, calls Bush administration handling of crisis a 'Katrina moment.'
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: what would you do to solve the current financial crisis?It's easy to point fingers at greedy bankers and Wall Streeters, as well as accuse Congress and the White House for the problems we face in the financial services industry. BUT, it's more difficult to offer solutions.Now's your chance.