CNN's Crowley: Obama Team Wanted 'Horrific' Wall Street Headlines

Do you think the recent stock market collapse or troubles in the banking system are good news?Well, according to CNN's Candy Crowley, the Obama campaign does.On Monday's "Anderson Cooper 360," after CNN senior political analyst David Gergen said "what happened over the weekend with the economy and the bottom falling out of the financial markets...is the opportunity for Obama to seize the momentum…
Noel Sheppard

MRC's Bozell Discusses Atlantic Monthly Photog, Palin/Biden Double Sta

Reacting to photographs of Sen. John McCain taken by a freelance photographer for Atlantic Monthly, MRC President and NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell took aim at the photographer while noting the magazine has reacted appropriately by denouncing her work. [audio of segment here]"In this case, I don't know that I blame Atlantic Monthly for this reason. [Jill Greenberg] is a rogue photographer,"…
NB Staff

Why Is Media Ignoring Accusations Obama Interfered With Iraq Withdrawa

John Stephenson

Jay Leno Joins The Pound Palin Parade

Amidst all the focus on the poor treatment Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been receiving from mainstream media outlets, the pounding she's been taking from the "Tonight Show's" Jay Leno has up until now slipped below the radar.An analysis of recent monologues by the late night comedian has identified a rather aggressive attack against the Alaska governor.This coincides…
Noel Sheppard

History Dept. Chair: Palin Somehow Connected to Pacific Northwest Hat

P.J. Gladnick

Open Thread

NB Staff

Atlantic Mag Apologizes, Says Won't Hire Greenberg Again

In a follow up to Noel Sheppard's last post on the controversy over the choice of partisan photographer Jill Greenberg to shoot the cover shot of John McCain by Atlantic Magazine, we find that the Atlantic folks have issued an apology for ever having hired her. After it was revealed that she indulged in tricks and lies to ridicule John McCain while she was in a position of representing Atlantic…
Warner Todd Huston

Handlers Muzzle Barack? Suddenly Using Teleprompter On Campaign Trail

The campaign handlers for Barack Obama have obviously decided that there will be no more failed jokes ala Kerry's "stupid kids get stuck in Iraq" faux pas of the 2006 campaign. Barack apparently blew his chance for ostensible extemporaneous elocution after his failed "lip stick on a pig" joke went over like a lead balloon last week. According to CNN, Obama is suddenly speaking from a teleprompter…
Warner Todd Huston

Newsweek Jokes: Put Anti-'Rights of Women' Palin on Supreme Court

Tim Graham

McCain Calls Mika Out: 'I Know You're a Supporter of Senator Obama

It might not do John McCain any good politically.  But once in a while, it's refreshing to hear an MSMer called out on political bias.  It happened this morning when John McCain told Mika Brzezinski "I know you're a supporter of Senator Obama."  Mika resorted to her favorite defense to the bias charge, mentioning that she has a brother who works on the McCain campaign and asking the Arizona…
Mark Finkelstein

Newsweek: Palin 'Inflicts' Her Religion on US, She's 'Not a Woman

The racist Reverend Wright wanted God to "damn America." Jesse Jackson called New York City "hymie town." Various Evangelical preachers have been heard to utter some pretty nasty comments here and there, as well. So, flawed as we are, apparently being religious doesn't preclude a venomous diatribe now and again. And now comes hate wrapped as political commentary from another supposed person of…
Warner Todd Huston

Biden Versus the 'Bucket of Fluff

The woman introducing Joe Biden to a Michigan crowd yesterday called Sarah Palin a "bucket of fluff."   Biden then told the crowd that Barack Obama is too smart and too well-educated to live in a Republican neighborhood.  Now that the Dems have put Obama's smarts and education on the table, will the MSM demand Obama finally release his Columbia transcript? Of all the people the Dems might have…
Mark Finkelstein

A New Season of NewsBusted

We're kicking off our second season of "NewsBusted" today with a new look. Please share your opinions of the graphics on this thread.Topics in today's show: McCain and Obama commemorate 9/11, Adam Gaddahn dead? Biden says Clinton would've been better veep nominee, Pamela Anderson attacks Sarah Palin...  
Matthew Sheffield

Schieffer: McCain Campaign 'Demeaning to Women' Because No Palin Press

CBS 'Face the Nation' anchor and presidential debate moderator criticizes evolution of blogs and their effect on media business, citing Palin pregnancy rumors.
Jeff Poor