WaPo's Cillizza: 'Obama's Speech More Substance Than Style

Regardless of what Barack Obama said in Denver this evening during his Democrat presidential nomination acceptance speech, it was a metaphysical certitude most mainstream media members would love it.Such appears to be the case with the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza who quickly posted his opinions concerning the junior senator from Illinois' moment in the sun at the paper's The Fix blog:
Noel Sheppard

Media: Dems Acknowledging Abortion Disagreement is 'Reaching Out' to P

During his speech at the Democratic convention, however, Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey, Jr. didn't really reach out to pro-lifer voters at all.
Colleen Raezler

Celebrities Embarrass Obama

With friends like Madonna and Ludacris, who needs enemies?
L. Brent Bozell III

Matthews: 'To Hell With My Critics,' Obama 'Inspires Me

Chris Matthews shook the proverbial fist at this detractors as he delivered the following praise of Barack Obama's acceptance speech on MSNBC's live coverage of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, earning loud applause from the audience gathered by the channel's outdoor location: KEITH OLBERMANN: For 42 minutes not a sour note and spellbinding throughout in way usually reserved…
Geoffrey Dickens

Olbermann: Obama Nomination Like Fall of Soviet Union, Apartheid

How does Keith Olbermann view pre-Obama America?  Apparently akin to the Soviet Union, and South Africa under apartheid.  Here was his statement from the top of tonight's DNC coverage.CHRIS MATTHEWS: It is an iconic night in history: we'll all remember this night as long as we live. This is the night that the first Western government, the first Western political power, or party, has nominated an…
Mark Finkelstein

Matthews Insults Rice & Powell as 'Showcase Appointments

Contrasting how Barack Obama won the nomination of the Democratic Party to how Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell achieved their successes, Chris Matthews insulted the aforementioned as "showcase appointments." The following excerpt from Matthews occurred about 9:30 PM EDT during MSNBC's live coverage of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, August 28: Again he [Barack Obama]…
Geoffrey Dickens

PBS Hosts Gore-Won and Obama-Christ Talk

Tim Graham

9/11 Truther Among MSNBC Fans Outside Denver Set

Ken Shepherd

CBS and NBC Spike Big GDP Jump, ABC Gives It 13 Seconds

The second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was revised upward Thursday by the Commerce Department from the initially estimated 1.9 percent to a robust 3.3 percent, but neither the CBS Evening News nor NBC Nightly News mentioned the good news, while on ABC's World News anchor Charles Gibson, at Invesco Field, allocated 13 seconds to what he considered “surprisingly strong” economic news:Other…
Brent Baker

New Republic Worries About 'Disappointing Fall' of Obama

P.J. Gladnick

ABC's Moran: Obama's Parents Are Both Men

The ultimate objective in journalism is to deliver fresh information to the audience, to break heretofore unshattered stories. Last night, ABC's Terry Moran did exactly that. To get there, you must first wade through an extraordinary amount of Moran-Goo, as he slathers it liberally all over his reporting of the official nomination vote. But this is hardly groundbreaking. What comes next is.…
Seton Motley

Obama Attempts to Close the Annenberg Gate

NRO's Kurtz Meets the Calling Kossacks on Chicago radioAlso covered by Warner Todd Huston earlier today.Editor's Note: Cross posted at Video Done Right. Hudson Institute’s Stanley Kurtz was invited on to Milton Rosenberg’s radio show on Chicago’s WGN to discuss what Kurtz had discovered about the William Ayers-Barack Obama connection. After requesting the Justice Department bring about criminal…
Kerry Picket

DNC Chat Day

It's the final night of the Democratic convention. On the agenda: Al Gore, Howard Dean, and the nominee himself, Barack Obama.Post your thoughts about the goings on here or take part in our live NB Chat.(Note: You must be a registered member of NewsBusters in order to participate in chats.)
NB Staff

Post Reporter: Romney's Free Trade Principles a 'Vulnerability

Sometimes the qualities that make a strong candidate in one pool make them a weak candidate in another pool. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would hurt Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain as a running mate because of "vulnerability" stemming from his successful businesses and support for free trade, according to a reporter for The Washington Post. "On the whole subject…
Paul Detrick