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ABC's McFadden Implies John McCain Has No Character
Cynthia McFadden didn't exactly say John McCain had no character, but she certainly implied it. In an interview with Pastor Rick Warren on ABC's "Nightline," McFadden was trying to get Warren to indicate if he would counsel his flock on who to vote for, and what he would say to people who say "forget character," pick the pro-lifer. The feature on Warren came after the pastor's Civic Forum on the…
Media Credibility Plummets, 'Most Trusted' CNN Believed by Just
“Over the last 10 years,” the just-released biennial news consumption survey from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press determined, “virtually every news organization or program has seen its credibility marks decline” and “Democrats continue to give most news organizations much higher credibility ratings than do Republicans.”Based on past Pew polls, CNN touts itself as “the most…
Union Prez: Teachers 'Don't Have it in Them' to Shoot Columbine-like K
If your child's school were invaded by Columbine-style killers, methodically murdering students in cold blood, would you want teachers to shoot to stop them? Gayle Fallon wouldn't. For that matter, Fallon doesn't think teachers "have it in them" to even try to save their students' lives. Fallon, the president of a teachers union in Houston, TX, made her views known during an Early Show segment…
NewsBusted
Topics in today's show: Barack Obama says he'll announce his vice presidential nominee via text messaging, Nancy Pelosi drops her staunch opposition to domestic drilling, John McCain says he's a fan of the music group ABBA and Angelina Jolie takes over for Tom Cruise in a new script.
TIME Writer Objects to Recognizing Life at Conception
Nancy Gibbs suggests McCain's stance could lead to more abortions.
ABC Reporter Implies John McCain Has No Character
Or less character than rival Barack Obama, at least.
Shuster: Obama Lucky People Watched Phelps, Not Saddleback
Not that there was any doubt that McCain walked away the winner from Rick Warren's forum, but when David Shuster cracks that Obama was lucky not too many people were watching . . . Subbing for Chris Matthews on this evening's Hardball, Shuster kibitzed Saddleback with Dem Steve McMahon and Republican Todd Harris. Shuster made his surprising remark at segment end.DAVID SHUSTER: I think it also…
Campaign Admits Obama Lied About Abortion Vote, Media Asleep
**Video Below the Fold**
Question: Isn't it big news when a leading candidate for president of the U.S. admits that since 2003 he has been lying about a vote he once made? Even more to the point, isn't it big news when the candidate himself was on TV not long before that admission saying that everyone else is the liar? So, why is the media silent on the 180 degree about face that the Obama…
Pressed by CNN, Warren Says Obama Had a Competitive Edge
On Sunday night’s Newsroom program, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, pressed megachurch leader Rick Warren about Obama campaign charges that John McCain was cheating by not being in a "cone of silence" during Obama’s interview. "Last night, I heard you say that McCain would be in a cone of silence, and then half-hour into the event, I hear our guys here at our political desk announced that McCain has…