AP: Obama Fundraiser Rezko Found Guilty of 16 Counts of Corruption

The Associated Press just reported that Antoin "Tony" Rezko was found guilty of 16 out of 24 counts in his corruption trial (picture courtesy AP).Truly shocking: the piece lead with the fact that Rezko was "a prominent political fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama."Will other media outlets do the same?While you ponder, here's the surprising first, second, and fourth paragraphs (emphasis added, h/t…
Noel Sheppard

CNN's Gergen: Obama Speech Echoes Martin Luther King, Abe Lincoln

"Change We Can Believe In" is the new "I Have a Dream," that is, if you ask the crew at CNN. During Tuesday’s live election coverage, CNN reporters and analysts gushed over Barack Obama’s speech, comparing it to those of Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln as well as praising Obama for his graciousness towards Hillary Clinton. Leading up to Obama’s speech, Anderson Cooper announced…
Lyndsi Thomas

'Today' Invites RFK's Daughter on to Promote Book, Bash GOP

On the day after Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination, NBC's "Today" show invited on Kerry Kennedy to promote her book about her father, Robert F. Kennedy, but during the interview viewers were subjected to an anti-Republican rant. Asked by NBC's Matt Lauer if there can be "unity in the Democratic Party," Kennedy responded by listing a series of grievances against the Bush administration…
Geoffrey Dickens

The Economy: 'Expectations' Are Taking Quite a Beating This Week

Don't miss the significant reporting errors noted at the end of this post. _______________________________________________ If this were a boxing match, with "The Economy" in one corner, and "Expectations" in the other, we'd be seeing a third-round knockout with "Expectations" taken away in an ambulance. But if you think the news this week has changed the tone of the Associated Press's business…
Tom Blumer

CACI's London Makes Strong Defense of 'Good Name

Account from technology firm shows businesses can take a stand against bad reporting and flourish.
Dan Gainor

Steve Doocy Calls Out Keith Olbermann's Lies

Justin McCarthy

Media Pave the Way for Next President to 'Cap' U.S. Energy Use

'Cap-and-trade' scheme would raise energy prices, cost jobs and reduce each household income by thousands each year.
Julia A. Seymour

ABC Fawns: 'Amazing,' 'Ground-Breaking,' 'Historic' Clinton

With Hillary Clinton's presidential run apparently over, ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday offered a love letter to the New York Senator. Well known Clinton fan Kate Snow and co-host Diane Sawyer rhapsodized about Clinton's "ground-breaking," "historic" campaign. The segment also featured Hillary poetry from author Maya Angelou. Splicing Snow's audio with Angelou's voice, the GMA reporter…
Scott Whitlock

NYT's Favorite Candidate Clinches Democratic Nomination

Sen. Barack Obama is now the Democratic presidential nominee, to the approval of no doubt much of the New York Times' news team, which has lifted the Illinois senator throughout the campaign, and nudging Sen. Hillary Clinton towards stage right, even as she continued to win primaries. Times Watch's rough count of Times news stories since Thanksgiving 2007 shows a nearly 3-1 ratio of positive-to-…
Clay Waters

Behar Touts Jim Webb, Then Rants Against Sexism

Justin McCarthy

CBS: Obama Making History vs. McCain’s ‘Attacks’ & Lack of ‘En

On Wednesday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith began the show by declaring: "A place in history. Barack Obama claims the Democratic presidential nomination. The first African-American to do so." While Obama’s win was indeed historic, correspondent Dean Reynolds later reported on Obama’s "ecstatic" supporters and the Senator’s humility: "...despite the thunderous, indeed ecstatic, applause…
Kyle Drennen

Media Pave the Way for Next President to 'Cap' U.S. Energy Use

BMI Staff

McClellan's Bush-Bashing Book to be Made Into a Movie

Honestly, do Hollywoodans have no shame?If rumors swirling around Tinseltown about a movie being made about Scott McClellan's new Bush-bashing book "What Happened" are true, the answer to that question is a resounding "No."Yet, according to Jeffrey Ressner at Politico, this disgraceful idea is already being floated (emphasis added):
Noel Sheppard

BET Founder: Election of Obama ‘Greater Than the Emancipation Procla

BET founder Bob Johnson, despite his consistent support of Hillary Clinton, placed an unequivocal importance on Barack Obama’s election as President during a segment on Wednesday’s "American Morning." "I believe that if Senator Obama leads this country the way he ran the primary, it will become a historic event for African-Americans, probably greater than the Emancipation Proclamation, which was…
Matthew Balan