NBC's Richard Engel Charges in New Book: US Invaded 'Wrong Country

Invited on to promote his new book, "War Journal," NBC's Middle Eastern correspondent Richard Engel claimed, on Tuesday's "Today" show, that it wasn't "an opinion piece." However, in the book, Engel reveals a definite anti-war bias as he called the Iraq war "a war of opportunity," and charged, "the U.S. invaded the wrong country."Engel tried to deny the book's slant in the following exchange with…
Geoffrey Dickens

Katherine Harris: Gore Fought Against Statewide Florida Recount

Brad Wilmouth

ABC Highlights 'Glimmers of Light' in Lending Market

'Good Morning America' contributor Mellody Hobson discusses opportunities for smart borrowers - particularly small businesses and students.
Nathan Burchfiel

White House Differs from Media on Timing of Climate Report

'World News,' AP claim Bush administration was forced to release report due to a federal judge's order.
Jeff Poor

CNN’s Gergen: Vanity Fair Article on Clinton Ignores His Good Works

CNN senior political analyst (and former Clinton adviser) David Gergen, responding to Todd Purdum’s recent Vanity Fair article on Bill Clinton during a segment on Monday’s "Anderson Cooper 360," acknowledged that the former President "does have a temper, and he goes off like Mount Vesuvius," but then went on to criticize Purdum’s article, that it "does not give enough weight to what he has done…
Matthew Balan

CBS ‘Early Show’ Features Tribute Video to ‘Historic’ Democrat

On Tuesday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Julie Chen introduced a video montage of memorable moments in the Democratic race that could have been produced by the Democratic National Committee: "Well, the long primary season for the Democrats has been historic, marked by the first woman and the first African-American to be serious contenders for the Oval Office. And it has been filled with many…
Kyle Drennen

DenverPost.com Slow On Uptake with Headline 'Clinton Set to End Race

Earlier this morning the Associated Press's Beth Fouhy reported that Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) is gearing up to concede the Democratic nomination contest to Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in a speech following primary election returns tonight.Not so fast, Clinton aides said, scrambling in short order to protest that Hillary is not going to throw in the towel tonight. Yet the Denver Post as of 1:10 p.…
Ken Shepherd

With Exit From Race Near, ABC Fawns Over 'Iconic' Clintons

Now that all signs point to Hillary Clinton's exit from the presidential race, Tuesday's "Good Morning America" chose to laud both Bill and Hillary Clinton as "iconic" and speculate, yet again, about an Obama/Clinton "dream ticket." Over the span of just ten minutes, various GMA personalities cooed over video of Bill Clinton on a plane gently placing a hand on his wife's face and shoulder. Co-…
Scott Whitlock

The Kelo-New London Calamity Continues ('Barren Land

It has been nearly three years since the Kelo v. New London ruling by the US Supreme Court, and just short of two years since the city of New London, CT settled with the final two Fort Trumbull holdouts, Susette Kelo and the Cristofaro family. The Supreme Court's majority, in their June 2005 Kelo ruling, declared that "public use" as stated in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution really means…
Tom Blumer

McClellan Promised Look at How Media Hostility to Bush 'Rooted in a Li

FNC's Brit Hume highlighted Monday night how Scott McClellan's original book proposal, posted Saturday by the Politico, “promised to be quote 'supportive of the President' and take a penetrating look at how the liberal media slant their coverage of him.” Interviewing McClellan on Sunday's Meet the Press, Tim Russert highlighted the proposal and declared: “That's not the book you wrote.” (Matt…
Brent Baker

Pat Buchanan Exposes Media's Racial Hypocrisy Concerning Obama

Since the first Democrat caucuses and primaries began in January, there has been a consistent media theme that it's acceptable for blacks to vote for Barack Obama because he's black, but racist for whites to vote for Hillary Clinton because she's white.On Tuesday's "Morning Joe," MSNBC's Pat Buchanan exposed how utterly absurd and hypocritical this view is even as the Washington Post's Richard…
Noel Sheppard

Time Notes Argentine Prez's Falling Poll #s, Fails to Note She's Lefti

"A Meltdown for Argentina's Hillary" blares the teaser headline in the Top Stories slideshow on Time.com's front page."The fortunes of Argentina's new leader are falling even faster than those of the former First Lady she's been compared to," continues the caption on the front page. The June 2 article in question by Uki Goni delves into how President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has seen her…
Ken Shepherd

BMI’s Gainor: Media Should Think ‘Maybe We’re Just Doing This Wr

Nathan Burchfiel

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