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Gibson on Pelosi, 'Ultimate in Multitasking: Taking Care of the Childr
ABC anchor Charles Gibson opened Thursday's World News by trumpeting how, video of Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the House floor holding a baby while she talked to colleagues, demonstrated “the ultimate in multitasking: Taking care of the children and the country.” Seconds earlier Gibson had hailed how “for the first time in the 218-year history of the Congress, a woman was voted by her colleagues to…
NBC, CNN Leave Out Hurricane Expert's View on Global Warming
Retiring NOAA meteorologist Max Mayfield doubts global warming is to blame for intense hurricane seasons.
Today Show Flashback Reveals Double Standard On House Takeovers
NBC's Today show cast celebrated the return of the Democrats to power to the House as "historic" but when the Newt Gingrich-led Republicans took over the House in 1995 Today wasn't so laudatory. At the top of this morning's Today show Meredith Vieira, as first noted here, declared: "Look it's a very historic day on Capitol Hill. Nancy Pelosi the first woman to become Speaker of the House. I'm…
Open Thread
Top issue: The new Speaker of the House says she's cracked the glass ceiling.
"By electing me as speaker you have brought us closer to the ideal of equality that is America's heritage and America's hope," Pelosi said. "This is an historic moment — for the Congress, and for the women of America. It is a moment for which we have waited more than 200 years. Never losing faith, we waited through…
CNN Excitedly Counts The Seconds to Dem Takeover; No Clock For GOP in
For CNN, New Years Eve arrived on January 4. "Situation Room" anchor Wolf Blitzer literally counted down the seconds until the Democrats officially took control of Congress. However, when the Republican Revolution swept the GOP into power in 1994, the cable network did not display such a running tally. At 11:45am, Mr. Blitzer hosted a special edition of his program and explained the digital…
Matthews Snipes at Lauer for Supporting Iraq War Funding
And here I thought Chris Matthews reserved his hardballs for his guests, not his colleagues . . . To use one of Imus's favorite phrases, there are "tension conventions" breaking out all over MSNBC today. Earlier, I noted the shots Andrea Mitchell took at Nancy Pelosi over her "unseemly, imperial" celebrations marking her ascension to the speakership.Later, things got a bit ugly between Chris…