NY Times Nagourney Backs Off Some More from Sunday's Grim Outlook for

Clay Waters
 

Iraq Diary: Election Day Messages to The Troops

Mark Finkelstein
 

CNN, NYT: 'Robo-Call' Campaign Phone Strategy Only a GOP Problem

Have you heard the brouhaha about so-called “robo-calls”? These are repeat telephone calls by a telemarketing software program that critics claim violate federal communications laws. As you might imagine, the media have been wrongly depicting this as exclusively being a Republican strategy, while ignoring the Democrat campaigns that are doing exactly the same thing.The New York Times published…
Noel Sheppard
 

Michael Steele Takes on Washington Post

Michael Steele, the Republican candidate in Maryland's Senate race, victim of the Washington Post's desire to keep him out of the Senate tore into the liberal newspaper on "Fox News Sunday."Transcript continues below the fold. Video available here.WALLACE: Lieutenant Governor, the Washington Post endorsed your opponent, Ben Cardin, over the weekend, and they had some very harsh words for you.…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Iraqi Leader: CNN International, Al-Jazeera 'Equally Bad

Matthew Sheffield
 

AM Open Thread

Starter: Allegations of misconduct and fraud at polling places in Philadelphia.
NB Staff
 

'Absolutely True:' Rather Continues to Defend Air Guard Story

Bob Owens
 

Columnist: OBL Danger 'Exaggerated,' Jihadists Lack 'Remotest Possibil

Mark Finkelstein
 

Tom Brokaw's Election Template: 'Republicans Running from the Far Righ

Even before any results were known, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw already had his template for the mid-term elections: The people are tired of “far right” Republicans and pleased by the emergence of Democrats who are “moving toward the center.” Brokaw, who will be part of the NBC News election team, was asked by Brian Williams, on Monday's NBC Nightly News, what “trends” he sees emerging. Though…
Brent Baker
 

Washington Post Acknowledges Troops in Iraq Support Bush Policy, Oppos

Brent Baker
 

Ombudsman Identifies Pre-election Political Bias at the Washington Pos

Somehow, in the midst of all the surprising polling data released on Sunday, this article by Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell went unnoticed. In her piece entitled “Balance and Bias on the Political Beat,” Howell pointed out some problems with the paper’s coverage of Sen. George Allen (R-Virginia) and senatorial candidate Michael Steele of Maryland (emphasis mine throughout):Allen…
Noel Sheppard
 

New York Times Downplays Democrat Success on Election Day

What a difference a week makes – along with a huge gaffe by a former presidential candidate, and some unexpected changes in polling results. The New York Times has published an Election Day article entitled “For Democrats, Even a Gain May Feel Like a Failure” (hat tip to AJ Strata) that dramatically lowered the bar of expectations for the Party of Pelosi and Reid. The piece by Adam Nagourney…
Noel Sheppard
 

Live Election Chat

Matthew Sheffield
 

TV Critic Thinks Keith Olbermann Could be the Future of Journalism

Here’s a shocking thought for your Election Day: A Keith Olbermann-style anchorman on every television news program on every channel spewing vitriol and animus as only he can. Some Halloween trick, huh? Well, if Aaron Barnhart, television critic of the Kansas City Star is right, this could be the case in the near future (hat tip to TVNewser).Barnhart’s column on Monday entitled “Numbers look good…
Noel Sheppard