Congresswoman to ABC's Chris Cuomo: Calm Down

A Republican and a Democratic member of Congress attempted to calm "Good Morning America" news anchor Chris Cuomo during an interview on Tuesday. Cuomo interrogated GOP Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave and her Democratic colleague, Mary Kaptur, about just what they would do now that the Wall Street bailout package had been rejected. After noticing the high pitched tenor in Cuomo's voice, Kaptur…
Scott Whitlock
 

MSNBC Pulls Vicious McCain Cancer Ad

Lee Boggs
 

Anonymous Reporter: 'Fix Is In' for Obama

From the department of truth admission comes this email from inside a major newsroom: Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae. Editor refuses to publish anything that would jeopardize election for O, and betting you…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Laura Ingraham Mocks Playwright for Claiming Palin Opposes 'Thinking

Tim Graham
 

Bartiromo Says Bailout 'Not About Wall Street Firm

CNBC host suggest Treasury secretary explain how bailout would help average Americans.
Nathan Burchfiel
 

Open Thread

NB Staff
 

Brit Finds Biden Wisdom Lacking While USA Media Keeps Slamming Palin

P.J. Gladnick
 

Newsweek's Gross Blames GOP for Bailout Failure

Giving a pass to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her failure to cajole enough Democrats to vote for the bailout agreement, Newsweek's Daniel Gross blamed the minority Republican conference, accepting without skepticism the argument that a partisan speech by the San Francisco Democrat caused some Republicans to vote "nay" out of spite alone:Was the bailout bill killed by malice or by incompetence?…
Ken Shepherd
 

NewsBusted

Topics in today's show: Are online polls accurate, one-third of Democrats have negative perceptions of black Americans, FDA approves patches to prevent nausea, and PETA urges Ben & Jerry's to stop using cow milk. Click play on the video to the right to watch.
NB Staff
 

Dobbs: Biden Makes 'Many More Misstatements Than Sarah Palin

An astounding thing happened on CNN Monday evening: not only did Lou Dobbs say that Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden makes "many more misstatements than Sarah Palin," but he also chided Wolf Blitzer and the "Situation Room" crew for failing to point it out during their Bash Sarah session.In preparation for the upcoming vice presidential debate, Blitzer brought on CNN analysts Gloria…
Noel Sheppard
 

Nancy Pelosi Bailout Bill Failure: A Tale of Two Timeses

P.J. Gladnick
 

Iraq Documentary Honors Service of Younger Brothers, Captures Pre-Surg

Kevin Mooney
 

US Deaths from Hostile Action in Iraq Hours Away from All-Time Single

UPDATE, Oct. 1, 11:25 p.m.: The final number for deaths from hostile action came in at 8, which ties the previous lows of July 2008 and April 2003. _________________________________________________ This item will likely not make an Old Media splash, because overall US troop deaths in Iraq in September will be higher they were in July and August. But they're probably not interested anyway. To be…
Tom Blumer
 

Blame Game: Lauer Calls Clyburn Out

Let's award a point of light to Matt Lauer.  On this morning's Today, he called out Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) for calling for an end to the blame game . . . right after the congressman blamed John McCain for failing to rally his Arizona troops to vote for the bailout.  But that didn't stop Clyburn from continuing to try to pin the tail on the elephant.JAMES CLYBURN: We promised 50% of our…
Mark Finkelstein