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NYT's Cohen: Vote Obama -- Pakistani Muslims Would
"Good evening, this is Katie Couric. I'll be anchoring our Decision 2008 coverage tonight, as the world elects the next President of the United States. The polls closed just minutes ago in Pakistan but we're already able to declare Barack Obama the runaway winner in the Islamabad Capital Territory, and he seems poised to pull off a clean sweep of all Pakistan's provinces."OK, not even the New…
CNN's Sanchez Defends Hit on McCain Over Supporter's 'Bitch' Remark
A night after CNN host Rick Sanchez decided to try to create a scandal over John McCain's failure to rebuke a supporter who referred to Hillary Clinton as a “bitch,” Sanchez on Wednesday declared McCain “should have distanced himself” from the remark and, since he didn't, the incident was newsworthy; McCain castigated CNN for its “biased reporting” and CNN's own media critic, Howard Kurtz agreed…
There She Goes Again
Newsweek's religion writer gets it wrong on Jefferson, Reagan, statistical analysis…
NBC Catches Up With ABC to Highlight Safer, Better Life in Iraq
Three weeks after ABC's World News aired the first of three stories then and since about significant declines in violence and improving living conditions in Iraq, NBC Nightly News caught up Wednesday night as anchor Brian Williams acknowledged: “We are all hearing more and more these days about a significant drop in violence and deaths in Iraq, even though 2007 some time ago became the bloodiest…
Jay Carney: Hillary's Handlers Won't Lose Grip on 'Reality' Like Bush
As the networks try to ignore the good news coming out of Iraq, conservatives may soon believe it's time to revisit the Left's swaggering notion that they alone were living in Reality and the stay-the-course Iraq-liberation movement was living in Fantasyland. So now with all the bias by omission, which side is in danger of looking like it's sticking its fingers in its ears and singing "la la la…
Report: Clinton Aides Told Spitzer to Dump Licenses for Illegals
Captain Renault would be shocked: Hillary Clinton's campaign put pressure on Eliot Spitzer to drop his disastrous licenses-for-illegals plan.The word came from crack NY Post Albany reporter Fred Dicker [pictured here], appearing on this afternoon's Hardball.View video here.
Wal-Mart's 'Solid' Holiday Forecast Has 'World News' Bearish on Econom
Stocks soar on positive news about the world's largest retailer, but ABC manages to find a downside.
MSNBC's Shuster Giddy Over Regan FNC Suit
TVNewser has an item today about MSNBC's David Shuster blasting Rudy Giuliani and Fox News brass while announcing a lawsuit involving the rival news channel (h/t Ian Schwartz):This is how MSNBC's David Shuster, who once worked for FNC, reported the story in the 9amET hour: "This is bad news, perhaps not just for Rudy Giuliani, but also for Fox News Channel. Roger Ailes who is in charge of Fox…