The Anatomy of a Stunt

Writing at National Review, Byron York recounts the story behind the recent incident where a left-wing activist was tackled at a George Allen campaign event after asking a question about the senator's ex-wife:The question might not make much sense to anyone who hasn’t kept up with both the race between Allen and Democrat James Webb and the commentary of the left-wing blogosphere. If you have…
Matthew Sheffield
 

N.Y. Times: Kerry's Remarks Are Only Bush's Problem

Since Kerry's "the troops are stupid" remarks were reported on Newsbusters yesterday, the story has truly grown some legs. This has caused the MSM to bend themselves into pretzels to explain away Kerry's typically anti-military remarks and leading the pack, as always, is the "Paper of broken record", the New York Times. In a piece titled ”Bush Attacks Kerry for Remarks on Iraq Troops”, the Times…
Warner Todd Huston
 

Bozell Column: Hypersensitive for Harold Ford

Brent Bozell
 

Kerry Comments: 'Today' Hauls in Harwood to Help

Just yesterday a reader brought to my attention the sudden TV ubiquity of John Harwood. He pointed out that - CNBC and Wall Street Journal credentials notwithstanding - Harwood is a predictable liberal voice. And sure enough, it was none other than Harwood that David Gregory chose for a comment on L'Affaire Kerry on this morning's 'Today.' And darn if that reader wasn't right about Harwood's…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Major Newspaper Headlines Drain Drama Out of the 'Kerry Kalamity

Tim Graham
 

AP Reports That The GOP 'Falters' in Attracting Blacks

Terry Trippany
 

MoDo Didn't Read BoHerb 'Bout BarOb

Mark Finkelstein
 

Media Tidbits: HBO Pines for Gore, Obama's Book Greed, The 'Transgende

Tim Graham
 

ABC's Gibson: Kerry's Dumb 'Get Stuck In Iraq' Merely an 'Idle Politic

Brent Baker
 

Olbermann: 'Stupid' Bush Team Misinterpret Kerry, Laura Bush in 'Gutte

Brad Wilmouth
 

CNN's Jack Cafferty: 'One Can Only Hope' Kerry Story Fades

Mike Bates
 

CNN's Suzanne Malveaux: 'We Hope' Kerry Story 'Is Going To Go Away Tom

Mike Bates
 

With Deep Voice, Katie Couric Mimics Potential GOP Ad: 'John Kerry Ins

During a discussion on Tuesday's CBS Evening News about John Kerry's seeming insult of troops in Iraq, anchor Katie Couric invoked a deep voice as she mimicked an imaginary possible Republican ad of the future: “John Kerry insults the troops. Do we really want the Dems to take over?” Couric offered her impersonation, an odd persona to be taken on by a broadcast network anchor, during a segment…
Brent Baker
 

ABC Highlights Role of NewsBusters In Getting Kerry Story Out

This evening's edition of ABC's World News highlighted the role NewsBusters played in getting out the story of John Kerry's controversial comments on education and "getting stuck in Iraq."NewsBuster Warner Todd Huston was among the first in the blogosphere to break the story. As ABC senior national correspondent Jake Tapper described how "the Republican PR machine mov[ed] into high gear . . . and…
Mark Finkelstein