NBC Touted Romney's Dog on a Car Roof Story, But Only ABC Notes: Obama

Of the three major networks, only ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday covered the "dog wars" counterattack by Mitt Romney's operatives. Co-anchor George Stephanopoulos highlighted that the campaign is "tweeting around a picture of the President and trying to focus on a revelation he made in his memoir, that he actually tried dog when he was a young boy in Indonesia."  CBS This Morning…
Scott Whitlock
April 18th, 2012 12:31 PM

Study Undermines Liberal Media's 'Inequality' Meme

Members of the “mainstream” press have worked hard to promote what President Barack Obama calls an “income-inequality crisis” based on studies claiming that the middle class is shrinking and got left behind in the greatest economic expansion in modern American history. However, a new, more comprehensive investigation indicates that the earlier research isn't wrong, it's just “incredibly,…
Randy Hall
April 18th, 2012 12:10 PM

After Weeks of Ignoring Bill Maher's Vileness, NBC's Today Freaks Over

Everyone on NBC's Today show payroll ignored foul-mouthed comedian Bill Maher's $1 million donation to an Obama super PAC -- but NBC's Andrea Mitchell went to extravagant lengths on Wednesday to tie Mitt Romney as closely as possible to supporter Ted Nugent, after Nugent made headlines for controversial comments about President Obama. The lone mention of Bill Maher on the Today show in 2012 was…
Matt Hadro
April 18th, 2012 12:06 PM

AP's Kuhnhenn Gives No Space to Critics of Obama's Oil Speculation Plo

Yesterday at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, the headline at reporter Jim Kuhnhenn's story on President Obama's latest excuse to add more bureaucrats to the government payroll ("Obama wants to target oil market manipulation") presupposed the existence of oil market manipulation when none has been proven. In 850 words, he didn't find any space for critics of the move, who…
Tom Blumer
April 18th, 2012 11:33 AM

Robin Leach: Obama Is a 'Socialist' - He Is 'Whipping Up This Racial W

Former Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous host Robin Leach said Friday that President Obama is a socialist. Appearing on the Fox Business Network, Leach told host Neal Cavuto the current White House resident is "whipping up this racial war and this economic divide" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
April 18th, 2012 8:57 AM

Open Thread: No Budget from Democrats for Third Consecutive Year

For the third consecutive year, the Democratic-controlled Senate will not even attempt to pass a budget. This wasn't the first choice of the Senate budget committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) who appears to have been pressured into his decision by Senate majority leader Harry Reid who has been insistent that he doesn't want a budget. But Conrad also seems to have had his own difficulties…
Matthew Sheffield
April 18th, 2012 8:56 AM

CNN's Baldwin Hypes 'Appalling' Food Stamp Cuts

On today's 3:00 pm edition of CNN Newsroom, anchor Brooke Baldwin teased her next segment: BALDWIN: Coming up next, House Republicans they want to cut billions of dollars in food stamps. We will talk about who exactly in terms of numbers this would impact and why my next guest calls this whole suggestion appalling -- back in 60 seconds. Baldwin interviewed Edward Cooney, executive director…
Mike Bates
April 18th, 2012 12:51 AM

CNN’s Piers Morgan Calls 90-Year-Old Betty White ‘The Ultimate Cou

CNN’s Piers Morgan had an absolutely charming interview with the recently turned 90-year-old actress Betty White. After some humorous flirting between the two, Morgan called her “the ultimate cougar” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
April 18th, 2012 12:37 AM

Bozell Column: Diane Sawyer vs. 'Too Rich' Romney

Republican strategists should generally be wary of campaign advice from liberals – and when it’s from the media, generally becomes definitely. Washington Post political writer Chris Cillizza recently suggested Mitt Romney’s general-election strategy should start with getting a “positive first introduction” to voters through the liberal media because “only the national media can provide that…
Brent Bozell
April 17th, 2012 10:31 PM

Channeling Orwell: AP's Kravitz Celebrates Allegedly Recovering Housin

After reading Derek Kravitz's final report of the day at 4:45 p.m. on the housing market at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, I just had to check the other wires to see if they were sipping from the same housing-market-in-recovery koolaid. The answer is no. At Reuters, Jason Lange's 3:22 p.m. dispatch reported that "Output at U.S. factories slipped in March and builders…
Tom Blumer
April 17th, 2012 10:24 PM

After Violent Attack by Anarchists, NYTimes Strains to Note Occupy Pro

Monday brought more downplaying of violence and vandalism within the Occupy Wall Street movement, from the New York Times. Joseph Goldstein and Colin Moynihan reported for the Metro section: "3 Arrested in Manhattan as March Turns Into a Melee." A group of people who had attended an anarchist book fair in Manhattan later marched to a nearby Starbucks on Saturday night and began swinging at…
Clay Waters
April 17th, 2012 9:12 PM

MSNBC Slimes NRA as Having 'Blood on Its Hands,' Is Responsible for 'D

MSNBC analyst David Goodfriend appeared on Tuesday's Dylan Ratigan Show to slime the National Rifle Association as having "blood on its hands." Goodfriend, who was only identified as a Democratic strategist in an onscreen graphic, accused the pro-Second Amendment group of killing people via legislation: "Americans are dead because of what the NRA has done." Goodfriend's diatribe was labeled…
Scott Whitlock
April 17th, 2012 6:19 PM

AP Downplays Bad News About Housing Starts and Removes It From Headlin

The stunts the folks at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, continue pulling to downplay, minimize, or whitewash bad or embarrassing economic and other news shouldn't surprise us any more. But they continue to disappoint nonetheless. Last month, a consumer sentiment index reported by the Conference Board fell by a relatively modest amount. Headlines and descriptions at…
Tom Blumer
April 17th, 2012 6:18 PM

Romney Calls Media 'Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy

Mitt Romney on Tuesday channeled his inner Hillary Clinton by calling the media a "vast left-wing conspiracy." During an interview with Breitbart TV's Larry O'Connor, the Republican presidential candidate also said, "Many in the media are inclined to do the president's bidding and I know that's a battle, an uphill battle we fight with the media generally" (video follows with partial…
Noel Sheppard
April 17th, 2012 6:12 PM