NYTimes Spikes Fast & Furious Hearing in Print, Omits Eric Holder's Ad

Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder was grilled by Republicans on Capitol Hill Tuesday about the Justice Department’s botched sting Operation Fast and Furious, which allowed guns to flow untracked into the U.S. and Mexico, putting thousands of illegally purchased firearms on the street, one of which led to the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in the Arizona desert.…
Clay Waters
November 10th, 2011 1:24 PM

CNN to Perry: Convince Us Your Campaign Isn't Finished

The same network that treated then-candidate Obama with kid gloves about Reverend Wright demanded Rick Perry to explain how his campaign wasn't finished, in his interview on CNN's American Morning on Thursday. Co-host Christine Romans scrutinized Perry over his forgetting one of the federal agencies he had promised to get rid of. However, she seemed to believe that his campaign was over…
Matt Hadro
November 10th, 2011 1:00 PM

David Axelrod's Pattern of Sexual Misbehavior

Herman Cain has spent his life living and working all over the country -- Indiana, Georgia, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Washington, D.C. -- but never in Chicago. So it's curious that all the sexual harassment allegations against Cain emanate from Chicago: home of the Daley machine and Obama consigliere David Axelrod. Suspicions had already fallen on Sheila O'Grady, who is close with David…
Ann Coulter
November 10th, 2011 12:39 PM

Arianna Derides Media's Focus on Cain Allegations - While Providing Pe

Arianna Huffington wants media outlets to stop obsessing on the sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain. Except at the liberal news site bearing her name. During a "Both Sides Now" radio broadcast on which she occasionally appears with GOP political consultant Mary Matalin, Ron Reagan and others, the Huffington Post co-founder likened media coverage of the Cain controversy to the…
Jack Coleman
November 10th, 2011 12:38 PM

Open Thread: Are Republican Candidates Getting Stronger

The number of Republican presidential debates might seem excessive to some viewers, but through the debates, the Republican candidates might also be strengthening their debating skills and ability to respond to loaded questions from liberal moderators. Do you think the candidates are, for the most part, improving? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
NB Staff
November 10th, 2011 11:56 AM

WaPo Style Section Devotes Nearly Four Pages of Puffery to 'Vibrant Ur

"To passerby" the Occupy D.C. protest at McPherson Square "is a jumble of tents and blue tarps," but to the Washington Post's Philip Kennicott, the Occupiers "have 'activated' the urban core," with "a living exercise in do-it-yourself (or DIY) urbanism, a trendy movement that strives to engage ordinary people in a hands-on approach to shaping and claiming public space." And that's just the…
Ken Shepherd
November 10th, 2011 11:38 AM

Newt Mocks Bartiromo's 'Funny' Defense of the Liberal Media

During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Newt Gingrich could barely restrain his amusement as co-moderator Maria Bartiromo defended the liberal media's reporting of the economy.     Bartiromo took umbrage after Gingrich's asserted, "What is amazing to me is the inability of much of our academic world and much of our news media and most of the people on Occupy Wall Street to have a clue…
Scott Whitlock
November 10th, 2011 11:28 AM

NBC's Curry Tries to Bury Perry: 'Have You Thought About Ending Your C

Updated : More analysis and transcripts added. Interviewing Texas Governor Rick Perry on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry asked the Republican presidential candidate about a flub in Wednesday's CNBC debate and wondered: "One of your fundraisers told The Wall Street Journal, simply, 'He just ended his campaign.' Have you thought about ending your campaign? Are you staying in this race,…
Kyle Drennen
November 10th, 2011 10:38 AM

'Ponzi Scheme' Takes Down Jon Corzine; Networks Forget He Was 'Top' Ec

Flashbacks of 2008 were on the minds of many when MF Global, a Wall Street firm led the Democratic former N.J. Gov. Jon Corzine, filed for bankruptcy amid a huge scandal. Forbes said the firm owes $2.2 billion to JP Morgan and Deutsche Banks. But the broadcast networks had amnesia when it came to their previous coverage of Corzine, his role as adviser and fundraiser for Obama and their previous…
Julia A. Seymour
November 10th, 2011 10:10 AM

Scarborough Taunts 'Right-Wing Bloggers': I'm Always Right, And It P

Joe Scarborough has escalated his running war with the conservative blogosphere.  Clearly stung by being branded a RINO—among other things—Scarborough lashed out at "conservative bloggers" this morning. Springboarding off his handicapping of the GOP presidential primary, in which he asserted that only Romney, Gingrich and Huntsman have a shot, Scarborough said: "I'm right all the time. And I…
Mark Finkelstein
November 10th, 2011 7:47 AM

Daily Kos on Mississippi: 'Suck It, Forced Birthers

You've heard of "birthers." But at the Daily Kos, anyone who opposes abortion is a "forced birther." Tub-thumping abortion advocate Kaili Joy Gray is not someone you would call gracious in victory when the Personhood Amendment was defeated in Mississippi. Her first reaction for all her Kosmonaut friends: "Suck it, forced birthers."
Tim Graham
November 10th, 2011 7:35 AM

NYTimes Twice Omits Obama from Headline to Embarrassing Insults of Net

On Wednesday, New York Times reporter Isabel Kershner covered an embarrassing gaffe involving President Obama – a private conversation between Obama and French President Nicholas Sarkozy, in which both men were overheard insulting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yet somehow the paper managed to omit Obama from its headline: “In Overheard Comments, Sarkozy Calls Netanyahu a ‘Liar.’”
Clay Waters
November 10th, 2011 7:29 AM

Jack Abramoff Exposes Lawrence O'Donnell for Asking Questions About Bo

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell hopefully learned a valuable lesson Wednesday: when you invite someone on your show to discuss his new book, you might want to read it first. As the Last Word host questioned convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff about his recently released memoir "Capitol Punishment," it quickly became obvious O'Donnell had no idea what was actually in the book he was holding up (video…
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2011 1:34 AM

CNN Spins Elections as Republican Setback

During Wednesday’s post-election coverage, CNN largely ignored conservative ballot victories in Mississippi and Ohio and Republican gains in Virginia, rather focusing on two conservative ballot measures which were defeated at the polls. They followed the three major networks in doing so. The network relentlessly touted the defeat of Mississippi’s “Personhood” initiative – which would define…
Matt Hadro
November 9th, 2011 11:59 PM