Obama Raffle Video Not Legal, Election Law Experts Say

A video of President Barack Obama filmed in the White House and included in a fundraising e-mail sent to supporters is not legal, two election law experts told CNSNews.com. The video was included in an e-mail sent to supporters of President Obama promoting a fundraising drive that offered participants a chance to win an invitation to dinner with Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Matt Cover
July 1st, 2011 8:29 AM

Mika: 'Morning Joe' Being Pressured To Invite More Pro-Obama Flacks

  Jay Carney admits calling MSNBC yesterday to complain about Mark Halperin's crack [that we were first to report] that the President, at his Wednesday press conference, acted like a "d--k."  Did the White House press secretary take the opportunity of his call to pressure the show to bring on more pro-Obama flacks? The question arises because on today's show, Mika Brzezinski revealed that…
Mark Finkelstein
July 1st, 2011 7:30 AM

Founder of Daily Kos Insists Mark Halperin's On a 'Jihad Against the T

Markos Moulitsas, the founder and publisher of the Daily Kos, demonstrated that he can locate a vast right-wing conspiracy just like the rest of the Kosmonauts. Mark Halperin's suspension, for him, proved once again that Halperin is a right-wing fellow traveler with Joe Scarborough, who's the "real president" of MSNBC: I think it's wonderful that Halperin betrayed his full feelings about…
Tim Graham
July 1st, 2011 6:39 AM

ABC Highlights Bachmann’s Miscarriage and Its Effect on Her Pro-Life

 On Thursday evening, uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts, ABC’s World News featured a report on GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s recent revelation that her pro-life views were influenced by a miscarriage she once endured. ABC correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi also informed viewers of the Minnesota Congresswoman’s history of giving care to foster children with her…
Brad Wilmouth
July 1st, 2011 2:15 AM

On PBS, CNN's Toobin Insists We'll Have 'Gay Marriage' In 50 States Wi

On Monday, PBS talk show host Charlie Rose decided to discuss the passage of a "gay marriage" law in New York with two New York Times reporters and a writer for The New Yorker -- not exactly a divided or diverse panel. CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin (also with The New Yorker) predicted to Rose that we're less then ten years out from the Supreme Court proclaiming "gay marriage" must be…
Tim Graham
June 30th, 2011 11:24 PM

Media Lauded Meghan McCain's 'Saucy' Memoir but Call Bristols Book 'Tr

'Palin Derangement Syndrome' extends to daughter's book.
Erin Brown
June 30th, 2011 7:26 PM

While Media Celebrate Gay Marriage Law Passage in NY, Democratic Senat

Catherine Maggio
June 30th, 2011 7:10 PM

Maddow Condemns Corporate Funding of Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts for GOP

Do as I suggest, not as I claim to eschew. Those wascally Wepublicans and their corporate-financed efforts to compel voter turnout, Rachel Maddow complained on her MSNBC show Tuesday, before suggesting possible Chinese or Brazilian manipulation of American elections through legalized bribes to unpatriotic conservatives (video after page break) --
Jack Coleman
June 30th, 2011 6:58 PM

CNN's Warm Welcome to Bachmann's Candidacy: 'Firebrand,' Gaffe-Prone

Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) declared her candidacy for president Monday, and CNN provided plenty of snarky commentary with which to welcome her. The network repeatedly took aim at her past gaffes and suggested that she has little chance to win the Republican nomination for president. In addition, CNN's Anderson Cooper led his regular news cast for two nights in a row…
Matt Hadro
June 30th, 2011 6:44 PM

MSNBC's Ratigan: California's 'Amazon Tax' Kills Jobs, Let's Have Nati

Unfortunately for Dylan Ratigan, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. The MSNBC anchor nearly stumbled onto a valid point on Thursday's "Dylan Ratigan Show" – reporting that California's new Internet sales tax could cost thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenue – until he proposed solving this dilemma with a national Internet sales tax.
Alex Fitzsimmons
June 30th, 2011 6:10 PM

NBC, CBS Let Obama Advisor Spin Obama's Presser, No Republicans

NBC's Today and CBS's Early Show on Thursday turned to Obama advisor David Plouffe on Thursday to offer his spin on the President's 67-minute presser on Wednesday, instead of interviewing Republicans. Both shows failed to press their guest about Obama's part in raising the nation's debt. NBC's Matt Lauer did toss some hardball questions at Plouffe on the President's "ownership" of the economy…
Matthew Balan
June 30th, 2011 6:01 PM

Rush Limbaugh: MSNBC's Response Different If Halperin Defamed George W

As NewsBusters reported Thursday, MSNBC has put Mark Halperin on indefinite suspension for making an intemperate remark about President Obama on "Morning Joe." Just a few hours later, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh told his audience the network's response would have been much different if Halperin had said this about George W. Bush when he was president (video follows with…
Noel Sheppard
June 30th, 2011 5:29 PM

CNN's Ali Velshi Insists 'We Don't Tax Too Much,' Rich Aren't 'Taxed S

CNN's Ali Velshi called out "hold on" five times at a Republican before he repeated liberal talking points on tax policy on Thursday's edition of American Morning. "We don't tax too much. Let's just stop that for a second," Velshi said after cutting off Republican strategist Jim McLaughlin. McLaughlin had  told the American Morning panel. "We spend and we tax too much." [VIDEO BELOW THE FOLD]
Eric Ames
June 30th, 2011 5:04 PM

NY Times Again Strikes at Conservative Fla. Gov. Rick Scott, 'Remote a

The New York Times once again checks in with a hostile peek at Florida’s conservative Gov. Rick Scott. Don Van Natta Jr. and Gary Fineout reported from Miami on Scott’s poll travails, even suggesting his current low standing could cost the Republicans the state in the 2012 presidential election, a mere 16 months away: “Sinking Poll Numbers May Put Florida in Play – Strategists Sy the Governor’s…
Clay Waters
June 30th, 2011 3:53 PM