Mitchell Goes Casablanca On Axelrod: 'We'll Always Have NY

"We'll always have Paris. We didn't have, we'd lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night." So famously said Humphrey Bogart to Ingrid Bergman in the marvelous conclusion of one of the greatest films of all time, "Casablanca." On Wednesday, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell shamelessly used a version of this line on White House advisor David Axelrod. During her interview about…
Noel Sheppard and Jeff Poor

CNN's Amanpour's Interview With 1979 Iranian Hostage Taker Set to Air

CNN’s Iranian-born chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour interviewed one of the leaders of the militant group which stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days for her “Amanpour” program. The interview, along with that of one of the hostages, is set to air this coming Sunday.Wednesday’s Newsroom program previewed the upcoming episode of…
Matthew Balan

Ford Had a Better Idea: No Bailout

As U.S. car manufacturer 'stuns' Wall Street with 3Q profits, some media forget to report Ford didn't take government cash.
Julia A. Seymour

AP Laments Maine Marriage Victory

On Nov. 3, 53 percent of Maine voters rejected a six-month-old law redefining the state's definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. The next day, an AP article about the vote read more like a direct mail appeal for the Human Rights Campaign than a news piece. Headlined "Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage," the article called the repeal of the legislation that granted…
Colleen Raezler

Fox News Misreported Robert Gibbs Press Gaggle Comments

UPDATE: Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett corrected the record during Studio B in the 3PM ET hour on Wednesday (see video). At 10:15AM ET during America’s Newsroom on Fox News Channel, co-host Martha MacCallum reported that in a gaggle with reporters Wednesday morning White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs claimed that President Obama did not watch election results Tuesday night…
Kyle Drennen

Not as Advertised: MSNBC Goes with Taped Olbermann During 10 P.M. Hour

It's probably safe to assume many Democrats weren't happy about last evening's election results, no matter how they spun them and how they pertained to President Barack Obama. And to his credit, that's something MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews admitted was not good for the Democratic Party. However, MSNBC, the so-called "Place for Politics" hyped up its Nov. 3 "Super Tuesday" election…
Jeff Poor

Ford Had a Better Idea: No Bailout

BMI Staff

ABC’s Stephanopoulos Spins NY 23 as a ‘Big Loss’ for Sarah Palin

Former Democratic aide turned journalist George Stephanopoulos appeared on Wednesday’s Good Morning America to spin the loss of a Conservative Party congressional candidate in New York as a "big loss for Sarah Palin." He enthused, "A big win for the Democrats who poured it on in the final days especially Vice President Biden who came in the final day."Stephanopoulos seemed much more animated in…
Scott Whitlock

Bozell Announces 'Dewey Defeats Truman Awards' for 'Incompetent Politi

"Last night was a triumph for the conservative movement and repudiation to those who said Republicans had to move away from the conservative ideology to achieve victory," Media Research Center President and NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell declared today."I hereby grant the Dewey Defeats Truman Awards for the most incompetent political reporting of the year to the following journalists for…
NB Staff

ABCNews.com: 53% Vote on Same-sex Marriage in Maine a 'Narrow Victory

President Barack Obama's 2008 popular vote victory, roughly 53% of the electorate, should be considered "narrow" in retrospect, perhaps. After all, ABC News editors consider a similar margin of victory for same-sex marriage opponents in Maine last night to be "narrow."The headline and subheader for Devin Dwyer's November 4 story:
Ken Shepherd

UPDATED: Obama Watching Self on HBO Misreported; Gibbs Misquoted

UPDATE: Fox News misreported Gibbs' press gaggle comments. He did not claim President watched HBO special on election night. During the 10AM ET hour of America’s Newsroom on Fox News Channel, fill-in co-host Martha Maccallum told viewers what President Obama watched on election night while Democrats suffered big losses in New Jersey and Virginia: “Robert Gibbs said, well, he was actually…
Kyle Drennen

Keith Olbermann Tells Glenn Beck and 9-12ers 'Go To Hell

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Tuesday told Fox News's Glenn Beck to "Go to hell!"Even worse, he did the same to members of Beck's 9-12 Project, an organization "designed to bring us all back to the place we were on September 12, 2001" when we were "united as Americans, standing together to protect the greatest nation ever created."Apparently, Olbermann doesn't want Americans as united as they were the…
Noel Sheppard

One Year Later, Obama's Media Honeymoon Still Going Strong

Money, health issues dominate marriage's first year, but journalists still in love.
Dan Gainor

Elementary Epidemic: 11 Uncovered Videos Show School Children Performi

Big Hollywood has already posted a couple disturbing videos of young school children singing/speaking praises to President Obama, but when eleven more dropped in our email box it came as quite a shock. What seemed like an aberration now appears to be a troubling pattern.  Maybe “epidemic” is a better word. Each one of the videos below is creepier than the last because the further down you go, the…
John Nolte