Third CNN Staffer Joins Obama's Team, As Does ABC Vet; Revolving Door

Following the path of CNN Middle East correspondent Aneesh Raman and producer Kate Albright-Hanna, who both jumped aboard the Obama campaign last year, senior political producer Sasha Johnson this week announced she's leaving the network's Washington bureau to take the Press Secretary slot at the Department of Transportation. She won't be the only media vet in that shop. As The Politico's Michael…
Brent Baker

The Non-TARP Lenders Aren’t Making Stories of WH Pressure Up; That M

As of early Tuesday evening, according to a report by Liz Moyer at Forbes, the latest news on the Chrysler bankruptcy filing is that: The recalcitrant non-TARP lenders who would not agree to the deal the government attempted to force on them are now attempting to challenge the deal the government and Chrysler have proposed in bankruptcy court.These lenders want to keep their identities hidden.In…
Tom Blumer

Shuster-fied Tolerance

Inflammatory MSNBC reporter lectures Joe the Plumber on accepting others.
Colleen Raezler

'The Early Show' Uses Palin Drama to Bash Abstinence

As Bristol speaks out for abstinence, CBS focuses on Levi Johnston's disagreement with the family.
Iris Somberg

MSNBC Uses Daily Kos GOP Logo to Bash 'Grand Obsolete Party

Has General Electric's news division at MSNBC officially announced its unequivocal support for the far-left in this nation while abandoning what little remains of its journalistic integrity? Before answering, consider that during Monday's "Countdown," a new GOP logo, created for the perilously liberal website Daily Kos, was used  in a hit piece thoroughly disparaging the Republican Party.Is this…
Noel Sheppard

Bozell Column: Bias In Specter Scope

Brent Bozell

Newsweek Gives Sideways Arrow to Joe Biden for Swine Flu Comment

The nation's gaffer-in-chief Joe Biden really stepped in it last week with his remarks about how Americans should avoid flying and taking the subway to avert coming down with the swine flu. It's safe to say the conventional wisdom around the country and inside the Beltway is that Biden really blundered.But not to Newsweek's Conventional Wisdom, which in the May 11-18 edition gave Obama's veep a…
Ken Shepherd

Gallup Poll Editor: Al Gore Is Losing Global Warming Debate

Any measure that we look at shows Al Gore's losing at the moment. The public is just not that concerned.So said Gallup Poll editor Frank Newport about the Nobel Laureate's campaign to convince Americans that man's carbon dioxide emissions are destroying the planet.As reported by U.S. News & World Report's Paul Bedard at his Washington Whispers blog Tuesday:
Noel Sheppard

Santelli Excoriates Liesman for Acting Like Nixon, Saying 'Dumb Things

CNBC's Steve Liesman has always gone after tea party inspiration and network floor reporter Rick Santelli for his views, but this time it was Santelli playing offense. The CNBC "Power Lunch" crew was discussing Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) CEO Ken Lewis and disclosure of details surrounding his bank's acquisition of Merrill Lynch May 5. Santelli accused Liesman, CNBC's senior economics reporter of…
Jeff Poor

Wow: Even NYT Liberal Frank Rich Sees Pro-Obama 'Hagiography

The media's pro-Obama love affair is so obvious, even overdramatic New York Times liberal columnist Frank Rich thinks his colleages are overdoing it. In his latest Sunday column, "Enough With the 100 Days Already," Rich briefly empathized with conservatives who think the press is pro-Obama: Believe it or not, there are Americans who have a "very negative" opinion of Barack Obama (13 percent, in…
Clay Waters

Left Digs up Irrelevant Suggestive Pictures of Miss California

In a clear attempt to smear Miss California Carrie Prejean for promoting traditional marriage, a photo hardly as suggestive as many lingerie ads was released on the Internet on May 4. The caption for the picture that appeared on The Dirty.com clearly showed that the intent was to embarrass and discredit Prejean for her view on the issue of same-sex marriage: "Exclusive: Self-proclaimed bible…
Iris Somberg

To the Networks, Arlen Specter Is No Joe Lieberman, and Pat Toomey Is

Tim Graham

Raising The Specter Of Cancer: Bias By Omission

Cancer is a terrible disease.  It is a slow, painful way to die, and the best of modern medicine can only sometimes beat back its advances.  Also notable: Cancer is a nonpartisan disease, attacking the Jack Kemps and Ted Kennedys of the world with equal impunity.  Only a true cynic could see cancer as a political fundraising opportunity.Enter the appropriately named Senator Arlen Specter, stage…
Mike Sargent

Williams Recommends Liberal Reading List on Souter and Successor

NBC anchor Brian Williams' Web surfing centers on liberal sites, as at least evidenced by the reading list he recommended in his Monday afternoon entry on The Daily Nightly blog consisting of four articles, all from left-leaning sites: Slate, The New Republic and The Daily Beast. “Because of my Souter departure obsession,” he explained, “today I want to share with you some interesting writing I…
Brent Baker