Matthews: My Job Is To Make Obama Presidency a Success

Just in time for the new James Bond movie, Chris Matthews has earned himself a new moniker: Odd Job. Matthews says he sees his job as a journalist as doing everything he can to make the Obama presidency a success. Appearing on "Morning Joe" today, Matthews was reluctant to criticize Rahm Emanuel's kabuki dance over accepting Obama's offer to be chief of staff. The "Hardball" host (and…

Mark Finkelstein

Rahm Emanuel, 'Center to Center-Right

Tim Graham

GMA's Cuomo: Dow Nosedive Nothing To Do With Obama

The MSM have already begun circling the wagons around their guy. Like a secular priest, Chris Cuomo this morning absolved Barack Obama of any responsibility for yesterday's stock market nosedive, the largest post-election drop in history.Cuomo offered his absolution while chatting about the economy with Good Morning America co-host Diane Sawyer today.DIANE SAWYER: First we've got to start with…
Mark Finkelstein

Obama Suckup Watch: Rachel Swarns Swoons

Clay Waters

12News, Florida: Marriage is 'Controversial' In Florida

A short section of the run down of the winning and losing Amendments in Florida contained a perfect example of liberal slant. In this case, a Channel 12 News piece reports on the passage of Amendment Two, an assurance that marriage shall be defined as between one man and one woman only. (For a full definition of Amendment Two, see Ballotpedia.org) As far as News 12 is concerned, Amendment Two is…
Warner Todd Huston

Slate Writer: McCain 'Rehabilitation' Depends on Angering Republicans

Slate political reporter, Christopher Beam, has some advice on how John McCain can "rehabilitate" himself: become more like a Democrat and admit that his choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate was a mistake. In a report reminiscent of how people who differed slightly from the party line in Stalinist Russia or Mao's China could rehabilitate themselves by admitting the "error" of their ways, Beam…
P.J. Gladnick

Sarah Palin Decries Media's Lack of Objectivity

Missed in the hubub of Tuesday night were some interesting remarks by former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin rebuking the American media for its overwhelming bias in the '08 elections."[T]here is a little bit of disappointment in my heart about the world of journalism today," Palin said. "I have such great respect for the role of the media in our democracy, it is a cornerstone, it…
Matthew Sheffield

CBS/NYT, Newsweek Bring Up Rear As Least Accurate Polls

Via Drudge. According to a study performed by a Fordham University scholar, the least accurate of the 20 presidential polls were those performed by CBS/New York Times and, in dead last, Newsweek.In its final poll, CBS/Times forecast an 11-point Obama margin, 52-41.  Newsweek was even more "optimistic", foreseeing a 12-point Obama win, 53-41.  
Mark Finkelstein

ABC: McCain 'Distorted' Obama, Palin an 'Empty Designer Suit

Examining “what went wrong” with John McCain's campaign, ABC's David Wright charged Wednesday night that by asserting Barack Obama would “be redistributionist in chief” McCain had “distorted Obama's policy positions” (how that was a distortion Wright did not say) and painted McCain as a hypocrite for having “mocked Obama as an empty-headed celebrity” before “he created a celebrity of his own,”…
Brent Baker

NewsBusted All-Obama Edition

Normally we put out "NewsBusted" on Tuesdays and Fridays but today we're making an exception given the motherlode of material Barack Obama just gave us by winning the presidency.Jokes in today's episode touch on a number of topics including the economy still remaining a problem, comparisons of Obama to Ronald Reagan, Joe the Plumber's reaction, and Obama's aunt who's currently living illegally in…
Matthew Sheffield

Media, McCain Ignored Key Issues

Conservative values still resonate with the public. Obama ran to the right of McCain on social and fiscal issues, and the media ignored the contradictions to his record.
Robert Knight

Late Night Comics' Jabs Heavily Favored Obama

Study finds that Leno and Letterman monologues made GOP ticket butt of jokes 7-1 over Democratic ticket.
Erin Brown

'America Matured by Choosing Obama,' Makes 'A More Perfect Union

The broadcast network evening newscasts on Wednesday night all marked Barack Obama's victory with stories on celebrations around the world, the joy expressed by African-Americans and how newspapers sold out as people cheered in the streets. NBC anchor Brian Williams hailed: “As one columnist put it, America  matured in 2008 by choosing Barack Obama.” CBS, however, aired the most triumphant story…
Brent Baker

Olbermann's Violent Palin Fantasy

If Keith Olbermann is going to engage in violent fantasies about Sarah Palin, can't he at least come up with some original material?  On tonight's Countdown, Olbermann drooled at the prospect of Palin remaining in national politics, saying:She might stick around to be the slowest-moving target imaginable for comedians and commentators. It would be like shooting moose from a chopper.Despicable,…
Mark Finkelstein