Nets Push Biden to Get Tough; Biden Says Press Has Been ‘Sexist’ a

Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden made the morning show rounds on Thursday to respond to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s convention speech, and journalists at NBC, MSNBC, ABC and CNN all encouraged Biden to strongly confront his Republican counterpart, as if Palin has been enjoying some sort of honeymoon from criticism over the past few days.CNN’s John Roberts pressed Biden: “Before…
Rich Noyes

Andrea: 'Amazing'; Brokaw 'Magnificent'; Mika: 'She Represents Life I

What does it say about Sarah Palin that some of my favorite targets, um, subjects raved about her this morning?  Andrea Mitchell and Mika Brzezinski could hardly have been more complimentary, Tom Brokaw and Jay Carney chipping in with positive comments.ANDREA MITCHELL: Here was a novice on the national scene, with the lowest of expectations. People said sure, she'll be able to perform. But it was…
Mark Finkelstein

Republicans Jeer, Protest NBC News

About a year into MSNBC's strategy of refashioning itself into the network for Bush haters, some consequences are starting to emerge for the cable channel and its corporate parent NBC.Internally, the lurch to the left has resulted in numerous outbreaks of hostility as the remains of the old guard fight to protect themselves and the token conservatives find themselves increasingly marginalized.…
Matthew Sheffield

Another Day, Another Republican Attacking "Obama's Patriotism

The Times claims John McCain "initiated a series of attacks on Senator Barack Obama's patriotism..." - but again fails to back up the charge with a single example.
Clay Waters

MRC/NB's Bozell on FNC Discussing Palin Bias

MRC President and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell appeared on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" Thursday morning to discuss the outrageous media bias against Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Regarding the attacks on Palin's experience, Bozell claimed: For two years Republicans, conservatives, have been saying that Barack Obama was perhaps the arguably…
Lyndsi Thomas

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Sarah!How'd she do, folks? In the Xcel Energy Center, the evening was a HUGE success, as was her speech. I couldn't find any critics (photo courtesy Reuters). What did you think? Did she accomplish what she needed to? How are you feeling about the race now?
NB Staff

Google CEO: We Need Gov't Regulation of Internet Service Providers

Chairman of search engine Eric Schmidt says government must prevent service providers from crowding out competition.
Jeff Poor

Olbermann In a Better Suit: Did Williams Suggest Palin Appeal Rooted i

Subtract the subdued demeanor and the good tailoring, and how much difference is there between Brian Williams and Keith Olbermann?  Take Williams' post-Palin speech analysis.  Was the Nightly News anchor suggesting Palin's appeal is rooted in racism? He certainly made a clarion call to his fellow MSMers to keep up the good fight against her. Ann Curry interviewed a woman delegate who described…
Mark Finkelstein

Will Newsweek Eat This Headline? 'Why Sarah Palin Is Likely to Belly-F

Tim Graham

Oops! South Florida Newspapers Miss Big Biden Story in Own Backyard

P.J. Gladnick

Stephanopoulos on Giuliani and Palin: 'A Little Too Ugly? A Little Too

Sarah Palin's Wednesday night Republican convention speech was widely greeted with praise from television commentators and the short break between her address and Rudy Giuliani's beforehand didn't leave much time for analysis of Giuliani's, but ABC's George Stephanopoulos managed to find a dark side to both while ABC's Nightline devoted a six-minute story to “new details tonight on a brewing…
Brent Baker

AP Next Going After Palin's 'Derided' Religion

The Associated Press takes the attacks against Sarah Palin to the next level by saying that in her released bio Palin's religion was "obscured." The AP is suggesting that Palin's ostensibly secret religion is really Pentecostalism which, they note, is a sect that is "derided by outsiders and Bible-believers alike." So, the AP is saying here that the McCain campaign is trying to cover up Palin's…
Warner Todd Huston

'Dr. Phil' Chastises Letterman's Deriding of Palin's Bad Parenting

Guest “Dr. Phil” on Wednesday night chastised David Letterman's misunderstanding of teenage sexual behavior and parental influence after Letterman sarcastically complained that if a President McCain “drops dead...don't you want your President to have had the presence of mind to have chatted to her teenaged kids for five minutes about birth control?” (Letterman delivered the same belittling joke…
Brent Baker

CNN Runs Graphic on McCain’s History of Cancer After Palin Speech

Matthew Balan