CNN Graphics Flub: McCain 'Officially Wins Democratic Nomination

For a Thursday funny, the grown-ups at CNN must have been napping when they allowed a half informed intern to type up their screen graphic on Wednesday. As the CNN "Sky View" camera roamed the audience during the Republican Convention the screen graphic helpfully informed the viewer that McCain "Officially wins Democratic Nomination." Psst, CNN. It's McCain wins the Republican nomination. Just…
Warner Todd Huston
 

Matthews, Olbermann, Brokaw Scoff at Palin's Slams on Media

During MSNBC's Wednesday night live coverage of the Republican National Convention Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Tom Brokaw and others scoffed at the idea they had an anti-Sarah Palin agenda. Brokaw depicted the charge of liberal bias as a mere "tactic," by the GOP, Matthews played it off as just "an old, old conflict," and even tried to write off the media's fascination of Obama, as just a…
Geoffrey Dickens
 

CNN’s John King Self-Criticizes Media’s ‘Language’ About GOP

During the two minutes between Roland Martin and Jeffrey Toobin’s two attacks on Sarah Palin after her speech at the Republican convention on Wednesday night, veteran journalist Carl Bernstein also criticized Republicans, since in his view, the Alaska governor’s speech demonstrated "that the Republican Right is running this election." CNN correspondent John King then reacted to Bernstein’s…
Matthew Balan
 

CNN’s Martin and Toobin Come Out Hard Against Palin After Speech

Minutes after Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin finished her speech on Wednesday night, CNN’s Roland Martin and Jeffrey Toobin went on the offensive against the Alaska governor. Co-host Anderson Cooper first asked Martin for his reaction. He first stated that "she gave a solid speech" and then focused on Palin’s dig at Barack Obama being a community organizer in Chicago: "...[S]he…
Matthew Balan
 

Compare the Pictures (II): Day Two DNC vs. Day Two RNC at the LAT

Looking at how the Los Angeles Times covered day two of the Democratic convention versus day two of the Republican convention:Wednesday, August 27, 2008, following day two of the DNC: The headline is "Clinton calls on her party to end her rift" (click to see the image). A large, full-color Convention photo of Hillary and Chelsea Clinton graces the top of the front page. Inside: Five pages of…
Dave Pierre
 

AP Wrongly Charges Palin with Deception over Faith

Doesn't the Associated Press have any religion reporters familiar with evangelical culture and theology?
Brian Fitzpatrick
 

Pro-gay Journalist: Palin's Religious Worldview Controversial

Huffington Post suggests that applying Christian values to public policy is inappropriate.
Brian Fitzpatrick
 

PBS 'Conservative' David Brooks Rips Into 'Hard Right' Romney, 'Biting

Tim Graham
 

CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Denies Her Network Has Anti-Palin Bias

CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien disavowed any knowledge of a bias on her network against Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, particularly concerning the issue of her five children, during a segment on Wednesday’s Newsroom program. She moderated a segment with two bloggers, a conservative and a liberal, both of them mothers. When the conservative, Rachel Campos-Duffy of "The Real World…
Matthew Balan
 

Estrich and Ingraham Slam Media’s ‘Vicious Attacks’ on Sarah Pal

Brad Wilmouth
 

Larry King Live: Jesse Ventura, Actor D.L.Hughley Call Republicans 'Na

It always comes down to this one, doesn't it? Leftists and fringe politicos calling Republicans "Nazis." Well, the "N" word was once again unleashed against John McCain's Republican Convention on September 2 during CNN's Larry King Live show. Actor D.L. Hughley and Independent former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura both went for that shopworn epithet as King discussed the Convention. Along…
Warner Todd Huston
 

New Victorians of the MSM: Palin's Daughter Having Child 'Out-of-Wedlo

Be grateful for small things.  Ann Curry didn't call Bristol Palin's baby "illegitimate" or a "bastard."  She settled for "out-of-wedlock."  Now in fairness, NBC's Curry was in theory listing things for which people might feel sympathy for Sarah Palin, including her own Down syndrome child.But in doing so, speaking with Keith Olbermann during MSNBC's RNC coverage this evening, Curry said the…
Mark Finkelstein
 

RNC Day Three Open Thread

Discuss the speeches, coverage and the rest on this post.Live chat coming soon.
NB Staff
 

Pegged to Palin, Couric Interrogates Cindy McCain on Abortion

Reflecting the media's continued disdain for the pro-life position, interviewing Cindy McCain for Wednesday's CBS Evening News, Katie Couric painted Sarah Palin as an extremist, zeroing in how “even Republicans” supposedly, “seemed surprised that Senator McCain picked a running mate who opposes abortion even in the cases of rape and incest.” Couric then turned the session into an interrogation…
Brent Baker