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Nets Gush: Hillary ‘Aced’ It; a 'Perfect' Convention Speech
All three broadcast morning shows hailed Hillary Clinton’s convention speech on Wednesday, as ABC’s Diane Sawyer saw Clinton “bringing down the house,” while George Stephanopoulos declared that “she aced it. I think she's gone farther than any losing candidate has ever gone in a convention like this.”Sawyer gushed: “If her candidacy put those 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, her speech…
Pollster.com Finds 'House Effects,' Not Bias, to Blame for Volatile Po
Wild swings in polling results have been an ongoing big story this election cycle. The LAT, as Dave Pierre pointed out a week ago, experienced a huge shift in their polling away from their man, Barack Obama, and were left scrambling to come up with a solution. But the LAT is not alone. Last month, P.J. Gladnick highlighted a similarly drastic shift in the Newsweek poll.What, then, are we to…
CNN's Chetry: 'Is GOP Trying to Paint Clinton Into a No-win Situation
Former New York City Mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was interviewed on Wednesday's "American Morning" by co-host Kiran Chetry about Senator Hillary Clinton's Tuesday night speech to the Democratic National Convention. After Giuliani argued that Clinton never answered the "big question" surrounding Senator Barack Obama of whether he is ready to be Commander-in-Chief,…
CBS’s Smith: Should Republicans ‘Worry’ About Dem ‘Enthusiasm
Speaking to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith asked: "But standing in this building...feeling the enthusiasm, don't you think Republicans have something to worry about?" Giuliani, who has been attending the Democratic convention and will give the keynote address at the Republican convention next week, replied: "No, I think Republicans are…
NBC Gushes Over Common Man Joe Biden, the 'Amtrak Senator
On Wednesday's "Today," frequent MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle filed a fawning, credulous report on "Amtrak Senator" Joe Biden and his daily habit of taking the train home from Washington D.C. after completing his duties in the U.S. Senate. Barnicle, who accompanied Biden during one of these trips back to Delaware, seemed to be repeating talking points when he touted how the journey keeps the…
NYT Glosses Over Bill Ayers's Terrorism, Attacks Anti-Obama Ad Instead
"Obama Campaign Wages Fight Against Conservative Group's Ads" is the third story from New York Times reporter Jim Rutenberg in five days that attacks an anti-Obama ad from the American Issues Project that questions the ties between Obama and homegrown terrorist Bill Ayers, cofounder of the Weathermen, the group that tried to blow up the U.S. Capitol in 1971. In each story, Rutenberg appears far…
Al Hunt's Orange Blazer: A Pro-Hillary Signal
When Al Hunt of Bloomsburg News (a longtime Washington fixture of the Wall Street Journal) wore an orange blazer on Monday night's Charlie Rose show on PBS, I wondered if it was just a subliminal ad for Creamsicles. But perhaps he was just signaling his early support for Hillary Clinton's orange pantsuit on Tuesday night. I think we can rule out that they're both fans of the NewsBusters color…
NYT's Dowd Not Buying Media's Democrat Unity Sales Pitch
As media members fall over themselves to sell viewers and readers on the idea that everything is now hunky dory between Obama and Clinton supporters as a result of Hillary's convention speech Tuesday, one high-profile press figure isn't buying it.In fact, the New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd even went so far as to quote someone in her most recent article who depicted the "weird and jittery"…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: So how's that Democrat convention going for you?Did Hillary accomplish what Obama wanted? Are the media living down to their sycophantic worst? Any other thoughts?
Olbermann Insults Matthews On Air, Chris Strikes Back
About 24 hours after dissing Joe Scarborough via an open microphone during Monday's coverage of the Democratic National Convention, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann took an insulting poke at partner Chris Matthews.Wonderfully, Matthews didn't take it lying down. This raises an important question: is the hatred Olbermann has been spewing on virtually a nightly basis beginning to take its toll on his fellow…
Barnicle Can't Sell Obama to Hillary Supporter
The Barnicle clan should be grateful Mike landed the MSNBC gig. It could have been tough making ends meet had he chosen a career in used-car sales. I base that on some hilarious footage from today's Morning Joe, as Mike failed to persuade a Hillary fan to back Barack. And don't miss Mike Murphy's brilliant analysis, at the end, of what was missing in Hillary's speech.At 7:35 AM EDT, a Hillary…