Fineman Cheers: Michelle 'Beautifully' Dug Herself Out of Hole

During MSNBC's live coverage of the Democratic National Convention, on Monday night, Newsweek's Howard Fineman pronounced that Michelle Obama, in her opening night speech, had "dug herself, beautifully and completely, out of the hole she put herself in...when she said her husband's success was the first time she was proud of her country." Fineman made the following declaration at 12:03am [EDT] on…
Geoffrey Dickens

Overnight Open Thread

Night owls and early risers, post your convention reactions bias spots and whatever else here.
NB Staff

CBS Skips Not 'Proud,' ABC, CBS Decline to Label Liberal Kennedy

After Michelle Obama's Monday night speech at the Democratic National Convention, ABC and NBC mentioned her “for the first time in my adult lifetime I'm proud of my country” previous slap at the United States, but in the context of how she resolved any doubts. ABC's George Stephanopoulos declared: “Tonight, there was no doubt. The money line in this speech was that line when she said, 'that is…
Brent Baker

CNN’s Toobin Frets Dems Not Slamming GOP Enough

On Monday night shortly after Michelle Obama finished speaking, CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin, as he expressed his disappointment that the Democrats didn’t go negative on the first night of their convention, inserted a barb against the Republicans: "...There is one big missing piece tonight I think, which is why the American people should throw the bums out. We haven't heard one word about that. We have…
Matthew Balan

Nets Not Showing Embarrassing DNC Convention Events

No cameras have shown Trojan handing out condoms to Democratic delegates – or the prolife demonstration in Denver.
Kristen Fyfe

'Gay' Journalism Conference Panel Targets Religious Influence on Publi

Washington Post editor, defrocked minister urge homosexual reporters to ignore conservative Christian leaders like Pat Robertson and James Dobson.
Brian Fitzpatrick

Former ABC Reporter, Now Obama Campaign Worker, Bashes GOP As 'Extreme

NBC's Morning Joe hosts failed to challenge Linda Douglass on Obama's extreme pro-abortion record.
Colleen Raezler

New York Times and Washington Post Ignore Obama's Housing Shortage

McCain doesn't know how many houses his wife owns – that's news. Obama is allowing his own brother to live in destitution in Kenya, and bought his property with the help of a slumlord now serving time – that's not news.
Jan LaRue, Esq.

Olbermann: 'I'm Beginning to Sound Borderline Sycophantic

Beginning?  Borderline?How unbalanced was MSNBC's tag team tonight?  When Keith Olbermann felt himself getting verklempt over Michelle Obama's speech, he threw it, for some fair-n-balanced commentary, to . . . Chris Matthews. At the conclusion of Mrs. Obama's appearance, Olbermann almost seemed ready to call the election off and just hand the presidency to Obama by acclamation.KEITH OLBERMANN: Ye…
Mark Finkelstein

On PBS, Lehrer Asks Carter About 'Positive Ripple Effects' of Obama's

Tim Graham

Reuters' Class Warfare: Lower Tax Receipts 'Costs' Gov't

Reuters thinks that tax breaks and loopholes "costs" government its tax receipts. This is a perfect example of class hatred ginned up by the media to further class warfare between Americans. The absolute truth is that if people use the tax code to limit their tax burden they are not costing the government anything, but are using legal means to avoid a higher tax burden. Further, our money is NOT…
Warner Todd Huston

CBS’s Schieffer Shares How Daughter Was Conceived at ’68 Conventio

File this one under "too much information." On Sunday’s Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer got very personal as he reminisced about attending the 1968 Democratic convention, the first convention he ever attended: “I have to say the first one for me was the most memorable -- not for political but for personal reasons. My first daughter was born nine months to the day after that one. As she later…
Rich Noyes

Rendell: 'Bad Person' Wouldn't Support Obama's Universal Health Care

What are you if you don't support Sen. Barack Obama's health care plan? Well, a "bad person" according to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell. Sticks and stones may hurt your bones but words can always be blogged: "Hillary has fought for universal health-care for all her life. The McCain plan is respectfully a joke. Sen. Obama has a real good plan to bring health care to every American," Rendell told…
Paul Detrick

CNN Labels Dem Convention Speakers as Some of the 'Most Liberal

Previewing the first night of the Democratic convention on Monday's "Situation Room," host Wolf Blitzer and a network graphic repeatedly identified the announced speakers as liberal. The CNN anchor asserted, "The speaker lineup for tonight, by the way, here at the convention, includes some of the party's most prominent and most liberal members, including the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator…
Scott Whitlock