'They're Blaming Chris Matthews

See Bonus Coverage at foot: "Clinton campaign spent 24 hours slicing and dicing each other."Could the great irony be that the strong woman won because . . . people felt sorry for her? That's not just some right-wing media critic talking. It's a view emerging from left-wing circles. Apparently the libs are angry that the MSM was too biased towards Obama, so much so that it drove people to Hillary…
Mark Finkelstein

Williams Denies Pro-Barack Bias at NBC: 'That's Just Ridiculous

On his blog The Daily Nightly, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams took offense at "spinning" about his Obama-swooning patter on MSNBC about how reporter Lee Cowan admitted they've found it hard to remain objective about the Obama phenomenon. NBC, biased? Williams said "rival political efforts" (the Clintons?) charged him with bias and that's "just ridiculous." The anchor demanded viewers look…
Tim Graham

Letterman's 'Top Ten Signs You're Watching Bad Election Coverage

From the January 8 Late Show with David Letterman, the “Top Ten Signs You're Watching Bad Election Coverage.” Video of Letterman reading this list. 10. TV reporters seem to be using the word "dude" a lot9. Because of the writers strike, they show reruns of the Reagan-Mondale election 8. Exit polling question: "Did you have trouble finding the exit?" 7. Three candidates each received 50% of the…
Brent Baker

MSNBC Blames Voters for Bad NH Polls, If Only Archie Bunker Called

During MSNBC's live New Hampshire primary night coverage, former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw warned that poll results getting ahead of the voters could turn the public against the media, but then blamed the inaccurate polling on how “people probably are not as honest with pollsters.” Chris Matthews, who urged an “inquest” on the polls which all had Barack Obama well ahead of Hillary Clinton in the…
Brent Baker

Donna Brazile Hints Bill Clinton's Obama Attacks Racially Offensive

Brad Wilmouth

The Politics of Childbirth at ABC

GMA's Juju Chang asks conservative The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck if her views have changed now that she's a mom.
Kristen Fyfe

On NPR, Dems See Hillary as 'Mother Earth,' Cry Over Obama

Tim Graham

Bozell Column: Ludicrous Lionel

Brent Bozell

Rejection of Clinton is 'Rejection of George W. Bush

How is that for a more visible example of a more virulent strain of Bush Derangement Syndrome?The infected in question is a very long and very public sufferer, the New York Times' Frank Rich, and he just uttered said symptom on MSNBC.Rich offered up his usual expert delusional analysis that the thus far flight of Democrats from the Hillary Clinton camp is not a result of her myriad unexamined…
Seton Motley

'Today' Invites Madeleine Albright On to Promote Hillary and Slam Bush

Geoffrey Dickens

NBC Admits: Media In Love With Obama

Were it not for the leftward-leaning news media, Democrats would have a much tougher time getting their agenda out. This is a point which journalists now and then will admit. Another such admission was made earlier today by NBC anchor Brian Williams who said the following:I interviewed Lee Cowan, our reporter who covers Obama, while we were out yesterday and posted the interview on the web. Lee…
Matthew Sheffield

Evan Thomas Mangles Memories of the Seventies

Brent Bozell's last column referred to a year-end think piece by Newsweek's Evan Thomas on our hurtfully "hyperpartisan" political atmosphere called "The Closing of The American Mind."I was especially fascinated when Thomas wrote wistfully of the golden days when America had an "old order – a large, more politically moderate voting public...In 1970, at about 6:30 pm at least two or three nights a…
Tim Graham

Hillary's Outburst of Emotion Will Boost Dem, ABC Reporter Claims

On Tuesday's "Good Morning America," reporter Claire Shipman appeared touched by Hillary Clinton's emotional display at a New Hampshire diner on Monday. She exhibited no skepticism about the outpouring, describing it as "unexpected, spontaneous emotion." Not surprisingly, Shipman also speculated that Clinton could benefit in the polls from the event. Video (:54): Windows Media (1.70 MB) or MP3…
Scott Whitlock

'View's' Behar: Hillary Clinton 'Vilified' by the Press

Are Hillary Clinton’s recent troubles the result of unfair press coverage? According to "The View’s" Joy Behar they are. On the January 8 edition of the ladies chat show, the co-hosts discussed Senator Clinton’s recent emotional breakdown when Behar exclaimed, "I feel like crying for her now. I feel so bad about how the press has been vilifying her."As is expected for a woman who frequently gets…
Justin McCarthy