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CNN ‘Crime Stories’ Promo Includes Picture of Sen. Mitch McConnell
What's going on at CNN? On Monday, the "most trusted name in news" ran an advertisement for its Headline News program "Nancy Grace" dealing with "incredible crime stories" this fall. In the fast-moving montage, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Kent.) picture was spliced in between what appears to be convicted dog abuser Michael Vick and missing Bolingbrook, Illinois, resident Stacy…
Mika: Edwards's Turn to Cry
This space has not served as an unmitigated cheering section for Mika Brzezinski. But kudos to the Morning Joe panelist for the well-deserved shot she took at John Edwards today.Perhaps it was the Edwards's lack of candor that incited Mika's ire. It's been widely reported, as in this ABC News blog, that the former NC senator tried to exploit Hillary's now-famous emotional moment of yesterday:…
ABC Lets Stephanopoulos Go Soft on Hillary
Hillary Clinton secured interviews on all three network morning shows on Monday, but as CBS’s Harry Smith emphasized the New York Post "PANIC" headline and NBC’s Matt Lauer wondered if Hillary thought the voters were being charmed (but weren't doing their homework) about Obama, ABC gave her the softest interview of the day – with her former employee George Stephanopoulos. Which shameless producer…
Cafferty Channels McGovern: 'Why Won't Congress Impeach Bush
CNN's Jack Cafferty on Monday advanced former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern's call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, posing as his “Cafferty File” question in the 6pm EST hour of The Situation Room: “Why won't Congress impeach President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney?” Highlighting McGovern's bombastic op-ed in the “Outlook” section of…
NewsBusted Back After Holiday Break
After a few weeks off for the holidays, NB's comedy webcast "NewsBusted" is back with all-new episodes starting today.Topics for today's show: Mitt Romney vs. Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton's new campaign strategy, and illegal aliens as "Texans of the Year." Click play in the video frame to the right to watch.
Are Connecticut Justices, Hartford Courant Courting Same-Sex Marriage
The state's largest newspaper, and the oldest in the nation, The Hartford Courant, hasn't covered the case on its news pages since it was argued last May. But that doesn't mean the paper has kept its bias in the closet.
Outrage of the Day from AP's Nedra Pickler: 'Aborted Fetuses Who Survi
I don't know how you top the example coming up for simultaneous outrage and doublespeak.It's from Nedra Pickler of the Associated Press, covering Hillary Clinton's claim that Barack Obama -- known to yours truly as BOOHOO (Barack O-bomba Overseas Hussein “Obambi” Obama) -- is not a strong enough defender of abortion "rights."You can't say that Ms. Pickler didn't come come up with a staunch, but…
Williams Slobbers Over Obama; Couric Counters McCain on Surge
In interviews aired Monday night, NBC's Brian Williams slobbered over Barack Obama while CBS's Katie Couric told John McCain the surge in Iraq has not been a success and pressed Mitt Romney to apologize for his negative ads. Riding on a bus in New Hampshire the day before the Granite state's primary, Williams showed Obama the Newsweek with the Democratic candidate on the cover and wondered: “How…
ABC Falls for Hillary’s Crying Game in New Hampshire, Will Others
She got rocked in Iowa last week, and things aren't looking good in New Hampshire tomorrow. I guess that means it's time for the smartest woman in the world to choke up on camera, and tug at the heartstrings of folks that are easy prey for such passion plays. For those fortunate enough to have missed it, ABCNews.com has posted a video of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) getting a bit misty…
95% Respond Negatively to Illegal Immigrant as Texan of the Year
On December 30, NewsBusters voiced its displeasure with the Dallas Morning News naming the illegal immigrant as its 2007 Texan of the Year. As it turns out, Morning News readers were just as offended. In fact, according to Saturday's "Ask the Editor" piece on the subject, 95 percent of readers that sent in letters or e-mail messages were highly negative about the paper's choice (…
New Media Darling: New Hampshire Press Helps Fuel Obama's Surge
It’s not just the national media that’s got the ear of New Hampshire voters in the days before their first-in-the-nation primary tomorrow. Local newspapers are filled with stories about the various candidates, and The Concord Monitor (which reaches about 20,000 weekday readers in and around the state’s capital city) has had a spate of stories favorable to Barack Obama since Thursday’s Iowa…