CNN Correspondent Aneesh Raman Quits to Join Obama Campaign
September 24th, 2008 1:15 PM
Aneesh Raman, formerly an international correspondent for CNN left the network in June to "try something different."Little did we know that by "different" he meant working for Barack Obama's messaging shop sending out emails.At least Raman has finally admitted his bias, though. He's quite different from many of his former colleagues at CNN who are registered to vote as Democrats but fail to…
Brown Denounces McCain Camp for 'Sexist Treatment' of Palin
September 24th, 2008 11:33 AM
CNN anchor Campbell Brown, famous for her repeated clashes with the McCain-Palin campaign, went off on a "short rant" last night against GOP staffers for putting "chauvinistic chains" around vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.Brown's lecture during the first minutes of her "Election Center" show came on the heels of extended complaints from American news media about how the McCain camp is…
NBC News Jealous? Runs Whole Story on Palin Avoiding Press
September 23rd, 2008 9:52 PM
The night before CBS's Katie Couric will sit down with Sarah Palin to discuss foreign policy and just under two weeks after ABC's Charles Gibson got three interview sessions over two days with Palin in Alaska, the NBC Nightly News, the only broadcast network evening newscast snubbed so far by Palin, devoted a full story to how reporters were initially barred from her photo-ops with foreign…
Bill Clinton Gives Joy Behar 'A Little Tingle
September 23rd, 2008 4:33 PM
Channeling Chris Matthews’ "thrill up my leg" remarks, "View" co-host Joy Behar described acquiring "a little tingle" when former President Bill Clinton appeared on Monday’s show. On the September 22 edition of "Larry King Live" Joy Behar described the former president as "charming," "charismatic," "he touched me a little," and "I got a little tingle."When questioning why Barack Obama holds the…
CNN's Rick Sanchez: A Shining Paragon of Fairness and Balance
September 23rd, 2008 4:33 PM
At 3:30 yesterday afternoon, CNN's Rick Sanchez described in exquisite detail how fair and balanced his network has been behaving during the 2008 Presidential election. Specifically, Rick pointed out that: For the record, CNN has aired 22 reports from Alaska about Sarah Palin. We've aired 54 reports from Chicago about Obama, his minister, and other stories. See? Contrary to our neanderthal…
CNN’s Ed Henry: Palin Trip to UN ‘Like Speed Dating with World Lea
September 23rd, 2008 2:47 PM
CNN’s Ed Henry introduced a new and odd adage about Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s trip to the United Nations on Tuesday’s American Morning. Instead of trying something similar to the "education" line that CBS’s Julie Chen used, the White House correspondent focused on how the McCain campaign was "trying to cram a lot in for Sarah Palin over the next two days in New York:" "…
CNN’s Jim Acosta: Palin ‘Still Very Much on Script, Teleprompter
September 22nd, 2008 4:25 PM
On Monday’s American Morning, CNN correspondent Jim Acosta tried to throw a bit of cold water on the news that tens of thousands showed up in central Florida for a Sarah Palin camapign rally on Sunday. When co-host John Roberts asked about the high turnout, Acosta replied, "[T]his was an enormous crowd out here in Florida. She is still very much on script, John -- still very much on that…
Harwood: 'Crisis on Wall Street Benefits Barack Obama
September 19th, 2008 1:04 PM
As the Bush administration on Friday proposed a sweeping government bailout to address the nation's financial woes, CNBC's chief Washington correspondent John Harwood told viewers that such a move could help John McCain's presidential campaign because the "crisis on Wall Street benefits Barack Obama." This came just days after CNN's David Gergen and Candy Crowley made similar assertions with the…
CNN's Blitzer Ignores William Cohen's Prior Service on AIG's Board of
September 18th, 2008 8:02 PM
Updated with correction below.CNN's Situation Room today featured a Wolf Blitzer interview with former Defense Secretary William Cohen. As a lead in to the interview, White House correspondent Elaine Quijano reported on President Bush's actions to quiet the country's financial jitters. She wrapped up:
Shovel Your Ratings, Keith
September 18th, 2008 7:59 AM
"Shovel your ratings" appears to be Morning Joe's subliminal message to Keith Olbermann today. With the latest ratings showing Rachel Maddow's new MSNBC show beating Olbermann's Countdown, the MJ panel went out of its way to congratulate Maddow on her success, repeatedly mentioning what a "good person" she is and how nice it is to see such people do well. The crew was riffing off the Drudge…
Media Report Re-Warmed Obama Campaign Talking Points as Fact
September 17th, 2008 10:31 PM
As Culture and Media Institute Director Robert Knight has noted, the media are still presenting Obama campaign spin on the McCain sex ed ad as hard facts. Last week the McCain campaign released an ad charging Senator Obama with supporting sex education for kindergarten children when he was an Illinois state senator. According to the Obama campaign and the media the legislation in question "was…
