ABC’s Robin Roberts Frets to Teresa Heinz Kerry: What's Up With Scot

January 28th, 2010 4:53 PM
Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts on Thursday implored Teresa Heinz Kerry to explain how Republican Scott Brown could have won his Senate race in Massachusetts. Talking to the wife of Democrat John Kerry, she lamented, "What’s happening?" Prefacing this question, a bewildered Roberts recapped, "We have the election, recent election in Massachusetts, where Ted Kennedy had been senator…

Today Show Skips Any Mention of Bob McDonnell’s GOP Response to Stat

January 28th, 2010 12:36 PM
Of the three morning shows on Thursday, only NBC’s Today show skipped any mention of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s Republican response to the President’s State of the Union address. Both ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS’s Early Show gave McDonnell’s rebuttal at least minor attention. On the Early Show, Chip Reid explained, "Virginia's newly inaugurated governor Bob McDonnell gave the…

Morning Shows Tout Risk to Republicans for ‘Continuing to Say No

January 28th, 2010 9:28 AM
The three morning shows on Thursday reacted to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address by highlighting the risk Republicans run in continuing to oppose the President’s agenda. On NBC’s Today, Meredith Vieira fretted to Joe Biden, "What risk do the Republicans run by continuing to say no, by being the party of no?" NBC put the happiest spin on the speech, featuring a graphic that trumpeted, "‘…

Networks Pounce on ‘Louisiana Watergate’ Story After Only 17 Hours

January 27th, 2010 12:08 PM
All three morning shows on Wednesday highlighted the revelation that a conservative activist had been arrested in connection to an attempt to tamper with the phones of Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu. Despite jumping on the "Louisiana Watergate" story only 17 hours after it was first reported, the networks took five days to file full reports on the same James O’Keefe and his undercover footage…

Rosie O’Donnell Lectures George Stephanopoulos: Don’t Grill Me; He

January 26th, 2010 12:45 PM
Rosie O’Donnell appeared on Tuesday’s Good Morning America and lectured host George Stephanopoulos, "You just have to relax and remember that not everyone's a politician. And you don't have to grill them." The liberal comedienne needn’t have worried. Stephanopoulos only gently approached O’Donnell and her new gay-themed HBO documentary. After being dressed down by O’Donnell, the GMA host offered…

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Frets to McCain: Tax Cuts Will ‘Increa

January 26th, 2010 11:00 AM
Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos played defense for the White House on Tuesday. While talking with John McCain about Obama’s 2010 proposals, he sounded annoyed that the Senator’s ideas for job creation would include tax cuts: "But, those tax cuts are going to increase the deficit, aren't they, sir?" After McCain declared his opposition to Democrat spending proposals, the host pressed…

Oprah and GMA ‘Bristle’ at Bristol’s Pledge of Abstinence

January 25th, 2010 4:04 PM
Every week Oprah Winfrey encourages over 44 million Americans to "Live Your Best Life" - the mantra of her billion-dollar brand. "The key to realizing a dream," Oprah said in the Sept. 2002 issue of her O magazine, "is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning." Maybe Oprah should revisit that…

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Nails Carville on Prediction of Years of

January 25th, 2010 12:47 PM
Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos on Monday did not go easy on his friend and former colleague James Carville. Discussing the Massachusetts Senate election, he quoted Carville’s words from his 2009 book 40 More Years: "Republicans have no hope of making serious inroads into democratic advantages in 2010 or likely 2012 or 2014 and so on. It's time to call T.O.D., time of death, on…

Olbermann Whines about Mainstream Media’s Lack of Outrage over SCOTU

January 23rd, 2010 11:12 AM
The guy has an hour-long television show that isn't the highest-rated program on cable television, but does fairly well considering the circumstances. Yet, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, who has expressed his own "unhinged" anger about the Supreme Court ruling that corporations have a free speech right to participate in elections, says there is a deficiency of anger about the ruling. Olbermann, on the…

ABC Fawns Over Elizabeth Edwards as an ‘Adored,’ ‘Passionate

January 22nd, 2010 12:35 PM
On Friday's Good Morning America, Claire Shipman gushed over Elizabeth Edwards as a “smart, passionate, sometimes fierce woman with many different sides to her personality.” She lauded the wife of John Edwards as a complex “heroine” who is “increasingly hard to define.” At the same time, Shipman downplayed the negative portrayal of Mrs. Edwards in a new campaign book. Recounting the story of the…

Irony Alert: Ex-Clinton Aide Stephanopoulos Wonders How Edwards Though

January 21st, 2010 7:12 AM
With a complete lack of irony, Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos on Thursday commented on the revelation that John Edwards had fathered a love child. The former top aide to Bill Clinton marveled, "How did he ever think he was going to get through a presidential campaign sitting on all this?" Stephanopoulos, perhaps not thinking of his old boss and the Gennifer Flowers scandal during…

ABC Fawns Over ‘Every Woman’ Michelle Obama Who ‘Wows’ the Wor

January 20th, 2010 4:12 PM
Good Morning America’s Yunji de Nies on Wednesday used the one year anniversary of Michelle Obama's tenure as First Lady to file a fawning look at the "every woman" who is "wowing the world." And while many were focusing on the crushing Democratic defeat in Massachusetts, de Nies gushed, "He may have won the presidency, but when she set foot on Pennsylvania Avenue, Michelle Obama captivated the…

GMA Criticizes Heidi Montag’s 10 Plastic Surgeries, Calls Her ‘Sad

January 20th, 2010 11:00 AM
If you haven't heard much about Heidi Montag before, that's probably going to change. MTV's pseudo reality star has become a cautionary tale, and is facing a firestorm of critics after going under the knife for a staggering 10 different cosmetic procedures in a single sitting. The list ranged from a mini brow lift to a chin reduction to pinning her ears back to the predictable breast augmentation…

ABC’s Stephanopoulos Worries: If Coakley Goes Down, What’s ‘Plan

January 18th, 2010 10:51 AM