MSNBC Introduces Palin As 'Facing State Investigation
August 29th, 2008 8:16 PM
Cross Posted at Video Done Right John McCain had yet to announce Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, when MSNBC began flashing a graphic of informational stats on Palin. These were her age, her 80% approval rating, and that she is “facing a state investigation.” The graphic was continuously shown at different times during the broadcast, and the state investigation graphic remained…
Dem Boykin: Palin 'Affirmative Action' Pick
August 29th, 2008 5:27 PM
Of all the criticisms an apparently panicky Dem party has heaped on Sarah Palin in the hours since her selection was announced, Keith Boykin [bio] has come up with perhaps the unseemliest. The former aide to President Clinton has accused Palin of being an "affirmative action" pick.Boykin, a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard Law, was debating the selection with Republican Joe Watkins at the end…
Noonan Knocks MSNBC's 'Fatuous Suck-upping
August 29th, 2008 10:25 AM
Peggy Noonan made a serious point about MSNBC's slanted coverage, and I suppose seriousness compels me to mention it first. But please do yourself a favor and stay tuned for the description of Peggy's un-PC laugh line that could be the best guilty pleasure of the campaign season. Joe Scarborough opened today's Morning Joe with an ode to the wonderfulness that was Obama last night. He was…
Olbermann Slams AP Writer Who Didn't Like Obama's Speech
August 29th, 2008 7:26 AM
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann made his support for Barack Obama even clearer Thursday when moments after the junior senator from Illinois accepted his party's nomination as president, the "Countdown" host assailed an Associated Press writer for having the nerve to not be as enthralled with the Messiah's address as he was.In Olbermann's crosshairs on this occasion was Charles Babington who penned an…
Matthews Orders Sharpton to 'Beat' Unpatriotic 'Politics of Karl Rove
August 29th, 2008 2:33 AM
Chris Matthews has had it with Karl Rove, and he told the Reverend Al Sharpton, during MSNBC's live coverage of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, to "beat" Rove in Ohio, "before we have the count." After Sharpton claimed the Democrats were "robbed" in 2000 and 2004, Matthews urged the Reverend not to let it happen again.MATTHEWS: Well let's hope if you, for the purposes of…
Chris Matthews Asks If GOP Platform ‘Inclusive Enough’ on Abortion
August 29th, 2008 1:39 AM
During his normal "Hardball" program on MSNBC on Thursday evening, Chris Matthews asked Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison if the "Republican party platform is inclusive enough on the issue of reproductive or abortion rights." Hutchison, whose name has been floated as a possible vice-presidential nominee for John McCain, didn’t give a straight yes or no answer, and mentioned that in her view…
Olbermann: Obama Nomination Like Fall of Soviet Union, Apartheid
August 28th, 2008 10:46 PM
How does Keith Olbermann view pre-Obama America? Apparently akin to the Soviet Union, and South Africa under apartheid. Here was his statement from the top of tonight's DNC coverage.CHRIS MATTHEWS: It is an iconic night in history: we'll all remember this night as long as we live. This is the night that the first Western government, the first Western political power, or party, has nominated an…
Post Reporter: Romney's Free Trade Principles a 'Vulnerability
August 28th, 2008 7:16 PM
Sometimes the qualities that make a strong candidate in one pool make them a weak candidate in another pool. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would hurt Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain as a running mate because of "vulnerability" stemming from his successful businesses and support for free trade, according to a reporter for The Washington Post. "On the whole subject…
Flashback: MSNBC’s Matthews Once Dared to Doubt Obama’s Experience
August 28th, 2008 6:45 PM
It’s hard to imagine that Barack Obama has ever had to deal with a moment’s bad press from his pals at MSNBC, but you may remember how back on February 19, while anchoring coverage of the Wisconsin primary, Chris Matthews dared to ask a Texas state senator -- who was appearing on MSNBC to plead Obama's case -- to list “any” of his legislative accomplishments. He could not.As Obama accepts the…
Democrats Covering Democrats: Many CNN Personalities Registered Left
August 28th, 2008 5:15 PM
As the Democrats begin to wind down their national convention, we at NewsBusters are revving a series of reports under the banner "Quick Study" that take an in-depth and quantitative look at the ways cable news anchors and correspondents use information and perspectives to frame the race to suit their liberal ideology. We especially intend to shine a bright light on pretentions of objectivity…
Is MSNBC Feud More Serious Than Management Admits
August 28th, 2008 3:47 PM
As more and more media outlets begin to notice the feud going on between some of MSNBC's highest profile on air personalities, a question begins rising to the surface: just how serious is it?Although the network's President Phil Griffin told the Wall Street Journal he wasn't concerned, others at MSNBC say this situation is much worse than management is letting on.As reported by Jossip Wednesday (…
MSNBC Still Complaining about Lack of Red Meat
August 28th, 2008 3:36 PM
It's Day 4 of the Democratic convention and MSNBC just can't get over the lack of "red meat" thrown to the party faithful. Commentator Pat Buchanan raised the issue during the 7:00 hour of this morning's "Morning Joe" while critiquing Bill Clinton's convention speech, noting that John McCain and the Republicans "skated free for this convention" and calling the current crop of Democrats "a…
