Shuster: Many Say Novak Doesn't Have 'Any Credibility As a Journalist
David Shuster has hurled a hand grenade in the direction of one of Washington's most venerable political reporters. The MSNBC "correspondent" has alleged that many people don't believe Robert Novak has "any credibility as a journalist."View video here.Shuster sat in as a "Morning Joe" panelist today. His comment came in the context of a discussion regarding the Novak column from over the weekend…
Weekend Captionfest
Grinnell College student Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff winks after asking planted question on climate change to Hillary Clinton at a town hall in Newton, Iowa on November 8th.
MSNBC President Admits: Lineup Tilts Leftward
Phil Griffin, president of MSNBC has finally admitted what everyone knew to be the case: his network's talk lineup tilts leftward. This type of admission is quite rare in media circles. Usually when high-level media types are confronted with evidence their product is biased, they issue silly blanket denials that anyone can see through as mere corporate shillery.Griffin's admission came in a…
Olbermann Hits Bozell as 'Worst' for Suspecting Hillary in Filegate
MSNBC "Countdown" host and Media Matters marionette Keith Olbermann handed MRC founder Brent Bozell his whimsical Worst Person in the World honors on Wednesday night for having the bad manners to assert on FNC’s "Hannity & Colmes" that Hillary Clinton was at the center of the FBI files scandal. Using the same argument and same verbiage as Media Matters – without mentioning them by name or…
Bozell on 'Morning Joe': For Networks, Liberal Ideology Trumps Bottom
L. Brent Bozell, founder of Media Research Center, NB's parent, made an appearance on today's "Morning Joe." Brent is the author, with MRC/NB's Tim Graham, of the recently-released "Whitewash: What the Media Won't Tell you About Hillary Clinton, But Conservatives Will."Look for comprehensive coverage of Brent's appearance from my colleagues at MRC and NB during the day. But for present purposes…
Report: Clinton Aides Told Spitzer to Dump Licenses for Illegals
Captain Renault would be shocked: Hillary Clinton's campaign put pressure on Eliot Spitzer to drop his disastrous licenses-for-illegals plan.The word came from crack NY Post Albany reporter Fred Dicker [pictured here], appearing on this afternoon's Hardball.View video here.
Joe Klein: Spontaneous Hillary, The Moderate Voice Modulator
When thinking of Hillary Clinton, do the adjectives "moderate" and "spontaneous" spring to mind? They do for Joe Klein, assigned by Time magazine to write its cover-story profile of her last week.Joe Scarborough let Klein's characterization slide this morning. But when Klein played the "spontaneous" card on last night's "Hardball," Chris Matthews devastated him with a clip of Hillary at her…
MSNBC's Shuster: Tancredo a Border-Control 'Fanatic
In the most florid criticism I can recall a network "correspondent" leveling at a major party presidential candidate, MSNBC's David Shuster has branded Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) a border-control "fanatic." The editorializing came in the course of Shuster's report during today's 5 PM ET "Hardball," which included an update on the GOP primary.DAVID SHUSTER: No television commercial in Iowa is…
Michelle Obama: America's Fault if It Doesn't Elect Barack
America will have no one to blame but itself if it doesn't seize the opportunity to elect Barack Obama. That was the essence of a comment Michelle Obama made to Mika Brzezinski in the course of an interview the MSNBCer conducted with the candidate's wife in Iowa over the weekend. The comments aired on today's "Morning Joe" during the 6:30 AM ET half-hour. View video here.
Plant-Gate Grows: Is Clinton Campaign Telling Truth About What Hillary
UPDATE: 11-13 9:35 AM: Did Hillary answer a second planted question at the event? See foot.What did Hillary Clinton know about the planted question in Iowa and when did she know it?The Clinton campaign and apparently Clinton herself are denying she had any idea she was calling on a plant. But according to information in the New York Times, Clinton campaign aides had in fact prompted her to call…
Conspiratorial Wink of the Hillary Plant
UPDATE, see below: Shuster says "watch the wink."Sometimes, the smallest gestures are the most significant . . . Have a look at the freeze-frame. It shows the moment at which the young woman in Iowa this weekend is retaking her seat after posing that planted question to Hillary about climate change. As you'll see, she's flashing someone a conspiratorial wink and smile. "Morning Joe" rolled the…
Michelle Obama: Inferiority Complex Prevents Blacks From Supporting Ob
Guess I won't be calling Mika Brzezinski a "newsreader" again anytime soon. The "Morning Joe" panelist went to Iowa over the weekend and scored an in-depth interview with Michelle Obama that elicited a highly-controversial suggestion from the candidate's wife. According to Mrs. Obama, her husband isn't polling better among African-Americans because in the back of their minds, many blacks think…
