Bush Critic Kuo Goes Up in Flames: Claims Matthews 'Conflagrating' Iss
October 17th, 2006 5:28 PM
There's nothing the MSM loves more than a renegade Republican. The GOP maverick-of-the-MSM-week is David Kuo. He is the former #2 man in the Bush administration's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, and has written a book, Tempting Faith, claiming that the operation was a cynical attempt to woo faith-based voters whom top aides including Karl Rove looked at contemptuously.Chris Matthews…
Matthews Tells Baker 'Democrats Not My Party Anymore
October 16th, 2006 5:58 PM
Doth Chris Matthews protest too much?On this afternoon's 'Hardball,' interviewing James Baker about his new book on a life in politics, Matthews alluded to the risk of a political party fracturing in the course of a presidential primary campaign: "How do you hold your party together when you have people, secular candidates like John McCain who's often in that [guest] chair, and Rudy Giuliani…
What a Difference a Party Makes
October 14th, 2006 2:50 PM
From MSNBC (Studds' party affiliation is mentioned only in reference to Mark Foley in this story):First openly gay person elected to Congress dies BOSTON - Former U.S. Rep. Gerry Studds, the first openly gay person elected to Congress, died early Saturday at Boston Medical Center, several days after he collapsed while walking his dog, his husband said.Down below, MSNBC acknowledges the sex…
Another David Shuster Prediction Falls Flat
October 12th, 2006 1:54 AM
After his May 8 prediction that White House aide Karle Rove "will, in fact, be indicted" blew up in his face as investigators into the Valerie Plame non-scandal told Rove he would not be charged, you'd think MSNBC correspondent David Shuster would have stayed away from making prognostications based on his own reporting.If you predicted that, however, you would've been wrong.Last Wednesday,…
Sunday Afternoon Fights: Liberal and Conservative Radio Talk Show Host
October 10th, 2006 10:29 AM
While many Americans were watching football games on Sunday, the best battle was actually on MSNBC where conservative radio talk show host Steve Malzberg took on liberal radio talk show host Mike Malloy. There was clearly bad blood between these two from a previous fight earlier in the day, and referee Contessa Brewer warned the combatants to behave themselves this time. Thankfully, the…
Network News Vet: More Saw Liberal Bias Than 'Anyone' in Media 'Had Es
October 9th, 2006 3:37 PM
On FNC's two-hour Sunday special (8-10pm EDT) to mark the channel's tenth anniversary, former CBS News and MSNBC executive Erik Sorenson articulated what the AP's David Bauder last week paraphrased him as acknowledging: How New York-based news media executives were so out of touch that they did not recognize the depth of belief in liberal media bias into which FNC tapped. “There was a full-on…
