Matthews's Scorecard: Romney Up, Rudy Down
Romney won, Rudy lost. That's Chris Matthews' take on the GOP presidential debate he moderated on MSNBC last night. Matthews made his views clear during his appearance on this morning's "Today." Meredith Vieira, who interviewed Matthews at 7:09 EDT, seemed to share her colleague's assessment.TODAY CO-HOST MEREDITH VIEIRA: Winners and losers in your assessment?MSNBC HOST CHRIS MATTHEWS: Oh,…
Andrea Mitchell: Cuba's Only Major Problem is U.S. Embargo
There's really only one problem for Cuba: those yanqui imperialists and the embargo they slapped on the country. Just ask Andrea Mitchell. The NBC correspondent is in Cuba today for the May Day festivities. Here's an excerpt from her conversation on MSNBC at 9:07 EDT this morning with host Contessa Brewer.MSNBC HOST CONTESSA BREWER: Is there an expectation among the crowd there, a sense that…
Brokaw Wonders Why Tenet Didn't Resign Given 'Rogue' Pentagon Operatio
The Bush administration: a bigger threat to national security than a foreign spy. That was Tom Brokaw's implicit assumption in his interview with former CIA Director George Tenet on this morning's "Today." Along the way, Brokaw accused former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of running a "rogue" intelligence operation.BROKAW: In the opening passage you describe conversations in the Clinton…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: April 21 to
MSNBC: Fair and BalancedAccording to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani committed "terrorism" when he suggested that the country would be "playing defense" if a Democrat was elected president in 2008. And this is the network that’s hosting a Republican presidential debate? Americans Making Lots of Money: Good or Bad? On Monday, an ABC graphic provided a shining example…
