Some refreshing frankness from Chuck Todd today. Commenting on the MSM hoopla about Bill Clinton's recent White House press room solo, NBC's political director and chief White House…
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December 13th, 2010 5:49 PM | Mark Finkelstein
December 8th, 2010 9:02 PM | Noel Sheppard
Can two grown men really be this dumb, or is their hatred for conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh so blinding they wouldn't know sarcasm if it punched them in the face?
As tough…
December 8th, 2010 8:56 AM | Brent Baker
Matching the distortion documented in a MRC study posted Tuesday, though under the Obama-congressional GOP compromise income tax rates will remain unchanged for all, fill-in CBS Evening News…
December 7th, 2010 4:35 PM | Chuck Norris
Last week, I detailed seven occasions in the past few months at which President Barack Obama omitted the words "by their Creator" from direct quotes of the Declaration of Independence: "that…
December 7th, 2010 1:48 PM | Alex Fitzsimmons
MSNBC's Chuck Todd on the December 7 "Daily Rundown" was uncharacteristically heated in his opposition to the compromise between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans on extending…
December 7th, 2010 11:55 AM | Kyle Drennen
Even with Monday’s deal between President Obama and top Republicans, no American’s income tax rates will actually decline on January 1 (although, if the deal passes, workers will notice a modest…
December 7th, 2010 12:24 AM | Brent Baker
Brian Williams adopted a liberal framework as he opened Monday's NBC Nightly News by declaring “it’s a fair question to ask and for a while now Americans have been wondering how lawmakers in…
December 1st, 2010 12:04 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs appeared on all three major morning shows, on Wednesday, and was pressed by ABC, CBS and NBC's anchors about whether or not the President would fold and…
November 30th, 2010 10:01 PM | Brent Baker
Covering President Barack Obama’s White House meeting with congressional leaders, ABC and CBS portrayed incoming House Republicans as the ones obstinate about tax rates, refusing to compromise…
November 17th, 2010 10:12 AM | Mark Finkelstein
First came the Searchlight Brawler, Harry Reid. Now Orrin Hatch joins the ranks of the Senate tough guys . . . Asked whether—like fellow Utah Senator Robert Bennett—he might be defeated in…
November 14th, 2010 3:32 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On Friday evening, ABC’s World News and the NBC Nightly News both informed viewers that Cindy McCain - wife of Senator John McCain - supports repealing the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy on gays…
November 13th, 2010 8:11 PM | Noel Sheppard
The liberal media went into quite a tirade Friday after conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh made a satirical remark about the Democrats relegating House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C…
November 10th, 2010 5:56 PM | Matt Hadro
Using his best attempt at a football analogy, Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) tried to explain Wednesday that Speaker Pelosi is the best choice for the Democrat House leadership even though she is…
November 4th, 2010 11:06 AM | Ken Shepherd
"This is the type of direct democracy people say they want. Sometimes you wonder," MSNBC's Chuck Todd editorialized after a segment about conservative ballot initiatives that passed into law on…
November 2nd, 2010 1:59 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
On Tuesday's Today show, a couple of correspondents laid down the potential story line of a big defeat for Sarah Palin if the Republican Tea Party candidate she endorsed, Joe Miller, doesn't…
October 29th, 2010 9:22 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Call it Chuck Todd's Profile In Pusillanimity . . . Given a chance to express his personal opinion of White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, Todd--NBC's chief WH correspondent--…
October 28th, 2010 8:14 PM | Brent Baker
In the span of a mere 50 seconds on Thursday's NBC Nightly News, Andrea Mitchell managed to apply a conservative ideological tag four times to Pat Toomey, the Republican candidate for U.S.…
October 28th, 2010 5:55 PM | Kyle Drennen
While all three broadcast networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS, highlighted MoveOn.org protestor Lauren Valle being stepped on outside Monday's Kentucky senate debate, only CBS reported new video showing…
October 22nd, 2010 9:59 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Trying to write off calls—in reaction to the Juan Williams firing fiasco—for the federal defunding of NPR as mere right-wing electoral politics and "cable catnip," Norah O'Donnell has grossly…
October 18th, 2010 8:59 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Mika chalked it up to Mondays, and gosh knows I've had some rough ones myself. So we're happy to cut Mike Barnicle some slack. Even so, we can't help reporting how in the course of little…
October 15th, 2010 8:49 PM | Brent Baker
NBC's Chuck Todd conceded “the Tea Party has been helpful to the GOP in both re-branding the party away from Bush and giving it a real grassroots component,” but he insisted, “this Tea Party…
October 14th, 2010 6:34 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
Chris Matthews and Chuck Todd tag-teamed against Alaskan Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller, on Thursday's Hardball, as Todd claimed Miller was "running a terrible campaign" and warned that…
October 13th, 2010 3:13 PM | Lachlan Markay
Why are Americans not being bombarded with sermons on the irresponsibility of blogs and new media generally? After all, the White House's attacks on the Chamber of Commerce originated with a…
October 11th, 2010 10:16 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Well, they did stop short of presenting him with a ceremonial seppuku sword . . .
But other than that, MSNBC's Daily Rundown duo of Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie did their best to…
October 8th, 2010 1:28 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
NBC's Chuck Todd, on Friday's Today, played defense for the Democrats as he relayed their spin on political commercials, noting that "outside independent groups, mostly Republican, are benefitting…