MSNBC's Savannah Guthrie on Thursday conducted a sycophantic interview with Michelle Obama, urging the First Lady to complain about the "uglier side" of the health care debate. The Daily Rundown…
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April 15th, 2010 12:27 PM | Scott Whitlock
April 13th, 2010 7:49 AM | Rich Noyes
The Tea Party movement launched one year ago, in response to the unprecedented expansion of government by President Barack Obama and congressional liberals, a massive increase in spending that…
April 8th, 2010 12:32 PM | Scott Whitlock
The network morning shows on Thursday trumpeted Barack Obama's nuclear weapons treaty with Russia as "historic" and "landmark," with only Good Morning America allowing that the reduction plan…
April 4th, 2010 8:09 PM | Noel Sheppard
It's been more than nine months since President Obama has held a prime time press conference, and you would think those that cover him would be outraged by it.
Well, think again, for that's…
April 3rd, 2010 11:15 AM | Noel Sheppard
CRITICAL UPDATES AT END OF POST including Matthews saying "Bush regime" in 2002.
Chris Matthews on Friday referred to conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh as a walrus underwater.
…March 23rd, 2010 7:42 AM | Brad Wilmouth
Appearing on Monday’s Countdown show, MSNBC analyst Howard Fineman – also of Newsweek – dismissed Republican promises of working to repeal ObamaCare, suggesting that because it would be nearly…
March 22nd, 2010 11:16 AM | Geoffrey Dickens
NBC's Meredith Vieira opened Monday's Today show declaring, "Good morning. It passed. Congress approves historic legislation to reform health care" and then a few seconds later noted, "Democrats…
March 17th, 2010 2:31 AM | Brent Baker
By a 12 point margin, those asked, in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey, called “Barack Obama’s health care plan” a “bad idea” (48 percent) over a “good idea” (36 percent.) Yet, NBC…
March 16th, 2010 5:54 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
Last night it was the Republican Party that was caught in the crosshairs of Chris Matthews, which he accused of being too "narrow." Well on Tuesday's Hardball, the MSNBC host turned his sights on…
March 15th, 2010 10:25 AM | Rich Noyes
The end of Congress’s long debate over ObamaCare could be near, as the President pushes for a final vote this week before his Asia trip, and House Democrats want a resolution before next week’s…
March 7th, 2010 11:58 AM | Lachlan Markay
Old Media's fatal conceit is the belief that it's not news unless it's reported by a major newspaper, magazine, or television station. Reports from new and alternative media, in Old Media's eyes, are…
March 4th, 2010 7:36 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On Wednesday’s The View on ABC, during a discussion of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s standup comedy routine from Tuesday night’s Tonight Show on NBC, The View co-host Joy Behar…
February 26th, 2010 2:15 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
Chris Matthews, during a special post-health care summit two hour edition of Hardball on Thursday night, dissected the GOP strategy as one of keeping their "crazies" like Michele Bachman and Joe…
February 26th, 2010 2:14 PM | Noel Sheppard
Chris Matthews on Thursday said President Obama was using a Saul Alinsky communication technique during the healthcare summit earlier that day.
Talking to NBC's Chuck Todd and Savannah…
February 25th, 2010 10:18 AM | Julia A. Seymour
President Obama released his own plan for health care reform Feb. 22, just days ahead of his Feb. 25 "bipartisan" summit about health care reform. NBC's Chuck Todd was thrilled the president "…
February 15th, 2010 6:39 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
Since the announcement of his resignation from the Senate the common label (from CNN to MSNBC) of Indiana Democratic Senator Evan Bayh seems to be that of a "centrist." On Monday's Hardball both…
February 9th, 2010 1:41 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough took exception with FNC analyst Bill Sammon for using the word "hate" to describe mainstream media sentiment toward Sarah Palin, contending…
February 9th, 2010 8:14 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Fox News has a business strategy of seeking to "undermine" the MSM by alleging that it has a liberal bias. That was Chuck Todd's assertion on Morning Joe today.Todd, NBC's political director and…
February 8th, 2010 11:00 AM | Tim Graham
Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz noticed on Monday what may be lost as Barack Obama grants piles of interviews to supportive folks like Oprah and Katie Couric: President Obama hasn't…
February 8th, 2010 8:51 AM | Seton Motley
UPDATE II: Politico Executive Editor and Co-Founder Jim VandeHei on Monday appeared on Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor to defend the indefensible (video at right; audio here).
UPDATE (…
February 1st, 2010 8:08 PM | Brent Baker
Cautioning the Obama administration's “deficit projections...are just that, projections,” NBC's Chuck Todd on Monday evening bought into the White House's claim that Democratic health care reform…
January 29th, 2010 1:18 PM | Julia A. Seymour
Fourth quarter GDP growth "beat expectations," exciting some journalists on Jan. 29. But a number of economists were downbeat.
The 5.7 percent growth for the last quarter of 2009 sparked…
January 29th, 2010 12:31 PM | Julia A. Seymour
Fourth quarter GDP growth “beat expectations,” exciting some journalists on Jan. 29. But a number of economists were downbeat.
The 5.7 percent growth for the last quarter of 2009 sparked…
January 28th, 2010 12:36 PM | Scott Whitlock
Of the three morning shows on Thursday, only NBC’s Today show skipped any mention of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s Republican response to the President’s State of the Union address. Both ABC’s…
January 28th, 2010 9:28 AM | Scott Whitlock
The three morning shows on Thursday reacted to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address by highlighting the risk Republicans run in continuing to oppose the President’s agenda. On NBC’s Today,…