Friday, July 03, 2009 @ 08:58 PM ET
Sarah Palin's "bombshell" announcement that she will resign as Governor of Alaska trumped Michael Jackson as the lead on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts Friday as NBC's Chuck Todd predicted she will now make fundraising appearances for GOP candidates where she'll draw "car-wreck watchers." On all three newscasts Palin's decision was called "bizarre." (with video)
Thursday, July 02, 2009 @ 08:45 PM ET
Unemployment in June hit 9.5%, the highest since 1983, as 467,000 jobs were lost, yet the CBS Evening News didn't mention President Obama or his "stimulus" while NBC only touched Obama's policies by running a soundbite of the President defending the lack of positive impact from his policies: "It took years for us to get into this mess and it will take us more than a few months to turn it around."
Thursday, July 02, 2009 @ 05:58 PM ET
On Thursday's Today, Meredith Vieira tossed mostly softballs to Senator-elect Al Franken, offering no hard questions about the disputed 2008 election, instead fawning, "...Are you more worried about becoming a target for the GOP or a target for Saturday Night Live, your old stomping ground?"
Thursday, July 02, 2009 @ 02:35 PM ET
CNN glowingly featured an entire segment on Thursday's American Morning about Wendell Potter, a former chief corporate spokesman for the health insurance company Cigna, and he attempted to discredit conservative ad campaigns against health “reform” proposals as “outright lies.” But reporter Jim Acosta left out his current ideological employment with a left-wing advocacy group.
Thursday, July 02, 2009 @ 03:05 PM ET
NBC's Meredith Vieira on Thursday conducted a defensive interview with Fox News' Dick Morris, at one point skeptically wondering if "the Republican tactic from this point on" would be "to sit and watch Obama fail." Later, when Morris pointed out the problems with the Canadian health care system, the Today host retorted, "But, the President clearly has said that's not the road he's headed down."
Thursday, July 02, 2009 @ 01:02 PM ET
Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz reported Thursday on black females on the Michelle Obama beat, and whether their shared race and gender produces gauzier coverage. "Indeed, most write with enthusiasm, in some cases even admiration, about the first lady as a long-awaited role model for black women."