Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 03:27 PM ET
NBC White House correspondent and MSNBC daytime host Chuck Todd called it "crazy" for Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon to say "the mainstream media hates the tea party movement almost as much as it hates Sarah Palin." Todd condemned Sammon's opinion as part of a cynical strategy by Fox News to "undermine the 'mainstream media' because it's good for their business."
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 02:42 PM ET
In a story on American charitable giving on CBS's Sunday Morning, correspondent Mark Strassmann cited liberal Princeton University bio-ethics professor Peter Singer on how much people should give: “[He's] worked up a giving guide. The more you make, the more he believes you should give....He believes it's within our power to virtually end world poverty.”
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 10:15 AM ET
Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday became emotional over the passing of John Murtha, named by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington as one of Congress' most corrupt politicians. He lauded the Democrat as "one of those guys who make the [House of Representatives] work."
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 09:15 PM ET
From Monday's evening newscasts: CBS and NBC found hypocrisy in Sarah Palin scolding President Obama's incessant use of a Teleprompter while she had "crib notes" written on her hand, CBS followed by giving Obama two-straight minutes to explain why the public will come around to "connect" with him again and ABC devoted a full story to whether the GOP is the "Party of No?"
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 08:45 PM ET
On Monday's Rick's List program on CNN, Slate.com's Fred Kaplan attacked Republicans for politicizing national security, accused the GOP of being in an alternate reality, and blasted Sarah Palin for "talking...complete and utter nonsense." Kaplan also wrote off the tea parties as not a "mass movement," and, along with anchor Rick Sanchez, accused Palin of forwarding "anti-intellectualism."
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 03:46 PM ET
NBC's Matt Lauer, along with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, spent a whole segment on Monday's Today show wondering if Sarah Palin, and the Tea Party supporters she appeals to, posed a problem for the GOP, with the Today co-anchor going as far to boldly state: "Republicans are afraid of Sarah Palin. Republicans have a right to be afraid of some of the people she was talking to also."