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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Gibson radio show executive producer: Edwards "whored his wife's cancer as a fundraising gimmick" |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 8:18 pm |
| Tags: John Gibson, Fox News Radio, The John Gibson Show, 2008 Elections, Attacks On Progressives, Government Elections, John Edwards, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine |
| On the August 3 edition of Fox News host John Gibson's nationally syndicated radio program, the show's executive producer, who goes by the name "Angry Rich" on the program, claimed Democratic presidential candidate former Sen. John Edwards (NC) "whored his wife's cancer as a fundraising gimmick." He also went on to call him "a |
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| Debate's "brightest moment"? Few media note that even while attacking Obama, Romney agreed on substance |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 7:20 pm |
| Tags: Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Usa Today, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, Mitt Romney, National Security Foreign Policy, Rudy Giuliani |
| In covering the August 5 Republican presidential debate on ABC's This Week, many print media outlets reported former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's attack -- in what the Associated Press' Mike Glover referred to as one of the debate's "brightest moments" -- on Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) recent foreign policy statements: |
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| USA Today editorial failed to identify jailed members of Congress as Republicans |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 4:25 pm |
| Tags: Usa Today, Ethics, Government Elections |
| An August 6 USA Today editorial called the recently passed congressional ethics bill "the most far-reaching since Watergate" but claimed that the bill fell short in "two major areas": that earmarks would be disclosed "[b]ut they wouldn't necessarily be easy to find and connect to sponsors," and that "Congress failed to add independent |
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| NBC's Mitchell uncritically aired Romney's "Dr. Strangelove" attack on Obama |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 3:39 pm |
| Tags: Andrea Mitchell, Nbc, Today Show, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, Mitt Romney, National Security Foreign Policy, Rudy Giuliani |
| During a segment on the August 6 broadcast of NBC's Today, NBC senior foreign correspondent Andrea Mitchell uncritically aired Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's claim during an August 5 debate aired on ABC's This Week that Sen. Barack Obama "went from going to sit down to tea with our |
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| Once again, Fineman looks at Republican failures and sees problems for ... Democrats |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 3:30 pm |
| Tags: Chris Matthews, Howard Fineman, Kelly O Donnell, Nbc, The Chris Matthews Show, 2008 Elections, Government Elections |
| On the August 5 edition of the NBC-syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Newsweek chief political correspondent Howard Fineman stated that the political environment for the 2008 election favors Democrats, but said that the Democratic Party faces disaster if it cannot come up with a long-term plan for fighting terrorism. Using a historical |
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| NBC's O'Donnell: Edwards "keeps hoping that [voters] still want a return to a Southern white man" |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 2:41 pm |
| Tags: Chris Matthews, Kelly O Donnell, Nbc, The Chris Matthews Show, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards |
| On the August 5 edition of the NBC-syndicated Chris Matthews Show, NBC White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell asserted without evidence that former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) "keeps hoping that they'll [voters] still want a return to a Southern white man." In fact, at a July 23 Democratic presidential debate, Edwards said, "[A]nybody |
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| CNN's on-screen caption during Lou Dobbs Tonight: "Obtuse Obama" |
| Published: August 5, 2007, 7:11 pm |
| Tags: Lou Dobbs, Cnn, Lou Dobbs Tonight, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections |
| On the August 3 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, the on-screen text preceding CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider's report on recent comments by Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) read: "Obtuse Obama." During the report itself, the on-screen text read: "Obtuse Obama: What Does He Mean?" By contrast, when the same segment aired on the |
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| Wash. Post reported on Giuliani's health plan, but not how he would pay for it |
| Published: August 5, 2007, 5:54 pm |
| Tags: The Washington Post, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, Rudy Giuliani |
| care through the federal government. Democrats, particularly Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and former senator John Edwards (N.C.), are calling for higher taxes for people who make more than $250,000 a year, to pay for tax subsidies and increase the number of people on public programs. Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and other |
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| MSNBC's Carlson claimed Obama "sounds so much like Bush" that "they appear identical" |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 8:03 pm |
| Tags: Tucker Carlson, Msnbc, Tucker, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, National Security Foreign Policy, Terrorism, War In Iraq |
| permission of the Pakistani government. As Media Matters for America noted, The New York Times reported on July 18 that the Bush administration had "reluctantly endorsed" a cease-fire in Pakistan that "intelligence officials and White House aides" saw as one of "the main reasons for Al Qaeda's resurgence" in Pakistan. Also, Bush, during |
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| In interview about Daily Kos, O'Reilly called Dodd a "propagandist," declared, "I don't have any respect for you" |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 6:56 pm |
| Tags: Bill O Reilly, Dennis Miller, Fox News Channel, The O Reilly Factor, 2008 Elections, Christopher Dodd, Government Elections |
| In an August 1 interview with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Chris Dodd (CT), which aired on his August 2 radio and cable television shows, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, called Dodd a "propagandist" in response to Dodd's defense of the website Daily Kos and stated, "I don't have any respect for you," and, also during the |
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| CLIPS: O'Reilly named "Worst Person" for attack on Dodd; Ingraham named "runner-up" |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 1:36 pm |
| Tags: Bill O Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Laura Ingraham, Countdown Keith Olbermann, Fox News Channel, Msnbc, The Laura Ingraham Show, The O Reilly Factor, The Radio Factor, Westwood One, 2008 Elections, Attacks On Progressives, Government Elections, Media, Propaganda Noise Mach |
| During the August 6 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann named Fox News host Bill O'Reilly the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for attacking Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Chris Dodd (CT) after he brought up O'Reilly's comment regarding an Al Qaeda attack on San Francisco, as |
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| On MSNBC, Crowley called Edwards a "metrosexual," "the prettiest one of the Democrats" |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 1:34 pm |
| Tags: Monica Crowley, Msnbc, Morning Joe, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, John Edwards, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine |
| On the August 7 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, MSNBC political analyst and nationally syndicated radio host Monica Crowley referred to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as "the metrosexual in the race" and said he is "the prettiest one of the Democrats." In response, co-host Mika Brzezinski said: "I think he and [Republican |
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| MSNBC's Reid aired "Strangelove" attack, but didn't note Romney's agreement with Obama on substance |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 1:16 pm |
| Tags: Chip Reid, Msnbc, Msnbc Live, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, Mitt Romney, National Security Foreign Policy, Rudy Giuliani |
| During an interview with Barbara Comstock -- an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney -- on the August 7 edition of MSNBC Live, congressional correspondent Chip Reid uncritically aired Romney's claim during an August 5 Republican presidential debate that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) "went from going to sit down to tea with |
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| Falsehood, schmalsehood: Post's Cohen reports "Grandpa's" claim about Clinton and hedge funds |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 3:14 pm |
| Tags: 2008 Elections, Economic Issues, Government Elections, Hillary Clinton |
| In his August 7 column, written as a fictional conversation with his deceased grandfather, Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen reported that while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) supports changing the tax law so that compensation received by hedge fund managers based on the gains their funds realize will no longer be taxed at the |
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| NY Times falsehood: pro-Obama PAC allows supporters to break legal contribution limits |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 3:28 pm |
| Tags: The New York Times, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections |
| The lead sentence of an August 7 New York Times article on Vote Hope, a political action committee that says it "intend[s] to deliver California for Barack Obama" in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, asked: "Have some of Senator Barack Obama's supporters figured out how to give more than the $2,300 legal maximum to back their |
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