This is how liberal your Sunday talk shows are: Single-source interviews are the showcase segments on the Sunday shows, which tend to compete for access to guests they consider the top newsmakers—which, in the world of Beltway media, usually means politicians. In the eight-month study period, partisan-affiliated one-on-one interviews were 70 percent Republican—166 guests to […]
Yesterday Sarah Palin finally addressed Limbaugh’s use of the word “retard” and as expected, she approves! PALIN: I agree with Rush Limbaugh. He was using satire to politically correct — WALLACE: He used the “r” word. PALIN: He used satire. Name-calling by anyone, I teach this to my children and you teach it to your […]
Yesterday on Meet the Press John Boehner continued the same old line that President Obama was the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate. He also seems to be throwing out the idea of ever working together: MR. GREGORY: Does he have a point? REP. BOEHNER: No. If, if you think about what I said, […]
Steve Benen explains: I especially loved the “Exclusive!” with the exclamation point, as if this were a rare, special occurrence. For those keeping score at home, as of this weekend, there will have been 47 Sundays since President Obama’s inauguration in January. With this 16th appearance on a Sunday morning talk show this week, John […]
Drudge is linking a couple of past stories on the top of his site: The first article refers to Harry Reid make the statement while discussing filibusters to some high school students and the second refers to an appearance on Meet the Press. Both of these are far different than calling the President a liar […]
Watching Meet the Press I can’t help but think that these news organizations go out and hire the biggest flunkies from basic government classes. It’s that or they think that their viewers are total idiots. Let me explain. They are talking about Nancy Pelosi’s approval rating dropping, so that means she might not be reelected. […]
Ok this is getting good. Yesterday Newt Gingrich had the audacity to go against core conservative values and state that he wants the president to succeed and “you’re irrational if you don’t want him to”: Now we are on today, and Limbaugh isn’t happy about that: “I’m frankly getting tired of talking about Newt. I […]
Dear Minority Leader Boehner: During Sunday’s Meet the Press, your Republican colleague, Senator John Ensign, said the following: SEN. ENSIGN: But the other thing, to get back to what Congressman Frank said, is that, you know, we’re going to be laying off teachers and firefighters. You know, that’s just fearmongering. We’re not going to be […]
John Ensign just said on Meet the Press that the states aren’t hurting and there won’t be any teacher or firefighter layoffs. That statement right there should qualify right up there with “the foundation of our economy is strong”. The Republicans are clueless to what is happening in the economy and instead want ways to […]
Not big shock here: David Gregory will take the reins as moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Huffington Post has learned. Gregory has been a leading contender for the permanent spot since Tom Brokaw stepped in as interim moderator following Tim Russert’s death in June. In recent weeks, a short list including Gregory, Andrea […]