Andrea Mitchell

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Snaphots: Our Political-Entertainment Industrial Complex

Scott Shrake | Posted April 27, 2008 | Off The Bus


Scott Shrake

In 1999, outside the renowned annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner, my friend Kristyne and I watched Rob Lowe, Janet Reno, Geraldine Ferraro, and a bunch of other famous people get out of their limos... and then... Miss Morgan Fairchild walked by. Kristyne yelled, in genuine admiration, "Nice rack,...

The Power of Positive Polling

Huffington Post   |  Rachel Sklar   |   April 9, 2008 03:14 PM


Chuck Todd said he was trying to "wean himself" off the daily national tracking polls because "a couple of them are very erratic sometimes" -- but still, these are the polls that show up every day across every platform in the media.

MSNBC Opens The Door On Hillary's Participation In The Family

Steven G. Brant | Posted March 26, 2008 | Politics


Steven G. Brant

Shortly before 2 p.m. Eastern today, Andrea Mitchell interviewed Joshua Green of The Atlantic regarding Hillary Clinton's participation in The Fellowship (a/k/a The Family). You can read my opinion of Hillary's participation in this organization (including links to background articles in Harpers in early 2003 and Mother Jones in late...

Chris Matthews Awkwardly Compliments Andrea Mitchell: You're Great, But You're No Russert!

Huffington Post   |   March 24, 2008 01:31 PM


This afternoon, Chris Matthews visited Andrea Mitchell, who has recently taken over as anchor of MSNBC's 1PM hour. At the end of the segment, Chris praised Andrea, saying, "You are one of the best newspepople in the country, and everybody...

Hillary Clinton, 60 Minutes, and the Muslim question

Eric Boehlert | Posted March 11, 2008 | Media


Eric Boehlert

When people suggest that the press employs a separate standard for covering Clinton, this is the kind of episode they're talking about. There simply is no other candidate, from either party, who has had their comments, their fragments, dissected so dishonestly the way Clinton's have been.

If you look...

Obama Calls Plagiarism Flap 'Best of Times, Worst of Times'

Andy Borowitz | Posted February 19, 2008 | Politics


Andy Borowitz

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama responded today to Sen. Hillary Clinton's charge that he plagiarized a speech, saying of the controversy, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Mr. Obama's somewhat cryptic remark came at a fundraiser in Houston in which he dared his rival...

The Blog Swarm Chris Matthews Never Saw Coming

Eric Boehlert | Posted January 23, 2008 | Media


Eric Boehlert

The Tweety Effect, as the Matthews controversy was dubbed online, illustrated how the Beltway press is increasingly susceptible to pressure applied by the netroots. And that could have enormous impact as the general election unfolds this year.

By not only getting Matthews to apologize, but by also forcing the...

So Which Is It Barack? Change or More of the Same? And Then There's Andrea Mitchell!

Kathleen Reardon | Posted January 22, 2008 | Politics


Kathleen Reardon

The Democratic race is bound to be a heated one. But isn't attempting to muzzle Bill Clinton by implying that he is going to influence a Hillary presidency or that it is somehow unseemly for a past president to support his wife, politics as usual? Is Michelle Obama going to...

Ignoring Iraq: Why Has it Become the Forgotten Issue of the '08 Race?

Arianna Huffington | Posted January 14, 2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

"What if the United States were at war during a presidential election -- and none of the candidates wanted to talk about it?" Good question. It was asked by Noah Feldman in this week's New York Times Magazine. And Time is running a story this week asking: "Will...

Jan. 7, 2008, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted January 7, 2008 | Media


Richard Valeriani

IOWA CAUCUSES....... CHANGE! BARACK BOOMS! CHANGE! HILLARY HALTED! CHANGE! EDWARDS EDGES AHEAD! CHANGE! HUCKABEE HITS! JESUS REJOICES! MITT MISSES! MCCAIN MAKES IT! THE SKY IS FALLING! THE END IS NEAR! THE END OF CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT!

MEDIA HYSTERIA! MEDIA FRENZY! MEDIA STUPIDITY!

Iowa has a population...

Mr. And Mrs. Greenspan Go To "The View"

Huffington Post   |   October 11, 2007 02:07 PM


On Thursday, Alan Greenspan promoted his book "The Age Of Turbulence" on "The View" with his wife, NBC Correspondent Andrea Mitchell. When asked about maintaining her journalistic integrity, Mitchell had this to say:...

George & Andrea & Fred & Vomit

Marty Kaplan | Posted October 9, 2007 | Politics


Marty Kaplan

Early this morning Pacific Time on MSNBC, George Allen, in his official role as Fred Thompson's pre-game spinner for tonight's Republican debate, told Andrea Mitchell that Thompson "wants to change the way that Washington works.

So Thompson, who left the Senate to become a high-paid Washington lobbyist for Westinghouse,...

White House To Smear Greenspan!

Martin Lewis | Posted September 16, 2007 | Politics


Martin Lewis
"I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." -- Alan Greenspan (lifelong Republican) - September 2007
"The Republicans in Congress lost their way. They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose."...


 

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