Anchors Away! (On Obama's Overseas Adventure)
There's no doubt that Obama makes news differently than McCain. But there's a difference between covering candidates equally and meticulously allotting them equal time and coverage.
There's no doubt that Obama makes news differently than McCain. But there's a difference between covering candidates equally and meticulously allotting them equal time and coverage.
Jeff Cohen | Posted 06.21.2008 | Media
When longtime media lapdogs on campaign inequities transform into fierce watchdogs in the face of Obama's online fundraising clout, the public is wise to be suspicious.
New York Times | Jacques Steinberg | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media
Charles Gibson, whose contract as anchor of "World News" on ABC is due to expire soon after the presidential election, said in an interview this week ...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — ABC, CBS and NBC have set aside a prime-time hour on the Friday after Labor Day to simulcast a fundraiser for cancer research. "Stan...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media
On Wednesday afternoon, Hillary Clinton sat down with Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric, and Brian Williams — in that order — for one-on-one in...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media
The near-complete blackout on the Pentagon propaganda story, self-imposed by the culpable news organizations, is a despicable abdication of their role as a constitutionally protected check on our government. Read More Probing a Political Paradox: Why the Discredited Right Still Sets the Agenda and Dominates the Debate How is it that the 28 percent of the population that continues to support George W. Bush no matter how many bodies pile up in Iraq, how many jobs disappear overseas, or how high gas prices get, continues to dominate our politics? Read More Watch Arianna On: Good Morning America, 20/20, Charlie Rose, Real Time, The Situation Room, AC 360, CNN's Election Center, and MobLogic TV
David Sirota | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
Are the candidates serious about ending the situation whereby their wealthy donors in the private equity industry are being allowed to bilk American taxpayers?
Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics
The Neanderthal wing of the GOP has dragged the political debate so far to the right that even Democrats find themselves getting cozy with ideas that not so long ago would have been the exclusive domain of arch-conservatives.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media
The ratings for last week's evening newscasts are in — and it appears that the angry viewers claiming that they would no longer watch ABC after ...
Stephen Kaus | Posted 04.21.2008 | Media
Why did Russert ask David Axelrod about the Pledge of Allegiance on Meet the Press on Sunday?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics
Strangely enough, ABC's failures have created an interesting opportunity for the news division that needs a game-changer the most: CBS News.
New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 04.20.2008 | Media
"THE crowd is turning on me," said Charles Gibson, the ABC anchor, when the audience jeered him in the final moments of Wednesday night's face-off bet...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.19.2008 | Politics
If the press concentrated on what the Republicans have done in the past seven years and what John McCain has signed on to in that time, he would stand absolutely no chance of winning.
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
The twenty-first debate of the Democratic presidential nomination race happened this week. Much fulminating in the blogosphere immediately followed. ...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media
We agreed that maybe Charlie Gibson, who has been hooted or booed twice this year by audiences at debates, maybe ought to be chained to his anchor desk for the public good.
Joe Lauria | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media
ABC's market research apparently showed that keeping questions to the level of flag pins and what your pastor thinks would draw and keep an audience tuned in. Hence, the worst debate ever.
Doug Kendall | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
Of the many important topics that got left on the cutting room floor Wednesday night as Gibson and Stephanopoulos played gotcha, perhaps the most surprising victim was the Constitution itself.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
Following what many news outlets and viewers labeled a disaster of a debate, ABC News decided to address its critics by discussing the "debate over th...
Steven G. Brant | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
Regrettably, we did not see two heroic journalists in action. We saw two buffoons. The voting public was not served. It was played with.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media
Jerry and Joe Long: What Passes For Debate: Back in the days of our radio show, our standard name for the media was one taken from Jerry Lewis..."pim...
Bob Cesca | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media
The nation has witnessed, firsthand, George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson for who they really are: pandering yellow journalists. Carnival barkers. They're Penn & Teller without the talent or insight.
Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
"ABC World News with Charles Gibson" featured a segment from correspondent David Wright on the "debate" over last night's debate. The network portraye...
Matt Cooper | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
Charlie Gibson was unctuous and petty and wrong. If Americans needed more proof that the media elite are rich and out of touch, Gibson gave them more.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media
This game sickens me. All I want to know now is whether the so-called news folks are in on it or if they are fools being played like clueless puppets.
Washington Post | Tom Shales | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media
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Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media