Jessica Yellin 180°
What makes Jessica Yellin's "clarification" about her coverage of the run-up to the Iraq war so much fun is that you can almost see the gun being pointed at her head by CNN management as you read her words.
What makes Jessica Yellin's "clarification" about her coverage of the run-up to the Iraq war so much fun is that you can almost see the gun being pointed at her head by CNN management as you read her words.
Scarborough epitomized every boorish, condescending male that ever tried to diminish a woman... whether it be a family member, a co-worker, or a presidential candidate.
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
The anchors I feel most sympathy for are the teams on Headline News. Repeating the same stories over and over and trying to keep them sounding as if it is the first time has to be harder than Madonna trying to pretend to be a virgin.
If we don't like the Second Amendment, then we should agitate to get rid of it in the methods the Founders prescribed. But we might want to think twice.
Once, Fox thought it had the market cornered on over-the-top populist outrage. No more. Hence the logic to the idea that Olbermann must be destroyed.
With the country sliding by virtually every measure, the Bushes are now resorting to the most cynical and patronizing misdirection play at their disposal.
By speaking on cable television in the way that everyone regularly speaks on the Internet, Shuster gave us a preview of speech control in Hillaryland.
Her figure, her clothes, her hair, her voice - all of it mocked and savaged in a way unimaginable if she were a man. She never answered their hate with rage. She just went on winning.
This frat boy, anti-Clinton wingnut-channeling tirade targeting Chelsea Clinton has proven that Shuster's not up to the job or the position to which MSNBC has bestowed on him.
We expect to see this sort of race-baiting behavior from Fox, but CNN and MSNBC have, once again, similarly crossed the tabloid threshold into the very same nefarious Roger Ailes realm by beating this nothing story to death.
None of the networks turned the sound on for Obama. Viewers were treated to a cavalcade of pundits dissecting the Democrat candidate, but denied the ability to hear him for themselves.
I don't think David Shuster's comments about Chelsea Clinton "being pimped out" were necessarily borne of political mendacity or Hillary-hatred. I think they come from something far worse than that.
O'Reilly's new fatwa has more to do with his running feud with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, who has been relentless in his efforts to expose O'Reilly as the lying, ignorant, ridiculous blowhard he is.
Watching Brokaw manage the Snoozeville format demonstrated how dated the program has become. We need a show that combines web speed with major interviews conducted by someone unafraid to offend.
Thompson, who left the Senate to become a high-paid Washington lobbyist for any client whose money was green enough has now become the Republican who will change how Washington works?
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the very title of his show hints at a temporary staus.
David Gregory should team up with one Karl ROve and go on Dancing with the Stars.
David is one tone. Too safe. Nothing meaty. Break a lil of the rules Dave.
Let me tell you my picks for shows on MSNBC.
1) Racheal Maddow
2) Chris Kofinis( Former Edwards comm director?)
3) David Shuster
4) Chris Hayes( Washington editor for The Nation Magazine)
Not in that order.
Maybe Rachel Maddow , or Chuck Todd or Keith Olberman. But I don't think David Gregory is in the same league with those three. He could talk all day and not say anything---and no one would notice.
Todd or Maddow would really be great choices for MTP ... they are fresh and bright and seem very down to earth in their presentation. They also have the intellectual bullets in their bandoleros to keep their guests honest.
I'd like to see a playoff of these two ... MSNBC, try them out ... let's see what they can do!
As for Gregory, although he agitated the White House spokesman a number of times during Press Briefings there seemed to be an uncomfortable closeness and clubiness amongst the White House reporters with the administration - excluding Helen Thomas - that wasn't beneficial for the nation or journalism ... that's my rap on him.
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