On September 25, the Obamas came on The View and drew questions about whether the president was romantic, about their first kiss, and whether he tucks her in at night. Three weeks and a day later, Ann Romney appeared, and the difference in aggression was stunning. Barbara Walters asked about Romney flip-flopping on abortion. Joy Behar asked about "access to contraception and abortion." Whoopi Goldberg asked how she would talk to families who've lost loved ones in combat when her husband and sons never served. Then Walters asked her son Josh (sitting in the audience) if he agreed with brother... continue reading
Near the top of Thursday's NBC Today , co-host Savannah Guthrie jumped on "a comment from Mitt Romney's son Tagg that's getting some attention....he said he wanted to, quote, 'take a swing' at the President for some of the attacks on his dad." Pretending it was a newsworthy item, she added: "The Romney campaign says this was just a joke. We'll get into that." Introducing a campaign report minutes later, Guthrie declared the Romney son's comment in jest was "making some waves." Correspondent Peter Alexander promised viewers, "We'll play that comment for you from Tagg Romney in just a moment."... continue reading
In the wake of the announcement on Thursday that Newsweek will cease print publication at the end of the year, Time's managing editor appeared on Morning Joe to swear that his magazine won't be next. Co-host Willie Geist quizzed, "But it's still cost effective for you to print this out every week?" Richard Stengel first admitted "the most expensive single thing" is to physically produce the publication. He hedged, "And obviously the post office has a lot of trouble." Stengel then insisted the print version of the liberal magazine "becomes a premium product that you get in addition to all... continue reading
According to an internal email, obtained by TMZ , CNN's Candy Crowley allowed Barack Obama more time to speak at the debate because "he speaks more slowly." The email sent out by CNN's Managing Editor Mark Whitaker began with him cheering, "Let's start with a big round of applause for Candy Crowley for a superb job under the most difficult circumstances imaginable." He then proceeded to offer up the following lame excuse for why Crowley gave the President more time than Mitt Romney. "On why Obama got more time to speak, it should be noted that Candy and her commission... continue reading
Gayle King's support of President Obama - both vocal and financial - emerged on air on Thursday's CBS This Morning , as the newscast covered Mitt Romney's much-ballyhooed "whole binders full of women" answer at Tuesday night's debate. King blustered, " I think it's going to be the joke that keeps on giving. I really do ." [audio available here ; video below ] Correspondent Seth Doane hyped " Romney's now-infamous phrase ", and spotlighted how " on Twitter, a conservative binder backlash unfolded ." Strangely, Doane cited a Tweet from Obama-defending journalist Mark Halperin as an example of a... continue reading
The reporters and anchors of Good Morning America on Thursday desperately hyped Mitt Romney's assertion that, while governor of Massachusetts, he had "binders full of women" applicants. David Muir played this as a gaffe, labeling it "the binder blunder." [ MP3 audio here .] Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos tried to build the remark into some sort of game changer: "We saw Mitt Romney make huge gains with women after the first debate. Democrats believe this will block that gains he's made." The "huge gains" Stephanopoulos referred to were first reported in a USA Today poll showing Romney... continue reading
Between Wednesday's Nightly News and Thursday's Today , NBC displayed an obsession with the liberal meme of attacking Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" remark during Tuesday's presidential debate. The network's delusional hyping of the manufactured controversy reached a crescendo when Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski appeared on Today to proclaim: "Romney just completely doesn't have any leg to stand on when it comes to women and the economy." [ Listen to the audio ] Today co-host Savannah Guthrie teed up Brzezinski to slam Romney: "...it has taken on a life of its own. The Democrats love it. They think... continue reading
A not so undecided “undecided voter.” At 10:12 AM EDT Wednesday on CNN, faux “undecided voter” Susan Katz, who had asked Mitt Romney at the debate the night before how he’s different from George W. Bush, told Carol Costello she voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and plans to do so again this year because “I saw in President Obama someone who has ripened with time who deserves another four years to see his vision through.” (“Ripened”?) A little more than eight hours later, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, on Nightly News , looked at debate reaction from “undecided voters chosen to... continue reading
On Wednesday's NBC Today , co-host Matt Lauer played the part of Obama campaign stooge when he promoted the President deflecting Libya criticism by slamming Mitt Romney: "...[He] firmly and pointedly chastised Governor Romney for politicizing a tragedy like this, a national tragedy. The father of Ambassador Stevens said, quote, 'It would be really abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue.'" [ Listen to the audio ] Lauer then turned to Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan and sanctimoniously demanded: "So I want your response, not to the President, but to the father of Ambassador Stevens." Ryan responded: "What... continue reading
On Wednesday's CBS Evening News , correspondent Jan Crawford devoted a full story to President Obama's deceptive claim that he called the Benghazi attack an "act of terror" early on, as she recounted the administration's initial reluctance to call it a terrorist attack. The CBS correspondent also implicated debate moderator and CNN anchor Candy Crowley in bolstering Obama's distortion. After showing a clip of Obama and Romney clashing over whether Obama had used the words "act of terror" early on, Crawford showed a clip of what the President said the day after the Benghazi attack, but then exposed Obama's revisionism:... continue reading