Obama's Untraceable Online Donations: Absent from NY Times

October 31st, 2008 5:26 PM
Heard anything about Barack Obama's sleazy online fundraising, where thanks to purposely lax security measures his site is able to receive untraceable donations from obviously fake names? Not if you've been reading the print edition of the New York Times. The Washington Post has run two stories, most recently on Wednesday: "Obama Accepting Untraceable Donations: Contributions Reviewed After…

CNN's Campbell Brown Attacks Obama's 'Broken Promise' on Funding

October 29th, 2008 1:27 PM
On Tuesday's Election Center program, CNN anchor Campbell Brown criticized Barack Obama's decision earlier this year to break his November 2007 pledge to accept public financing of his presidential campaign: “For this last week, Senator Obama will be rolling in dough. His commercials, his get-out-the-vote effort, will, as the pundits have said, dwarf the McCain campaign's final push. But, in…

'Funding Fathers' Who Propelled Reagan Overlooked in History, YAF Dire

October 29th, 2008 9:46 AM
Three men brought together by their love for American freedom and opposition to communism played a critical, though largely unheralded role, in introducing Ronald Reagan to a national audience, a new book on the conservative movement explains. Holmes Tuttle, the owner of a Ford dealership in Los Angeles; Henry Salvatori, the founder of Western Geophysical Company; and A.C. "Cy" Rubel of Union Oil…

Where's Media Talk About Obama Buying The Election

October 23rd, 2008 12:16 PM
If John McCain had gone back on his promise to accept public campaign money, and instead set fundraising records that put him as many as fourteen points ahead in the polls with less than two weeks to go before Election Day, do you think there'd be a lot of media carping and whining about rich Republicans buying the White House?Probably 24 hours a day, seven days a week until the final vote had…

Sorry, Shuster: It's True Source of Much Obama Funding Undisclosed

October 22nd, 2008 6:04 PM
When a McCain campaign representative told David Shuster today that the source of much of Barack Obama's fund-raising is unknown, the MSNBC host scoffed, claiming only "right-wing" blogs could believe that and challenging the spokesman to cite a credible source.  Instead of fulminating about the conservative blogosphere, David might want to pick up a copy of Newsweek, which last time I looked had…

Lehman CEO Contributed Heavily to Democrats – Will Media Notice

October 7th, 2008 1:56 PM
You would think what donors are cozy with which campaigns - especially in the midst of a presidential election cycle - might be a relevant story for the media,  especially at a time when everyone is quick to point fingers at which political party is to blame for financial turmoil. When Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld testified before the House Oversight Committee Oct. 6, the media criticized…

CNBC: Congressional Republicans ‘Hate Wall Street

September 25th, 2008 4:04 PM
If you don't give me money, I won't bail you out! Conservative opposition to a federal bailout of financial institutions is over campaign donations, not a desire to uphold sound market principles, according to CNBC. CNBC's chief Washington correspondent John Harwood said Sept. 25 on "Squawk Box" that he had a conversation with "a top Republican member of congress last night" who told him…

ABC's Terry Moran Slams McCain as Two-Faced Hypocrite

September 19th, 2008 1:36 PM
On Thursday's "Nightline," co-anchor Terry Moran trashed John McCain for running a hypocritical, dishonest campaign against Barack Obama. He accused the Republican of doing "the kind of thing that George W. Bush and his supporters did to McCain in South Carolina in 2000." The segment, which featured no examples of sleazy campaigning by Barack Obama, began with co-anchor Cynthia McFadden…

More on Obama 'Can't E-mail' Attack Ad: McCain an Internet Pioneer, Pe

September 14th, 2008 10:48 AM
It has already been established (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog) that the Obama campaign's ad ridiculing John McCain's computer skills, including the claim that McCain "can't e-mail," has several reality-based problems: McCain has been an e-mail devotee since 2000, if not earlier, receiving help from a loving spouse to respond to messages, and was described by Forbes Magazine that year as "the U.S…

Did Michelle Obama Suggest Sarah Not Smart

September 8th, 2008 4:57 PM
Check out this [emphasis added] excerpt from an LA Weekly report on Michelle Obama's appearance at a private fundraiser last Wednesday in the ritzy LA neighborhood of Holmby Hills.  Mrs. Obama was addressing a crowd that reporter Patrick Range McDonald described "heavily entertainment-industry."  Obama then moved on to politics, where she first brought up her husband’s vice-presidential choice. “…

Olbermann, Matthews Don't Disclose Tabloid That Trashes Palin Owned by

September 2nd, 2008 9:57 PM
If a hypothetical tabloid owned by, say, Richard Mellon Scaife, had a cover story with scurrilous accusations about Joe Biden, do you think Chris Matthews would be waving it about on camera and Keith Olbermann citing it?  Neither do I. But if for some reason they did, would they possibly fail to mention the mag's ownership?But Matthews saw fit—not once but twice—to display the cover of Us…

NYT Glosses Over Bill Ayers's Terrorism, Attacks Anti-Obama Ad Instead

August 27th, 2008 11:36 AM
"Obama Campaign Wages Fight Against Conservative Group's Ads" is the third story from New York Times reporter Jim Rutenberg in five days that attacks an anti-Obama ad from the American Issues Project that questions the ties between Obama and homegrown terrorist Bill Ayers, cofounder of the Weathermen, the group that tried to blow up the U.S. Capitol in 1971. In each story, Rutenberg appears far…

Dowd: 'Wave of Buyer’s Remorse Has Swept Democratic Party

August 13th, 2008 8:30 AM
Did Maureen bury the lede? The ostensible subject of Dowd's column of this morning, Yes, She Can, is the way that Hillary, with a big helping hand from Bill, is undercutting Obama and casting a shadow over his upcoming convention.  But tucked down as her 12th paragraph comes this [emphasis added]:The Clintons know that a lot of Democrats are muttering that their solipsistic behavior is “…

Rasmussen: Voters Say Media Bias Bigger Problem than Campaign Money

August 11th, 2008 12:49 PM
Based on Rasmussen poll results reported today, it looks like twenty or so years of very hard work by the Media Research Center and affiliates, including just over three years at NewsBusters, has paid some dividends. Despite the years of hype over how money is the root of all campaigning evil by the press, the respected polling organization reports voters' belief that there is a bigger problem in…