DeLay vs. Earle
Rivera Happy that “Dark Lord” DeLay is Gone
April 5th, 2006 11:34 AM
Geraldo Rivera, fresh from protecting children from the evils of hunting, decided to let America know how he REALLY feels about former House majority leader Tom DeLay. In the closing moments of the April 4 edition of Geraldo Al Large, Rivera opened the final segment with this monologue: Rivera: "For me, the scariest man in American politics was never the Vice President, however intimidating Dick…
CNN’s Jack Cafferty Calls Tom DeLay “A Cocky Little Bandy Rooster
April 5th, 2006 10:31 AM
Tuesday’s “The Situation Room” on CNN featured another in a long line of media attacks on Sen. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), this one by Jack Cafferty (hat tip to Crooks and Liars). In his “Cafferty File” segment, Cafferty said DeLay used to “strut around on Capitol Hill like a cocky little bandy rooster.” Yet, now that DeLay has become “just another disgraced public servant who couldn't take the heat,” “…
CBS’s Reminder: “Don't Forget that Other Washington Scandal, CIA L
January 31st, 2006 12:01 AM
CBS decided that the night before President Bush’s State of the Union address would be a good time to launch its “State of the...” series with a look at the "State of the Scandals," a judgment which allowed the CBS Evening News to revive the Plame case. Gloria Borger insisted that “on the eve of the President's State of the Union speech, official Washington is distracted, not by policy debates…
CBS’s Borger Digs Out Blurry C-SPAN Video to Taint DeLay with Abramo
January 9th, 2006 9:38 PM
CBS’s Gloria Borger was so intent on tying Tom DeLay to Jack Abramoff that she “obtained” -- meaning someone with an agenda gave to her -- a very blurry C-SPAN video which she trumpeted on Monday’s CBS Evening News: "In this 2003 videotape of a convention of College Republicans obtained by CBS News, Jack Abramoff all but called Tom DeLay his hero." After running a clip of Abramoff declaring that…
On MSNBC, Vanden Heuvel Praises Feingold -- Who Took Cash from Abramof
January 4th, 2006 10:25 PM
Before introducing his guest Byron York, Matthews gave the following segue: Now The National Review, one of the staunchest defenders, a big conservative magazine has said Delay must go.The above statement was followed with "we're joined right now by Byron York of The National Review and Katrina Vanden Heuvel of The Nation." There was no mention that The Nation is a liberal magazine or that…
Another Lost Poll – Bush Better For Washington Ethics Than Democrats
January 4th, 2006 1:06 AM
National Public Radio released a poll recently with some rather startling results that the media are likely not going to share with the public. After months of focusing America’s attention on “scandals” surrounding Valerie Plame, I. Lewis Libby, Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff, and Bill Frist, the nation’s mainstream press outlets must have been very disappointed to see the following numbers concerning…