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NBC's Vieira and Gregory Write Off Obama Struggles as Merely 'Perception Problems'

At first glance it appeared that NBC's Meredith Vieira and David Gregory, on Friday's Today show, did a decent job of recounting all of the struggles the Obama administration is dealing with from unemployment to foreign policy, but ultimately the pair ...

From GEOFFREY DICKENS, Newsbusters,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  David Gregory,  Meredith Vieira,  Timothy F. Geithner

Matthews Insults GOP Congresswoman as 'Replicant From Blade Runner'

Chris Matthews, on Thursday's Hardball, took GOP Congresswoman Virginia Foxx to task for claiming that Republicans "passed civil rights bills in the sixties" as he accused her of having a bad memory, going as far as to compare her to one of the ...

From GEOFFREY DICKENS, Newsbusters,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Virginia Foxx,  John F. Kennedy,  Chris Matthews

On Today: Newsweek Editor Denies Palin Cover Was Sexist

NBC's Matt Lauer invited on Newsweek managing editor Dan Klaidman, on Wednesday's Today, to answer Sarah Palin's charge that the magazine's recent cover photo of her, in a jogging outfit, was "sexist," but Klaidman denied the accusation as he claimed: " ...

From GEOFFREY DICKENS, Newsbusters,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Newsweek,  Sarah Palin,  Tina Brown,  Matt Lauer,  The Daily Beast

Matthews Looks Down His Nose At Delusional, Daffy Palin

Chris Matthews got together with the Politico's Jeanne Cummings and the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page to look down their collective noses at the concept of Sarah Palin as a writer on Tuesday's Hardball, with Matthews even questioning the former vice ...

From GEOFFREY DICKENS, Newsbusters,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  Chris Matthews,  George W. Bush,  Chicago Tribune,  Clarence Page

Surprise! Lauer Asks If Dobbs Was 'Too Conservative' For CNN?

NBC's Matt Lauer, on Tuesday's Today show, actually asked Lou Dobbs, formerly of CNN, if he and the network parted ways because he was "too conservative," and if CNN was okay with Dobbs' push for immigration reform when he was attacking George W. Bush ...

From GEOFFREY DICKENS, Newsbusters,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lou Dobbs,  Barack Obama,  Sarah Palin,  Matt Lauer,  Rick Sanchez

Prejean Slams Olbermann, Calls Out Liberal Media Double Standards on Today

Invited on Tuesday's Today show to promote her new book, Carrie Prejean defended the latest scrutiny surrounding her as the latest example of "liberal bias in the media," of "conservative women" being attacked. When confronted by Today co-anchor ...

From GEOFFREY DICKENS, Newsbusters,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  Meredith Vieira,  Keith Olbermann,  Sonia Sotomayor,  Michelle Obama

NBC's Todd Calls Liberal Senators Lieberman and Sanders Ideological 'Polar Opposites'

Only in the mind of a liberal media journalist would Sen. Joseph Lieberman and Sen. Bernie Sanders be considered ideological "polar opposites," but that’s what NBC's Chuck Todd, during a piece aired on the health care debate on Tuesday's Today show, ...

From GEOFFREY DICKENS, Newsbusters,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  White House,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Joe Lieberman

Matthews Mocks: Mark Levin Plays to All the 'Wingnuts!'

On the syndicated The Chris Matthews Show, over the weekend, conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin was mocked by Chris Matthews for playing to the "wingnuts" at a Capitol Hill rally. Before running a clip of Levin, MSNBC host broke down the new ...

From GEOFFREY DICKENS, Newsbusters,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mark Levin,  U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  Chris Matthews,  Barack Obama

Lauer: Is it 'Egocentric' to View Berlin Wall Fall as an 'American Victory?'

Reporting live from the Berlin Wall NBC's Tom Brokaw, on Monday's "Today" show, never once mentioned Ronald Reagan's name and his role in helping to end the Cold War, but did find time to praise Mikhail Gorbachev and "Today" co-anchor Matt Lauer even ...

From GEOFFREY DICKENS, Newsbusters,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mikhail Gorbachev,  Tom Brokaw,  Ronald Reagan,  Matt Lauer,  Angela Merkel

NBC's Gregory Downplays GOP Wins on Today

NBC's David Gregory, on Wednesday's Today show, downplayed the huge GOP wins in New Jersey and Virginia as merely reflecting the "anti-incumbency mood," and "the change message that Obama" started last year. Gregory, however, did play up Democrat Bill ...

From GEOFFREY DICKENS, Newsbusters,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  David Gregory,  Bill Owens

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