News Hounds Media Digest # 204
8/25/08 to 9/1/08Melanie: 24 hours after John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his VP, making moot McCain's charge that Barack Obama is too inexperienced to be president, Fox was the first of the "mainstream media" to refer to Obama as an ANGRY black man.
http://tinyurl.com/6fve3pMelanie: Bill Kristol says the fact that Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant is a "non-issue outside the beltway."
http://tinyurl.com/624ldgChris: "Pro-life" Vice-presidential nominee
Sarah Palin, who
was reportedly chosen in part to entice disgruntled Hillary voters to
vote Republican, was misidentified on FOX as "pro-choice."
http://tinyurl.com/5e5ww6
Chris: Just how old is
John McCain? 23 years older than the
state of Alaska, for starters.
http://tinyurl.com/5nx6vt
Ellen: In his commentary following
Barack Obama's nomination speech,
Brit Hume gratuitously used Obama's
middle name.
Ellen: FOX News analyst Dick Morris glowingly painted Sarah Palin as an ethics crusader while conveniently overlooking the corruption investigation currently pending against her.
http://tinyurl.com/62lhhvDeborah: Bill O'Reilly's hate trumps his concern for Sarah Palin's privacy.
http://tinyurl.com/5a86kd
Deborah: Bill O'Reilly told viewers that he left the Democratic convention early to rush back to oversee his upcoming series, The Obama Chronicles.
http://tinyurl.com/5hvjnv
Priscilla: Fox News' Grapevine said even the Associated Press wasn't sold on Obama's acceptance speech
http://tinyurl.com/5afvcl
Priscilla: Cal Thomas pimps religious right talking points.
http://tinyurl.com/6jd68a
Outrageous Quote: Dick Morris won handily for this big insanity:
"We went into
Iraq at the invitation of the government, not as an
invasion." Vote for this week's winner at
http://www.newshounds.us/2008/08/25/outrageous_quote_of_the_week_83008.php
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