Campaign2010

Only ABC Notes Racial Element in Pressuring Meek to Quit Florida Senate Race

On Friday, the CBS Early Show and NBC's Today avoided any discussion of the Democratic Party's racial insensitivity in trying to get black Florida senate candidate Kendrick Meek to drop out of the ...

Carl Hulse on GOP Candidates With 'a Very Conservative if Not Extreme Agenda'

Congressional reporter Carl Hulse has some chuckles at the expense of "extreme" Republican candidates: I thought what [the Times pollster] said was interesting about voters being willing to vote ...

For Once, the No Spin Zone: Times Lead Poll Story Shows Big Gains for GOP

Reporters Jim Rutenberg and Megan Thee-Brenan informed their surely disheartened readership that Democrats are losing among all sorts of groups, even women: "Critical parts of the coalition that ...

Olbermann Warns Voters Against 'Cataclysm' of Tea Party, 'Would Destroy America from Within'

On Wednesday's Countdown show, during a 21-minute "Special Comment," MSNBC host Keith Olbermann warned American voters against electing Tea Party Republicans to power, whom he suggested are ...

State Department Asks Anti-Tea Party Reporter Zernike to Brief Foreign Press on Movement

When seeking political neutrality in a discussion of the Tea Party movement, it's probably best to avoid promoting a reporter who consistently suggests that racism undergirds the movement. But ...

Pumping Up a Struggling Democratic Senator's Prospects in Colorado

A neutral headline hides a warm profile by Kirk Johnson of Susan Daggett, wife of Democratic incumbent Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado. Western-based reporter Johnson has a history of reporting ...

John McCain on CBS Dismisses 'Attacks of the Liberal Media Against' Sarah Palin

Appearing on Tuesday's CBS Early Show, Arizona Senator John McCain spoke of his admiration for Sarah Palin and criticized continued media efforts to go after his former running mate: "I continue ...

Seelye Turns Tables, Accuses Tea Party 'Darling' Rand Paul of 'Distorting' Sleazy Ad Attacking His Faith

Even Democrats are disowning a Democratic ad attacking Rand Paul's Christian faith, but Katharine Seelye begins by accusing Paul of distortion: "Even as Mr. Paul denounces the commercial, he is ...

Conservative Takeover of Kansas Is Imminent, Warns the Son of the Times' Publisher

"Moderate" Republicans fear the takeover of conservatives in Kansas, suggests the scion of the Times publisher, also the paper's bureau chief in Kansas City, in a story crammed with extraneous ...

Lead Story Goes After Fundraising of Obama Foe, the Chamber of Commerce

The Times leads with more scary wealthy anonymous Republican donors giving to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which the Obama administration has made its latest Public Enemy No. 1#: "The annual tax ...
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